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Final Friday Events for Friday, December 30th, 2011 All events are from 5 until 9 pm unless otherwise noted

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1109 GALLERY (1109 MASS.)

The 1109 Gallery is having a New Year's Eve Party on December 30th, Final Friday (One Day Early) from 7:00pm until ? featuring the music of LA Fahy. Come enjoy the "Wintry Mix" exhibit, food and fun!

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WATKINS COMMUNITY MUSEUM (LOBBY)

Dave DeHetre will exhibit glass pieces in the lobby of the Watkins Museum, and musician, Gwyneth of Feral Flute will perform from 5:00 until 8:00 pm for the Final Friday Art Walk.

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THE LAWRENCE ART PARTY (HOBBS TAYLOR LOFTS)

Don’t miss the Final Final Friday Lawrence Art Party! The Final Lawrence Art Party of the year will have music, dance, paintings, sculpture, photography, and more.

We’ll have music the always popular Heebie Jeebies, dance by the Lawrence Ballet Theatre, a group show by the KU Drawing II students, and art by these amazing artists:

Alexandria Browne Matt Burke Scott Burr John Clayton Raechel Cook Matthew Dominic Farley Sandra Griffin Hannah Jensen Emily Johnson Brad Levy Jim Luhning Amy Meya Lori Norwood Pam Renovato George Paley Thomas Richmond Trae D. Rickford Kyle Rogers Gregory Thomas KT Walsh Tom Weso Jewell Willhite Jessica Windholz Susan P. Wilson

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LOVE GARDEN SOUNDS (822 MASS.)

ART FOR SKATE'S SAKE, a group benefit show for Centennial Skate Park

Live music by E100 and Stiff Middle Fingers

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TELLER'S RESTAURANT (746 MASS.)

Adam Lott: Excuse me, this is private. Opens Tuesday, December 27th from 6 until 8 pm, open on Final Friday for viewing

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THE INVISIBLE HAND GALLERY (801.5 MASS.)

Jeremy Rockwell: Intersection

Opens Final Friday December 30th 6-9pm

From the artist:

Inspired by the process of using found and re-purposed materials, Jeremy Rockwell is at home in many mediums, be it painting, drawing, photography, fashion, or sculpture. Regardless of the delivery, Rockwell's work shares a common thread or language - of order and chaos, of personal and shared history - the layers and lines becoming the point where all the explorations of his art intersect. This January at the Invisible Hand gallery, Rockwell will open “Intersection,” a show featuring a collection of new and never before shown older works from several of his ongoing series, including the “keyboard/pixel” series, “interference”, and his 'Paris journal' series.

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GLOBAL CAFE (820 MASS.)

Wapána: “balanced good life”; Photography by Brett Ramey

For Indigenous communities food has never been just about food. It is interwoven with language, art, songs, ceremonies, family relationships, and often creation stories. This reflects a worldview that directly confronts the notion that life is divided neatly into academic disciplines, occupational tracks, and political ideologies.

In a world increasingly characterized by climate change, record-breaking droughts, floods, earthquakes, crumbling economies, and emergent social revolutions, communities throughout the world are responding by working to protect, respect, and reinvigorate their local environments, economies, and food systems. The success of these responses will depend on recognizing the interdependence among ALL aspects of healthy and whole communities- a concept that has always been central to the resilience of Indigenous and other land-based peoples.

This show offers a few examples of Indigenous communities working to maintain and reclaim our traditional lifeways. These images are not a result of passive visitation or tourism, nor are they a romanticization of the past or a call to “going back” to some better time. Instead, they offer a way forward by highlighting examples of people throughout the world creatively exercising their ability to feed, clothe, and express themselves artistically on their own terms- all while acknowledging the necessity of building balanced, interconnected relationships in these time of transition.

ARTIST BIO

For the past decade Brett Ramey has been working with young people around the world to reconnect to land-based knowledge while living in urban areas. This work includes building traditional food and medicine gardens with schools and in vacant city lots, facilitating community-based garden design and mural trainings, and serving on numerous local, regional, and National advisory boards.

His photos have been exhibited in the U.S. Senate Rotunda as part of the National Wildlife Federation’s Fair Climate Project and at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in New York City. Brett now lives in Lawrence, Kansas and on his reservation (Ioway) near White Cloud, Kansas where he works with the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center to promote health and reduce cancer in urban and rural Native communities.

For additional writings and photo essays: www.horagewi.com

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PHOENIX GALLERY (825 MASS.)

Demonstrating artist: Charles Gabel Recycled Parts Jewelry

Charles, a life-long Kansas resident, has lived and worked in Lawrence for over 25 years. His jewelry is created using recycled metals and parts which he transforms into contemporary, one-of-a-kind pieces. Charles, who has worked with metals for more than 20 years, finds joy in the material and the freedom it gives him to create what is in his mind's eye. He will be demonstrating his work and will also have many pieces on hand to see.

We will have snacks and hot cider for you to try.

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DOWNTOWN UPSTAIRS (824 1/2 MASS.)

Telling the artwork from what is just part of the organic, long-time evolution of this magical space makes a visit to the Downtown Upstairs Studio definitely worth the trip upstairs. Artists and friends Traci Bunkers, Mike Wallace, and Andy will be showing their work, joined by Wes McCauley and Chris and Sara Teasley. This venue is open late to give everyone a chance to visit.

Traci Bunkers, mixed-media artist and published author, has a little something for everyone, including quirky pin-back buttons & pocket mirrors, ponytail dreadlocks, mixed-media paintings, photographs, and handmade books. She will also have both of her books "The Art Journal Workshop" and "Print & Stamp Lab" available. See her website at http://www.TraciBunkers.com for more information.

Andy, fondly known as Uncle Andy, is a prolific artist who specializes in squished acrylics on found objects.

Mike Wallace is a Lawrence area artist who is starting to show again after many years. He is currently producing portraits and animal portraits in oil, as well as mixed-media pieces. For more information, contact Mike at mwdesign@sunflower.com.

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THE LAWRENCE PERCOLATOR (in the alley behind the Lawrence Arts Center)

1. Join local high school and college young artists as they speak their minds -- sharing original stories and short pieces about the ins and outs, ups and downs, good, bad and otherwise...about Belonging.

FINAL FRIDAY December 30th -- 3:00 to 4:30 at The Percolator. an UnderStory Project, hosted by StormDoor Productions' Christie Scanlin Dobson. http://stormdoorproductions.net/ also joining us, Shannon White!

YOUNG ARTISTS and writers and actors! If you or someone you know would like to join us, let us know. come, share your story. The UnderStory...planting seeds. questions?: contact christie: stormdoorproductions@gmail.com

1. STILLNESS AND THE WORD

Opening - Wednesday, December 21st 6 - 9 pm Show continues through January 15th

The show, curated by poet Peter Wright, is a collection of collaborations between visual artists, writers and musicians exploring the core moment of eternal peace and that which is born of it into conscious play. It is a celebration of the winter solstice, a time when we begin again. Writers & musicians will perform their works starting at 7 pm.

As the year makes its round approaching that longest night when she is reborn in darkness we speed toward the exchange of our bounty while just beneath

it is her secret that fuels our every move. -Peter A Wright

Participants include: Lisa Grossman, Kelly Barth, Ashley Laird, Leah Sewell, Nicholas Ward, Michael Hennecke, Stella Robbins, Lee Robins, Rachael Perry, Michael Bradley, Kyle McKenzie, Cody White, Jenny Cook, Katie Nichols, Peter Wright among others.

• Final Friday, the 30th of December @ the Percolator there will be a reading of Begin Again starting @ 6pm. The anthology, edited by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg and published by Woodley Press, features the work of over 90 writers, including the poems published on www.150KansasPoems.wordpress.com, a website Mirriam-Goldberg developed to celebrate Kansas' 150th anniversary of statehood. Poets attending include: Rick Nichols, KL Barron, Nancy Hubble, Ronda Miller, Iris Wilkinson, & Peter Wright among others. Books will be available for purchase , Lawrence Percolator :: www.lcava.org LAWRENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY RECENT WORKS by STEPHEN SWEIGART Stephen Sweigart has been attracted to impressionism since he first learned about it in his early teens. Over the years, his artistic style has evolved from impressionism to post-impressionism and French and German expressionism. But in the past few years, he's gone back to the fundamentals of painting and returned to impressionism -- which is essentially the style of these works. Sweigart asserts that he doesn't paint in an exclusively impressionist style, but that this exhibit is a response to these anxious times. ACRYLIC PAINTINGS by JEWELL WILLHITE When paintings pile up, Jewell Willhite thinks: "Why do this?" But going outdoors and seeing blue sky, deep green foliage, water shimmering with reflections or a meadow of wildflowers, she thinks: "How could I not paint?" To Willhite, painting is an expression of joy in the natural world, a resounding "Yes!"
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COPT/FEIDEN GALLERY (815 MASS.) Kansas paintings and photography by Louis Copt and Mark Feiden. Please visit us as part of "Final Fridays"--a celebration of the arts that includes special exhibits, performances and demonstrations in Downtown Lawrence.

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THE BOURGEOIS PIG (6 E. 9TH ST.) “Te Parti” Atomic Photography featuring Foxy By Proxy Revue Atomic is a team of photographers with passions for feminine grace and beauty. Through these images, we strive to intrigue. This series features the ladies of Lawrence-based burlesque troupe Foxy By Proxy Revue.

Te Parti:

"A tale of beautiful and grotesque wanton waifs, lost is the forest of mischief, they are children of the woods. They stumble upon the remains of a mad man's tea party, eager to indulge in the pleasures of this peculiar scene."

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FLORA & FAUNA SALON (700 MASS. SUITE 307)

FANCIFUL PORTRAITURE IN OIL by LIBERTY HOLLIS 6 until 9 pm Sweets and treats by Sam Wardy and myself and a limited donation bar will be available. Pretty things and good company!

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“LOST ART” FLASH SPACE (845 MASS.)

"lost art" At the old Penny Annie's. 845 Massachusetts Artist: Jesse Gray Jeromy Morris Yuri Zupancic Jeremy Rockwell and more 5-9pm