Studios
The Artist Studios at the Boston Center for the Arts are
dedicated to providing affordable workspace and a supportive
environment to artists in all disciplines, and at all stages of
artistic development. Artists working in studios at the BCA include
painters, printmakers, sculptors, filmmakers, craftspeople, writers,
performing artists, and others.
First Fridays at the BCA
Look behind the walls of the BCA's Artist Studios Building at 551 Tremont St. during this monthly Open Studios event, each First Friday of the month from 6 - 9 pm!
Artists working in a wide range of disciplines open their doors to the public, joining a tradition that has made the South End's studios and galleries a Friday night destination.
October - June 6 - 9 pm
Artist Studios at the BCA, 551 Tremont St.
About the Artist Studios
The Artist Studios Building is located in the Boston Center for the Arts, at 551 Tremont Street. The building includes fifty work-only studios for artists and arts organizations (studios are not live-in spaces). Studio sizes range from 110 sq ft to 1500 sq ft.
Additionally, the BCA is a general business partner in the ownership of six live/work units in the Saint Cloud Building at 567 Tremont Street, ranging in size from 600 to 750 square feet. The BCA is responsible for selecting qualified artists to reside in these units.
Artists and arts organizations are selected and placed in studios at the BCA through a bi-annual application and review process.
Currently, we are not accepting new applications to the Artist Studios at the BCA. The next deadline will be in 2009. When the deadline and corresponding application is released, the information will be sent out via email and posted on our website.
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Artist Studios at the BCA
 Leika Akiyama
studio212
My work is where Happy Land and Bunny World meet. It is where strange
elevator music is the perpetual soundtrack. Hello Kitty is my sacred
icon.
Dreamy Zen Mandala,
mixed media, 36"x36", 2004
Jon Amburg
studio 303
At BCA since 1992
My art is about re-visions and layers and absences.
"Untitled", oil on canvas
The Art Connection
Studio number 307
At BCA since 1997
The Art Connection is a nonprofit organization
that expands public access to visual art through aunique art donation and placement program.
"Bringing Art to Life" www.theartconnection.org
 Edie Bowers
studio 313
Most of my paintings and drawings are based on images from the landscape, but this view of a Boston Ballet window (from the BCA second
floor ladies room) was compelling. At a certain time in the early
evening the window seems to glow, and the movements of the dancer's bodies quietly form an organic whole.
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Silvia Lopez Chavez
Studio 311
At BCA since 2007
My work seeks to provoke a dialogue within ourselves. It deals with
humanity's existential need of feeling a void. It searches for intimate
conversations about joy and struggle, assimilation, change and growth;
intending to better understand the interior and exterior worlds. The
paintings commemorate life, celebrate, let out pain. They become a
visual journal that screams little secrets of everyday life. Whatever
the subject might be, there is always emotion expressed by paint,
collage and drawing, in a moment between the figurative and the
abstract.
"Nurture", 2006, acrylic paint, collage, and crayon on canvas, 24x36 in. www.silvialopezchavez.com
 Ken Clark
Studio 416
Pyromusical Display Design
I’m probably best known locally for my
display designs which highlighted Boston’s Fourth of July on the
Esplanade from 1983 to 1999. The event however was becoming ever more
commercially controlled so, in 1999, I made the decision to refocus on
my original objective – to pursue the Art of firework display. I’ve
been fortunate indeed in continuing my work at Longwood Gardens in
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania; an ideal venue for the creation of
artistic pyromusical displays.
I hope, at some point in the future, to add a link here to some video of my work.
 City Stage Co.
studio 211
City Stage Co. was founded in 1974 to provide
opportunities for urban children and families to participate in the
performing arts in the neighborhoods where they live and go to school.To do this, City Stage Co. produces..
Professional traveling theater productions for family audiences.
Intensive arts education programs for urban youth.
Imaginative exhibits and programs for museums nationwide.
www.citystage.org
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 Aileen O. Erickson
Studio 419
At BCA since 1973
I do figurative work: still lifes in acrylics, charcoal/watercolor/gouache on paper, and landscapes in oil on canvas.
Tropical View from Terrace (oil on canvas)
 Steven Finley
FluteFX
Studio 210
"Realize your voice - Ring, Resonate, and Refresh!"
www.flutefx.com
Alexander Gassel
Studio 306
At BCA since 1998
Compositions, orthodox icons, oil seascapes.
 Rebecca Greene
Studio 314
at BCA since 2006
Sculpture, installation, jewelry and much more..
rebeccarosegreene.com
 Erica Greenwald
Studio 302
At BCA since 2007
Painting, as a way of systematically working to decipher any kind of relationship between objects, is essential to my own processing and internalizing of the visual world I encounter.
"Small Work with potted ficus and pencils" 6" x 12" Acrylic and graphite on panel www.erica-greenwald.com
 Ruth Ginsberg-Place
Studio 303
At BCA since 1973
My work is spun off from nature then transformed through the mediums of: MONOTYPES of plant forms using woodcut, dry point and collage; DIGITAL IRIS PRINTS of water reflections, fantasy gardens and close-up plant forms.
www.ruthginsbergplace.com
 M.E. Hirsh
Studio 312
My novels Kabul (2002) and Dreaming Back (1996) were published by St.
Martin's Press. Forthcoming is my new novel, Rananim, A Novel of Seduction.
In 2001, I was awarded a Fellowship in Fiction by the Boston Cultural
Council. I've written articles and book reviews for the Boston Globe,
the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times on subjects ranging from
Afghanistan to Native American affairs. Within the Boston arts
community, I provide low-cost writing services including artist
statements, grant proposals for non-profit groups, and manuscript
consultations.
I share Studio 312 with my husband, poet and essayist David Montenegro.
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 Kathleen A. Kneeland
Studio 411
At BCA since 1999
Essentially, my work is a collaboration between Biology and mixed media which searches for ubiquitous strengths, vulnerabilities, and contradictions.
Bird Lives!, 2007, mixed media 8' x 7' (or 96" x 84")
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 Alex Khomski
Studio 302
Alex Khomsky is represented in more the dozen galleries in US and Canada, participated in 50 shows and his art has been reviewed in 15 publications such as
Los Angeles Times and Fine Art magazine.
His works are in museums , private and corporate collections such as Zimmerli Museum ,Fidelity Investments and others. Poetic images portray many different faces and roles inspired by "Art Nouveau".
Available as giclee prins on paper and canveses.
You can also see Alex's abstract work at www.absolutearts.com
www.khomskyart.com
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Douglas Kornfeld
Studio 305
• Public Art
• Museum and Gallery Installations
• Virtual Artwork for the Web
• Electronic Media
• Web Design
I have a very extensive website that documents all my work.
The site includes interactive virtual artworks.
www.awaka-inc.com
Alexander Korman
Studio 309
At BCA since 2003
Russian trained classical oil painter
“Still life with Peons”
www.alexanderkorman.com
 Marilyn Mase
Studio 304
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 Suzanne Merritt
Studio 402
BCA Artist/Instructor Suzanne Merritt offers private classes and small group
workshops in her studio for those interested in exploring new forms of
creative expression. Altered books, shrines, found object assemblage, are just a few
of the programs you can choose from. The world offers abundant and constant
inspiration once you discover how to see it, record it, and use it. These fun
filled workshops are designed to awaken your creative spirit and confidence.
Stop by and see what you can create.
http://www.ideaswithmerritt.com/
 Carol Monacelli
Studio 301
At BCA since 2002
“I've been painting full time since 1994; I paint what brings me joy, and my latest project is a series of children's tea party paintings.”
 David Montenegro
studio 312
Points of Departure: International Writers on Writing and Politics,
(University of Michigan Press, 1991) collects interviews I conducted
with novelists and poets from around the world on the relationship
between art and politics. The writers included are: Adrienne Rich,
Bapsi Sidhwa, Carolyn Forché, Derek Walcott, Isabel Allende, Joseph
Brodsky, Linda Ty-Casper, Seamus Heaney, Stanislaw Baranczak and Yehuda
Amichai. Some of these interviews were previously published in
Partisan Review and the American Poetry Review. At the BCA, I have
recently completed a manuscript collection of poems, the result of many
years of work. In 2000, I was awarded a Fellowship in Poetry from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
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 Selina Narov
Studio 407
Painter and designer, Selina Narov creates hand-painted silks using
an original technique that she calls Lynx-Stone, a unique process that
combines monotype printing with painting to produce unusual, striking
colors and patterns. Contact the artist for shows schedule or studio visits.
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 Victor F. Ortale
Studio 214
Skylines, city-scape, structure and the visual energy where the sky
meets the edge of building forms is of particular interest to me.
Contrasts, such as hard/soft, blue/orange, light/dark are all
emphasized. Abstraction of both form and color create a two dimensional
plane that is layered one over the other for a sequential sense of
depth."
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Roosevelt Pires
South End Stringed Instruments
Studio 201
551 Tremont Street
2nd Floor #201
Boston, MA 02116
Expert Bow Repairing, Sales, Repairs, Accessories, Violins, Guitars, Cellos, Basses, Bows
M - F 10:00 - 5:00
Sat: 9:00 - 2:00
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 Kristina Pitaniello
Studio 316
I've been a jeweler in the South End for ten years. I make all
ranges of jewelry but I specialize in custom engagement rings, wedding
bands and diamond re-settings. If people want a new design for an old
piece of jewelry, they bring me the stones and metal - and I make
something new for them. I also sell wholesale to stores across the
country such as Saks Fifth Avenue and the Musuem of Art and Design in
NY.
www.pitanielllo.com
www.yourfavoritediamonds.com
 David Reichert
Studio 10
At BCA since 2004
Reichert’s work uses antique photo methods as a foundation for painting and assemblage, often collaborating with other artists on larger works and constructions; his work is in several private collections and at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum.
“Number 9”
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508.202-2830
 Robert Rovenolt
Studio 406 "Studio B"
At BCA since 1974
"I have always embraced Gustave Courbet's dictum that one must create art of your time; and so to me, it seems logical to appropriate some of the actual detritus of our consumer society and transform it into something newly tangible."
“One Perfect Greek World (Portable Version)” 2004Mixed Media 15” X 18” X 6”
(open)Collection of Fay & Alfred Chandler
Photo by Tom Baker ©2004 Robert Rovenolt ©2004
Miriam Shenitzer
Studio 314
At BCA sinece 1997
I enjoy making art that makes people laugh. www.miriamshenitzer.com
 David Addison Small
Studio 401
David Addison Small has been painting,etching and sculpting at the
Boston Center for The Arts for 23 years. His subject matter is
fat,bearded, patriarchal Angels who though winged have forgotten their
divine origins and now partake of earth's bounty.
 SpeakEasy Stage Company
Studio 500
A Theater in Residence at the Boston Center for the Arts.
During the past seasons, SpeakEasy Stage Company has distinguished
itself as Boston's premier theater staging Boston premieres.
Year after year, SpeakEasy has won acclaim for presenting top-quality productions of vital, cutting-edge plays.
www.speakeasystage.com
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The Theater Offensive
Studio 414
www.thetheateroffensive.org
Deborah Van Auten
Studio 420
At BCA since 1992
Deborah Van Auten is a full time painter - she is represented by Arden Gallery in Boston, and Patricia Rovzar Gallery in Seattle.
Blue Moon
, Oil on linen, 34" x 30"
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www.vanauten.com
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