POSTER FOR
"A GROUP SHOW OF THINGS THAT DON'T BELONG TOGETHER"
8:00 PM SATURDAY
DECEMBER 4TH, 1982
133 HAMILTON ST.
NEW HAVEN, CT
PRESENTED BY PAPIER MACHE VIDEO INSTITUTE
INTERN PMVI CO-DIRECTOR: BEV RICHEY
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: BEV RICHEY, BEN WESTBROCK, ANNA BRESNICK, BILL QUINN, SUSAN ORANGE, JACK HARRIETT, in addition ECA faculty members TIM FERESTEN and ANDREA ROSSI
"... PMVI's 1982 "A Group Show of Things that Don't Belong Together" After the success of Visual Events and Paul's departure for Tallahasse, this core group of artists chose to continue to keep the PMVI energy alive in New Haven. Paul keep the studio here in New Haven and was very much wanted to see things continue to happen here under the PMVI name. I had keys and was basically responsible for what went on there.
I continued to hold meetings every couple of weeks for the artists. We began to work more collaboratively to create and produce what was necessary to put a show together (invitations, press releases etc).
Anna Bresnick who was an early participant in PMVI and taught at ECA (Educational Center for the Arts High School) brought in
Tim Feresten (photographer) and
Andrea Rossi (sculpter). They were both teachers at ECA and added to the size and diversity of the group. We were now eight.
For the exhibit Anna, Tim and Andrea also included and supervised some of the ECA student's work which helped draw a new and diverse crowd (more about that later).
The title of the show helped us to develop an exhibit without concerns about a theme. We were new to each other and wanted to be inclusive of our authentically varied voices before trying to work together thematically. The poster again was likely designed by Jack Harriett as he had access to typeset at his job as well as the ability to create the proof which would go to the offset printer. This was an "11x17" poster.
The back drop to all of our portraits is a wall that Paul and maybe Dick (another regular at PMVI) painted in the empty studio space next to the official PMVI space. The back ground wall was painted to exhibit Paul's final show "Farewell Funeticut" I think that was the spelling. It was a large wall covered with orange grins and he had about a half a dozen large paintings hung on that wall. I own two and have lived with them for decades.
After another satisfying experience, this core group of eight moved forward to collaboratively commit to the next event... The First Show of 1984.
During this time I spoke frequently on the phone with Paul. He was trying to keep things going up here even while living in Tallahasse. A lot of our discussions were related to how to make PMVI a non profit. This led me to explore and join the Arts Council Board. Paul had received an Arts Council Award (1981?) so I looked to them as a way to lead more about how non profits worked. They put me on the board and I joined four committees the first year. I was however never allowed to join the Audubon Development Committee. When I was hired onto staff by Bitsie Clark to be the PR Director, I suggested my vacancy be filled by Tim Feresten. Tim served and faced the same issues never being allowed to join the Development Committee. Tim along with Rick Camp from First Constitution Bank (when Walter Miller was president) were my committee chairs for the Communications Department. We worked on building the New Haven Arts publication into a recognizable brand statewide. We knew things were fishy and I stuck my neck out but only nearly got myself fired. ( I will get you that New Haven Register Article on me commenting on the project.)”
Beverly Richey / Google Photo Album Text
LINK TO THE FULL GOOGLEPHOTOALBUM DOCUMENT PREPARED FOR JASON B. CURATOR AT THE NEW HAVEN MUSEUM:
