Art & Jazz Improv

Art & Jazz Improv

On July 7th, Brockton Arts
is proud to present:
“Art Jazz Improv”

Artist Linda Clave will paint
to live Avant-garde Jazz music performed by
Eric Zinman and Damon Smith.

Join us for a wonderful night of spontaneous creativity.

Saturday, July 7th

$5 at the door

8:00 pm Door Open, light refreshments and cash bar

9:00 pm Live Music and painting

Brockton Arts

33 Dover Street

Suite 130 A

Brockton, MA 02301

About The Performers:

Linda Clave earned her BA and MFA from Boston University School of Arts.  After traveling in Mexico and South America, she moved to Ipswich where she painted and was an active member of Early Sites Research Society, helping in archeological excavations.  She later returned to Boston where she continued painting and working with mixed media and printmaking. She is also an active participant in Energy Theater. Linda now specializes in painting to live music.

Born Eric Green Zinman 1963, began the study of piano and voice as a child. Interest in classic music, Broadway, Rock’n Roll and R&B. As a teenager he discovered black music and modified his approach in jazz, blues, gospel, and the music of the strip clubs. Later composition studies with Bill Dixon, George Russell and Jimmy Guiffre. Beginning in 1987 he produced a number of ensembles with Laurence Cook, Craig Schildhauer, John Voigt, Syd Smart and Glynis Lomon. In the mid 2000s he began to tour Europe with Mario Rechtern and later Linda Sharrock. As he is fond of saying “Music is two souls rubbing together”. He believes music is an essential part of the human story. Since 2000 he has recorded 18 albums and has been reviewed in 9 languages. Eric Zinman is listed in the 19th Edition of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings.

Damon Smith studied double bass with Lisle Ellis and has had lessons with Bertram Turezky, Joëlle Leandré, John Lindberg, Mark Dresser and others. Damon’s explorations into the sonic palette of the double bass have resulted in a personal, flexible improvisational language based in the American jazz avant-garde movement and European non-idiomatic free improvisation. Visual art, film and dance heavily influence his music, as evidenced by his CAMH performance of Ben Patterson’s Variations for Double Bass, collaborations with director Werner Herzog on soundtracks for Grizzly Man and Encounters at the End of the World, and an early performance with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.  Damon has run Balance Point Acoustics record label since 2001, releasing music focusing on transatlantic collaborations between US and European musicians.

The Bold & The Beautiful Closing Reception

The Bold & The Beautiful Closing Reception

 

 

Jamaal Eversley and Brockton Arts
are proud to present
The Bold and The Beautiful,
a collection of artwork
curated by Mr. Eversley.
These works were created
by teenagers from
Brockton, Bridgewater, and Randolph.

Please support these
talented young people
by joining us for the
closing reception on June 29th!

  • Friday, June 29th
  • 5pm – 9pm
  • Light Refreshments will be served.

33 Dover Street
Suite 130
Brockton, MA

Brockton Poetry Series featuring Zak Sidelinger

Brockton Poetry Series featuring Zak Sidelinger

On Thursday, June 26th, Brockton Poetry Series welcomes featured poet Zak Sidelinger!

Zak Sidelinger was born and raised in Brockton and wouldn’t have it any other way.  He started writing poems when his friend Kaili shared her own poetry with him.  Zak is chiefly inspired by musicians and entertainers as varied as Tim Burton, Serj Tankian, Walt Disney, Shigeru Miyamoto, and Jesse Rutherford.  For him, poetry has been a vital outlet for him writing about PTSD, self-harm, sexuality, self-discovery and love.  

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Thursday, June 26th
7:00 pm – 7:15 pm Sign Up For Open Reading
7:15 pm – 8:00 pm Open Reading
8:15 pm – 8:35 pm Featured Poet

Brockton Arts
33 Dover Street, Suite 130
Brockton, MA