ArtBra New Haven Benefit Bra Auction for Smilow Cancer Hospital Sun. October 9--Get your tickets by October 3

"Mammographic Mandala" © Edith Borax Morrison

ArtBra New Haven is hosting its first ever art bra auction to benefit the Breast Center at the Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven on October 9, 2011. The auction takes place at the Omni Hotel New Haven and features an art-bra runway show, benefit auction, and Sunday brunch and takes place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Tickets must be purchased on the website by October 3, 2011--there will be no tickets available at the door. Tickets are available individually and by the table.

Hat City Millinery Spectacular Brassiere, 2011 © Lys Guillorn

Client, visionary artist, and breast cancer survivor Edith Borax Morrison has contributed several art bras as well as two of her drawings for the auction. Our own Lys Guillorn has contributed a bra that includes vintage millinery flowers that was inspired by Danbury's hatting history. Guillorn's bra is in honor of her grandmothers, one who is currently being treated for breast cancer, and the other, who was always crafting for a cause.


From the website: "ArtBra-New Haven is the expression of the community of survivors, supporters, and artists, in celebration of and thanks to the wonderful people who helped get us through the odyssey of breast cancer. Bruce Barber, host of NPR's “Yale Cancer Center Answers”, has graciously agreed to be our MC and Auctioneer. We will also be honoring our own Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro for her groundbreaking work on the “No Drive-Through Mastectomies” legislation, which has helped so many post-operative patients.

Eileen Kaplan, noted author of Laughter Is The Breast Medicine, will be one of our survivor models. Eileen will also be available at a book signing following the fashion show."

Organizers Gaye Hyre and Serena Hatch have collected around 40 art bra and fine art donations from area artists and inspired individuals. The auction will benefit a fund that offers financial assistance to women (and men) who would otherwise have difficulty paying for their breast cancer treatment.

The Omni Hotel New Haven is located at 155 Temple St., New Haven, CT.

Gorky's Granddaughter: Video Interviews of Visual Artists

Painters Zachary Keeting and Christopher Joy have joined forces to found a blog that borrows its name for their recent show at the Fort Point Arts Community. Their site, Gorky's Granddaughter, explores the visual arts community around them in video. Christopher Joy conducted a lot of interviews on the fly at CWOS, and for full disclosure, I must say that the video of me taken at City Wide Open Studios, New Haven, is aqui.

Enjoy,
Lys

Três fotógrafos: Mark Savoia, Catherine Vanaria e Lys Guillorn no City Wide Open Studios New Haven: 25 e 26 de setembro.

Stacy © Catherine Vanaria

Nós três, da Connecticut Photographics/Still River Editions, compartilharemos um espaço de galeria na Estúdios Abertos em Toda a Cidade New Haven neste fim de semana.
Sáb., 25/9, das 12h às 17h, e dom., 26/9, das 12h às 17h
Três fotógrafos da Still River Editions: Mark Savoia, Catherine Vanaria, e Lys Guillorn na Erector Square, Rua Peck, 315, New Haven, CT, Edifício 2, 3º andar, Unidade 1

Haverá uma recepção de abertura na sexta-feira à noite, das 17h às 20h, no Espaço de Artes Em New Haven, Mark e eu exibiremos uma obra cada, mas a maior parte da exposição acontecerá no fim de semana na Erector Square. Eu irei à inauguração.

Outras pessoas que conhecemos e que estão participando incluem: Keith Johnson, Phyllis Crowley, Tom Peterson, e kHyal™ e Karl Heine da DesignerGrill, Joan Fitzsimmons, Valerie Richardson (DJ da WPKN), e Lisa Nichols. Estamos dividindo o espaço com um pintor Zachary Keeting.

Levaremos impressões tradicionais e digitais de nossos próprios trabalhos. Optei por trabalhar em um formato um pouco maior do que tenho feito ultimamente e pedi ao Mark para imprimir algumas fotos em jato de tinta com pigmento de carbono, no tamanho 50 x 90 cm, de duplas exposições em filme preto e branco. O Mark vai trazer impressões a carbono em preto e branco que foram exibidas recentemente na NESOP e que mostram seu senso de humor e seu olho para a ironia. Ele também pode estar trabalhando em um tríptico de quase 4 metros de comprimento. A Cathy vai trazer alguns de seus retratos íntimos feitos com a câmera de 20 x 25 cm que atualmente fica a cerca de 3,5 metros de mim, como uma dançarina solitária no meio do laboratório.

É gratuito, então, se você quiser fazer uma viagem de um dia a New Haven para ver obras de arte interessantes de todos os tipos e qualidades, venha nos visitar e dizer um oi. Estamos ansiosos para conhecer nossos colegas artistas e entrar na agitação.

Fique bem,
Lys

Uma imagem do nosso espaço antes do início, no sábado

Lys Guillorn on HolgaJen's blog

"Arm's Length"

©Lys Guillorn

Today one of Lys Guillorn's photos was featured on HolgaJen's site in a roundup of Etsy items related to the Holga. If you haven't been on Etsy before, it's a way for users to sell and buy fine art and handcrafted items, as well as vintage goods, and supplies. The Holga is a plastic 120 film camera with a plastic lens known for its quirky ability to lend a dreamlike quality to an image. Though there's a bit of a toy camera craze right now, Lys has been using the same Holga for the last 11 years, covered in electrical tape.

Mark