News Reporter Page for Gail Schilke appearance at Liberty Elm Diner
info courtesy of Press Dept News

JUNE 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: libertyelm@gmail.com

THURSDAY  6/19  GALLERY NIGHT AT THE LIBERTY ELM DINER FEATURING
WORKS BY GAIL SCHILKE OPENING RECEPTION

WITH PROV SKETCHY, BELLA MIX BURLY Q BURLESQUE GIRLS, CLASSIC CARS AND
THE SWINGIN' SOUNDS OF JOHNNY CARLEVALE & HIS ALL-STAR BAND

On Thursday June 19, 2008, an opening reception for works by artist
Gail Schilke will take place at The Liberty Elm Diner , 777 Elmwood
Avenue,  Providence from 6-9pm.

Not only will the evening welcome Ms. Schilke's work, appropriately on
Providence Gallery Night, but The Liberty Elm diner will also have on
hand Providence's own BellaMinx Burly Q Burlesque Troupe for a
mini-ProvSketchy with 1 hour of 10 minute poses featuring BMBQ,
replete with classic cars and the swingin' sounds of Johnny Carlevale
& His Band of All-Stars.

Artist Schilke, organizer of Providence Dr. Sketchy,  grew up in
suburban CT, lived for a brief period in Maine, and then settled in
Manhattan for 20 years (her "defining experience," as she puts it)
before moving to Providence. A working artist and writer her entire
life, Schilke returned to New England 8 years ago to enjoy a "quieter
life with more time for art & nature, but still social and engaging
AND not far from NYC - that love affair will never be over! "  Schilke
is also a psychotherapist, currently a school-based clinician working
with middle and high school children.  She describes this most recent
body of her artwork ('06-present) as "collage, traditional cut and
paste assemblege, altered art.  The recurring themes (always
unplanned, they reveal themselves to me as I work), are masks (a
continuing theme in all my work), doors and windows, alters and
religious iconography, cities and trains, remixed patterns in nature,
loss and chaos, pop culture - and always, always nature. In this work
the long-time city girl blends with nature, finally merging. These
collages are my best expression of that blending."

Opening Reception: Works by Artist Gail Schilke & ProvSketchy  @  The
Liberty Elm  Diner
Gallery Night  Thursday 6/19   6-9PM    BYOB

Art Opening: Artist Gail Schilke, organizer ProvSketchy
Mini-Sketchy: 1 Hour of 10-minute poses by BellaMinx Burly Q Burlesque Troupe
Live Music: Johnny Carlavale & His Band of All-Stars
Classic Cars compliments of Steve Isherwood!

ARTIST GAIL SCHILKE
<http://www.myartspace.com/artistInfo.do?populatinglist=home&subscriberid=ruopsumpa9u1onz1>

PROVSKETCHY
<http://www.myspace.com/provsketchy>
provsketchy@gmail.com

BELLAMINX BURLY-Q BURLESQUE TROUPE
<http://www.myspace.com/bellaminx>

JOHNNY CARLEVALE & HIS BAND OF ALL STARS
<http://www.myspace.com/brokenrhythmboys>

THE LIBERTY ELM
diner - coffeeshop - juice bar - wifi - live music - local art
777 Elmwood Avenue (Rt. 1)
Providence RI  02907  401-467-0777
<http://www.myspace.com/libertyelm>
libertyelm@gmail.com
in the little red 1947 Worcester Lunch Car Diner
across the street from RIPTA
just a few blocks north of Roger Williams Park & Zoo


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