party in Orleans, this Friday

Please come to a farewell party for

Arthur & Laverne Bauman

Friday, April 2
2-5pm

at Left Bank Gallery
8 Cove Road, Orleans

Arthur Bauman is an artist, musician and friend. His mobiles have helped define our gallery on Commercial Street since the early '90s. (If we had a dollar for every time we heard someone describe our gallery as "the one with the mobiles," we'd have a nice pot of cash with which to bribe Arthur and Laverne to stay.)

Arthur is also a member of Oyez!, an ensemble of Cape musicians formed in 1997 to perform music of the Renaissance.

Arthur and Laverne will be moving across the country next month, where he will continue to make mobiles. We know their new community will soon realize what a treasure it's been given.

Save the Crows !

Since man’s earliest history the Raven and Crow have held a high and honored position in our mythology and spirituality.The Norse God Odin had two ravens, “Thought” and “Memory”, which he would send to fly around the world each day so they could report back to him events as they unfolded.Native American tradition holds the Raven~Crow as the courier of energy flow that brings about change and creates new realities. The raven, being black, is associated for them with the “void” from which all energy flows.Northwest coastal tribes believed Raven was the creator of the Heavens, the Earth and the Sea. It was he who brought forth the light and lifted us out of the darkness. He was very wise but he was also known to be a “trickster”.[Photo]Aesop's "The Crow and the Pitcher" illustrates Crow's intelligence and how "necessity is the mother of invention".Since man’s earliest history the Raven and Crow have held a high and honored position in our mythology and spirituality.The Norse God Odin had two ravens, “Thought” and “Memory”, which he would send to fly around the world each day so they could report back to him events as they unfolded.Native American tradition holds the Raven~Crow as the courier of energy flow that brings about change and creates new realities. The raven, being black, is associated for them with the “void” from which all energy flows.Northwest coastal tribes believed Raven was the creator of the Heavens, the Earth and the Sea. It was he who brought forth the light and lifted us out of the darkness. He was very wise but he was also known to be a “trickster”.[Photo]Aesop's "The Crow and the Pitcher" illustrates Crow's intelligence and how "necessity is the mother of invention".For Southwestern Native Americans the Raven~Crow was their “Storyteller”. Passing down knowledge and wisdom from generation to generation through myths, stories and parables. Listeners beware! Raven was also a trickster, one could never be sure if the story he told was a simple truth or held some more mischievous lesson....Ravens are considered by many to be the most intelligent of the birds, and they are known for collecting bright, shiny or colorful objects to decorate their nests.For me they represent the “scavenger” or “gatherer” of my found objects from the past.The key Raven~Crow holds symbolizes the opening of doors and the welcoming of positive change into our lives.When Raven~Crow is perched on a ball he serves as a representation of living in balance.If he is perched on a heart, it is to help us remember that which is most important in our lives.Raven~Crow sometimes holds a pair of dice to symbolize chance or fate.The egg relates to new beginnings, to potential and to family and ancestry.If he holds an old watch it is to remind us of our place in the universe and to live in the moment.Raven~Crow uses a compass to help us find our way or to give us direction. For Southwestern Native Americans the Raven~Crow was their “Storyteller”. Passing down knowledge and wisdom from generation to generation through myths, stories and parables. Listeners beware! Raven was also a trickster, one could never be sure if the story he told was a simple truth or held some more mischievous lesson....Ravens are considered by many to be the most intelligent of the birds, and they are known for collecting bright,ey Raven~Crow holds symbolizes the opening of doors and the welcoming of positive change into our lives.When Raven~Crow is perched on a ball he serves as a representation of living in balance.If he is perched on a heart, it is to help us remember that which is most important in our lives.Raven~Crow sometimes holds a pair of dice to symbolize chance or fate.The egg relates to new beginnings, to potential and to family and ancestry.If he holds an old watch it is to remind us of our place in the universe and to live in the moment.Raven~Crow uses a compass to help us find our way or to give us direction.

Mark Orr's new work can be viewed on our Facebook page.

Joyce Zavorskas at Cahoon Museum

Places With Wind

Documenting the Familiar

Monotypes by Joyce Zavorskas

Cahoon Museum of American Art

March 10- April 18, 2010

Members Reception: March 19, 5-7 pm

Artist Talk: April 6, 11 am

This collection of new work documents the constantly changing

ocean edges from dawn to dusk. and explores color, shape and

texture of water, wind and sand.

Lecture by Fran Forman @ Brandeis

Fran Forman is giving a lecture at
Brandeis University, Women's Studies Research Center
Waltham, MA
on March 23

Fran is currently a Resident Scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University and has taught at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and Castle Hill Art Center in Truro, Massachusetts. Her work has been published and exhibited widely and can be found in the collections of the Griffin Museum of Photography and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

nostalgia, and some Ben Accorso beauties

We used to photograph our jewelry by laying it on the scanner and draping a background over it. And when we tried to photograph it, we couldn't figure out why everything came out blurry (hint: no macro lens). Thank you for your patience as our technical skill catches up with the technical skill of our jewelers.

(a scanner! eeeeep!)

Bev Gallerani in Metal Clay Artist Mag

Congratulations to Bev for being noticed by people in the know!

Beverly Gallerani's mermaid necklace was in Metal Clay Artist Magazine (Volume I, Issue 2). It's a one-of-a-kind piece, available here and waiting just for you.

Tom Kruskal in sterling

Hey all you wearers of silver, Tom Kruskal is now your man. He's making a few of his trademark pieces in sterling and they look fantastic. For those of us who don't wear gold or would like to not pay gold prices, this is a happy day.

Available in Wellfleet. Come see!