When:  Saturday, February 4th, 7-11pm

Where: LabourLove Gallery, 807 E Main St, Downtown Durham

Why:  Will & Pop’s Celebrate 1 Year on the Streets!

Who:  Everyone is Invited

Cost:  Music and Dancing are FREE, please support the local businesses below with your patronage.

Food Trucks:  Will & Pop’s and Boxcarr Farms

Wine:  Grove Winery

Coffee & Frozen Yogurt:  Blend

Art:  LabourLove Gallery

Will & Pop’s would like to thank everyone who supported them through their first year on the street.  Come and get your groove on amidst the art, drink some Grove Wine, and of course, eat some street food!

Pick up a ticket that will hook you up with a local made wine vessel full of locally grown wine and any sandwich on our menu. Bring the vessel back and get $1 off your next pour.

Will & Pop’s, Boxcarr Farms, and Grove Winery will be selling their tasty treats in the parking lot at Golden Belt next to LabourLove Gallery on February 4th from 7 pm – 11 pm. Inside the gallery, we’ll have a DJ to be named later setting the mood and getting you in the groove.

Kim Arrington sang publicly at 4 years old. By 7 years old, Kim was writing her own songs. In May 2008, Kim released her debut CD of soul music, “First Love Note of Kim Arrington”, which United Kingdom-based Soul Brother Records described as, “Very good, lyrically- strong, independent soul album featuring real instruments from North Carolina singer-songwriter Kim Arrington, who possesses a really strong, unique voice.“ She has sung for tens of thousands in the United States, Italy, Switzerland, England, France, Austria, and Germany. NPR’s Frank Stasio declares, “Kim Arrington proves her pipes are as soulful as her prose.” In 20l2, Kim will release her debut jazz CD, “Getting II Yes”.

Visit www.kimarrington.com

facebook www.facebook.com/kimarringtonband

Follow on Twitter @KimArrington

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Peter Lamband the Wolves is a group consisting of some of the triangle’s hottest young jazz musicians.  The quintet plays music that is a mixture of Charles Mingus like arranging with New Orleans grooves and strange melodies from around the world.  They’ve won The Independent’s Jazz Band of the Year award and played in both The Hopscotch Music Festival and Shakori Hills.  In 2011 The Wolves released their first album to much acclaim. They hope to produce a second album by the middle of 2012.

Visit peterlambandthewolves.com
Like Peter Lamb and the Wolves on Facebook

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LabourLove “Great Gift Ideas” Wall: Lots to do and see this third Friday at Golden Belt, come meet the artists at Labourlove and check out the “Great gift ideas” wall in the gallery, all original art on this wall is on Sale for the Holidays!  All Events for Third Friday 6pm-9pm are Free and Open to the Public! 

Events at Golden Belt this Third Friday:

The Artists at Golden Belt will host a “Twelve by Twelve” event at their Golden Belt studios in downtown Durham. The event will be a fundraiser to benefit the Center for Child & Family Health. Tickets for the holiday benefit party on Thursday 12/15 are $25.00 each.

“Twelve by Twelve” is the first holiday fundraising event designed by the Artists at Golden Belt, a collaborative of more 30 artists working in downtown Durham. The show will offer for sale more than 200 unique pieces of fine art, each measuring no more than 12 inches by 12 inches, for $200 each. The fundraiser begins with a VIP reception on the evening of December 15 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm, and continues through their regular Third Friday open house on December 16 from 6-9pm.

For More Information about this Event: Artists at Golden Belt

Welcome Liberty Arts!

LabourLove would also like to take this opportunity to welcome our new neighbors Liberty Arts! Liberty Arts is located beside the Scrap Exchange (who will be hosting their annual Holiday Party) in the Cordoba Arts Center Blg. It’s kinda just like old times…just a new location!

LabourLove Holiday Hours: Labourlove will be closed December 27th-January 2nd for Holiday travel to see friends and family, we hope you all have a wonderful holiday and safe travels! We will be open Dec.24th from 11am -3pm for all you last minute shoppers!  See you in the New Year!

LabourLove Gallery and The Art of Cool “After Hours” concert with Marcus Anderson presented by Bull City Mobile.

Tickets Available Now!

Date:  December 16, 2011 

Time:  9:30 pm – Midnight

Location: LabourLove Gallery, 807 E Main St, Building 2, Durham, NC 27701

The Art of Cool Project presents a monthly concert every third Friday featuring a variety of musicians ranging across idioms – from acoustic to electric, bebop to free jazz. On Friday, December 16, 9:30pm at LabourLove Gallery in downtown Durham, NC we will feature renown smooth jazz saxophonist Marcus Anderson.

About Marcus Anderson:
After his breakthrough in contemporary jazz circles as the 2009 winner of the Capital Jazz Fest Challenge, Marcus Anderson is embracing every opportunity to perform and inspire fans – and most importantly, as the title of his third and latest CD attests, fully living in the NOW. The multi-talented composer, saxophonist, flutist’s, and choreographer has had a powerful ongoing development of his career and his move toward the top tier of contemporary jazz has been unmatched. With the release of NOW, his third solo CD, and fourth release “Tender Loving Christmas”, Anderson’s goal is to capture the energy from his live shows and make this collection of music his most dynamic, joyful and creative recordings yet.

At Bull City Mobile we develop mobile applications that can: get you connected to you customers; offer you an opportunity to improve your business and online presence; and reach out to a larger market than you could ever reach with traditional advertising. We create mobile based solutions on multiple platforms that will meet your needs and exceed your goals. We bring big ideas to small buttons.

The Art of Cool Chair Campaign:
In the spirit of Christmas, gift giving, and supporting local charities, The Art of Cool Project (our jazz advocacy group) will be holding a Holiday “Chair” Campaign during the party. Every month the AOCP promotes local talent and one of the monthly costs incurred is chair rental. We’ve held a series of sold out concerts and have realized that these monthly concerts will continue to happen and grow. We’d like to buy chairs in lieu of renting them thus eliminating the rental costs each month. The AOCP’s chair campaign is much like sponsoring a brick. A sponsorship of $40 gets your name put on the back of a concert chair as well as premium/preferred seating to any show in the future with RSVP. If you are a small business and would like to sponsor a chair, you may put the name of your buisness along with your website on the back of the chair. Our goal is to get 20 chairs sponsored in order to buy 80 chairs.

Please feel free to sponsor a chair by going toTheArtofCoolProject.com!

In honor of  Mr. Guy Wilkins:

We would like to take a moment to honor a labourlove collective artist, that has been a part of our lives for the past two and half years and part of our memory forever, Mr. Guy Wilkins. Guy passed away early November.

John and I had the pleasure of meeting Guy Wilkins early  in our art gallery adventure. From the moment I met Guy I liked him, we bonded immediately and I knew that I needed to show his work in the gallery.  ”Perpetual eMotion” debuted Oct.15th, 2010 at LabourLove Gallery to a room full of  65+ paintings. Guy was old school, he was what we talked about in art school and aspired to be, he painted and painted and then painted some more, everyday no matter what the day was like.  He understood what it was to be a working artist, he lived it and most importantly he shared it. Guy always supported us and told us to keep going even when we weren’t so sure, he was our fun loving 84 year young cheerleader and we are thankful, very thankful to have worked with him.

Ira Guy Wilkins Jr.

Jan 7, 1927 – Nov 5, 2011

Guy Wilkins was born at Seaview on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and raised in Norfolk. He graduated from Maury High School in 1944, served in the Coast Guard for two years and attended the University of Virginia in Charlottesville for three years. He married Margaret Wakefield Ruffin of Norfolk in 1947. Guy worked as a reporter and photographer for several newspapers in the South, for the Norfolk Port Authority, and then as Publicity Director at the Norfolk Museum, now the Chrysler Museum. Guy studied art during the 1960’s with Lindsay Ocheltree of Norfolk, and painting became his life’s work. He moved to the coastal fishing village of Wachapreague on the Eastern Shore in 1971 and lived there 40 years. Guy was devoted to his mother, Margaret Nottingham Wilkins, and cared for her at Wachapreague, along with his little dog Sally. Guy spent much time with daughter Sarah in Chapel Hill, NC and daughter Elizabeth in Yorktown, VA. Daughter Kate and son John, both of Melbourne, Australia, often visited.

Guy’s bold, vibrantly colored expressionist paintings achieved recognition throughout his career, with countless exhibitions in North Carolina and Virginia–and in New York City from 2004-2008. His works are found in private collections, galleries, and on the internet. In his art Guy was a storyteller and an explorer of imaginative realms. Those who knew him will miss his quick wit, his joie de vivre, and his special gift for connecting with people.

Guy succumbed to complications of CML Leukemia at Riverside Medical Center, Newport News, VA on Saturday, Nov 5. Family: daughters Sarah Gay Wilkins, Elizabeth Wakefield Wilkins, Katherine Taylor Wilkins, and son John Guy Wilkins; sons-in-law Marston Youngblood, Jacques van Montfrans, Brad Bowen; daughter-in-law Suzanne Wilkins; grandchildren Schuyler Guy van Montfrans, Clare van Montfrans, Mati John Wilkins, Max Bowen-Wilkins, Katherine Ellen Wilkins, Nicholas John Wilkins; great-grandsons Levi Wilkins and Coen Guy van Montfrans.

We are teaming up with Al and Cicely of Al Strong Music and The Art of Cool Project for an evening of holiday fun! We are throwing a holiday party/live jazz jam session at LabourLove Gallery. This event is FREE TO THE PUBLIC! We will provide the music and the space to cut loose. BYOB and favorite festive goodies. It’s a Potluck, y’all. We are celebrating the Christmas Holiday as well as Al’s birthday.

Information about the Chair Campaign:
In the spirit of Christmas, gift giving, and supporting local charities, The Art of Cool Project (our jazz advocacy group) will be holding a Holiday “Chair” Campaign during the party. Every month the AOCP promotes local talent and one of the monthly costs incurred is chair rental. We’ve held a series of sold out concerts and have realized that these monthly concerts will continue to happen and grow. We’d like to buy chairs in lieu of renting them thus eliminating the rental costs each month. The AOCP’s chair campaign is much like sponsoring a brick. A sponsorship of $40 gets your name put on the back of a concert chair as well as premium/preferred seating to any show in the future with RSVP. Our goal is to get 20 chairs sponsored in order to buy 80 chairs.

Please feel free to sponsor a chair by going toTheArtofCoolProject.com!

Upcoming Events:

Third Friday,”After Hours” concert with Marcus Anderson:  December 16th, 9pm-12am

$10 advance tix available online at http://labourlove.com/shop/marcus-anderson. Advance tix include a seat.
$15 at door
All tix include comp wine and light refreshments.
Join us for a Tender Loving Christmas Concert with this month’s musical guest, smooth sax player, Marcus Anderson.
Concert Host: Dasan Ahanu (or invited poet)
Live painting for silent auction by Artie Barksdale.

About Marcus Anderson:
After his breakthrough in contemporary jazz circles as the 2009 winner of the Capital Jazz Fest Challenge, Marcus Anderson is embracing every opportunity to perform and inspire fans – and most importantly, as the title of his third and latest CD attests, fully living in the NOW. The multi-talented composer, saxophonist, flutist’s, and choreographer has had a powerful ongoing development of his career and his move toward the top tier of contemporary jazz has been unmatched. With the release of NOW, his third solo CD, and fourth release “Tender Loving Christmas”, Anderson’s goal is to capture the energy from his live shows and make this collection of music his most dynamic, joyful and creative recordings yet.

Visit www.marcusanderson.net
Like The Marcus Anderson Fans & Friends Page on Facebook
Follow on Twitter @mandersonsax

The Art of Cool Project
Visit www.theartofcoolproject.com
Like The Art of Cool Project on Facebook
Follow on Twitter @theaocproject

LabourLove After Hours in December is Sponsored by:

At Bull City Mobile we develop mobile applications that can: get you connected to you customers; offer you an opportunity to improve your business and online presence; and reach out to a larger market than you could ever reach with traditional advertising. We create mobile based solutions on multiple platforms that will meet your needs and exceed your goals. We bring big ideas to small buttons.

I work with oils and acrylics and occasionally with chalk and pastels.  I also draw in pencil and ink.  I like to work on multiple projects simultaneously.  Two of my current projects include: a series of drawings of great Black American Poets; and a series of paintings and drawings based on my grandfather’s unknown but extraordinary photographs.  I do not feel I have settled into any one “school” of painting; at this point, my work is intentionally explorat

Most important, like poetry, my photos are intended to “evoke.” My most recent book of poems is If This World Falls Apart which won the Blue Lynx Prize for 2010. I live in Chapel Hill.

Kristy Lynn’s work explores the realms familiar to dreamers and wanderers. Texture built with wax-infused oil paint and soft color blended from pastel tones flesh out her visions from the subconscious. Delicate lines define her drawings and also form the foundation of her paintings.

Kristy’s Website: www.kristylynn.net ; www.facebook.com/kristylynnportfolio

Kristy Lynn:  www.kristylynn.net ; www.labourlove.com/artists

Lou Lipsitz: www.labourlove.com/artists

Joanna Gopen: www.labourlove.com/artists

LabourLove After Hours with Carlitta Durand from 9-12! For more information and tickets click here!

Durham Art Walk featuring live painting by Artie Barksdale and music by trumpetier Kadir Muhammad! 

The Holidays are quickly approaching and this year more than any other we encourage you to shop local! Durham Art Walk is a great oppurtunity to buy something for someone that represents all things local and handmade!  LabourLove has 30+ artists representing differnt styles, mediums and price ranges to accomodate your shopping needs. As a special feature for art walk we will have a “great gift ideas” wall in the gallery that will feature work that is $75 and under.

Performances will be held in the main parking lot, Saturday 3-4 and Sunday 4-5.

Durham Symphony traveling Violin’s

LabourLove will have on display three violin’s for the month of November to help awareness and funds for the Durham Symphony. Three outstanding local artists have donated their talents to create one of a kind of masterpieces. The violin’s will travel to the Durham Art Council for Art Walk Weekend. You will be able to purchase $5 raffle tickets at Labourlove.

By Eric McRay

By artist Paula MacLeod