Sting! XVI: Sharp and Blurry... An Evening of Art, Music and Performance at Boston’s Beehive

BOSTON - Sept. 11, 2013 - PRLog -- On Tuesday, September 24th, 2013, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM, The Beehive's co-owner and resident curator Jennifer Epstein and special guest curator Crystalle Lacouture will co-host the 16th installment in The Beehive's continuing art series entitled Sting! 16: Sharp and Blurry. The dynamic selection of the nine artists’ work featured in “Sharp and Blurry” addresses the big ideas of abstraction, perception, and pattern. From camera-less photographic prints to wood sculpture, porcelain wall hangings and abstract 2D paintings, each work challenges the viewer’s thoughts on perception.

The ongoing Sting! series always signifies the launch of a new art installation at The Beehive and highlights an evening of great live entertainment, food & libation specials along with amazing art! For this 16th installment, Jennifer Epstein joined forces with Crystalle Lacouture to bring together a remarkable group of artists from Boston, Western Massachusetts and New York City. Guest curator Crystalle Lacouture is a painter and printmaker working outside Boston.  She graduated with a fine arts degree from Skidmore College then spent the next nine years living in New York City and working at the Lower East Side Printshop as a long-time assistant to the artists Nancy Spero and Leon Golub, and at the College Art Association.  The Moth and the Firefly, a picture book she illustrated and designed, is coming out this fall in a hardback print edition. According to Lacouture, curating “Sharp & Blurry” at The Beehive has been an exciting creative project that brings together artists from the three creative hubs: Boston, NYC, and the Berkshires where she spends her time. More information about her work can be found at www.crystallelacouture.com.

Sting! XVI: FEATURING THE WORK OF:
Carlos Jiménez Cahua
Nicole Cherubini
Elizabeth Cohen
Damien Hoar de Galvan
Ariel Dill
Alison Fox
Susan Metrican
Sean Riley
Julie Vari

Performance by Misha Piagorsky Trio:

Join us for an evening at The Beehive with great food, cool art, and a special live musical performance by the Misha Piagorsky Trio. Misha is emerging as one of the most innovative musicians on the international music scene. His unique marriage of powerful melodies with an unusual harmonic sensitivity gives his sound a deeply personal yet cosmopolitan dimension, reflecting his experience as a Russian-Jewish émigré growing up in urban America. The winner of the 2004 Thelonious Monk Composers Competition, his works were recently hailed by The Boston Globe as "a beautiful merging of the worlds of serious jazz and pop."

WHERE: The Beehive, 541 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116 | P. 617.423.0069

WHEN: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 from 6:30PM - 8:30PM.

INFO: No cover charge, cash bar. Dinner reservations recommended.

The Beehive Sting! Series:
The Beehive Sting! Series is an on-going art series that presents the diversity of art now.  The goal is to find work of the moment that is engaging, challenging and exciting, providing viewers with a broad exposure to contemporary art and providing artists a chance to get outside of the white box. Unlike a gallery or museum, The Beehive is not limited by the confines of an aesthetic agenda and can select a variety of innovative work.

About The Beehive:
The Beehive is an underground Bohemian bistro featuring amazing cuisine, libations, artwork and live music nightly. Nestled below the Boston Center for the Art’s historic Cyclorama in Boston’s South End, The Beehive serves the eclectic fare of Chef Rebecca Newell, rustic comfort foods infused with American, European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern influences. Open for dinner and cocktails with live entertainment available nightly until 2:00 AM; The Beehive is the perfect location for after-work cocktails, dinner, live music, events and more. Come to taste the cuisine, come to view the art, come to hear the music or simply come to share in the merriment.

The Beehive is at 541 Tremont St., 617-423-0069; beehiveboston.com. Hours are as follows: Dinner: Sunday through Wednesday from 5:30PM to 12:00AM, Thursday through Saturday from 5:30PM to 1:00AM. Bar to 2:00AM, entertainment nightly. Brunch Served Saturday and Sunday from 10:00AM until 3:00PM, bar menu 3:00PM to 5:00PM.