There's and tribulations in most arenas these days - but we keep on keepin' on, artists included.
In the world of art, there are fewer and sadly less public activities, but the work continues and some before an audience. And so, Gossip Column is back to keep you up on it, and keep you in touch.
Upside Arts offers live summer camp
Upside Arts planned on holding summer camp this season, whether live, online or a mix of the two. Live won.
After a rigorous search, Upside secured The Players' Ring as its location. It plans three, two-week camps, the first one already in session.
"We didn't plan a large-sized camp ... because of the circumstance. But (still) it was a little bit difficult finding a place," co-founding Director Seraphina Caligiure says "So, the Players' Ring allowing us the space is just wonderful. We had to get board approval and city approval so we can use the outside Prescott Park area - which is great."
Each camp will allow up to 10 participants, currently most stand at eight, she says. There are two counselors, and two assistants, plus the occasional adult teaching a workshop "all social distancing." As expected, Upside is complying with all the state and CDC safety guidelines.
"I think for us keeping everything clean is the main goal," Caligiure says. "The most taxing thing is just making sure we are constantly sanitizing. If we didn't limit our number to a small camp size, it would be nearly impossible to make sure everything was cleaned all throughout the day. ... (And) it's a constant stream of reminders from us to stay distanced or wear their masks."
Upside is known for musical elements, overseen by Miles Burns, and is keeping that tradition alive - with special care. A plastic shield has been installed at the site for soloists to practice behind.
"We are doing a production, but we're going to be filming it more along the lines of a movie," Caligiure says. "This lets us keep kids separated so they're not singing and speaking into each others’ faces."
In other news, "our overnight camp is definitely happening!" she says. "It's Aug.18 through 29, in Poland, Maine. It's our second year back, and we're anticipating a great time, in a quarantine bubble, while up there."
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The Art Center goes virtual with exhibits
The Art Center Dover is about change - like many ventures - these days. It had already begun its focus on education shortly before the shutdown. Then, on July 1, it launched a virtual gallery with the premier of "Contemporary & Abstract," its latest exhibit.
"We're extremely excited about our online virtual gallery," owner Rebecca Proctor says. "It's our first exhibit since the shut down in March."
"Contemporary & Abstract," and all exhibits going forward, will run two months rather than one.
"The nice thing about the virtual gallery is so many people will see it online that may not have had the opportunity to come in and see it in person."
The gallery still allows patrons to view art live.
"They can call me, or book or reserve a time slot to see the gallery live," Proctor says. "There will be no more than six people at a time. People need to wear masks. If you don't have one, we'll give you one."
But perhaps the bigger news is the center's deeper dive into education. As part of it, the center will continue its resident artist program, and add heavily to its classes, workshops, lectures and demonstrations.
"We were already going in that direction. We'd bought a printing press," she explains. "We built a printmaking studio, and the day we finished that was the day Covid came."
Classes have already started, with resident artist printmaker Sally Dion. They top off at six students, with social distancing and masks required.
The Art Center will offer weekly workshops in printmaking, mixed media, weekly classic figure drawing sessions, pastel and charcoal workshops, printmaking workshops, mixed media series, and sculpture. (More info at https://ift.tt/399EKBj; https://ift.tt/2u1OCMM, or at the Center's Facebook page.)
"We're happy with the direction we're going in."
StageWright Films working on second film
StageWright Films finished shooting "A Passage of Time," its latest stage to film script, just as the barn doors closed.
That means for three months while we all hunkered down the team was able to continue its work, owner-filmmaker, actor and director Bill Humphreys says.
"We shot it the last week of February, first of March," Humphreys says. "Then the s*%^ hit the fan. Yup, we got in just under the wire."
"Passage of Time," produced in association with Portsmouth Public Media, and filmed at the station, was shot in 12 days; "with the usual days 7 a.m. to 5 or 6 at night."
"Right now we're piecing it together and working through the promotional aspects. We're still processing and refining and defining how the market plan is going to work out, and making changes to editing."
Billy Butler is composing the film's score. "He just got started (last) week putting music to the first scene."
"A Passage of Time" is the company's second stage to film production. It and "Just Say Love," its first film, are written by Executive Producer David J. Mauriello.
Performers are Josh Paul Moore, Zackary Speigel, and Maisie Keith Daly. Susan Turner returns in the role she's performed a number of times on stage, as does Humphreys who performed his character in the script's earliest incarnation, all at the Players' Ring.
The team hopes to release the film in August. Initially it was planned to put it through the film festival rounds, but that's not happening.
"That's all gone belly up. The New Hampshire Film Festival was the first stage because it's local, but they're not having it this year, and everyone else closed," he says. "We're looking to do festivals, but not for another year, spring 2021."
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