Sting! 8: Where there’s Smoke... An Evening of Art, Music and Performance at Boston’s Beehive

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(Free-Press-Release.com) March 19, 2010 -- WHAT: On Tuesday, April 6, 2010 from 6:30PM to 8:30PM The Beehive’s co-owner and resident curator Jennifer Epstein will be joined by artist and co-curator Jeff Perrott (who is represented by the Morgan Lehman Gallery in New York City and Barbara Krakow Gallery in Boston) to host the 8th installment in The Beehive's continuing art series entitled, Sting! 8: Where there’s Smoke...

The ongoing event always signifies the launch of a new art installation at The Beehive and highlight’s an evening of great entertainment, great food & libations along with amazing art!

Where there’s smoke, there’s usually fire. And in this case, The Beehive will smolder with twelve hot emerging and established artists from Boston to New York. The diverse paintings, photographs and drawings presented in The Beehive’s 8th installment of its ongoing Sting! Series brings new energy, light and spring awakening to the surrounding urban landscape. From Arisa Boit, who literally paints with fire in her journey of spiritual renewal, to Udo Noger, whose paintings evoke a smoldering exploration of light, to Henry Horenstein’s documentary photographs of the “smoky” side of drag and burlesque, to Daniel Heidkamp, whose paintings, according to one critic, “reveal hot, buzzy tones [that] rub against one another and set off retinal sparks,” the artists of Sting! 8: Where there’s Smoke... bring fire and vitality to the always buzzing walls of The Beehive. Sting!8 will kick off with a special musical performance by Chris Collingwood, lead singer of the alternative pop band “Fountains of Wayne.”

Sting! 8: FEATURING THE WORK OF:

Arisa Boit
Quentin Curry
Henry Horenstein
Daniel Heidkamp
Fred Muram
Udo Noger
Brendan O'Connell
Boru O'Brien O'Connell
Cristi Rinklin
Kelly Spalding
Jered Sprecher
Peter Steiner

Performance by Chris Collingwood of “Fountains of Wayne”

Chris Collingwood, lead singer of the Fountains of Wayne, playing acoustic, alternative pop. The New York based Fountains of Wayne was formed in 1996 by Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger. In 2003, the band was nominated for a “Best New Artist” Grammy nomination. Chris Collingwood will play new material from his upcoming solo album.

Gallery Participation: The Beehive thanks the following galleries for their support and loan of artwork: LaMontagne Gallery (represents Daniel Heidkamp, Fred Muram, Brendan O'Connell and Boru O’Brien O’Connell), Steven Zevitas Gallery (represents Cristi Rinklin and Jered Sprecher), Stellan Holm Gallery (in NYC, represents Quentin Curry) and Walker Contemporary (represents Henry Horenstein).

The Beehive will have great food, cool art, and a performance by Chris Collingwood beginning at 6:30PM. Don't miss Sting! 8 Where There’s Smoke...!

WHERE: The Beehive, 541 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116 | P. 617.423.0069

WHEN: Tuesday April 6, 2010, 6:30PM - 8:30PM

INFO: No cover charge, Cash Bar, Dinner reservations recommended.

The Beehive Sting! Series:

The Beehive Sting! Series is an on-going art series that presents the diversity of art now. The goal is to find work of the moment that is engaging, challenging and exciting, providing viewers with a broad exposure to contemporary art and providing artists a chance to get outside of the white box. Unlike a gallery or museum, The Beehive is not limited by the confines of an aesthetic agenda and can select a variety of innovative work.

About The Beehive:

The Beehive is an underground Bohemian bistro featuring amazing cuisine, libations, artwork and live music nightly. Nestled below the Boston Center for the Art’s historic Cyclorama in Boston’s South End, The Beehive serves the eclectic fare of Chef Rebecca Newell, rustic comfort foods infused with American, European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern influences. Open for dinner 5:30 pm to 1:00 am seven days a week, and with cocktails and live entertainment available