LARAINE ARMENTI

Student of Painting

Departure Haidian

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ARTIST RESIDENCY CHINA — BEIJING, no. 26 The opportunity offered by the Inside Out Art Museum for an artist residency in Beijing fulfilled my lifelong desire to go to China. While there, the museum made no demands on my time, in part because the residency manager left her job the week I arrived. Everyone else in the museum was busy installing and promoting major shows. I alternated studio … [Read more...]

Final Weeks

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Danforth Art Museum Faculty Exhibition Three of my landscape paintings are on view through January 18, 2016 at Danforth Museum School. 123 Union Avenue, Framingham, MA 508-620-0050 Danforth Art is closed on New Year’s Day. Please confirm gallery hours on museum website or call before visiting. Link is above in RED. TOP: Boathouse — oil on canvas, 11×14 in (28 x 36 cm), … [Read more...]

Danforth School Gallery

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Danforth Art School Faculty Exhibition November 8, 2015 — January 18, 2016 123 Union Avenue, Framingham, MA 508-620-0050 Gallery Hours thru Dec 18, 2015   Monday & Wednesday   9:00am – 10:00pm   Tuesday & Thursday   9:00am –  6:00pm   Friday & Saturday   9:00am –  4:30pm   Sunday 12:00pm –  5:00pm ABOVE: Verrill’s, oil on canvas, 11×14 in, … [Read more...]

Gladstone Gallery Show

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Bread & Clementines, oil on linen, 8x10 in, 2014, SOLD Laraine Armenti | Still Lifes An exhibition of oil paintings and drawings in graphite on mylar is currently on view and artwork is for sale at Gladstone Gallery through November 10, 2015. Images can be seen online at the following link: Gladstone Gallery 36 1/2 Union Street, Manchester-by-the-Sea, … [Read more...]

New Website Launch

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I am pleased to present a new and improved website to view my artwork. Using a scalable framework, revisions have been made throughout the site to enhance the design with clear, intuitive navigation that provides a consistent, streamlined experience across a spectrum of mobile and touch screen computing devices. Check it out on your desktop, tablet, or cell phone today! Highlights include … [Read more...]

Hutongs & Sanlitun

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ARTIST RESIDENCY CHINA — BEIJING, no.25 New friend Jiayu, who introduced herself on the subway using the English name Jessie while I was going to art openings the first weekend, offered to be my guide to see the oldest hutongs in Beijing on my last day in the city. Believing she was also my host meant she tried to pay for everything we ate despite our recent acquaintance, a courtesy pressed … [Read more...]

Houhai Hutong

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ARTIST RESIDENCY CHINA — BEIJING, no. 24 Beihai North subway station entrance was the first place I stepped outside in the city the first week in Beijing on my way to art openings further down the line. Across the street an imposing antique building made me wonder what it was. Plastic wrapped young women sold tours in the rain. Identically hatted tourist teams disappeared into worryingly … [Read more...]

Beijing Fashion

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ARTIST RESIDENCY CHINA — BEIJING, no. 23 China has had a developing market economy since reforms led by Deng Xiaoping in 1978 following the death of Mao Zedong in 1976. There is a wide variety of individual color and style in women's fashion. Clothing is plentiful and inexpensive. There are several trends in the city. Formal occasion dresses show up at all times of day in unlikely public … [Read more...]