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Artist Statement by Lucille Nava:

“From the early 1970s through 2012, I made art despite full-time employment in another professional area. After that period, and up to the present, I have worked full-time in my studio.

I paint to convey the contradictions I see in daily life—emotional, psychological, environmental, political—color and line work together, yet they emerge as opposites of what I know about the immediacy of place.

The seductiveness of color is often in juxtaposition to the context of forms. The forms are sometimes projectiles, and at other times pieces that have broken off from their anchors. They may be grounded or float, but I always want them to defy logic, to provoke, to challenge the
world of rules and conformity.”

ROOTED Armory Café is open Tu – F 12pm – 7:30pm, and Sat 9am – 7:30pm. The Café is closed on Sundays and Mondays. Please check the event schedule for additional open hours outside of regular hours.

In a recent survey, “more venues to perform/display art” was the #1 ranked and most desired outcome of a cultural plan for the City of Somerville. In response to this need, we launched our first Performance Opportunity Program series in February. With a goal to raise $10,000 by June 30th, we are dedicating our June Campaign to supporting our Performance Opportunity Program (POP). We are asking for your ongoing support so that we can continue to provide POP as an opportunity to artists and cultural workers at least once per month. Thank you for giving as generously as you can. We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming POP event! Click here to give and learn more about POP.

Artists who have been part of Somerville Arts Council’s AiR Program have been hard at work in the studios to bring you in-progress showings, performances, and experiences from May into the summer. You can join these artists in venues such as the Center for the Arts at the Armory, at ArtAssembled at Assembly Row, the Crystal Ballroom, and along the Mystic River all in Somerville! The following performances will be taking place inside the Arts at the Armory Performance Hall:

05/31 @7pm              06/08 @7pm
Caitlin Canty              Claire Lane & Caroline Bradburry
Catherine Siller         Rebecca McGowan & Jackie O’Reilly
Jessica Roseman      Brandy White | detrius Dance

For more information, please visit www.artassembled.org or www.somervilleartscouncil.org. Arts at the Armory’s Performance Opportunity Program (POP) is generously supported by Cambridge Trust, Mass Cultural Council and Somerville Arts Council. Photo credit: Olivia Moon Photography.