Another great selection of films from around the world will be screened at the 2017 Transient Visions Festival of the Moving Image on October 20th & 21st! We can't wait to see you there!

http://www.transientvisions.org/2017tv.html


Friday 10/20/2017
Spool Contemporary Art Space, Johnson City, NY

6:00pm
Program: A tension under the beautiful sky
Curated by Tomonari Nishikawa

Shape of a Surface (Nazli Dincel, 9 min, 2017, Turkey)
Return to Forms (Zachary Epcar, 10 min, 2016, USA)
Everything Turns... (Aaron Zeghers, 12.5 min, 2016, Canada)
Answer Print (Mónica Savirón, 5 min, 2016, USA)
A Century Plant in Bloom (Ross Meckfessel, 10 min, 2017, USA/Morocco/Hong Kong)
¡PíFIES! (Ignacio Tamarit, 4 min, 2016, Argentina)
TRT: 50.5 min

8:00pm
Program: Division
Curated by Alyssa Micha

Film Loop 31: Shisendo (Michael Lyons, 1.5 min, 2016, Japan)
STELLA 50.4N1.5E (Elsa Bres, 14 min, 2016, France)
Fish Tank (Haoge Liu, 6 min, 2016, China)
Palmerston Blvd. (Dan Browne, 14 min, 2017, Canada)
Anoche (Stefano Miraglia, 8 min, 2017, Italy/United Kingdom)
The Stream VII (Hiroya Sakurai, 6 min, 2017, Japan)
Mandres (Cassandra Celestin, 7.5 min, 2016, Greece/USA)
Sunset Song (Grace Mitchell, 5 min, 2017, USA)
Emanations: A Visual Poem (Patrick Jenkins, 5 min, 2017, Canada)
TRT: 67 min

10:00pm
Audio & visual performance by John Porter

Saturday 10/21/2017
Spool Contemporary Art Space, Johnson City, NY

6:00pm
Program: The Olympics Are Coming to Johnson City
Curated by Carl Schrecongost

7FF On¢idia (Ж, 8.5 min, 2016, Brazil/Bolivia/Cape Verde/México/Germany)
MIRROR - MRR (Micah H. Weber, 17 min, 2017, USA)
you can't plan a perfect day sometimes it just happens (Alison Nguyen, 8.5 min, 2017, USA)
Your Cage Is Ready (Kit Young, 4.5 min, 2017, USA)
Gibraltar Point (transformed) (Penny McCann, 6.5 min, 2017, Canada)
Nu Dem (Jennifer Saparzadeh, 9.5 min, 2017, Austria/Greece/USA)
The Truth (LJ Frezza, 5 min, 2017, USA)
TRT: 59.5 min

8:00pm
Program: Signals in Passing
Curated by Brian Murphy

Undiscovered Country (Neil Zusman, 11 min, 2017, USA)
Interior Repetitions: I (Jamie Hahn, 7.5 min, 2016, USA)
Pulse Generator Pastry (Charles Woodman, 4.5 min, 2016, USA)
Mammaries (Monica Panzarino, 4 min, 2016, USA)
from this side of space to the other side of the signal (Benjamin Rosenthal, 10 min, 2017, USA)
As if the color was looking at you (Sara Bonaventura, 10 min, 2017, Italy/USA)
Music of Desire (Kristin Reeves, 8 min, 2016, USA)
Ritual of the Rhizome (Eric Souther, 12.5 min, 2016, USA)
Emergence (Jason Bernagozzi, 3 min, 2017, USA)
Dessert-Disaster (Alison Nguyen, 1 min, 2017, USA)
TRT: 71.5 min

10:00pm
Audio & visual performance by Jonas Bers & Nathan Cearley

The programs are announced:

Friday 10/14/2016
Spool Mfg., Johnson City, NY
6:00pm
Program: Corpus
Curated by Alyssa Micha
Lying Women (Deborah Kelly, 4 min, 2016, Australia)
Don't Wake, Eurydice (Giorgos Efthimiou, 16 min, 2016, Greece)
Le Bulbe Tragique (Guillaume Vallee, 6.5 min, 2016, Canada)
Coward (Benjamin Stone, 6.5 min, 2016, USA)
Anatomical Gifts (Michaela O'Brien, 6 min, 2015, USA)
Snags In Palladio (Michele Manzini, 6.5 min, 2015, Italy)
*31 12 99 (Ignazio Fabio Mazzola, 1 min, 2016, Italy)
Anxiety (Muge Yildiz, 3.5 min, 2016, Turkey)
Ausencia (Ricardo Burton, 11.5 min, 2016, Mexico)
Three (Dragos Hanciu, Robert Braga, & Andrei Inizian, 6.5 min, 2016, Romania)
1_ _ _ _ 1 (Karissa Hahn, 3 min, 2015, USA)
TRT: 71 min
8:00pm
Program: Various Positions: Works from Double Negative
Roundtrip (Philippe Leonard, 3 min, 2014, Canada)
Granular Film - Beirut (Charles-André Coderre, 6 min, 2016, Canada)
Traces (Erin Weisgerber, 5 min, 2014, Canada)
Lunar Almanac (Malena Szlam, 4 min, 2013, Canada)
Quiet Zone (Karl Lemieux & David Bryant, 14 min, 2015, Canada)
Lacuna (Shannon Harris, 9.5 min, 2008, Canada)
Acrobat (Eduardo Menz, 29 min, 2012, Canada)
TRT: 70.5 min
10:00pm
Audio & visual performance “Space OOOut!: The Outer Space Trilogy” by Optipus (Bradley Eros & Kenneth Zoran Curwood) and Underworld Oscillator Corporation (Richard Sylvarnes, Rachael Guma, & Gabriel Guma)
Saturday 10/15/2016
Spool Mfg., Johnson City, NY
6:00pm
Program: Interrelations
Curated by Brian Murphy
Is It True What They Say (Scott Stark, 9.5 min, 2015, USA)
Everybody Says It's All In Your Head (Clare Bottomley & Johnny Hourigan, 18.5 min, 2015, Britian)
38 River Road (Josh Weissbach, 7 min, 2016, USA / Switzerland)
PENDING (Vincent Grenier, 10 min, 2016, USA/Canada)
I ate dinner (Nishat Hossain, 6.5 min, 2016, USA)
Scrapbook (Mike Hoolboom, 18 min, 2015, Canada)
TRT: 69.5 min
8:00pm
Program: Lines that we follow, shapes that we create
Curated by Tomonari Nishikawa
Something Horizontal (Blake Williams, 10 min, 2015, Canada)
Flight Paths (Robert Todd, 11.5 min, 2016, USA)
Merela (Christina Hunt, 19.5 min, 2016, Canada/USA)
Morning Mass (Brian Wilson, 1.5 min, 2015, USA)
Poem (Dan Browne, 4 min, 2015, Canada)
Catalogue Vol.2 (Dana Berman Duff, 9 min, 2015, USA)
Old Hat (Zach Iannazzi, 8.5 min, 2016, USA)
TRT: 60 min
10:00pm
Audio & visual performance “BCB in a Suitcase” by Benton C. Bainbridge

You are invited to attend the 4th annual, Transient Visions: Festival of the Moving Image. Taking place on October 14th and 15th at Spool Contemporary Art Space in Johnson City New York.

This years festival brings four different international short film and video programs curated by Tomonari Nishikawa, Daitchi Saito, Alyssa Micha, and Brian Murphy. Transient Visions: Festival of the Moving Image, will conclude each night with live multi media performances .

Bradley Eros, Kenneth Zoran Curwood, Richard Sylvarnes, Rachael Guma, Gabriel Guma will be performing their piece, Space OOOut! {for Transient Visions), October 14th, and Benton C Bainbridge will be performing, BCB in a Suitcase, on October 15th.

This presentation is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts’ Electronic Media and Film Presentation Funds grant program, administered by The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes.
And
Funding for the 2016 Transient Visions: Festival of the Moving Image is provided in part by a project grant from Broome County Arts Council’s United Cultural Fund.

www.transientvisions.org
www.spoolmfg.com

Come Join Spool Contemporary Art Space Friday June 17th for a screening of Robert Greenwald's film War On WhistleBlowers: Fre Press and The National Security State.

Screening at 7pm,
Doors at 6:30,

Suggested $5 donation.

140 Baldwin Street Johnson City

viDEO sAVant and Friends (Charles Woodman Live image mix, Monteith Mccollun Violin and synth, Brian Murphy Guitar and synth, Michael Micha Percussion) Charlie Woodman comes to us from Cincinnati Ohio and has performed all over the world presenting a live improvised audio visual cinema experience.

http://www.videosavant.org/

Special guest Jason Bernagozzi will present a hybrid audio visual performance using custom built analog and digital tools.

http://seeinginvideo.com/

Abandoned Studios presents an all ages music and art show sponsored by Spool Mfg. This show will feature photgraphy by Alyssa Micha as well as artwork by Casey Ruland. There will be performances by Archemist and ERRS. No cover, donations appreciated. 138 Baldwin St. Johnson City. Doors open at 7pm


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BF11obItkc&feature=youtu.be

Sunday May 8th at 7:00pm

Cinema 360: Expanded Cinema and Theater 389F Dance/Cinema Collaboration have worked together to put on a show at Spool MFG art space in Johnson City on Sunday May 8th at 7:00. Performances and installations exploring concepts of light, shadow and time will happen one night only. Work will include a human zoetrope, dance with video projection, dance installation with live tagtool light painting, lenticular prints, and more.

Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 7 PM
and
Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 2 PM
Suggested Donation: $10

Experience a revolutionary art work that invites each audience member to walk through five rooms of this moving art to have their own kinesthetic experience. Movement artists perform live choreographed narratives while leaving holes in the narrative arches. Placed strategically, art appears to reveal emotional and energetic truths. Vibrating in the landscape, sound and music guide our exploration into personal evolution.

This work explores vibrational energies in the holes between “the narrative”. The experience transcends medium of art to find a visceral quality, an embodied state of psychic evolution. The audience can interact with whatever medium guides their experience more. The pockets of personal entry to the work speak to the wabi-sabi aesthetic finding beauty in the “cracks” and “imperfections” of the presented work. Enter and add your own personal projections to the created matrix of art.

Art Direction and Choreography: John Ollom MFA
Art Installation: Lindsay Metcalf MFA
Sound/Music Composition by: J.J. Pena Aguayo PhD

Transient Visions returns the 16th and 17th of October at Spool Contemporary Art Space

Spool Mfg. is pleased to announce the opening of the show Phase Shift: Experimental Media Art by Debora and Jason Bernagozzi.

The exhibition runs from August 15th to September 12th 2015.
open gallery hours on Saturdays from 12pm to 3pm.

opening reception Aug 15th 7pm to 10pm.
closing reception September 12th 7pm to 10pm

June 27, 2015 7pm - 10pm

Spool Mfg. Is excited to present /’figyer/ a group exhibition looking at and inspired by the human figure. Featuring works by:Don DeMauro, Ron Gonzalez, Angelo Ippolito, Amanda Kates, Lindsay Metcalf, Brian Murphy, Zach Seeger, and David Shapiro.

/’figer/ opens on June 27, 2015 with a reception from 7pm to 10 pm. A closing reception will take place from 7pmto 10 pm on July 25 2015 with open gallery hours on Saturdays from12pm to 3pm.

The work of Don Demauro, Spool Mfg. founder and director, is featured in a new exhibition on galleryELL.com. This exhibition is curated by John Ros, a founding member of Spool Mfg. Visit this exhibition at galleryell.com/exhibitions/figureation/.

Please visit www.galleryell.com/reviews/don-demauro-… to read this insightful interview with Spool Mfg. founder and director, Don Demauro, conducted by John Ros, founder of galleryELL, and one of Spool Mfg.'s original members.

Spool Mfg. will launch our 15th anniversary season with Familiarity of the Imagined, an exhibition featuring the paintings of Erin Carney, and the sculptures of Bill Wolff.

Familiarity of the Imagined will run from 21 March 2015 to 25 April 2015.

The opening reception will happen on 21 March 2015, from 7 to 10 pm.

The closing reception will happen on 25 April 2015, from 7 to 10 pm.

Gallery hours during the run of the show will take place on Saturdays, from noon to 3 pm; appointments and class visits are also available.

To view the artists' work, and learn more, please visit erincarney.net, billwolff.net.

Please join us on Saturday, 29 November 2014, at 8 pm, for three live audio and visual performances. The artists presenting are: Mike Micha & Alyssa Micha, Brian Murphy, and Pat Cain.

To view works by some of these artists, please visit:
Pat Cain: https://vimeo.com/patrickcain
Brian Murphy: https://vimeo.com/brianmurphy

Doors open at 7:30 pm; admission is $5.

Transient Visions: Festival of the Moving Image, will present its second annual celebration of experimental film at Spool Mfg. on October 17 & 18, 2014.

Four different programs showcasing the work of filmmakers from Johnson City to Japan, and two performances by local media artists, Brian Murphy & Stephen Schweitzer, and Debora Bernagozzi & Jason Bernagozzi, will provide a rare opportunity to see contemporary experimental films by emerging and established artists.

Full programs for both evenings, as well as Transient Visions history, can be found at transientvisions.org.

Doors open at 5:30 pm, screenings begin at 6 pm. As this is a presentation of short films, prompt attendance for each program is strongly urged. There is a suggested donation of 5$.

In honor of The International Day of Peace, Styles of Tibet will present A Celebration of Peace on 20 & 21 September 2014, from noon to 4 pm each day.

This will be an exhibit of fine handwoven Tibetan wool rugs, wall hangings, and handcrafts (jewelry, prayer flags, prints, textiles, singing bowls & small wares) designed to help you bring peace and beauty to your self, and to your environment.

Also featured will be the photography of Rick Stebbins, and the art of Bonnie Vierthaler (prayersmadevisible.com).

This event will also offer free introductions to the peace of energy balancing through reiki, and Tibetan singing bowls.

A portion of all sales will be donated to support the Palmo Peace Center (palmopeacecenter.org), and Tibetan refugee efforts.

Please join us for the closing reception of Full Buck Moon, the group exhibition featuring the sculpture of Julie Kumar; a collaborative sound and video installation by Alyssa Micha & Mike Micha; panoramic composite photography by Laura Minor; and the collage work of Leonard Stokes.

The reception will take place of Saturday, 13 September 2014, from 7 to 10 pm.

Spool Mfg. is located at 138 Baldwin Street, Johnson City, NY. “Full Buck Moon” is free and open to the public.

Spool Mfg. Contemporary Artspace has announced its next show for the 2014 season. Entitled Full Buck Moon, this exhibition will feature: the sculpture of Julie Kumar; a collaborative sound and video installation by Alyssa Micha and Mike Micha; panoramic composite photography of Laura Minor; and the collage work of Leonard Stokes.

The opening reception for Full Buck Moon will be on Saturday, 12 July 2014, from 7 to 10 pm. The show will run through 16 August 2014, with a closing reception from 7 to 10 pm. Gallery hours will be on Saturdays from noon to 3 pm, and are also available by appointment via info@spoolmfg.org.

Full Buck Moon is free and open to the public. For additional information, visit spoolmfg.org, or visit Spool Mfg. on Facebook.

Spool Mfg. Contemporary Art Space is excited to present Believe me, i'm lying., a solo exhibition by Amanda Kates. The exhibition will feature new paintings and works on paper.

Believe me, i'm lying. opens on 17 May 2014, with a reception from 7 to 10 pm. A closing reception will be held on 21 June 2014, from 7 to 10 pm. This also marks Spool Mfg.'s return to regular weekly gallery hours during the show, Saturdays from noon to 3 pm. Individual and group appointments are also available via this website.

This event is free and open to the public.

On Saturday, 19 April 2014, at 8 pm, Brooklyn-based experimental band Sontag Shogun will perform an intimate set of new material composed for piano and electronics (treated vocals, field recordings, tapes, amplified surfaces), accompanied by projections of the 16 mm films of Tomonari Nishikawa. Nishikawa, a world-renowned experimental filmmaker, and Binghamton University professor, will screen his films live during the performance.

Opening for Sontag Shogun will be performance artist and musician, Brian Murphy.

Doors will open at 7 pm; admission is $6. (Small bills appreciated!)

To hear and learn more about the bands, visit sontagshogun.com and blevinblectum.com.

Spool Mfg. Contemporary Art Space will open its 2014 exhibition season with a group show entitled Amnesties. Billed as “a multimedia exhibit of contemporary works”, Amnesties will feature collage, drawing, painting, print, ceramic art, installation, and video works. The artists exhibiting are Kyle Balles, Debora Bernagozzi, Jason Bernagozzi, Don Demauro, Justin Frost, Robert Fundis, Aaron A. Harrison, Alexander Leiss, Monteith McCollum, Melissa Mischke, Brian Murphy, and Zach Seeger, a roster comprised almost evenly of Spool Mfg. veterans, and first-time exhibitors.

Amnesties is the fifth in a series of like-named shows for Spool Mfg., the first dating back to 2006. As philosopher and critic Walter Benjamin said, “Every image of the past that is not recognised by the present as one of its own concerns threatens to disappear irretrievably.” It is with this thought in mind that Spool Mfg. attempts to continue its momentum, while regarding its past. With respect for Spool’s decade-long history and foundations, and yet an air of leniency and forgiveness that the name implies, these group shows bring together widely-disparate works to create new discussions, presenting the old with the new in provocative, striking, often jarring, and occasionally comical ways.

The opening reception for Amnesties will take place on Saturday, 15 February 2014, from 7 to 10 pm. The closing reception will be on 15 March 2014, from 7 to 10 pm. Spool Mfg. is located at 138 Baldwin Street, in Johnson City, New York. Gallery hours and group tours are available by appointment via info@spoolmfg.org. All events are free and open to the public.

sasquatch presents will bring a group of danceable indie rock bands to spool mfg. (138 baldwin street, johnson city) on saturday, 4 january, at 9 pm.

local bands cwabs, if madrid, and shake shake shake will be joined by sink tapes, on tour from new jersey. cwabs will be releasing their second album jjuices on cassette tape.

doors will open at 8 pm, and the event is open to all ages, with beer from the north brewery (endicott, ny), available to those of legal age. admission is $6 at the door.

please join us for styles of tibet, an exhibition of fine tibetan handcrafts. the exhibit and bazaar will take place on saturday, 9 november 2013, from 11 am to 5 pm.

styles of tibet focuses on a wide selection of handmade wool rugs in sizes & designs that range from traditional to contemporary, and will also feature tapestries, wall hangings, prints, jewelry, prayer flags, and other small wares.

complementing the handcrafts will be a photography exhibit of tibetan landscapes, cityscapes, and iconography, by local photographer rick stebbins.

all works are for sale; a portion of proceeds will be donated to support the palmo peace center (www.palmopeacecenter.org).

transient visions: festival of the moving image is excited to present its inaugural event on 18 & 19 october 2013 at spool mfg. this festival features new short films and videos from regional and international artists over four programs looking at themes of place, aesthetics, and relationships, along with a multimedia performance by filmmaker montieth mccollum.

schedule:

friday 18 october 2013 7 pm
program 1: aesthetic concerns
slide (valentina schulte, 10 min., 2012, australia/japan)
gong xi fa cai parts 2 (andrew stiff, 3.5 min., 2012, malaysia)
invisble (wong eng leong, 6 min., 2012, malaysia)
the hole in the sock (barbara lattanzi, 5 min., 2012, usa)
memory and ritual in frame difference (jason bernagozzi, 8.6 min., 2012, malaysia/usa)
time of the last persecution (taiki sakpisit, 7.5 min., thailand)
g/r/e/a/s/e (antoni pinent, 20 min., 2013, spain/switzerland/germany)
slow motion walking the length of my studio. Sped up. (joe nanashe, 3 min., 2012, usa)
waiting room (vincent grenier, 8.7 min., 2012, usa)

friday 18 october 2013 8:30 pm
program 2: bittersweet reality
apollonia (molly bradbury, 5 min., 2013, usa)
wreading (jesse malmed, 18 min., 2012, usa)
the white coat phenomenon (kristin reeves, 3 min., 2012, isa)
ghost in the classroom (ukrit sa-nguanhai, 2 min., 2012, thailand)
your hands and my teeth (laura bouza, 6 min., 2013, usa)
moments from the fall (christina hunt, 5 min., 2013, usa)
prelude (roger deutsch, 7.5 min., 2012, usa)
airplane dance (amber bemak, 19 min., 2013, india/nepal/usa)

friday 18 october 2013 10 pm
performance:
movement 1 - mary wore jane's so-called hat (montieth mccollum, 30 min., 2013, usa)

reception to follow


saturday 19 october 2013 7:30 pm
program 1: a flow on the surface
theoria (josh weissbach, 2013, 6 min., greece)
modern island (eva kolcze, 5 min., 2012, canada)
watercolor (vincent grenier, 12 min., 2013, usa)
hudson river landscapes (patrick tarrant, 9 min., 2012, uk/usa)
las variaciones schwitters (the schwitters variations) (*alberto
cabrera bernal*, 6 min., 2012, spain)
der tiefe see/the deep sea (vera brunner-sung, 22 min., 2012, usa/switzerland)
caretaker (tony gault, 2.5 min., 2013, usa)

saturday 19 october 2013 9 pm
program 2: a view from underground
the epic spartanburg: doris (steve snell, 6 min., 2012, usa)
death work (angela aguayo, 5 min., 2013, usa)
dog autopsy (jonathan hancock, 5 min., 2013, usa)
hex suffice cache ten 0:12:42 (thorsten fleisch, 12.7 min., 2012, germany)
los schraube (benjamin stone, alyssa micha, michael micha, justin swan, greg schuter, 6.1 min., 2013, usa)
pittsburgh 8/5/68 (ted kennedy, 2.5 min., 2013, usa)
food city (dan anderson, 11 min., 2013, usa)
how to begin a film about javier aguirre (antonio pelaez barcelo, 13 min., 2013, spain)
neo joe pop (daniel pinheiro, 3.4 min., 2013, portugal)
a-z (david wilde, 4.7 min., 2012, usa)

reception to follow


transient visions is free and open to the public. this is a film and video festival. out of respect to the artists and audience, timely arrival for each program is expected.

funding for transient visions: festival of the moving image was provided in part by a project grant from broome county arts council’s united cultural fund.

in conjunction with our current david shapiro retrospective, spool mfg. is pleased to welcome back blues artist jake lear, performing with drummer roy cunningham. for the past several years, lear has been playing his hard-hitting blues sound to audiences across europe, and on memphis' renowned beale street. cunningham, is a former stax studio musician, and has played with the likes of albert king and little milton. their current album, "diamonds & stones", is currently on the u.s. top 50 chart for blues radio airplay. preview lear's music and learn more at www.jakelear.com.

the show will take place on friday, 6 september 2013, from 8 until 10 pm. the show is free and open to the public; donations are graciously accepted.

we are immensely proud to present murphy: david shapiro in retrospect. david shapiro, a long-time professor in binghamton university's art department, lived and made work in rural pennsylvania.

the opening reception for murphy takes place on saturday, 24 august 2013, from 7 to 10 pm. this event will feature live music by taze yanick, and refreshments will include a specialty craft brew by the north brewery, of endicott, ny.

on 21 september 2013 at 7 pm, we will present a discussion and slideshow of the artist's work, presented by artist and spool mfg. director don demauro, a friend and contemporary of shapiro.

the closing reception for murphy happens on saturday 5 october 2013, from 7 to 10 pm.

eva stengade (copenhagen, denmark), will present her latest large-scale paintings, works which represent the artist's experimentation in manipulating the environment of nyc subway cars.

the opening reception will take place on saturday, 18 may 2013, from 7 to 10 pm, and feature live music by the alternative-rock band plastic nebraska, self-described as “new-trouble thrillbilly swampacana from the bizarro roots hinterlands.”

an interlude reception on saturday, 22 june 2013, at 8 pm, will feature live music by crimson brethren, if madrid, cwabs, and earl boykin.

the closing reception will take place on saturday, 13 july 2013, from 7 to 10 pm.

gallery hours are available by appointment via this website.

causes & affects: works old & new from the spool collective is a group exhibition featuring an array of artworks from the minds and collections of spool mfg. members past and present. the show features sculptures, assemblages, prints, paintings, and installation pieces curated to speak to each other in all new ways. please join us for the opening reception on saturday, 23 march 2013, from 7 to 10 pm to be a part of this exciting conversation.

informal economy, a multimedia group exhibition of new works, will close on saturday, 2 february 2013. the closing reception will run from 7 to 10 pm, and will feature works by melissa armstrong, robert fundis, amanda kates, michael lieberman, melissa mischke, brian murphy, john ros, zach seeger, and andy stevens.

this special reception is sponsored by the binghamton university alumni association, and will feature live music by cellist hakan tayga-hromek.

informal economy is free, family-friendly, and open to the public.

informal economy, a multimedia group exhibition of new works, will open on saturday, 17 november 2012. the opening reception will run from 7 to 10 pm, and will feature works by melissa armstrong, robert fundis, amanda kates, michael lieberman, melissa mischke, brian murphy, john ros, zach seeger, and andy stevens.

the show will run until saturday, 2 february 2013, with a closing reception from 7 to 10 pm.

gallery hours and group visits are available by appointment via this website. additional events will be added during this show; visit this site, or our facebook page for updates.

please join us in welcoming back internationally-renowned blues artist jake lear, in celebration of the release of his new cd, diamonds & stones.

lear will be performing one night only on saturday, 20 october 2012, at 7 pm, with bassist carlos arias and drummer roy cunningham, whose combination of musical influences create a dynamic, hard-hitting roots and blues show not to be missed.

jake lear has spent the last several years performing to thousands throughout europe, and on memphis' famous beale street, to high audience and critical acclaim. don't miss this exciting homecoming of one of our area's most talented musicians!

please join us on saturday, 8 september 2012, from 7 to 10 pm, for the closing reception of ruptures & sutures – don demauro at 75: a retro/spective, a multimedia exhibition spanning several decades of this visionary artist's career.

this reception will feature a performance of bach's 'goldberg variations' by the devere trio (anita gustafson on violin, eric gustafson on viola, and hakan tayga-hromek on cello).

this event is free; all ages are welcomed.

beginning on 18 may 2012, spool mfg. will host ruptures & sutures – don demauro at 75: a retro/spective, a multimedia exhibition spanning several decades of this visionary artist's career.

the opening reception, 8 to 11 pm on 18 may 2012, will feature live music by jake lear, carlos arias, roy cunningham, and tom adams.

on 9 june 2012, from 7 to 10 pm, an artist's special viewing reception will feature live music by cellist hakan hromek.

the closing reception for ruptures & sutures will take place on 8 september 2012, from 7 to 10 pm.

events will be added throughout this exhibition, so check this space for updates, or sign up for our e-mail updates. gallery hours will be available by appointment via this website.

please join us in welcoming back internationally-renowned blues artist jake lear, performing one night only on 18 may 2012, at 8 pm. lear will be performing with bassist carlos arias and drummer roy cunningham, whose combination of musical influences create a dynamic, high-energy roots and blues show not to be missed.

jake lear has spent the last several years performing to thousands throughout europe, and on memphis' famous beale street, to high audience and critical acclaim. don't miss this exciting homecoming of one of our area's most talented musicians!

the evening will open with an acoustic performance by guitarist and vocalist, tom adams.

you read that right, folks. spool mfg will roar out of its winter hibernation with a live music show featuring binghamton's own summer people. this show will celebrate the vinyl release of the band's recent, highly-acclaimed album, 'teamwork', and will feature supporting acts: hot cha cha, old tapes, fish out, and anthony cerretani. mark your calendars for friday, 2 march 2012. doors open at 6, music starts at 7, ticket price is $8.

we are pleased to present one of the premier north american screenings of we are all cylons, a documentary which investigates the avid and ever-growing fan base of battlestar galactica.

what does in mean to be a fan?

what does it mean to be a cylon?

to find out, join film director ilana rein, principal film personnel, and a host of fellow cylons on 16 july 2011 at 8 pm. (admittance once screening has begun will be at the discretion of the venue.)

spool mfg. and galleryELL are pleased to present "element - progress", a group exhibit about materials, process, and the experience of making and viewing art. the exhibit, curated by john ros, will feature the work of annie varnot, jodi hays, joel bacon, kariann fuqua, kirsten nash, nancy hubbard, and richard feaster.

"element - progress" will run from 9 april to 21 may 2011.
opening reception: 9 april 2011, 7-10 pm
closing reception: 21 may 2011, 7-10 pm
gallery hours: saturdays, noon to 3 pm & by appointment
curatorial lecture & artist discussion: thursday, 7 april 2011, 6 pm

galleryELL is a transient, brooklyn-based gallery, comprised of active artists who look beyond daily practice by sharing resources, ideas and creativity through camaraderie. to learn more about galleryELL, and to view works by the above artists, visit galleryell.com.

please join us from 7 to 10 pm on saturday, 26 march 2011, for the closing reception of creating/context, featuring kevin dartt (sculpture), robert fundis (painting), and brian murphy (video). the three artists will host a discussion at 7:30 pm, followed by a live musical performance by robert fundis and kyle balles.

please join us on friday, 29 october 2010, for the opening reception of memento mori: skeletons of the modern world. the reception will run from 7 to 10 pm, and will feature musical performances by driftwood and the slaves.

memento mori examines the qualitative changes in culture through the objects left behind. through the lens of new york's triple cities area, it is an archaeological experience that ascribes neither name nor function to the artifacts, allowing them to serve as memento mori, reminders of death. in remembering our mortality, we consider what our own artifacts will be; and, in so doing, consider the implications of how we choose to live.

gallery hours for memento mori will take place on saturdays (except 12/25/10 and 1/1/11) from noon to 3 pm, or by appointment via this website.

please join us for this exhibit of new works by don demauro. curiosities of the object, curated by zach seeger, will feature painting, sculpture, drawing, and installation. the exhibit is expected to evolve over its two-month run.

the opening reception for curiosities of the object is on saturday, 10 july 2010, from 7 to 10 pm. the show runs through 11 september 2010, with gallery hours on saturdays, from noon to 3 pm. the closing reception is 11 september 2010, from 7 to 10 pm.

world-renowned film scholar jack stevenson brings us 60 hair-raising years of sin and sensation in this entertaining historical retrospective that shows how drugs were depicted in american film from the dawn of cinema through the 1970s. from the giddy silent-era slapstick of mystery of the leaping fish, to the leaden mid-50s moralism of the pusher, and all the way up to the freaked-out psychedelia of rockflow from the late 1960s, it shows how filmmakers have used humor, comedy, fear, sensationalism, and occasionally realism in their treatments. via a selection of short films, trailers and outtakes, we experience the diversity of approaches employed by preachers, educators, entertainers, fear-mongers and hippies who all found drugs to be hot subject matter for the movies. drugs could be used to entertain you, titillate you, and make you fear. drugs could be used as a dramatic device and a way to slip some skin past the censors (for many years in american cinema, a woman could only be shown nude when high on drugs). drugs could get you gunned downed by the cops, drugs could make you hear colors and see music, drugs could blow your mind…

join us on june 9, 2010, at 7 pm, for this exceptionally entertaining program.

on saturday, 24 april 2010, at 7 pm, we will screen 'daughters of wisdom', a film about the nuns of the kala rongo monastery in tibet. filmmaker bari pearlman will be in attendance to discuss her film.

following the film, guests will be invited to a reception with ms. pearlman amidst 'the grove: new work by zach seeger', an exhibit of paintings, video, and sculpture, in our downstairs gallery. mr. seeger will also be in attendance.

to learn more, visit www.daughtersofwisdom.com, and www.zachseeger.com. this event is presented in conjunction with the binghamton university alumni association.

on wednesday, 21 april 2010, at 7 pm, we will present a series of short films by noted filmmaker tomonari nishikawa. mr. nishikawa will be in attendance to present and discuss his films. films being screened include: '16-18-4'; 'apollo'; 'market street'; 'shake 'n' bake'; 'clear blue sky'; and 'sketch films #1-5'. following the films, guests will be invited to visit 'the grove: new work by zach seeger', an exhibit of paintings, video, and sculpture, in our downstairs gallery.

new work by zach seeger
opening reception april 17, 2010, 7 -10 pm
closing reception may 22, 2010, 7 -10 pm
on display every saturday 12 noon - 4 pm, or by appointment

spool mfg. is pleased to present mission appalachia: the story of red bird, a documentary about the red bird mission in beverly, kentucky. the screening will take place on sunday, 28 march 2010, at 2 pm, and will be followed by a discussion and reception with the film's creator, todd scoggins. admission to this event will be $5. to learn more about this film, visit www.claybornestudios.com.

as we at spool mfg. spend the winter months plotting our next moves, we will present a series of dance parties and film events in our upstairs performance space. on saturday, 13 march 2010, we invite you to raise the roof 2, our second in a series of dance parties starring dj john brunelli. music will range in style from deep house to old soul to disco to afro-beat and everything in between. come and dance the winter chill away from 8 pm to 1 am. bring friends; bring good energy; bring ideas for our suggestion box; but most importantly, bring your dancing shoes!

spool mfg. is pleased to present creating/context, the first in a series of exhibitions by alumni of binghamton university. artists featured include madison brookshire, anthony brunelli, john brunelli, robert fundis, ronald gonzalez, michael lieberman, brian murphy, zach seeger, and alisha sickler.

the opening reception for creating/context will take place on saturday, 3 october 2009 from 7 to 10 pm.

the closing reception will take place on saturday, 5 december 2009, from 7 to 10 pm.

gallery hours and events will be added soon. check this site for updates.

characters in search of an exit is an exhibition featuring new works by janet lee brown and amanda kates. the exhibition includes sculpture, installation, drawing, and painting.

characters in search of an exit will run from 20 june to 25 july 2009. the opening reception is saturday 20 june 2009 from 7 to 10 pm, with music provided by dj john brunelli.

the closing reception will take place on saturday 25 july 2009 from 7 to 10 pm.

gallery hours are saturdays from noon to 4 pm, and by appointment.