Photographs by Eric Rowley (Eric Rowley Imaging) Professional photographer Eric Rowley is a graduate of Iowa State University. He has won numerous photograph and photo-journalism awards including the 2003 Hearst Journalism Award. He worked as a staff photographer at the Des Moines Register and Tampa Tribune and documented the new public education system in Kenya, Africa. Eric Rowley Imaging The Exhibit Gallery Eric Rowley after reviewing the photos decided to mount the exhibit in black and white. This medium conveyed the images message the best. The full scale images are 10 inches x 16 inches framed and matted cost $300. Send check or money order made payable to Community Arts Advocates to: Canadian & Mexican orders
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Terelle Brown and Bobby Bishop at Downtown
Crossing on the Orange Line Email: tastybeats@yahoo.com or
rellish33@hotmail.com Web site http://www.steppersheaven.com/ Chris Wilhelm in Harvard Square, Cambridge
Email: chris@chriswilhelm.net Web site:
http://www.chriswilhelm.net Break Dancers at Sam Adams Park, Boston Street Performer at Faneuil Hall
Marketplace Greg Sulvia Downtown Crossing Orange Line
Station, Boston Manning in Davis Square, Somerville Living Statue in Sam Adams Park, Boston,
MA John Patton at Park Street Station Red Line
Central Platform, Boston (SOLD) Gifants "The Haitian Troubadour" at Harvard
Square Station Red Line Email: gifrants@yahoo.com Web site: http://gifrants.com/ Gifants "The Haitian Troubadour" at Harvard
Square Station Red Line, Cambridge Email: gifrants@yahoo.com Web site: http://gifrants.com/ Sheet Music Paulo Cesar Alves Pereirs
Harvard Square Red Line Station,
Cambridge Email: paulocesar55@hotmail.com Lloyd Thayer in Harvard Square, Cambridge
Note: The full scale picture shows images of the
slide guitar in his sun glasses. Email
lloydthayer@mac.com Web site: http://www.lloydthayer.com
(SOLD) Lloyd Thayer in Harvard Square, Cambridge
Email lloydthayer@mac.com Web site: http://www.lloydthayer.com Lloyd Thayer in Harvard Square, Cambridge
Email lloydthayer@mac.com Web site: http://www.lloydthayer.com Manny B and John Rogers at the Boston Pub;lic
Gardens Manny B and John Rogers at the Boston Pub;lic
Gardens George Markey on the Boston Common George Markey on the Boston Common (SOLD) Break dancer Harvard Square, Cambridge
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The Street Artists Photo-Journalism Project will document street artists in Cambridge, Boston and MBTA Subway Platforms. The primary objective of this Street Artists Photo-Journalism Project is to publish the photographs with brief artists descriptions and contact information on the Street Arts and Buskers Advocates pages on the Community Arts Advocates web site.
The Street Artists Photo-Journalism Project goals are:
- To document the depth and diversity of talent of street artists in Greater Boston, Cambridge and Somerville parks, sidewalks, transit platforms and public spaces
- To enhance the visibility and reputations of the participating street artists
- To increase public awareness, understanding and support for the street arts and street artists
The Street Artists Photo-Journalism Project objectives are:
- To photograph, document and interview street artists and street audiences in:
- Boston -- Boston Common, Copley Square, Downtown Crossing, and Faneuil Hall Marketplace
- Cambridge -- Brattle and Harvard Square, Central Square, and Kendall Square
- Somerville -- Davis Square
- Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA)
- Harvard Square Station (Red Line)
- Park Street Station (Red and Green Line)
- Washington Street Station (Red and Orange Line)
- Government Station (Green and Blue Line)
- Back Bay Station (Orange Line)
- Davis Square Station (Red Line)
- Alewife Station (Red Line)
- To publish the photographs with brief artists descriptions and contact information on the Street Arts and Buskers Advocates pages on the Community Arts Advocates web site
- To promote and link the Street Artists Photo-Journalism Project web site with city, state, regional, national and international arts councils, arts festivals and arts organizations
- To provide Street Artists Photo-Journalism Project web site information to area tourism and business associations
Photographer Eric Rowley (Eric Rowley Imaging) will document street artists during thethe years 2005-2006. Street artists and street audiences will be photographed with digital and/or film cameras plus interviewed in writing and/or with an audio recorder. Professional photographer Eric Rowley is a graduate of Iowa State University. He has won numerous photograph and photo-journalism awards including the 2003 Hearst Journalism Award. He worked as a staff photographer at the Des Moines Register and Tampa Tribune and documented the new public education system in Kenya, Africa.
Sample questions may include:
- Name and contact information, web site and email address?
- Age and background of person being interviewed?
- How long performing on the street?
- Motivation for performing on the street?
- A short story highlighting the person's street performance experience?
Street artists are encouraged to send additional support material of reviews, photographs, recordings and brochures for the Street and Buskers Advocates artists resource files. All participating street artists and street audience members interviewed are encouraged to sign the Consent and Release Agreement.
This program is supported in part by grants from the Cambridge Arts Council and Somerville Arts Council, through the local cultural council grant programs which are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Exhibits and Events: 2006
Thursday, June 29 - Thursday, July 6Opening Reception Thursday, June 29, 7 PM
Central Square Branch Cambridge Public Library
45 Pearl Street, Cambridge, MA Wheelchair Accessible 617-349-4010
http://www.ci.cambridge.ma.us/~CPL/hours/central.html
Saturday, June 17th, 12-6 PM, Cambridge River FestivalCommunity Tables section on Memorial Drive, Cambridge
Cambridge Arts Council, 344 Broadway, Second Floor, Cambridge, MA 02139 Tel: 617-349-4385 Fax: 617-349-4669 Email: ewhite@CambridgeMA.gov Web: http://www.ci.cambridge.ma.us/CAC/community_river.html
Monday, February 13, 2006, Cambridge City Hall AnnexThe Cambridge Arts Council will be hosting a public reception to recognize grant recipients at the City Hall Annex on Monday, February 13, 2006. Information displays will be on view throughout the day, and a reception will take place from 6pm-8pm. The CAC Grant Awards Celebration is free and open to the public.
Elizabeth White, Community Arts Administrator, Cambridge Arts Council, 344 Broadway, Second Floor, Cambridge, MA 02139 Tel: 617-349-4385 Fax: 617-349-4669 Email: ewhite@CambridgeMA.gov Web: http://www.cambridgeartscouncil.org/
Street Artists Photo-Journalism Project
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