Korongo: June 2011

Saturday, June 4, 2011

The Rhythm of Color, by Kate Mueller, opens June 10 with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m.

Sensuous, curving lines and bold colors marks this exhibition of pastels and oil paintings by Montpelier-based artist Kate Mueller. The exhibit includes more than 30 figurative works, expressionistic landscapes, and portraits. Opening reception Friday, June 10, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Last Chance! "Scattered Art" Closes @ 7 p.m. June 5

Sunday is your last chance to see "Scattered Art," by Phil Godenschwager, a stunning collection of cartoons, stained glass, and sculpture that spans more than 40 years. The gallery will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Above: Phil (right) speaks with cartoonist, writer, and lecturer Steve Bissette, from the Center for Cartoon Studies.

The Randolph Herald on Korongo

From Herald writer Dian Parker: "Living in the East Village in Manhattan in the late '60s and all through the '70s, I’d often hang out with artists at a street café and we’d talk about our work incessantly. Bongo drummers lined Second Avenue and the small alcove of my eighth-floor walk up was often a place for bums to sleep. Artists opened their apartments as tiny makeshift art galleries. On one wall hung a tie-dyed sheet and on the floor a double mattress. Not much else except art. And more art. It was everywhere, some of it not very good, but it was an outpouring nonetheless; a place to be seen. We never thought the East Village would become what it is now, one of the hip places to live in Manhattan, still filled with art, only much more expensive.

"Along comes the Korongo Gallery to Randolph, and we have promise again of a beginning that could very well burgeon into something hip and wonderful, a place for artists and writers to display and read their work, congregate and hang out. At the opening on March 17 there was a feeling of excitement and expectation that we might just be on the verge of a new happening, right here in downtown Randolph. The gallery was packed. Patrick Texier, the owner, schmoozed with the folks and Laurie Sverdlove Goldman, the painter, and talked about her work which hung on three of the walls. Jack Rowell took photographs and everyone was smiling and milling about. The food was delicious. This was a real opening in a new little gallery that has a big and bright future." To continue reading Dian's article on the Herald website, click here.