The Market Gallery Featured Artists

Mary Bullington and Ed Bordett will be the Featured Artists at this month's Art By Night on Friday, July 1st 5-9 P.M. at The Market Gallery. Bullington is known for her colorful collage and mixed media pieces; Bordett for his seriagraphs and urban scenes of New York City and Roanoke. The artists will speak about their work at 6:00 and 6:30 at the gallery; 23 Salem Avenue in downtown Roanoke. VA.

 "Among dogs and Stars" by Mary Bullington.

CANDYLAND Closing Show July 1st at ART by Night

WILSON HUGHES gallery invites you to the CLOSING show for West coast Painter and Art Car Artist Kelly Lyles sweetly nostalgic installation CANDYLAND. Lyles’s installation contains over 50 small portraits of sugary treats from all over the world, and is shown with a 12 x 15 foot hand painted canvas floor cloth of CANDYLAND, the popular Milton Bradley board game.

Come experience Art by Night on Friday July 1st, from 5 PM to 9 PM at the WILSON HUGHES gallery, 117 Campbell Avenue SW, downtown Roanoke Arts District.

Take home a piece of herstory prices range from $100 to $300 for original framed paintings.

Duckmandu plays Candyland @ WILSON HUGHES gallery - Come hear Duckmandu play solo accordion and view the Candyland exhibition by Kelly Lyles on June 21 at 8 PM.

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Duckmandu: Aaron Seeman's onslaught of solo accordion and vocals has astounded audiences of all shapes and sizes. Maximum Rock 'n Roll, the premier punk magazine, pronounced him "over the top!" for his note-for-note renditions of the entire first Dead Kennedys album, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables. His repertoire also includes, but is not limited to, 70's rock, Broadway, klezmer, classical, country, Sousa marches, punk rock, and even a polka or two.

Rather than play hokey accordion versions of these songs, Duckman/Seeman seeks to demonstrate that accordion and vocals alone can evoke the spirit of the song, whether the hard driving rock of AC/DC, the wide vocal range and sonic landscape of Boston, or the supersonic speeds and driving force of Dead Kennedys.

The accordion received a triple blow to its image in American culture that by the 1960's had done serious damage. First, millions of American children were forced to play the unwieldy instrument against their wills. Second, Lawrence Welk's widely watched show focused only on the geekiest, corniest aspects of the instrument. Third, there was the rise of rock 'n roll and the electric guitar.

This is not to say that the Duckman renounces geekiness, far from it. But America and the world must be reminded what a powerful and versatile instrument the accordion can be.

New Hours at POParazzi

POParazzi Studio*Gallery is now open Monday through Friday from 12 - 5 PM.  On "Art by Night" Fridays, POParazzi will be open 4 - 9.

In addition, POParazzi will offer a 25% discount on all commissioned portraits made using reference photographs taken at local photography studios.

Thanks to everyone who came out for our first "Art by Night" and big thanks to Erin and Monica for the beautiful music! We look forward to seeing all of you around this Summer during our new day hours and on July 1st and August 5th as well.

--Gerald

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