Open Doors 2009 Gallery


Select a link below to see images from the Open Doors Artists' Studios and Available Space Tour 2009:

33 Washington Street: Female Expression
33 Washington Street: Guerilla Gallery
74 Bruen Street
89 Market Street
972 Broad Street
The Coffee Cave
Colonnade Gallery
East-West Connection
Gallery 744
GlassRoots
Index Art Center
Newark Art Supply
One Gallery
Rupert Ravens Contemporary
Sumei Multidisciplinary Arts Center


33 Washington Street: Female Expression
33 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102

Multimedia work created all by women using art to express their different emotions, feelings and thoughts about life. We as women have to put on many hats, mothers, daughters, wives, workers, care givers, lovers, artists and the list goes on and on. We may not always see our struggles the same way but Art is our common ground. Curated by Luisa Pinzon.

Artists: Lauren Curtis, Laura Cuevas, Sylvia Padilla, Deborah Marcano, Kathryn Eddy, Ellen Y. O'Dwyer-Woods, Jae Quinlan, Athena Lynch, Nadine Lafonde, Grace Marquinhos, Sandie Lee Butler, Michelle Butler, Luisa Pinzon, Allison Capel






33 Washington Street: Guerilla Gallery
33 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102








74 Bruen Street
74 Bruen Street, Newark, NJ 07102

Artist, Andrea DeFelice's Statement:
This performance [presently "Untitled"] is primarily about transformation and reaction. It is based upon my own reactions to my personal relationship to sound and communication. I use the piano as a symbol of this relationship. The knife-throwing craft is a newly acquired skill. I use this craft in the performance as a symbol of the relationship to anything learned in order to adjust or to protect oneself to forces beyond his/her control. I'm more or less attacking the piano as it is slowly damaged and transformed by the knives. The backboard, the keys, the interior soundboard, and the piano hammers are all being hit. Microphones are attached to both the piano as well as within the surrounding space. This was first performed in a raw warehouse space that was currently undergoing renovations. At the time the space was empty with only exposed cement, and had a portion of the ceiling open to the sky. This amplified the sounds in addition to the microphones and electronic amplifiers. All sounds and visuals were recorded.

The performance lasted approximately 30 minutes where 100 knives were thrown, as well as 30 blades fired [with a modified crossbow], at an upright piano. This was originally intended to be [one] part of several additional performances and/or installations all in relationship to each other. I am presently planning to organize the additions within the next two years.






89 Market Street
89 Market Street, Newark, NJ 07102




972 Broad Street
972 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102










The Coffee Cave
45 Halsey Street, Newark, NJ 07102




Colonnade Gallery
51 Clifton Ave, Basement Concourse, Newark, New Jersey 07102






East-West Connection
57 Halsey Street, Newark, NJ 07102



Gallery 744
744 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102
Download the lists of artists from the exhibition







GlassRoots
10 Bleeker Street, Newark, NJ 07102



Index Art Center
585 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102






Newark Art Supply
61 Halsey St (corner of Halsey and New St. ) Newark, NJ 07102



One Gallery
One Gateway Center, Lower Lobby, Newark, NJ 07102






Rupert Ravens Contemporary
85 Market Street, Newark, NJ 07102








Sumei Multidisciplinary Arts Center
at The Button Factory
85 Hamilton Street corner NJ Railroad Avenue Newark, NJ 07105