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'''Bare Hands Gallery''' is a contemporary art gallery and registered non-profit with a mission to showcase contemporary Alabama artists. The gallery is located at 109 [[21st Street South]] and the director is [[Wendy Jarvis]]. | '''Bare Hands Gallery''' is a contemporary art gallery and registered non-profit with a mission to showcase contemporary Alabama artists. The gallery is located at 109 [[21st Street South]] and the director is [[Wendy Jarvis]]. | ||
The gallery was founded by [[Jessica Helfrecht]] in [[1996]], occupying the front third of its current space, leaving space for an apartment to the rear. In [[1999]] Helfrecht relocated the gallery to a bungalow at 725 [[29th Street South]] in [[Lakeview]]. A year later, she decided to sell. Jarvis and her husband [[Michael Glaser]] consulted with each other and decided to make an offer. She took over the gallery on [[December 2]], [[2000]]. After a couple of years, she decided to look for a downtown space | The gallery was founded by [[Jessica Helfrecht]] in [[1996]], occupying the front third of its current space, leaving space for an apartment to the rear. In [[1999]] Helfrecht relocated the gallery to a bungalow at 725 [[29th Street South]] in [[Lakeview]]. A year later, she decided to sell. Jarvis and her husband [[Michael Glaser]] consulted with each other and decided to make an offer. She took over the gallery on [[December 2]], [[2000]]. After a couple of years, she decided to look for a downtown space and ended up moving back into the gallery's original location - expanded to include the whole building and a narrow rear alleyway. A transition to non-profit status was completed in [[2006]]. | ||
[[Image:Bare hands gallery.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Bare Hands Gallery on June 9, 2006]] | [[Image:Bare hands gallery.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Bare Hands Gallery on June 9, 2006]] | ||
Revision as of 22:40, 21 September 2008
Bare Hands Gallery is a contemporary art gallery and registered non-profit with a mission to showcase contemporary Alabama artists. The gallery is located at 109 21st Street South and the director is Wendy Jarvis.
The gallery was founded by Jessica Helfrecht in 1996, occupying the front third of its current space, leaving space for an apartment to the rear. In 1999 Helfrecht relocated the gallery to a bungalow at 725 29th Street South in Lakeview. A year later, she decided to sell. Jarvis and her husband Michael Glaser consulted with each other and decided to make an offer. She took over the gallery on December 2, 2000. After a couple of years, she decided to look for a downtown space and ended up moving back into the gallery's original location - expanded to include the whole building and a narrow rear alleyway. A transition to non-profit status was completed in 2006.
In addition to regular monthly exhibits of contemporary visual arts, the gallery hosts discussions, workshops, musical performances and evening yoga classes.
Dia de los Muertos
"Dia de los Muertos" in November is a large community art celebration hosted by Bare Hands Gallery. Participants are invited to create altars to lost loved ones in the courtyard space behind the gallery. Neighboring outdoor spaces are used for musical and ritual events patterned after the "Day of the Dead" observances in Mexico.
The tradition was begun in 2003 when artist Tracy Martin created an altar for her father, photographer Spider Martin (El Hombre Araña / The Spider-Man) in the gallery's courtyard.
References
- Brock, Glenny (August 23, 2007) "Bare hands bares all." Birmingham Weekly.
External links
- Bare Hands Gallery website
- 2005 Dia de los Muertos photographs on Flickr.com