Davis Art Services Selected Projects
2013
Fountain Art Fair New York, at the historic Armory on Lexington Ave, March 8th through 10th. Featuring Andrew Davis, Claire Fox, Wayne Hopkins, Erin Ko, Anne Roecklein, Diane Sullivan, and Cathy Wysocki.
2012
Davis Art Services showed at Fountain Art Fair in Miami's beautiful Wynwood District, December 6th through 9th. On the walls, and occasionally present at the fair, were Andrew Davis, ASARO, Claire Fox, Ian George, Wayne Hopkins, Erin Ko, Jason Lockyer, Anne Roecklein, Diane Sullivan, and Cathy Wysocki. Thank you to the many, many who attended and enjoyed the work we had on view.
This Blue Marble: The Universe of Josh Simpson - a retrospective of the reknowned and innovative glass artist at MCLA Gallery 51. Now we're floating in a most peculiar way. DAS oversaw the installation.
Dream Home - a site-specific installation at IS183 Art School of the Berkshires. This elaborate sculptural installation is the product of a month-long Citizens' Hall Residency the artists undertook at the school. It will be on view through March 29, 2013. Thanks to all who attended the October 3rd opening reception.
Imagining North Adams - a group show at Gallery 107 in, you guessed it, North Adams. In the words of curator Jennifer Krouse, the show was "a festival of images, idea and initiatives with a place making mission. Through artwork and participatory events, the festival invites participants to imagine North Adams as a 'canvas for our daily lives.'”
The Phylogeny Projects: North Adams School? - a group show Branch Gallery, North Adams that dared to ask: is there such a thing as a North Adams School? How does the narrative of North Adams hang over the heads (or inform the work) of artists in this tiny post-industrial city? Co-curated with Derek Parker and Anne Roecklein.
Beijing, China - a month-long artist residency at the fabulous Red Gate.
Letterpress/Printmaking Marathon - an art jam weekend we co-organized with PRESS Gallery in North Adams, culminating in a benefit exhibition of work created during the marathon.
2011
The Little People From Here, in tandem with The Art of Dissent - The magical work of Claire Fox shows alongside woodcuts from the ASARO Collective of Oaxaca, Mexico. At Grass Gallery, a DAS pop-up venue.
Second Annual Bascom Lodge Drawing Marathon, Mt. Greylock, Adams, MA. From 8 PM to 8 AM at a secluded lodge on the peak of the highest mountain in Massachusetts. Open to the public.
End of an Empire - A juried survey of anti-war art. This exhibition garnered an enthusiastic public response with its critique of United States military policy since the end of the Cold War in 1991. At Grass Gallery, a DAS pop-up venue.
The North Adams Downtown Makeover – a fragment of the 2010 show re-appeared at Bureau for Open Culture, Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA
2010
The North Adams Downtown Makeover - in which we re-envisioned the physical space of North Adams, currently an accumulation of ill-advised "urban renewal" decisions, as the ideal of a very small city.
Avalon Seafood - For our second season, we presented four shows: "State of the Union", "The Little People from Somewhere Else", "Drawing Marathon Results", and "The North Adams Downtown Makeover".
First Annual Bascom Lodge Drawing Marathon - Mt. Greylock, Adams, MA.
Maya III - curatorial and technical assistance for artist Jarvis Rockwell, North Adams, MA
2009
Avalon Seafood Gallery - a Davis Art Services pop-up venue, presenting solo exhibitions by Ian George, Bryan Heggie, Jason Lockyer, Claire Fox, Andrew Davis, and Veronica Tyson-Strait.
Two Actors, Ten Painters - Eclipse Mill Gallery and Main Street Stage, North Adams, MA (book available for sale here)
2008
Open Studios, wall construction for DelfTree/NoAMA building, North Adams, MA
DownStreet Art, involved in North Adams Artists’ Co-op Gallery, North Adams, MA
2007
Strata II, [seven-degrees], Laguna Beach, CA - an expanded version of “Strata” at Laguna Beach’s premier art event site
Strata, Sotheby’s, Beverly Hills, CA - featuring artists Christian Bible, Andrew Davis, Ed Gomez, Ian George, and Bryan Heggie in the famous alternative space Sotheby’s
2005
Currents, Bonhams & Butterfields, Los Angeles, CA - featuring nine Los Angeles-based artists in the galleries of a major auction house
Our North Adams pop-up galleries have been produced in conjunction with DownStreet Art, a program using the arts to rehabilitate existing spaces and revitalize local economies.