FRANKLIN STREET ART SPACE

FRANKLIN STREET ART SPACE
A contemporary art gallery focusing on emerging and established practicing artists whose work demonstrates a willingness to experiment with form, medium, materials, concept and subject matter.

FSAS is a joint effort by Russell Persson and Tammy Ackerman. The gallery opened in October 2007.

Visit our Flickr to see photos of openings and events. Open late for Biddeford's ArtWalk every last Thursday of each month.

RENT OUR GALLERY: looking for a beautiful venue at reasonable rates for your next class/workshop/luncheon/rehearsal dinner? Rent our gallery...contact us for more information.

CURRENT SHOW FOR MAY 1 - 31ST:
Opening reception Saturday, May 3 from 5-8pm

Detail of untitled painting by Honnie Goode (top) and Urchin by Alisha Gould (bottom)

FSAS is thrilled to present a show by artists Honnie Goode, of South Portland, and Alisha Gould of Kennebunkport. Honnie will be showing sixteen combined process paintings and one drawing while Alisha will be showing three large sculptures.

Honnie Goode : Artist Statement
"As an artist I combine an intuitive approach to image making with the structured framework of learned technique. Ultimately, by combining the emotional with the rational, I aspire to achieve a balance within myself. My intent is to illicit an emotional response, in hopes that the viewer will have more than just a superficial experience. Even though I am mostly recognized as a painter, I do not label myself as such, and instead consider myself an artist who enjoys delving into new processes. When making art, translating the idea is what is most important and the most essential part of what I do. The conceptual framework and how it is best translated ultimately dictates the medium I will use. Through this method of art making I am always learning, and through the act of creating I find meaning and truth about myself, and my environment."

Honnie has a BFA in painting with an emphasis on printmaking from Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Georgia 1996. She lives and works in South Portland, Maine, with her husband, Todd, and two lovely little girls.

Alisha Gould : Artist Statement
"I am a graduate of the sculpture department at Rhode Island School of Design, now living in Kennebunk, Maine. My recent move from this sleepy tourist town on the craggy coast of Maine to an expanding industrial city in the middle of the Canadian prairies – and back again – has led me to explore the concept of home.

Isolated as a not-yet-legal immigrant, I struggled to build a sense of community and familiarity in a landlocked landscape dominated by a profusion of fluorescent billboards, strip malls, and overcrowded sub-divisions. My displacement led me to investigate the idea of dwelling.

As a term, dwelling relates to both the theme of my sculpture and my often repetitious process. As a philosophical concept developed by Heidegger, it ponders the relationship between nature and man. I create organic forms inspired by natural abodes such as nests, hives, cocoons, barnacles and urchins employing handmade methods and simple materials. These shapes use multiples, pattern, vibrant color and alluring texture to produce polarities such as interior/exterior, natural/artificial, one/many and attraction/aversion. In “Urchin”, the graphic, inked exterior bristles with thousands of angry spines and contrasts with the quilted velvet interior. The shell’s thorny shield forms a menacing defense for the plush haven within."

GALLERY SCHEDULE

NOVEMBER : Sara Crall | Observations Of
DECEMBER : Biggest Little Art Show

MUSIC SCHEDULE

NOVEMBER 8: CANCELLED. David Wax Museum with South China 8:30pm.

REVIEWS
PORTLAND PHOENIX: "When ordinary is extraordinary : Gil Corral’s questions and answers in Biddeford" by Ian Paige, September 25, 2008

PORTLAND PHOENIX: "An Informal Formalism," a review of Jared Radding's show by Ian Paige of the Portland Phoenix, 02/20/08.

REVISED REGULAR HOURS:
SATURDAY NOON - 6P AND BY APPOINTMENT

FOR MORE INFO CALL 207 229 3560 OR EMAIL.
41 FRANKLIN STREET • BIDDEFORD ME 04005 • MAP