Artists on Artists

FROM THE INSIDE OUT:

Visual artists Yhanna Coffin and Barbara Zeles will share slides and discuss the wrapping, twisting, pushing, openings, and closings of their work.

Event: The Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (seARTS) of Gloucester continues its Artists on Artists series on August 18, 2005 at 7 pm at Artspace in Gloucester, MA with painter Yhanna Coffin and sculptor Barbara Zeles. Both artists will show samples of their work and speak about their process.

When: Thursday, August 18, 2005, 7 pm to 9 pm (member reception, 6:30 pm)

Where: Artspace, 50 Maplewood Avenue, Gloucester, MA, (978) 283 1381, shep@artspace.org

Admission: Free to members, $5 for non-members. Refreshments will be served.

Who: Barbara Zeles brings her experience as a dancer and Massage Therapist to inform the visceral quality of her sculpture. "As I loop the copper wire between my fingers, I think of lives being strung together, how loosely conversation intertwines, how easily it falls apart." Exhibitions include a 2002 solo show at Mount Ida College, BFAnnex, the Drawing Project at Bernard Toale Gallery, Brandeis University, Revolving Museum, Art Complex Museum, Phillips Exeter Academy, and University of Pennsylvania. Barbara received her BFA from Boston University. She teaches figurative drawing and sculpture at Arlington Center for the Arts and has a studio at Waltham Mills Artists Association.

As a process artist Yhanna Coffin explores images that arise through her body. In her words: “ Remain true to the impulse, let it create a form you've never seen.” Where this image live is one of her questions. She began her artistic life as a functional potter. After 10 years she moved into sculpture and attended the Boston Museum School and Hunter College in NYC where she received her MFA in sculpture. Color and the directness and immediacy of the medium called her into painting for the last 20 years. She has shown in Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia.

For information call: Michele Miller 978-283-9923 or www.searts.org

The Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (seARTS) is a recipient of the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Adams Arts Fund for Cultural Economic Development.