Upstairs @ The General

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Alicia Dwyer studied art at Parsons School of Design and The School of Visual Arts in NY. Once in Boston, she attended the Museum School at the MFA and the DeCordova Museum. She has taught at the MFA and MassArt, along with St. Francis House's art therapy program. The subject of her recent work is the dress, which she has explored in cut and embossed painted metal. Artist reception Saturday October 23, 2010.

Multimedia sculptor in Portsmouth, NH; his found object sculptures are represented in private and corporate collections; has been a theatrical prop master for the Mudd Butt Mystery Theatre Troup in Telluride, CO, for 18 years.

"The act of painting is, among other things, about getting to the essence of an idea, an emotion, a memory, a moment. It is also a celebration of the physicality of paint itself and color next to color, pattern next to pattern, shape next to shape. It's an exploration into a dream world with trails marked by other painters showing the paths they have traveled." www.sterlingmulbry.com  Read More

"I transform discarded bits from daily life- scuffed baby shoe, beaver gnawed stick, rusted saw blade, worn button, shredded tire, faded wedding dress, and lost key- into sculpture, nests, and memorial baskets." patriciaburleson.com  Read More

Representations "Gathering ordinary household objects, I first whitewash them with house paint, and then draw directly onto their surfaces with charcoal or graphite. The resulting images present visual hybrids that appear to vacillate between drawing and photography, black-and-white and color, signifier and signified, and question the concept of photographic truth and its correspondence to perceived reality. No digital manipulation is involved, but the camera’s angle of view is imperative in order to create the illusion. " Her website  www.cynthiagreig.com/art/index.htm   Read More

Dave Jordano
Articles of Faith For five years, Jordano spent his weekends traveling to many of these community churches in Chicago, getting to know their pastors and parishioners. The attention to personal detail is highly evident in his exquisite photographs that capture the identity and personalities of each church, from hand lettered signs to icons. These churches which dot the South and West Sides of the city, are truly community churches - individualized and idiosyncratic, they cater to the specific needs and wants of their ministers and members. David is a leading commercial photographer whose clients include Starbucks, Sears, Nestle`, Kraft Food...