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Join us for another fun evening in the Art New England Magazine’s Art Salon Series at FP3!

Enjoy cocktails and conversation while taking in the gorgeous Boston evening skyline views from FP3 Penthouse 3!   Mingle with the ten New England area artists being featured, and gain insight into what it means to live ‘an artist’s life’ in 2010.

Wednesday, November 10th
6pm – 8pm

FP3, Penthouse 3
346 Congress Street, Boston

Cocktails provided by Cold River Vodka, and hors d’oeuvres will be provided by Ambrosia Events and Catering.

Special thanks to Party by Design for adding contemporary furnishings and decor to make the penthouse even more spectacular!

Please RSVP to rsvp@artnewengland.com by Nov. 8th

"HAHA HaHa" by Barbara Ottmar

FP3 is pleased to announce our partnership with Art New England Magazine and the Fort Point Arts Community to bring you another great exhibition at the FP3 Art Gallery.  FP3 will be hosting works by two local FPAC artists, David Moore and Jeff Smith.

Their work will be on display from October 12th through January 3rd, with an Opening Reception scheduled for Friday, October 15th from 6pm to 8pm.  Friday the 15th is also the start of the Fort Point Artist Community’s Open Studios weekend!

The FP3 Art Gallery is located at 346 Congress Street, in the lobby space of the FP3 Residences.  Gallery hours are Monday–Friday 10am – 6pm, and Saturday and Sunday 10am – 4pm.

Jeff Smith, “Radio Days,” 2009, wood and polyurethane, 33” x 71”

Jeff Smith Artist Statement:

” The work in this show represents the coalescence of techniques and ideas I have been developing throughout my journey to create a genre of my own making in a dimension somewhere between 2 and 3.

My palate comprises reclaimed materials.  The colors, patinas and often the shapes of the wood are as found.  When I make a piece, I am creating a jigsaw puzzle in reverse and without a box.  By creating sculpture from trash, I have invited the viewer to rethink what is or isn’t of value.   As Marshall McLuhan said, the medium is the message. Trash has been my clay since I began sculpting 20 years ago.

When making a piece I am composing a story with overlapping scenes and abstract meanings.  Much of my other sculptural work is physically interactive and kinetic.  These pieces are intellectually kinetic.

When viewed these pieces are atmospheric forays into the subconscious rather than representational.  If music, they would be instrumentals. The lyrics are what the viewer creates in his own mind. ”

David Moore, Ceide Field XXXV, 2009, oil/linen, 60” x 42”

David Moore Artist Statement:

” I have been painting about the use of line and color for more than 30 years.  These paintings are not about a verbal experience as words can only provide a threshold for your entry. Line is blurred into meaning.

My paintings have evolved from representational scenes of urban structures, cloud formations, tree textures, and water studies, to paintings of abstract monochrome grids and curvilinear structures. Saturated color, repeated linear markings, and glowing nuanced surfaces have been essential to my concept of “obsessive abstraction”.

The Ballinglen Series is inspired by travels in Ireland and a residency at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland.  Upon returning to the U.S. with a suitcase full of works on paper, I began a series of large oil paintings entitled “Ceide Field”. Measuring up to 60 inches and just off-square, and smaller oil studies, the paintings parallel the Irish landscape through abstract spatial loops and repeated mark-making.

Influenced by the peat bogs of the “Ceide Field” County Mayo, the coastal rock formations in Easky, County Sligo, the Slieve League cliffs of County Donegal, and the landscape of the Burren, County Clare, this work continues my exploration of the daily ritual of place, realized in paint by dramatic lines, gesture, and color. Line, color, and gesture is used to create micro/macro metaphors of topographical and biological synapses in the series of paintings entitled “Ceide Field”. “

You can also view the art in our gallery if you attend our next open house at the FP3 residences on Sunday, October 17th!

Art Salons, Networking Parties, Roof Top Yoga and more!

FP3 continues to make big news…this time in a front page business story in the October 2nd edition of The Boston Globe.

Read the full Boston Globe article here.

FP3 was singled out for the creative events it’s producing and hosting, in an effort to attract and cultivate prospective new buyers.

The highly successful Art Salons, co-hosted with Art New England magazine, were profiled, and the photos that accompany the story captured the amazing views that the FP3 penthouses offer!

A vacant unit in the FP3 condos was the setting for an art salon this week. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)

If you want to join our event mailing list- click here. You can also find us on Facebook and on Twitter.

Or if you want to see the breathtaking views that are works of art as well, contact FP3.

Art New England recently premiered its new Art Salon series at FP3 in Penthouse One.

Jack Dzamba was the featured artist and his black and white photographs, entitled Paris in Boston, were spectacularly presented in a dramatic setting, complete with amazing views of the Boston skyline.

Opening Night

The evening featured cocktails from Cold River Vodka (gluten free and made from potatoes!) and celebrity chef Tony Ambrose was back in the kitchen offering delicious hors d’oeuvres to invited guests.

The Art Salon series continues at FP3 throughout the Fall.  Stay tuned for more details.

In the photo to the left, Photographer Jack Dzamba, CEO of Canvas Fine Arts Center Susanne Schultz, and Rita Fucillo the Assistant Publisher of Art New England Magazine pose for a photo together on an FP3 Penthouse Terrace.

And, yes…both the art and Penthouse are for sale!!

Contact us today to learn more.

To learn more about the artist and his inspirations for this collection and book, click the video below and watch a great interview by Susanne Schultz with Jack Dzamba from Opening Night!

BNN’s It’s all About Art with Jack Dzamba at FP3 from Andrew Swaine on Vimeo.

You may be wondering, ‘What is an Art Salon?’

A salon is defined as “a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine the taste and increase their knowledge of the participants through conversation.”  Salons are commonly associated with the literary and philosophical movements in France during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Join us for a modern-day Art Salon at FP3

An evening of cocktails and conversation with photographer Jack Dzamba.  View his exhibit and book, Paris in Boston.  The book is a collection of fine art photography, bringing to light the Parisian influence in so much of the art and architecture in Boston.

Did you know that the façade of the Boston Public Library is molded on that of the Bibliothèque Saint Genevieve in Paris?  Did you ever notice how much the Genzyme headquarters recalls Notre Dame in the evening?

This event is the premiere of Art New England Magazine’s new Art Salon Series as part of its Art Everywhere Project.  Cocktails will be provided by Cold River Vodka and Ambrosia Events and Catering.

Rouvalis Flowers on Beacon Hill by Jack Dzamba

Thursday, September 16
6-8 p.m.
Penthouse One at FP3
346 Congress Street, Boston

Please RSVP to rsvp@artnewengland.com by September 13, 2010