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Call for Art!

Call for Art!Gallery X's annual Public Hanging XXIAug. 4—Sept. 11Open community art show. Public can submit up to 3 pieces of art at $10 per piece for inclusion in the show. Work must be exhibition ready; 2-D must be ready to hang. Drop-off dates: J…

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opening reception May 29th 7-9pm (in conjunction with Gallery X's Q@X opening reception in the main gallery) ••••• Melanie Ducharme's work is a mixture of memory, emotion and identity. She uses herself, people in her life, and pop culture as inspi…

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Call for art: Q@X

Call for art: Q@X The third installment in Gallery X's exploration of art that expresses the visions and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender and questioning artists. This is a juried exhibit, open to all artists working in all…

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Jay Egge commented on Melanie Ducharme's blog post 'Call for art: New Works'

will be entering. tnx for reminder

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I live in:

Kent County

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acrylic, markers, oil pastels, books, found objects, words

About Me:

Melanie's work has been described as an exploration into the female psyche. Her work primarily deals with the concepts of identity. Identity can be something such as one's gender role, or their role as a figure in society. Furthermore, identity can be a role chosen, a role imposed by socialization, or by narrow-mindedness. These identities start when we are young, "what will you be when you grow up?" Or "you will be a __ when you grow up." We incorporate these identities into fairytales or we see them in the role models that we follow—they shape us into the people that we are or yet to become.

Melanie's work is also a reflection of herself. Her work is not only what she sees and feels within herself, but what she sees and feels for others. She describes her work as a visual journal.

Her imagery takes its cues from childhood imagery, surrealism, graffiti and pop culture. Its a style that doesn't seem to fit into one genre or artistic style. Its vibrant, expressionistic, personal yet universal in its concepts.

Melanie has been exhibiting her work since 2001. She holds an associates degree in fine arts from the Community College of Rhode Island and a bachelors in fine arts with a concentration in graphic design from UMASS Dartmouth. Currently she is an artist member/volunteer at Gallery X, a cooperative art gallery in New Bedford.

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http://melanieducharme.wordpress.com

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Call for Art!

Call for Art!
Gallery X's annual Public Hanging XXI
Aug. 4—Sept. 11
Open community art show.
Public can submit up to 3 pieces of art at $10 per piece for inclusion in the show.
Work must be exhibition ready; 2-D must be ready to hang.
Drop-off dates: July 28—Aug. 1, during Gallery hours.
Reception Sat. Aug 7, 7-10pm

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Posted on June 24, 2010 at 10:05pm —

Solo Exhibit

opening reception May 29th 7-9pm

(in conjunction with Gallery X's Q@X opening reception in the main gallery)

•••••

… Continue

Posted on May 3, 2010 at 10:36pm —

Call for art: Q@X

Call for art: Q@X
The third installment in Gallery X's exploration of art that expresses the visions and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual,
queer, transgender and questioning artists.

This is a juried exhibit, open to all artists working in all visual, performance and literary media.

$15 per piece or $35 for 3 pieces.
All works must be exhibition ready, 2-D work ready to hang.

… Continue

Posted on April 19, 2010 at 1:46pm —

Call for art: New Works

Call for art: New Works at Gallery X
Work done in the past two years and has never been shown at Gallery X prior.
Exhibition dates: Apr. 14—May 15

Juried exhibition, open to all artists,
$15 per piece or $35 for 3 pieces.
All works must be exhibition ready, 2-D work ready to hang.
drop-off: April 7—11 during gallery hours.

Juror Christina Lanzl, artist and project manager of the… Continue

Posted on March 24, 2010 at 11:53am — 2 Comments

Call for art: Sex at the X

Coming to Gallery X....
Sex at the X at Gallery X: Our erotic art show.
Juror: Robert Siegelman
Sub… Continue

Posted on December 12, 2009 at 7:30pm —

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At 1:27am on May 24, 2008, Rick Barber., Modeling Photographer said…: Interesting Work!

At 4:05pm on May 8, 2008, Ken Rosenthal said…: Melanie,
I've just enabled Blogs on the createrhodeisland.com main page, and it brought up listings of everyone who has started one, and or linked to one that they started elsewhere. Before I proceed, I couldn't tell if in your settings you intend only "friends" listed in your profile to access your blog, or it is available to access by any member. (I did read a few entries-hope that's OK-your blog isawesome!) Please let me know.
Ken

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