Press Release - May 10, 2006 - Farmers' Market Report
Lively Reception for Farmers' Market at Brookline Arts Center Features Food from Local Social Venture
When artists Phyllis Cohen and Anita Jamieson welcome guests to their exhibition Farmers' Market, Watercolors for the Senses on Friday, May 12, at 5:30 p.m., the celebration will include special food: Mexican snacks provided by a social venture company called Tacos Unidos.
Tacos Unidos is a project of the Chelsea non-profit group Roca; it employs low-income and high-risk young adults from Chelsea, Revere and East Boston. With its catering and restaurant operations, the Tacos Unidos Social Venture program teaches job skills and job readiness.
"Our art receptions are always an opportunity to celebrate community and creativity," according to Susan Navarre, Brookline Arts Center Executive Director. "We are looking forward to an extraordinary evening of fun celebrating our artists' talent."
"Farmers' Market: Watercolors for the Senses" featuring Anita Jamieson and Phyllis Cohen is on view at the Arts Center until May 26, 2006. Exhibition hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. The exhibition will also be on view during Brookline Artists Open Studios, on May 20 - 21, 2006.
The Brookline Arts Center is located at 86 Monmouth Street, Brookline, one block from the St. Mary's stop on the MBTA Green Line. The gallery is handicapped accessible. For more information, call 617-566-5715 or visit www.brooklineartscenter.com.
The programs of the Brookline Arts Center are sponsored in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency; the Brookline Commission for the Arts; and the Brookline Community Foundation.
About the BAC: The Brookline Arts Center began 42 years ago in the basement of a Brookline home and in 1968 moved to its present home, a former firehouse, at 86 Monmouth Street. The BAC has received a Brookline Preservation Award for their use and upkeep of the historic Victorian firehouse. The Brookline Arts Center also provides free art classes for low-income populations through scholarships and the ARTreach program, in which free art classes are offered at Brookline Housing Authority buildings.
For more information, visit www.brooklineartscenter.com or email bac@brooklineartscenter.com.