The San Diego Art Institute and Diana Kirkpatrick

CONGRATULATIONS! The San Diego Art Institute takes great pleasure in informing you that your artwork has been provisionally accepted by this year’s juror for exhibition at SDAI’s 2011/51st International Exhibition.

Your work was selected from a field of 900 artworks from the USA & numerous foreign countries. The exhibition will show a total of 86 selected works of art.

Great News!!! For our Diana Kirkpatrick. We are so proud of her and her amazing work! Good job Diana on your work getting accepted into the exhibit!

San Diego Art Institute – 50th Annual International (Museum of the Living Artist)
House of Charm, Balboa Park
1439 El Prado
San Diego, CA 92101-1617 USA

Provincetown Rivals Boston's Newbury Street

Clustered in the East End, with more scattered throughout the town, the art galleries of Provincetown rival any to be found on Boston's Newbury Street, or in any urban center except New York.

From the Julie Heller Gallery- at 30, the town's oldest continually-operating gallery- to newer spaces such as Alden and Bowersock, these galleries are born of dreams, sustained by sweat and often sacrifice, and nurtured by a community proud of its long tradition as any adventurous artist's colony. ~ Boston Spirit, July / August 2009 issue, pg 36.


Wow, what a nice surprise. We are proud to be included and considered in their list of Provincetown's top galleries.

Boston Spirit Magazine should be in news stands throughout New England.

Like; Julie Heller Gallery, Kobalt Gallery, Ernden Fine Art Gallery, Packard Gallery, The Alden Gallery, Albert Merola gallery, Rice/ Polak Gallery, Lyman-Eyer Gallery, Simie Maryles Gallery, William-Scott Gallery, Gallery Voyeur, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Schoolhouse Center and Driskel Gallery, and Berta Walker.



Our review from Boston Spirit; Bowersock Gallery is also the result of realizing a dream that five years ago took Bowersock and his partner Michael Senger from new Hampshire to Provincetown, opening a gallery in the town center and moving to its current location in the East End four years ago. They brought with them a following of New Hampshire and Maine artists. Bowersock likes to "think outside the box" by designing shows with challenging themes such as "Dreams and Harsh Realities" which opens July 4 and asks participating artists to create works while listening to an ambient music CD from New York DJ Susan Morabito.~ Boston Spirit.

Poetry Select "Winners"

We our proud to announce the winners of our "Poetry Select Award"; Susie Howard won the poetry select and Barry Hellman won our online voters poll. Read more poetry here>>>

Poetry Select Winner

Threads; Inspired by Sean Hurleys "Path to Ruin"

I know this place between rough walls
of toppling bricks burnished by time,
where puddling tears, shining like dew
flow through deserted alleys telling of
our lives, lived here in the laughter
of all poor working girls, wealthy in hopes,
earned through pennies for piecework.

Stitchers and buttonholers, rippers and
hemmers giggling of flirtations with
longshoremen and fools in the streets.

I was one of the many from distant homes,
our mended aches sewn in bleached-clean
cotton by our deft hands, turning fabric to
clothes while our voices lifted in joyful song
carried tenderly in our hearts’ memory and
gay flourishes spoke for our sadness and sighs.

I know this place where mirth was our supper,
where love was our safe shelter, and belief was
suspended by our piecework poverty.

by Susie Howard

Online winner

Madeira; Inspired by Darlou Gams "Early Morning"

Drawn in
by the soft edges,
the half light
of sleep or dream,
I’m looking through
the window
of a hotel
I visited
thirty years ago.
On one side,
the city of Funchal
at dawn—
lights turning off
as if
letting go
one at a time.
On the other,
the landscape
of Madeira
with suspended clouds—
and a hidden road
winding down
the mountain.
It’s 5 AM.
Time to talk
about what has been
ignored:
not the wanting
and striving,
but what to do
with the remaining days.

-by Barry Hellman

Provincetown International Film Festival and Poetic Approach

We have our "Film Festival" window up and welcoming all the movie buffs.

The International Film Festival is in its 11th year and takes place June 17 through June 21. Honorees- include Guy Maddin, Filmmaker on the Edge Award, Alessandro Nivola, Excellence in Acting Award and Strand Releasing, Lifetime Achievement Award.

Along with the Film Festival we have our Friday night opening featuring Darlou Gams and Stan Moeller as the focus to our Poetic Approach. Poetry readings starting at 7 with a wine tasting from Wellfeet Wine Cellar & Spirits. Stop on by to see this amazing exhibit running through July 2nd. We will be announcing the winner of our "Poetry Select Award" tomorrow night.
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The Poetic Approach highlighted in American Art Collector

Stan Moeller featured in American Art Collector's, Exhibition Previews of New Art, June 2009 issue.

Maine artist uses spontaneous brushwork and vibrant color to capture the "mood of reality" and the way light moves around and affects a subject. Read on>>>

We are very excited for Moeller and busy preparing for his opening.

Our opening "The Poetic Approach" will feature two of our best painters, Darlou Gams and Stan Moeller. Opens Friday, June 19, 7 to 9pm, with poetry readings and a wine tasting.

Darlou Gams, a renowned east coast artist, is known for her dreamy, almost ethereal landscapes and portraiture. Her work explores color, design, shape and texture. Influenced by tonalists Inness and Eaton, Gams pushes boundaries, weaving color and light to create a modern interpretation of the landscape. Read on>>>


Stan Moeller, an award-winning artist, is equally skilled, but places his emphasis on soul. He uses spontaneous brushwork and vibrant color to capture the way light moves around and affects a subject as much as the subject itself. Moeller will premier “Museum Series,” his latest collection, at the exhibition. Read on>>>