The world’s most famous rock club opened in December 1973, when musician/actor/ nightclub manager/concert impresario Hilly Kristal took over the decrepit Palace Bar and christened it CBGB & OMFUG (Country, Blue Grass, Blues & Other Music For Uplifting Gourmandizers).
Its history is described on CBGB’s official website: The famous, and occasionally infamous, music nightclub, was the hot-spot for any aspiring musician to get noticed. On the choice of using CBGB’s, (as if it were never shut down and then taken over by John Varvatos), as a backdrop for the exhibit, I think it is more obvious. Here I had access to things I hadn’t before and I am grateful to the place that helped me develop a better sense of self.
AMERIE 1 THING DAILYMOTION PROFESSIONAL
In tribute to my roots, I even had the admission/donations go to my old workplace, AS220, where I was a gallery assistant to the two professional galleries and ran the Youth Gallery. I like trying to discover the connections between things and feel my art is one big ‘mash-up’ of materials. The concept of music and visual art having a conversation has always fascinated me because they are two things that are vital to my existence. This imaginary art show is very reflective of who I am as a person, where my sensibilities lie and even a nod to where I come from. AS220 also boasts of an “unjuried and uncensored forum for the arts” and a joint tenancy with alternative restaurant Taqueria Pacifica and Perishable Theatre.” AS220’s BSS focuses on the youth of Rhode Island and aims to provide instruction to underprivileged kids through a variety of art classes, temporary employment in fields of interest and college preparation. The community, small but mighty, is comprised of three galleries, a performance space, printshop, darkroom, computer lab and the heart of it all: Broad Street Studios. Admission is donation based, ($1 and up/per person), and all proceeds will go to arts community AS220.ĪS220 is a non-profit artist live and work space located in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. All visitors are welcome to come and participate in lively discussion, enjoy some live music, light refreshments and an experimental short film of the same name. This exhibit, shown in the now defunct New York music club, CBGB’s, will showcase the back and forth communication between the ear and the eye as represented by greats such as Mozart, Picasso, Jay-Z and Klimt, to name a few. This serves to give the more current standards a more accurate history in terms of influences.
AMERIE 1 THING DAILYMOTION ARCHIVE
Although the exhibit focuses mainly on the later centuries, (18th, 19th, 20th and 21st), it represents an archive going as far back as the Middle Ages, in the time of sacred and secular music. “Paint Me a Song: Sights and Sounds from the Western Hemisphere is the celebration and ultimate consummation of seventeen centuries worth of visual art and music.
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