Welcome to the home of the 15th Annual Jamaica Plain Open Studios, winner of the 2007 JP Gazette Readers Award for best place to see Art in JP, and the Jamaica Plain Arts Council. Here you can find news about the JP arts scene and browse over 200 artists who participate in the JPOS.

This year, on September 27 & 28, 2008, we will be celebrating our 15th annual Open Studios. This weekend is a wonderful chance to meet artists, tour their studios, explore new artworks and media and purchase pieces for your home and office directly from the artists. Take a walking tour of Jamaica Plain and the JP Arts Community!

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DogDevil Studios gets picked up through JPOS Gallery!

July 1, 2008 — Matthew McKee (Views: 26)

Rob Festa[Just got this in from Rob Festa at Dogdevil Studio, a JPOS artist and one of the movers and shakers behind the upcoming JP Themed Show. Congrats, Rob!]

Posting a gallery to the JPOS website really can get you noticed.

Kyle Freeman, a blogger for Apartment Therapy, of JP came across my portfolio on the JPOpenStudios.com web site and was kind enough to feature my photography on Apartment Therapy’s website.

Making a Successful Open Studios - Prt 2- Marketing

June 30, 2008 — Matthew McKee (Views: 40)

Snail and Hammer, Matt McKee“People who try to save money by not marketing might as well stop a clock to save time!”

Brian Patrick Adams at JP Licks, July 3

June 30, 2008 — Matthew McKee (Views: 31)

BrianpatrickadamsCarpenter.jpgBRIAN PATRICK ADAMS
MIXED MEDIA PAINTINGS
ON VIEW
JULY 1 - JULY 31, 2008

OPENING RECEPTION
THURSDAY JULY 3 * 6 - 8pm
@ JP LICKS 659 CENTRE ST. JAMAICA PLAIN, MA
OPEN DAILY 6am - midnight

for more info, email: bripatadams@yahoo.com

Stonybrook Classes Start July 7th

June 29, 2008 — Matthew McKee (Views: 28)

Picture 2.jpgOur Summer TEEN and ADULT Classes Start July 7th!

Denise Buckley is our guest sculptor this summer!

She has been casting her figurative sculptures in bronze for over twenty years and is also the Visual and Performing Arts Chair at the Hawken School in Ohio. In the Hawken studio, she guides high school students through the casting process from clay to molds, to wax patterns, to investing, to casting, and finishing each sculpture. Dont’ miss this opportunity to work with a master sculptor this summer!

JPOS Flying High!! Large Works Show at Logan Airport

June 27, 2008 — Matthew McKee (Views: 32)

2 Logan Show.jpgThis just in from our reporter in the halls, Thomas Durand:

Just to let you know, I stopped be Logan yesterday and the work that was submitted to the JPOS Large Works Show is up and labeled.

There is a small group of images (mostly the people who submitted two pieces) that will be hung in another part of the airport after the 4th weekend in a location to be announced.

Call for Artists- Roslindale Farmer's Market

June 27, 2008 — Matthew McKee (Views: 41)

rosi farmers market.jpgSelling Opportunity

Roslindale Farmers Market is looking for artists to sell at the market that takes place every Saturday in Adams Park, Roslindale.
The market runs from June 21 through October 26 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Roslindale Famers Market is sponsored by Roslindale Village Main Street.

For more information go to http://www.roslindale.net/farmersmarket/

Q: How Many Surrealists Does It Take To Screw In A Lightbulb?

June 26, 2008 — Matthew McKee (Views: 51)

Lightbulb.jpg— by Jessica Burko

A: Blue fish don't have bones.
(Get it? They are surrealists.)

The answer can be anything, but the beginning of the question is really the crux of the matter: how many artists does one need to make something happen?

JP Themed Show Meeting this Monday, June 30th

June 25, 2008 — Matthew McKee (Views: 48)

dogdevilstudio.comJune 30th Meeting
7pm
JP Licks

It looks like it is on, Baby!

Robert Festa is putting out a call to any artists interested in a Jamaica Plain themed show. As previously reported, Joy Cochran has offered us space in the Footlight Club in February.

Hook up with him and other like minded artists at JP Licks at 7pm on Monday, June 30th.



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The mission of the Jamaica Plain Arts Council is to support artists in the Jamaica Plain Community through the Open Studios event, exhibitions, professional development and cultivating an audience
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.



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