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UPCOMING EVENTS
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november
06sepAll Day20janScenes from a Floating World: Michael Cardinali
Event Details
An exhibit of still life photography Artist Statement "I have been increasingly drawn to photographing still life arrangements over the past
Event Details
An exhibit of still life photography
Artist Statement
"I have been increasingly drawn to photographing still life arrangements over the past few years. This began at a residency in the northern New England woods, in an impulse to transition away from photographing the landscape yet still represent it somehow. I fell in love with the suggestive power of sticks and leaves. Weeds collected on a walk offered limitless possibilities to play with form, tone, and space. I also try to approach the ineffable qualities of the places from which they came. By creating imaginary spaces which sometimes utilize drawing, painting, and multiple exposures, these small, constructed worlds give me license to move from the literal to the ephemeral."
Other events at PMAC with Michael Cardinali:
- September 9 - Reception: Scenes from a Floating World
- September 18 - West End Master Series: Michael Cardinali
Biography
Michael Cardinali creates photographs of landscapes, portraits and still lifes which build on relationships and histories and engage with the overlap of external and internal realities within an image. Born in New York and raised in New Jersey, he lives in Massachusetts and teaches photography at the University of New Hampshire, where he is Senior Lecturer in Art and Art History. He earned an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and a BFA from SUNY Purchase.
Cardinali’s work has been exhibited across the U.S. and internationally, including New York, Philadelphia, Boston, London, Edinburgh, Budapest and the United Arab Emirates. His first monograph, LOST Boston, was published in 2018 by +Kris Graves Projects. This publication is held in the library collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Duke University. His work has been supported by a Clowes Fund Fellowship to attend a Vermont Studio residency.
He has held workshops and presented lectures in New York, New England and beyond as well as serving as an exhibition jury member. His consulting work photographing museum collections has appeared in books, publications and ad campaigns, and he holds the position of Senior Object Photographer at Harvard University’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
Visit http://www.cardinaliphoto.com/ to see more works by Michael Cardinali.
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Time
September 6 (Tuesday) - January 20 (Friday)
Location
Haas Family Gallery and Recital Hall
973 Islington Street
december
06sepAll Day20janScenes from a Floating World: Michael Cardinali
Event Details
An exhibit of still life photography Artist Statement "I have been increasingly drawn to photographing still life arrangements over the past
Event Details
An exhibit of still life photography
Artist Statement
"I have been increasingly drawn to photographing still life arrangements over the past few years. This began at a residency in the northern New England woods, in an impulse to transition away from photographing the landscape yet still represent it somehow. I fell in love with the suggestive power of sticks and leaves. Weeds collected on a walk offered limitless possibilities to play with form, tone, and space. I also try to approach the ineffable qualities of the places from which they came. By creating imaginary spaces which sometimes utilize drawing, painting, and multiple exposures, these small, constructed worlds give me license to move from the literal to the ephemeral."
Other events at PMAC with Michael Cardinali:
- September 9 - Reception: Scenes from a Floating World
- September 18 - West End Master Series: Michael Cardinali
Biography
Michael Cardinali creates photographs of landscapes, portraits and still lifes which build on relationships and histories and engage with the overlap of external and internal realities within an image. Born in New York and raised in New Jersey, he lives in Massachusetts and teaches photography at the University of New Hampshire, where he is Senior Lecturer in Art and Art History. He earned an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and a BFA from SUNY Purchase.
Cardinali’s work has been exhibited across the U.S. and internationally, including New York, Philadelphia, Boston, London, Edinburgh, Budapest and the United Arab Emirates. His first monograph, LOST Boston, was published in 2018 by +Kris Graves Projects. This publication is held in the library collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Duke University. His work has been supported by a Clowes Fund Fellowship to attend a Vermont Studio residency.
He has held workshops and presented lectures in New York, New England and beyond as well as serving as an exhibition jury member. His consulting work photographing museum collections has appeared in books, publications and ad campaigns, and he holds the position of Senior Object Photographer at Harvard University’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
Visit http://www.cardinaliphoto.com/ to see more works by Michael Cardinali.
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Time
September 6 (Tuesday) - January 20 (Friday)
Location
Haas Family Gallery and Recital Hall
973 Islington Street
04dec1:00 pmJazz Institute Concert*TICKETED*
Event Details
Come see PMAC's jazz institute groups in concert as they grace the stage that so many of today's top Jazz and Blues artists perform on at
Event Details
Come see PMAC's jazz institute groups in concert as they grace the stage that so many of today's top Jazz and Blues artists perform on at Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club.
Brewery Lane Big Band
Feel the fusion, tap your toes, and get lost in the lyricism
Birdland - Weather Report
Bye Bye Blackbird - Ray Henderson
Night and Day - Cole Porter
Send in the Clowns - Stephen Sondheim, a tribute
Jazz Pioneers
PMAC's Jazz combo, performing standards in the jazz and blues repertoire
Teen Jazz Ensemble
PMAC's Teen Jazz Band, performing standards in the jazz and blues repertoire
Tickets are $10 at the door.
Don't miss the Brewery Lane Big Band and Jazz Pioneers in the Concert of Thanksgiving on November 20 at Portsmouth Middle School.
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Time
(Sunday) 1:00 pm
Location
Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club
135 Congress St
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15dec7:00 pmAlt Rock and Blues Show*TICKETED*
Event Details
Join us for an evening of alt rock and blues music at 3S Artspace, played by members of our PMAC adult student ensembles -
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Join us for an evening of alt rock and blues music at 3S Artspace, played by members of our PMAC adult student ensembles - the Alt Rock Band and the Roots, Rock, Blues and Beyond! Students have been working all semester on their set lists featuring music by Lake Street Dive, Stone Temple Pilots, Freddie King, the Cure, and more! The Roots, Rock, Blues and Beyond Bands are led by Jim Dozet and the Alt Rock Band is led by Nick Phaneuf.
PMAC's Adult Ensemble program covers a variety of genres, instruments and is open to a variety of playing levels. From the New Horizons Band (concert band) to the Flute Choir, Alt Rock Band and weekly Ukulele Jams (just to name a few!), PMAC has something for everyone. Our motto - Your Best is Good Enough!
Tickets are $5 general admission and will be available soon through 3S Artspace.
Don't miss the Alt Rock Band and Roots, Rock, Blues, and Beyond Bands in the Concert of Thanksgiving on November 20 at Portsmouth Middle School.
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Time
(Thursday) 7:00 pm
Location
3S Artspace
319 Vaughan St.
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16dec7:00 pmWinter Holiday Concert
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Celebrate the winter holidays as we deck the halls of Portsmouth Middle School with our Winter Holiday Concert featuring the New Horizons Band and Sandpipers Youth Chorus!
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Celebrate the winter holidays as we deck the halls of Portsmouth Middle School with our Winter Holiday Concert featuring the New Horizons Band and Sandpipers Youth Chorus!
Wear a Santa hat and your favorite ugly sweater and don't forget to bring your holiday joy!
New Horizons Band
Led by PMAC's CEO, Russ Grazier, the New Horizons Band is a community band that reconnects adults with the instruments they played in their youth, performing a variety of selections of popular concert and band repertoire.
Sandpipers Youth Chorus
Led by teaching artist Nathan Wotton, the Sandpipers Youth Chorus is filled with young singers from across the Seacoast.
Admission Information
Donations accepted at the door - $5 suggested for adults, kids are free!
Portsmouth Middle School
Don't miss New Horizons Band, performing at the Concert of Thanksgiving on November 20!
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Time
(Friday) 7:00 pm
Location
Portsmouth Middle School
155 Parrott Ave
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17dec12:00 pmTeen Rock Show: Prince*TICKETED*
Event Details
PMAC's Teen Rock Bands present an afternoon filled with Prince covers. The PMAC's Teen Rock Band Program is for students ages 9 - 18 who
Event Details
PMAC's Teen Rock Bands present an afternoon filled with Prince covers.
The PMAC's Teen Rock Band Program is for students ages 9 - 18 who want to learn how to rock! Students learn how to collaborate by learning songs and they gain insight on the inner workings of a band. Alumni of the Teen Rock Band have gone on to lead their own bands, write and record albums and perform throughout the U.S.! The Teen Rock Band Program is led by Nick Phaneuf.
Tickets are $5 general admission and will be available soon through 3S Artspace.
The PMAC Teen Rock Band program is generously sponsored by
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Time
(Saturday) 12:00 pm
Location
3S Artspace
319 Vaughan St.
Related Events
january
06sepAll Day20janScenes from a Floating World: Michael Cardinali
Event Details
An exhibit of still life photography Artist Statement "I have been increasingly drawn to photographing still life arrangements over the past
Event Details
An exhibit of still life photography
Artist Statement
"I have been increasingly drawn to photographing still life arrangements over the past few years. This began at a residency in the northern New England woods, in an impulse to transition away from photographing the landscape yet still represent it somehow. I fell in love with the suggestive power of sticks and leaves. Weeds collected on a walk offered limitless possibilities to play with form, tone, and space. I also try to approach the ineffable qualities of the places from which they came. By creating imaginary spaces which sometimes utilize drawing, painting, and multiple exposures, these small, constructed worlds give me license to move from the literal to the ephemeral."
Other events at PMAC with Michael Cardinali:
- September 9 - Reception: Scenes from a Floating World
- September 18 - West End Master Series: Michael Cardinali
Biography
Michael Cardinali creates photographs of landscapes, portraits and still lifes which build on relationships and histories and engage with the overlap of external and internal realities within an image. Born in New York and raised in New Jersey, he lives in Massachusetts and teaches photography at the University of New Hampshire, where he is Senior Lecturer in Art and Art History. He earned an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and a BFA from SUNY Purchase.
Cardinali’s work has been exhibited across the U.S. and internationally, including New York, Philadelphia, Boston, London, Edinburgh, Budapest and the United Arab Emirates. His first monograph, LOST Boston, was published in 2018 by +Kris Graves Projects. This publication is held in the library collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Duke University. His work has been supported by a Clowes Fund Fellowship to attend a Vermont Studio residency.
He has held workshops and presented lectures in New York, New England and beyond as well as serving as an exhibition jury member. His consulting work photographing museum collections has appeared in books, publications and ad campaigns, and he holds the position of Senior Object Photographer at Harvard University’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
Visit http://www.cardinaliphoto.com/ to see more works by Michael Cardinali.
more
Time
September 6 (Tuesday) - January 20 (Friday)
Location
Haas Family Gallery and Recital Hall
973 Islington Street
PMAC Blog
Introducing PMAC’s Newest Teaching Artists – Fall 2022!
by Michelle Shoemaker | Oct 8, 2022 | Blog, News
The Fall 2022 semester at PMAC is in full swing! I'm thrilled to introduce these professionally trained and experienced teaching artists...
Introducing Virginia Macdonald: The First Ever Assistant Director of PMAC’s New Horizons Bands!
by Amy Greenlaw | Aug 18, 2022 | Blog
We are entering an exciting era with PMAC’s New Horizons Bands: This is our twentieth year of building community through the arts! One way...
My TED talk: How Music Can Combat Isolation and Loneliness for Older Adults
by Russ Grazier | Jul 19, 2022 | Blog
PMAC Co-Founder Russ Grazier encourages people to find their creative community, regardless of the artistic...
