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Upcoming:
Explorations of Thought
an exhibition of my work @
Gallery at
Chestnut Street Lofts

Opening Reception
Friday, May 3rd, 5-8pm
21 Chestnut Street
Portland, Maine

Port City Blue
Sunday,
May 5th, 2019

I'll perform my originals and arrangements of Vocal Jazz/ Pop/ Light Blues tunes,
5 - 6:30pm
650A Congress Street, Portland, ME

Just Updated:
My artwork can now be found in the Artists Directory of the
Center for Maine Contemporary Art:

https://cmcanow.org/artist-directory/?ps=Gregg+Harper&limit=999

"A Game and a Puzzle to Start a Conversation"
Just Published in the Fall, 2018 issue of Maine Arts Journal...
http://maineartsjournal.com/
then scroll down to
UMVA Members Showcase.

"Wearable Assemblages"
Brooches

also available year-round at
  New Bedford Art Museum/Artworks!
  New Bedford, MA

In time for Valentine's Day!
Pop-up Shop @ West Elm, Portland
Saturday, February 9th
Noon - 4pm

My Music @
First Friday Art Walk
@ Maine Craft Association's
Portland Gallery
February 1st, 6:00 - 7:30pm

521 Congress Street, Portland, ME

I'll be playing a
Vocal Jazz, Light Blues & Pop Set
@ Maine Craft Distilling,
Portland, Maine,
Friday, December 28th, 7 - 10pm!

Alternate Formula, 2018, Gregg Harper

Extended thru the November 2nd First Friday Art Walk
5-8pm!

Spiritus Ex Machina
New Works
@ Chalkboard Gallery
Maine Charitable Mechanics Association
October 1 - 31, 2018
Gallery Hours:
Fridays: 4 - 7pm
Saturdays & Sundays: 1-4pm*
*Except: Sunday 10/21 = Closed &
Saturday 10/27 = 2-5pm

Séance: 9:20am & 11:40am EST
will be on view as part of the
Some Reliable Truths About Chairs
exhibition @
Union of Maine Visual Artists Gallery
516 Congress Street, Portland, ME
October 5th - November 2nd

Union of Maine Visual Artists
Summer Members Group Show

UMVA Gallery @ Portland Media Center
July 6th - July 27th
Open: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 1-4pm

The Philosopher's Game
Mixed Media (Participatory)
Gregg Harper, 2018

18 of my pins are for sale here at Port Fest, donated to support Ovarian Cancer research...

Elegy VIII (Artificial Light), 2017, Photo-Acetates, Hand-made Paper, Found Objects on Fabriano Paper, Private Collection.

Prayers & Elegies:
Found Narratives -
Combinatorial Artworks by Gregg Harper
January 1 - 29, 2018

I'll be at the Gallery every Friday, Saturday & Sunday from 1 - 4pm ...or schedule an appointment Monday - Thursday via the contact page on this website.

Union of Maine Visual Artists, Portland Chapter Gallery, 516 Congress Street

Cartomancy Artworks Published...
Four of the thirteen artworks from my Broken Vessel Cartomancy series have been published, along with a brief statement, in the Summer, 2017 edition of the Maine Arts Journal, the quarterly journal of the Union of Maine Visual Artists! The focus of this quarter's curated "Members Submit" section is Narratives: Public & Private...check it out by following this link...

http://maineartsjournal.com/

Thank You One Longfellow Square, Portland, Maine!!!

Photo: Michele McDonald

Celebrate with One Longfellow Square!
I'm very excited to be part of this event!!!

OLS 5(ish) Year Anniversary Party & Auction
Thursday, October 26th, 6pm +
All hail the mighty One Longfellow Square, survivor of floods, birthplace of Lake Street Dive (more or less), home to many a musician and many more music lovers, and recently turned 5 “ish” year old venue!

That’s right. This year we’re turning 5 “ish” years old and we want to celebrate with you!

In addition to being a celebration, this will also be an important fundraiser for the venue. After all, donated funds DO make up nearly 25% of our income. Tickets cost a suggested donation of $25 per person, and a silent auction, featuring some amazing items will run throughout the event to help us raise money so we can keep the doors open for 5 more years. Of course, it would not be an OLS event without music! Music will be performed by Portland newcomer Gregg Harper (don’t miss your chance to say “I heard him here first”) and Portland natives Keanu Keanu (don’t miss your chance to sing and dance along to their amazing renditions of songs by The Bee Gees, Roy Orbison, Crosy, Stills, Nash and Young, and more-).
This is the can’t miss musical event of the season. We look forward to seeing you there and sharing OLS memories with you throughout the night.
6pm doors + cocktail hour w/ music by Gregg Harper – 7pm dancing kicks off with Keanu Keanu. Click the link for event registration:

https://onelongfellowsquare.com/event-registration/?ee=842

My work Bardo, 2016,
Mixed Media on Windsor & Newton Paper
will be on extended loan to
Pinacoteca d'Arte Contemporanea, Allumiere (Rome)!

by Jacob Ginga, Mixed Media

Object/Artifact/Artwork
An exhibition of artworks by
Jacob Ginga & Gregg Harper
@ Groundworks,
New Bedford, MA
Through June 29th...
Opening Reception
Thursday, June 9th

The Two of Shards, Gregg Harper, 2016, Roman Era Shards, Polychrome on Windsor & Newton Paper, 22"X30".

At what point does an object become an artifact? Must it first collect its fair share of stories? There is history in objects and the way in which we view them. In this exhibition, artists Jake Ginga & Gregg Harper, explore the potential for objects and artifacts to serve as inspiration and materials for artworks. Each work aims to address the space between the viewer and their relationship with the objects with careful attention to design
and composition.

In the end it’s less about what stories the
objects tell and more about the stories you give to them.

Gray Matter:
Celebrating Poetry Month @ Gallery 65!
Thursday, April 28th, 7-8pm
No Cover

Join us for an evening of Poetry and Music
featuring Poets:
Bill Comeau
Charlie Cann
Dounte Ruelas
Taylor Butts
&
Marta del Pozo

I'll be adding musical interpretation to
Dounte's, Taylor's and Marta's work
and adding two original songs.

Don't miss this special evening!

Cover Art: Naomi E. Bradford, Untitled, Caran d'Ache on Paper, 2002...Cover Design: Glenn R. Harper

New Album: The Painter,
as well as Pas de Deus,
Why So Worried CDs
and the Red Velvet Cake Download Cards
are now available at:
The Brown Jug, Sandwich Village, MA
Crafts & Vines, Covington, KY
Woodruff's Art Center, Mashpee Commons, MA
Up-Coming!
CD Release Event @ Gallery 65
for my new album "The Painter"
Thursday, March 10th....AHA Night in New Bedford, MA

My Contribution - Horus, Mixed Media on Board, 2016, 6"X6"

AHA! Night
February 11th,
5-9pm
@ Gallery 65
Downtown, New Bedford, MA

Art from the Heart
50 small artworks
by 50 local artists will be for sale!

To benefit our colleague Chad Frownfelter and assist with his medical expenses.

New Bedford Art
Museum/Artworks!
Regions Gallery
November 12, 2015 -
January 3, 2016

Reckonings from a Distance
Combinatorial Art
by Gregg Harper

Gallery Talk and Musical Performance
Thursday, December 17th
7:30 - 8:30pm

Associazione Culturale Venezia Open Art
I'm excited to be selected for this premier exhibition in Venice, Italy this October, one of 50 artists from around the world! My work Et in Arcadia Ego will be exhibited under the Theme - Liberamente: Voyage of Creativity.

Sala dei Laneri, Venice, Italy

Introducing Extra Sensory Perception Multiples:
Edition I - Wild Irises - is a collaboration between myself and Poet, Taylor Butts, Artist and Letterpress Printer, Nicole Monforti-Hoshi and Artist and Giclee Printer, James Soares. The edition of 65 signed and numbered multiples is for sale at $18.00 per print (includes sales MA tax or shipping if out-of-state). Use the contact page of this website to order or if you'd like to come by my Open Studio for a look!

These Poem Prints are Now Available @ Gallery 65
in New Bedford's Historic District!

Red Velvet Cake
Download Cards Now Available
The Red Velvet Cake CDs are nearly sold out. Now there's a Download Card alternative that makes it easy to download the album to your computer in MP3 format so you can copy it to a Disc, USB or MP3 playing device...or all three! They're $8.00 and sold at my gigs, and are available at my retail sites (See "Where to Buy" Page).

Pas de Deux
Released January, 2014

Now available for Download (MP3) (and sampling) at CDBaby:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/harper34

Pas de Deux is a live studio recording with an intimate feel and is a collection of 12 pieces in what I would characterize as a "vocal jazz" style. The song list includes original pieces: Pas de Deux (composed with Naomi Bradford), Tour of the Universe - both of these are instrumentals, Shroud of Time, Sweetness of a Day, Dreamer's Waltz and a reprise of Walk in Beauty and That's That. It will also include covers of Astrud Gilberto's I'm Nothing Without You, Tom Wait's Ol' 55, David Sylvian's Fire in the Forest, and Cole Porter's Ever'time We Say Goodbye...and my new interpretation of the old folk song Leatherwing Bat (in the spirit of Ray Charles and Cab Calloway to change it up a bit)...It was recorded at Triad Recording Complex (New Bedford, MA and Warren, RI) with Phil Greene - Producer and Matt Ricci - Engineer.

You're Invited!
"Literal Passages..."

will be exhibited in the

Community Gallery on the 2nd Floor
@
Artworks!
384 Acushnet Ave.
New Bedford, MA

Through
January 31, 2014.

Three artworks by Naomi Bradford are now on view in the galleries of the
Cahoon Museum of American Art,
Cotuit, Massachusetts (from their permanent collection) in the exhibition:
Color in Contemporary Art
through December, 2018!

The Cahoon Museum of American Art
Cotuit, MA
Has accepted a gift of another of Naomi Bradford's artworks into their Permanent Collection: Cowscape, 2007,
Caran d,Ache and Acrylic on Paper.

Artworks by Naomi Bradford
@ UMass Amherst/New Africa House

On Thursday, January 26th, New Africa House at University of Massachusetts, Amherst accepted Naomi's artworks "Henry's Blanket" (2008) and an untitled abstract (2002) into their collection in memory of her and in honor of Dr. Josephus Femi Richards. Femi, (center) who retired in 2002 after teaching there for 32 years, was an influential force in her artistic development. And that day he was invited by Prof. Amilcar Shabazz (far right) to accept the gifts on behalf of New Africa House. Photo credit: John Solum, University Photographer

Artworks by Naomi Bradford
Now on view @ Cape Cod Museum of Art

"A Selection of New Acquisitions in the CCMoA Permanent Collection"

January 19 – March 12, 2017

Cape Cod Museum of Art
receives two artworks by Naomi Bradford:
Blue Knight (2006) & Untitled (2002)

Naomi Bradford Note Card Sets
3 Sets Available - 12 in a box - 9 images of her paintings...!

Available @
Greater Cincinnati Area
Behringer-Crawford Museum, Covington, KY
Crafts & Vines, Covington, KY

Southeastern Massachusetts
The Brown Jug - Sandwich Village, MA
Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
Challenge Unlimited @ Ironstone Farm, Andover, MA
(Supporting the Equine Encounters for Cancer Patients)
Native Land Conservancy, Inc.
(call 617.417.5260)
Woodruff's Art Center - Mashpee Commons, MA

With Executive Director, Laurie Risch and Curator, Tiffany Hoppenjans

The Art of Naomi Bradford:
2014 - 2015 Museum Acquisitions
Behringer-Crawford Museum
Permanent Collection Acquisitions Delivered!

Preparatory Sketch for Three Graces, Naomi E. Bradford

Sandy Neck, Naomi Bradford, Caran d'Ache on Paper, 2012

The Behringer-Crawford Museum
Covington, Kentucky
Has accepted a gift of four of Naomi's artworks into the permanent collection:

Yellow Cloud's Herd
Foaling in Love
Sundance, (shown above)
Preparatory Sketch for "Three Graces"

The Cahoon Museum of American Art
Has accepted a gift of three of Naomi's artworks into their Permanent Collection and they are currently on view at the museum's temporary satellite gallery at Mashpee Commons, Cape Cod, MA:
Sandy Neck, 2012
Autumn, 2007
Sail Away, 2003

The Cape Cod Museum of Art
Has accepted a gift of two of Naomi's artworks into their Permanent Collection:
Dream Weaver, 2001
Untitled Assemblage, 1994

Dream Weaver, Naomi Bradford, Acrylic and Caran d'Ache on Paper, 2001

Retrospective August 10, 2013: Naomi Bradford and Challenge Unlimited @ Ironstone Farm

Update: Ironstone Farm's Challenge Unlimited has set May 18, 2014 as the date for the Equine Therapy Program for Cancer Survivors in Naomi's memory. 12 people who are battling cancer will have the same opportunity that others' generosity provided to Naomi in August, 2011. Thanks to all who contributed!

Many turned out to enjoy a retrospective of Naomi's art and life at her former studio in North Harwich, MA. Part of the celebration involved raising funds for the support of Challenge Unlimited's Equine Therapy Program for Cancer Survivors, a program that helped Naomi during her struggle with cancer.

On Friday, August 16th, Naomi's sister Maura and I delivered checks and cash to sponsor a full retreat for 12 cancer survivors in Naomi's name which will be scheduled for Spring, 2014.

More funds have come in for a grand total of $4800.00...Naomi would be overwhelmed by this generosity in her memory...thanks so much to everyone...Gregg

Wild By Nature @ Woodruff Art Center, Mashpee Commons, June 26th - September 2, 2013
Featuring three works by Naomi Bradford:

Aurora
Three White Knights
Spirit Guardians