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JP CENTRE/SOUTH MAIN STREETS PRESENTS FIRST THURSDAYS 2008

July 3rd from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Art, Poetry, Music & an Artisan Fair

Each First Thursday of the month businesses along Centre and South Streets are transformed into galleries featuring works from local artists. Open receptions, at each location, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm, offer a chance to meet the artists, enjoy refreshments, and experience JP's fabulous businesses in an entirely new light. Artworks usually remain on display for the remainder of the month.
6:00-8:00 pm:

30 ART OPENINGS in the CENTRE/SOUTH BUSINESS DISTRICT with music by the JEREMY LYONS on the JP LICKS PATIO and THE MILES DAVIS TRIBUTE BAND and DEIRDRE MONCY on the LORING-GREENOUGH HOUSE LAWN.

An ARTISAN FAIR on the LAWN OF THE CURTIS HALL COMMUNITY CENTER [next to the JP Branch Library] featuring works by the BOSTON HANDMADE artist group.

 
6:30-8:00 pm: "WORD ON THE STREET", Poetry readings featuring
ALLEGRA FLETCHER (with guitar) and SANDRA KOHLER. Open Microphone. Sandee Storey, M.C. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH TRAILER, 633 Centre St. Co-sponsored by Jamaica Pond Poets.
 
JP Walks! Stroll the Centre/South district for art, health and fitness – 1.25 miles.
Pick up your free walking guide at JP Licks.

Rhythm & Muse, 470 Centre, KELECHI EKECHI, mixed media: "African Masks Reinterpreted"

Urban Medical Group, 545 Centre, SARAH MICHELLE KATZ, prints: portraits in mixed media & marker

Gallery 590, 590 Centre ,ALBERT GRAY, mixed media; GEORGE DIETZ, mixed media; NICHOLAS KENT, paintings, Performance by TELEPATHIC

Sweet Christopher's, 601 Centre, CAROLYN FISCHEL, watercolors

Serene Vibes, bath body scents, 638 Centre, ASHLEE WIEST-LAIRD, photographs

Jameson and Thompson, fine art services, 15 Greenview [near corner Centre], RICHARD YOUNGSTROM, mosaics

Dahn Yoga Center, 10B Green [near corner Centre], VANESSA MICHELAK, pastels, oils, acrylics, watercolors

J.P. Licks, ice-cream coffee pastries, 659 Centre, BRIAN PATRICK ADAMS, paintings

Boing! JP's Toy Store, 667 Centre (new location), JP KIDS TOGETHER IN THE ARTS

Prudential Unlimited Realty, 673 Centre, SCOTT UNDERHILL, photographs, digital prints

Fire Opal, jewelry clothing gifts, 683 Centre, ASHLEY JONES, jewelry

Cobwebs, vintage furniture & jewelry, 703 Centre, JIM GRANT, photographs

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, 713 Centre, JULIE BARRETT, paintings, photographs

Skelly Insurance Co., 734 Centre, KATRINA SERIKO, oils; SOFIE TAMURA, watercolors

Blanchards Wines & Spirits, 741 Centre, Janice Williams, petite collage

Salmagundi, hats & accessories, 765 Centre, KRISTIN MALLERY, photographs, "Hearts Happen," & DJ/BRUNO, House Classics

Loring-Greenough House, 12 South St. KEVIN GILLESPIE., paintings. MUSIC on the LAWN by the MILES DAVIS TRIBUTE BAND & DEIDRE MONCY

Jamaica Plain Branch Library, corner South & Sedgwick, GORDON TOOME, acrylics: MYCROFT MASADA HOLMES, sculptural constructions 

JP Art Market, 36 South, TREE APPRECIATION ART SHOW [2 nights only] GROUP SHOW, paintings, photographs, sculpture, woodwork, fibre art

MacMillan Realtors, Inc., 39 South, Artist: DANIELLE LAROSE

Petal and Leaf, 48 South (new location) Staff show

Fiore’s Italian Bakery, 55 South, BEN FOLLEN, photographs

Most art exhibits remain on display all month. Please stop by.

The Artisan Fair features members of the Boston Handmade artist group
 www.bostonhandmade.blogspot.com

Betsy Baker / Stonehouse Studio / www.StonehouseStudio.etsy.com
Amy Ballard / Amy Olson Jewelry / www.AmyOlsonJewelry.etsy.com
Elizabeth Brennick / Elizabeth Brennick Designs / www.ElizabethBrennick.etsy.com
Jessica Burko / Reclaimed To You /www.ReclaimedToYou.etsy.com
Kerry Hawkins / Kerry Hawkins Photography / www.KHawkinsPhoto.etsy.com
Nancy MacCallum / Nancyrosetta / www.NancyRosetta.com
Sedruola Maruska / Yarn Obsession / www.yarnobsession.sedruolamaruska.com/
Lucie Wicker / Lucie Wicker Photography / http://www.Knight27.etsy.com


Last Summer First Thursdays of 2008: August 7

Our thanks to First Thursdays sponsors & volunteers. Thanks also to Jamaica Pond Poets, First Baptist Church JP, Boston Handmade, Curtis Hall Community Center, the Loring-Greenough House & the JP Branch Library.