Intrude: Art & Life 366 and Original Art Raffle

Alicia Hunsicker Original Art Raffle
Fundraiser for her work in Shanghai, with the Zendai Museum of Modern Art.
Alicia Hunsicker is pleased to announce that her collaborative art proposal “Eye to Eye” has been accepted into the Intrude: Art & Life 366 Interdisciplinary Art Exhibition at the the Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China. Intrude: Art & Life 366 is an ambitious cultural project organized by the Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art. From January 1st
to December 31st, 2008, a cultural event will take place everyday somewhere
in the city of Shanghai. One cultural event a day, 366 events a year,Intrude: Art & Life 366 will present global perspectives on art and culture, bring these closer to the people of the city, intervening in their daily lives by exposing them to some exceptional cultural happenings.

The artists have been invited to stay in Shanghai, China by the Zendai MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) during the month of December to develop and execute their project which addresses the concept of seeing “eye to eye” both individually and culturally to broaden understanding and respect of other points of view. Alicia Hunsicker will be raffling off a number of original paintings to fund raise for this trip which is currently not funded and is estimated to cost $3000 per artist. Please consider buying tickets to win original artworks by Alicia to help raise money for her work in Shanghai, with the Zendai MoMA.
The window of opportunity to fund raise and ensure the success of this
project is extremely short. Any help is appreciated.

~1 ticket for $10. ~ 3 for $20. or ~10 for $50.All proceeds will go to airfare and expenses while in Shanghai.

The winning tickets will be drawn on November 28th.

Alicia will be at the Leyden Library on Wed. Nov. 5th and Sat. Nov. 15th with her original artwork to sell tickets or you can mail your info with check/money order and image selections, postmarked by November 21, to Alicia Hunsicker, 40 Glen Rd, Leyden MA 01301

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

For more information about Intrude Art & Life 366 go to: http://www.intrude366.com/

Intrude: Art & Life 366 at Zendhi MoMA, Shanghai, China

Newest photo on We are having Weather project: Alicia Hunsicker

So I had a great day today full of good news from seeds I planted quite a while ago. First I found out that the We are Having Weather Internet Photography project will be traveling to Zendhi MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) Shanghai, China. Then I found out MY artistic collaboration with 3 other woman called "Eye to Eye" was accepted as well and we have been invited to China to present it. I am going to Shanghai!! Wow!......

I now have some work ahead of me as we will be going in December and I have to fund raise for my airfare and expenses. I am planning to raffle a few paintings. I will post more about that when I have worked out all the details.....

Here is a copy of the Leyden Newsletter press release that I wrote today....
Extraordinary International Opportunity for Four Local Artists

Four artists, Anne Laprade, Alicia Hunsicker, Deborah Garner, and Laura “Lola” Baltzell, three of which reside in Leyden, and are pleased to announce that their art proposal “Eye to Eye” has been accepted into the Intrude: Art & Life 366 Interdisciplinary Art Exhibition at the the Zendai Museum of Modern Art . Intrude: Art & Life 366 is an ambitious cultural project organized by the Shanghai ZendaiMuseum of Modern Art. From January 1st to December 31st, 2008, a cultural event will take place everyday somewhere in the city of Shanghai. One cultural event a day, 366 events a year, Intrude: Art & Life 366 will present global perspectives on art and culture, bring these closer to the people of the city, intervening in their daily lives by exposing them to some exceptional cultural happenings.
They have been invited to stay in Shanghai, China by the Zendai MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) during the month of December to develop and execute their project which addresses the concept of seeing “eye to eye” both individually and culturally to broaden understanding and respect of other points of view.

This mornings Frost ...The crystalline structures
Remind me of how our thoughts and energy align to create what we want and that most of the time this takes TIME...

We Are Having Weather Take 2

A foggy day in Leyden, MA Photo: Alicia Hunsicker

Today is the first day of my new We are Having Weather
partnership with Anne Pehkonen from Finland. This photo was my first post.
If you would like to follow the posting between Anne and myself you can go to http://blog.weatherphotos.org/
and click on our group Anne (Finland) + Alicia (MA USA)


The project was originally on Blogger which inspired me to create this blog. It has now changed to Word press which is a little harder to navigate at least with dial up and a slow connection speed however I am sure I will get used to it and also it seems that word press has a few more features than Blogger. So I am learning about all sorts of stuff un-related to landscape photography. This has been a wonderful point of departure for me to expand in so many ways.

Neighborhood Event ~ Old Fashion Apple Cider Pressing

The Road I live on

This past Monday, my neighbor Kristin Nicholas invited a crew of Leyden children and their parents to press apple cider. It was a day in which memories were made.

The fall foliage on the farm was in its peak as we drank the fruits of our labor.

Kristin's Blog Link http://getting-stitched-on-the-farm.blogspot.com/

The Canal Gallery and Holyoke Paper City Open Studios

On Saturday I made it out to Holyoke to check out the Paper City Open Studio Event. I must say although we had a great time and saw some of the Gallery spaces.....Where were the Open Studios? We arrived at the Canal Gallery first it was a beautiful brick/white washed space with archways. I think it would be a nice place to have a show. The event was advertised for
noon to 9 pm on Sat. but the Building manager said the studios wouldn't be open until later that night.....we were there in the late afternoon........ah well. We went on to Race St. where there was another Gallery and an old building with art installations and in it the only two studios that we were able to see. This is the installation building .....

We also had an adventurous time driving around the city where I snapped a few photos out the window of our moving car......

We ended the day with a coffee at Eshlan Cafe in Hadley out in the beautiful garden area where I took this foliage picture

All in all it was a great trip with lots of inspiring art and great conversation.

Artist Anne Pehkonen (Finland) will be my new "We are Having Weather" partner

Rainy day Photo outside my studio: Alicia Hunsicker

We are having Weather
Update
I have committed to another round of the International
Photography project to start October 20th.

http://blog.weatherphotos.org/

My partner this time will be the artist Anne Pehkonen

From her website she describes herself "I am a Finnish visual artist. I live in Niva, a small village outside Joensuu city in eastern Finland, near the border of Russia. I work with used and discarded materials and natural materials. I also make performances, installations, videotapes, paintings, prints, drawings and photographs. In my work I combine the aesthetics of old objects and their previous histories with psychoanalytical interpretation of human life. "

Here are some links to learn more about Anne:

http://www.environmentalart.net/pehkonen/index.htm

http://www.artpage-pehkonen.net/

Holyoke Paper City Studios Event

Photo : Alicia Hunsicker

I am looking forward to seeing what these Holyoke artists are up to.
I am planning on exploring this area event on Sat. I have always wanted
to check out the Canal Gallery space. So this is my chance. Here is the info:

Paper City Studios: First Annual Open Studios & Installation/Sculpture Event

Artists: Bernard Banville, Neil Broome, Mary Crawford, Comix Collective, Karen Dolmanisth, Taiga Ermansons, Kim Faler, Bruce Fowler, Unique Fredrique, George May, Rebecca Migdal, Tom Morton, Bill Myers, Mia Nacamulli, Chris Nelson, Dean Nimmer, Mo Ringey, Kim Rosner, Nancy Sachs, Christopher Willingham, Dan Warner

Event: First Annual Open Studios & Installation/Sculpture
Paper City, 80 Race StreetCity, ST: Holyoke, MA
Website: papercitystudios.wordpress.com

Friday, Oct. 10th, 6 to 9 - Reception, open studios & installation exhibit
Saturday, Oct. 11th, 12 to 9 - Open studios and installation exhibit
Sunday, Oct. 12th, 12 to 5 -Open studios and installation exhibit

The first ever multi-building collaborative public event in Holyoke featuring the work of area artists. The artist population in Holyoke has been growing over the years with artists from California, Northampton, Brooklyn and other areas relocating to this region in order to focus on their work and establish a community in an affordable area.The Paper City Open Studios event will be held in conjunction with events at the Parsons Hall Project Space in the building next door, (corner of Dwight and Race streets), which will feature artists exhibiting works in painting, sound, sculpture, film, video and performance