The 9th Dorchester
Arts Collaborative Open Studios
weekend took
place October 22-23, 2010 with all events spanning from October 17
through October 26.
- Friday night - event reception
- Saturday morning - DotBike tour of Dorchester
art
- Saturday and Sunday
afternoons - Open Studios
Friday night Hancock 309 Gallery and Consignment provided the perfect
space for the DAC reception, a gala event with
attendees dressed as brightly as the art surrounding them.
Plenty
of food for snacking and music accompanied the noisy
crowd.
View photos of the reception.
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Saturday morning starting at 11 am,
the Dot
Bikers started their ride in Codman Square.
Fully one-third of
the public art sites (6 out of 19) were located in Upham's
Corner.
- Flag mural
- Negro Leagues Baseball mural, late 1990's,
Boston
Mural Crew
- A Dragon for Dorchester (Fuku Riu), bronze
sculpture
2003, by Nancy Shon
- Clapp Pear, bronze sculpture 2007, Laura
Baring-Gould
- Copenhagen Fountain, 1915, Albert Henry Atkins
- Edward Everett, bronze statue, 1866, William
Wetmore
Story
View photos of bikers at the Clapp Pear and
the newest bronze art dedicated 10/16/10. |
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Two of the group sites are located in
Upham's
Corner or very close by - Humphreys Studios and Pearl Street
Studios. Two artists opened their home studios, one of which is
in Upham's Corner - Robin Chandler.
To learn more about these artists and studio settings, we encourage you
to browse their websites.
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