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New push for Stockade art
Effort to link neighborhood with Art Night downtown
BY KATHLEEN MOORE Gazette Reporter
Reach Gazette reporter Kathleen Moore at 395-3120 or moore@dailygazette.com

    The Stockade soon will be known for more than just its history, if Rob Gavel has anything to say about it.
    He has founded a new art group designed to bring large art shows into the Stockade, year-round. The effort began Friday and will continue on the third Friday of every month.
    The Historic Quarter Cultural League began with a collection of art from 27 women and no men at an art show dubbed “Ladies Night.” They set up their work at the First Reformed Church. Nearby at the Stockade Inn, sculptors (of either gender) displayed their work.
    Tony Iadicicco, who helped host the recent art show “Sex, Politics & Religion,” came up with the idea for Ladies Night.
    He read the phrase, “It’s a girl thing,” and immediately saw the possibilities of creating a femaleonly event.
    “It is a powerful statement, to have an all-female show,” he said. “I saw it and thought, this is a beautiful idea.”
    He was deluged with artists asking to join the show as soon as he announced the theme.
    “There were so many people who said, ‘I want to show.’ I think that [theme] is why we got so many artists,” he said. ..............>>>>...........>>>>................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01403&AppName=1