OPENING RECEPTIONS RESCHEDULED...

"Winter Snows" by Trinity Lynn

The opening receptions of Firehouse & SoBoBo Galleries, as well as the First Art Stroll of 2011

HAVE BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR

Thursday, February 10th

Same time and places : starting at 6pm at Firehouse Gallery...

Another Angle: Order Converses With Chaos Instead Of Being At Odds

metal sculpture by Marian Doherty

"Sculpture consists of rigid rectilinear gridded cube containing curvilinear element.

The grid has been used historically to represent and analyze space since the Renaissance and the invention of perspective. The free form line plays against this predictability. Order converses with chaos. The left brain talks to the right brain. Both qualities contrast each other yet make a composite whole." -- Marian Doherty, 2011

Marian presents another angle to ponder. When viewing the sculptures we must view them as conversations instead of energies working against each other. The fluidness is what connects the communication linking us to the understanding. Instead of being at odds, it creates a current of going with the flow.

The "Tao of Pooh" and the "Te of Piglet" both by Benjamin Hoff explains this theory by showing Taoist wisdom through A.A. Milne's characters and their actions. They show that fighting the opposites, one can eventually drown in the enormity of the whole; but, if we would not go against the chaos and go with the flow of things, one would ultimately overcome what is going on by using common sense, taking action - acting on it instead of reacting to it, thus communicating, conversing.

One must remember ORDER ALWAYS COMES OUT OF CHAOS. At times it might not be what we want at that moment but it is one step closer to the final outcome we are seeking.

Hmmmm, food for thought...

oil pastel by Marian Doherty

Looking at Marian's oil pastels she states: "Oil pastels are representational and some use the paper itself as part of the composition."

But if you look closely at her oil pastels and what she shows us in her metal sculptures it can be seen in the every day mundane actions and occurrences we experience. Yes, putting both together actually explains the whole...

Hmmmm, more food for thought...and to see Marian's work join us for

Marian's Exhibit Reception

Thursday, February 3rd -- 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

SoBoBo Art Gallery

42 Naugatuck Avenue

Milford, Connecticut

AND YOU WILL SEE how Marian's work is not only a work of art but how it has become a learning experience...

SOBOBO CLOSED DUE TO SNOW

SOBOBO WILL BE CLOSED TODAY, THURSDAY - JANUARY 27TH

WILL RE-OPEN TOMORROW, FRIDAY - JANUARY 28TH

Mother Nature Designs A Floor Plan...

Have you ever noticed how beautifully quiet it is outside when it snows? The sound of silence...

The weather has definitely reared its ugly head as they say, but is it really ugly? Mother Nature designs a wonderful floor plan...a tree to the right with bushes along the edge. Flowers running parallel to the bushes about 12" apart. The flowers, bulbs, are in hibernation awaiting their "Debutant Ball" introducing Spring. Some bushes are still green with red berries, it's as if they are aware they are the "pantry" for the animals that need sustenance during the winter. Floor plans of the "interiors" of Mother Earth.

The snow falls, ever so quietly and softly, blanketing the earth almost protecting it and yet giving sustenance to the flowers that lay buried beneath the earth.

If looking at Mother Earth through a frame - the interior of a room would seem to appear that was so eloquently and gracefully designed by Mother Nature.

Ushering in the New Year with Mother Nature designing in a frenzy, we tend to become housebound and a little cabin feverish....we begin to look for something extra to do, even if it means we must go outside, and bear the sub-zero weather to break the fever...

...Join us with Firehouse Gallery on Thursday, February 3rd at 6 pm, as they celebrate opening for the New Year of 2011 with a new exhibit entitled "Interiors" and the first Art Stroll of 2011!

"Interiors" will be juried by Rosemary Celon-Gordon, an artist and Milford resident, is a graduate of the Paier School of Art where she studied interior design and architecture. Her work has won various awards and is in private collections throughout the United States and Europe.

The theme "Interiors" will take you to places where you never thought you would be...READ ON!

Opening Reception for "Interiors" starts at Firehouse Gallery, 81 Naugatuck Avenue at 6pm on Thursday, February 3rd and ends at 8 pm. Continue your evening by strolling down seven doors on Naugatuck to SoBoBo Art Gallery where February's Artist, Marian Doherty is exhibiting. See her work and listen to her explanation of time and space (interiors of sort.)

When you arrive at SoBoBo you will find a surprise guest - award winning chef, Scott Wiseman, owner of THE LAZY LOBSTER. He will be serving hot soup that will warm your insides...the warmth will travel from your nose to your finger tips to your toes.

Enjoy the space, enjoy the time you are spending with the visitors....once you feel it is time to leave make sure you go three doors down to ALPHA'S JOLLY JUG where a wine tasting will be happening. Enjoy the scent as you swirl the wine, enjoy the flavor as you sip, titillating your taste buds, warming you.

AND YES!!, you must head down Naugatuck

and around the corner to 16 Broadway where

you will find a new business -

WILD EXPRESSIONS

- who is sharing the space

with COLLECTED STORIES.

PLEASE, DO VISIT WILD EXPRESSIONS, and EXTEND THEM A WARM WELCOME to Walnut Beach and being a part of our Art Strolls. An unexpected surprise - Milford's own Tim Payson will be in attendance playing keyboard music!

At the same time take your time and browse through the COLLECTED STORIES!

WOW!! SO MUCH HAPPENING AT ONCE!!

How wonderful it will be to get out of the house and meet up with your friends and acquaintances!

February's Artist, Marian Doherty, Floats Us Through Space & Time

"Every one of the pieces starts with a flat base that grows from the center outward. The form leaves the base plane and whirls through space and time.

metal sculpture

by Marian Doherty

Some of the pieces are built with cubes: one cube influencing the next in a domino effect, as a stage of growth stems from the one previous. All involve dynamic tension and change.

While welded metal is considered a manly, industrial medium, these pieces are decidedly delicate. The play of lines is intricate. Each angle is unique (and sometimes quirky), yet at the same time, essential to the whole."

-- Marian Doherty, 2010--

metal sculpture by Marian Doherty

No need to try to understand space vs. time, and/or string theory or quantum anything for Marian's work puts a 3-D view, a tangible side to something that seems to be invisible to the naked eye. The fluidness of each piece is structured so one can see how the development of, for example, a cyclone looks from all eight (8) angles. This view can also explain Indigenous Americans' belief in Nature and Great Spirit - the eight directions of Wind N, S, E, W (positive influence) and NE, NW, SE, SW (negative influence) and its power, its strength as the eight directions come together creating a cyclone, or a tornado and simultaneously explains it scientifically.

The interaction between space and time is experienced on a daily basis as our lives intertwine with everything...that's right everything. It is said we are at a lower vibrational level so we can be in physical form, tangible - but it makes one wonder about what can't be seen, the higher vibrational levels such as time flowing through space, past-present-future. Some say all three are simulataneously happening but yet what you read a few seconds ago is already in the past. Sounds confusing? Well, it truly isn't. Just look at Marian's sculptures and find the answer.

Marian Doherty, sculptor/painter, will be exhibiting her work at SoBoBo for the month of February. Her work can be seen as surreal, but is it really? Only you can decide. A must see.

SoBoBo is open Thursdays and Fridays from 11 am to 4 pm and Saturday and Sundays Noon to 5 pm.

Marian's Exhibit Reception will be coinciding with the First Art Stroll of the year on Thursday, February 3rd, 2011. We celebrate in conjunction with the Opening Reception of the Firehouse Gallery's exhibit "Interiors" which starts at 6:00 pm and ends at 8:00 pm. SoBoBo NOW IS ONLY A FEW STEPS AWAY from Firehouse ON NAUGATUCK AVE. so JOIN US on February 3rd - Thursday night...

What an absolutely wonderful way to celebrate Winter by getting out from being housebound due to all of the storms...Come mingle and enjoy chattering about what is and perhaps what isn't...

NEW ADDRESS, NEW PHONE NUMBER...

SoBoBo has finally moved into its new space! Absolutely beautiful!

Make sure to change your address books to reflect our new address and phone number!

NEW ADDRESS:

Sobobo
42 Naugatuck Avenue
Milford, CT 06460

TELEPHONE:

Phone: 203.876.9829

Look forward to seeing you!