sevenminusseven utilizes its warehouse space for many kinds of events, including art exhibitions, collaborative art projects, lectures and panel discussions, live music, and more. if you are interested in using sevenminusseven's warehouse for an event, please send us an email outlining your interests.
every tuesday night, sevenminusseven hosts movie night, a film screening series which highlights documentaries, foreign, independent, and creative features. a group discussion typically follows each screening. drinks are available for suggested donation.
upcoming events:
december 4, 2016 5pm-8pm
depths of fields
annual collaborative outreach benefit
art exhibition + print sale
featuring photographs from the students of montessoru and boschulte
all proceeds will purchase new cameras for outreach programs
depths of fields
annual collaborative outreach benefit
art exhibition + print sale
featuring photographs from the students of montessoru and boschulte
all proceeds will purchase new cameras for outreach programs
december 16, 2016 7pm-12am
mike walsh - sculpture exhibition
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past events:
november 5, 2016 7pm-12am
kristin forbes-mullane
fine art exhibition on-view
opening party
Thursday, October 13 - 6PM-10PM
The Words - open mic and performance
drinks served - free admission - all performers welcome
Friday and Saturday, October 14 & 15 - 7PM
Phoenix Theater Group
(hosted by sevenminusseven)
saturday, august 27 - 7PM-12AM
a lover's rock evening: sade, a tribute
featuring:
Tanama Colibri, Cliff Finch, Tommy Pilgrim, Haile Israel & Abu
friday, june 3rd - 7PM-12AM
something for nothing
a group art exhibition + closing party
in collaboration with Compass Rose Tattoo
may 27, 28, and 29 @ 7PM each night
love and sorrow - monologues of emotion
original stage-works by Noel Charles
this event is sponsoring the one-for-one mentorship program
$5 at the door - drinks served
100% ticket proceeds go to the one-for-one mentorship program
love and sorrow - monologues of emotion
original stage-works by Noel Charles
this event is sponsoring the one-for-one mentorship program
$5 at the door - drinks served
100% ticket proceeds go to the one-for-one mentorship program
thursday, may 19th, 2016 - 7PM-12AM
something for nothing
in collaboration with compass rose tattoo
featuring artists:
craig danet
billy rives
jef wright
earl funk
mary j. danet
james faggiano
shelton walsmith
the last two years
featuring original paintings - over 150 works
wednesday, april 27th, 2016 - 7PM-12AM
Artist statement on the presented body of work:
This ongoing body of work was generated while grieving the death of my mother in 2012. Experiencing myriad emotional and psychological states and at times paralysis, I assigned
myself the task of painting faces to mirror the complexity of grief and, frankly, continue working. Initially I intended to stop at 100 and call it The Century but as I surpassed that number I realized I wasn’t done so it continues to multiply as The Last Two Years.
Bio:
Shelton Walsmith is a mixed media artist working in Brooklyn, New York. His work has been published by The Paris Review, Knopf, Vintage, Rizzoli Books, Paris Vogue, Denver Quarterly, Shots Magazine, Harper Collins, The New York Times and others. He has exhibited in New York, San Francisco, Prague and Austin. His most recent one man show is at Queens College Arts Center winter 2015.
Artist statement:
"A body of work should not be a cadaver evidencing life 'that was' but rather the flashpoint for life which re-begins on each renewed encounter."
This ongoing body of work was generated while grieving the death of my mother in 2012. Experiencing myriad emotional and psychological states and at times paralysis, I assigned
myself the task of painting faces to mirror the complexity of grief and, frankly, continue working. Initially I intended to stop at 100 and call it The Century but as I surpassed that number I realized I wasn’t done so it continues to multiply as The Last Two Years.
Bio:
Shelton Walsmith is a mixed media artist working in Brooklyn, New York. His work has been published by The Paris Review, Knopf, Vintage, Rizzoli Books, Paris Vogue, Denver Quarterly, Shots Magazine, Harper Collins, The New York Times and others. He has exhibited in New York, San Francisco, Prague and Austin. His most recent one man show is at Queens College Arts Center winter 2015.
Artist statement:
"A body of work should not be a cadaver evidencing life 'that was' but rather the flashpoint for life which re-begins on each renewed encounter."
love minus zero
featuring original photography and found photography
monday, february 29th, 2016 - 7pm-12am
On Feb. 29, 7pm - midnight, sevenminusseven will host a group art exhibition called love minus zero, featuring original photography and “found photography”. The event serves to celebrate the organization’s 8th year as a St. Thomas based 501-c3 non for profit arts and education organization. The event will take place at sevenminusseven’s warehouse mixed-use space in Lindbergh Bay, close to UVI and the Cyril E. King airport.
love minus zero will feature the following photographer’s original work on display:
Carmen Mojica ( Puerto Rico based photographer )
George Earley ( St. Thomas based photographer and digital artist)
Noelle Olive ( St. Thomas based photographer )
Travis Hall ( Lexington, KY USA based photographer and digital artist)
Bill Grogan ( St. Thomas based photographer and legendary owner of Barnacle Bills)
Noah McLaurine ( Albuquerque, NM USA based photographer and professor )
Clay Jones ( St. Thomas based artist and sevenminusseven founder/co-director )
Debbie Giammarco ( NYC based photographer with strong ties to St. John USVI)
Zack Zook ( St. Thomas based photographer artist and sevenminusseven co-director )
“Found photographs” ( publicly sourced images originating from anywhere and anyone ) will be presented by the following contributors, and also on display:
Eleanor Gibney ( St. John based scholar and horticulturalist )
Clay Jones ( St. Thomas based artist and sevenminusseven founder/co-director )
Bill Grogan ( St. Thomas based photographer and legendary owner of Barnacle Bills night club )
Partners and sponsors for this event include:
Missing Mountain - Appalachian Mountains USA based arts collective
Virgin Islands Coffee Roasters - St. Thomas based artisan coffee company
Scoops & Brew - St. Thomas based espresso and gelato bar
love minus zero will feature the following photographer’s original work on display:
Carmen Mojica ( Puerto Rico based photographer )
George Earley ( St. Thomas based photographer and digital artist)
Noelle Olive ( St. Thomas based photographer )
Travis Hall ( Lexington, KY USA based photographer and digital artist)
Bill Grogan ( St. Thomas based photographer and legendary owner of Barnacle Bills)
Noah McLaurine ( Albuquerque, NM USA based photographer and professor )
Clay Jones ( St. Thomas based artist and sevenminusseven founder/co-director )
Debbie Giammarco ( NYC based photographer with strong ties to St. John USVI)
Zack Zook ( St. Thomas based photographer artist and sevenminusseven co-director )
“Found photographs” ( publicly sourced images originating from anywhere and anyone ) will be presented by the following contributors, and also on display:
Eleanor Gibney ( St. John based scholar and horticulturalist )
Clay Jones ( St. Thomas based artist and sevenminusseven founder/co-director )
Bill Grogan ( St. Thomas based photographer and legendary owner of Barnacle Bills night club )
Partners and sponsors for this event include:
Missing Mountain - Appalachian Mountains USA based arts collective
Virgin Islands Coffee Roasters - St. Thomas based artisan coffee company
Scoops & Brew - St. Thomas based espresso and gelato bar
past events:
shinyeon moon - static
saturday, january 16th, 2016 - 7pm-12am
art opening - exhibition - food + drink served
shinyeon moon is an artist residing in new york city. she is currently a candidate in receiving an mfa for illustration at the school of visual arts. she received her bfa from new york university in 2013 in fine arts. moon works to tell stories and create visual atmospheres through her creations. she recently had her first international solo exhibition in fukuoka, japan.
artist statement:
My artwork is a search for harmony within duality. Recently, I have been experimenting with the idea of boundaries, specifically with the state of merging or separating that is found when one voice ends and another begins. In the space where two ideas meet, miscommunication abounds, and there exists a strange disconnect of one’s certainty. Some of the concepts that I have been attempting to depict with my work are the boundaries found between individuals and cultures, the fragile balance between man and nature, and the equilibrium of life and death.
With this act of balancing parallel factions, I contemplate the identity and existence of one element in comparison to the other. Like a weighing scale, I have come to imply that one would need the other in order to accomplish a sense of normalcy; and thus, the equalization of weights becomes the end goal — a peaceful plateau of homeostasis.
I am interested in illustrating the midpoint where one and the other meet. It is here, in this space where worlds can form, collide, and secede, that there emerges an ambiguous state grounded between both fantasy and reality. This hazy limbo creates a void between the individual and the other — a space filled with infinite possibilities including profound beauty and truth, as well as terrifying realizations and doubts. I found that this occurs most frequently with feelings of missed opportunities, which progress into bouts of guilt and nostalgia.
For me, silence came to exist as a character within my works, which best establishes this sense of limitlessness and longing. I want others to take a moment and revel in this silence and explore both the destructive and empowering influence of things unspoken. For me, there is a curious attraction that pulls me to explore the awkwardness of silence and search for the beauty in the discomfort that may exist within moments of the unknown and the unfamiliar.
My artwork is a search for harmony within duality. Recently, I have been experimenting with the idea of boundaries, specifically with the state of merging or separating that is found when one voice ends and another begins. In the space where two ideas meet, miscommunication abounds, and there exists a strange disconnect of one’s certainty. Some of the concepts that I have been attempting to depict with my work are the boundaries found between individuals and cultures, the fragile balance between man and nature, and the equilibrium of life and death.
With this act of balancing parallel factions, I contemplate the identity and existence of one element in comparison to the other. Like a weighing scale, I have come to imply that one would need the other in order to accomplish a sense of normalcy; and thus, the equalization of weights becomes the end goal — a peaceful plateau of homeostasis.
I am interested in illustrating the midpoint where one and the other meet. It is here, in this space where worlds can form, collide, and secede, that there emerges an ambiguous state grounded between both fantasy and reality. This hazy limbo creates a void between the individual and the other — a space filled with infinite possibilities including profound beauty and truth, as well as terrifying realizations and doubts. I found that this occurs most frequently with feelings of missed opportunities, which progress into bouts of guilt and nostalgia.
For me, silence came to exist as a character within my works, which best establishes this sense of limitlessness and longing. I want others to take a moment and revel in this silence and explore both the destructive and empowering influence of things unspoken. For me, there is a curious attraction that pulls me to explore the awkwardness of silence and search for the beauty in the discomfort that may exist within moments of the unknown and the unfamiliar.
october 28, 2015 / 7pm-12am
tabula rasa
art exhibition and grand re-opening
artists pat mazza, river huston, montez teferi, and c. kirk
food & drink served
recycled art
April 14, 2012 to June 9, 2012
(no class April 28)
10:00 am to 11:45 a.m.
For youth ages 7 to 12
$120.00 for whole 8 week session ($104.00 each for siblings enrolled together)
$20.00 for a single day ($18.00 for each sibling enrolled together)
(no class April 28)
10:00 am to 11:45 a.m.
For youth ages 7 to 12
$120.00 for whole 8 week session ($104.00 each for siblings enrolled together)
$20.00 for a single day ($18.00 for each sibling enrolled together)
Chance
Preveiw of the Movie 'Chance'. Shot entirely on the island of St. Thomas (US Virgin Islands).
Directed by Evan Kaufmann - screenplay by Mark Owens (above)
Filmed entirely in St. Thomas in the Us Virgin Islands. Chance follows Darnell Smith (played by newcomer Terrance Bartley), a St. Thomian photographer whose plans to go to school in the States come to a halt due to his mother's severe illness. Under pressure to treat his mother's disease and support his family, Darnell enters the crime underworld. Chance, produced by director Kaufmann, Katie Kaufmann, Mark Owens and Brittany Owens, also stars Akin Chinnery and Ashley Wilkerson.
Directed by Evan Kaufmann - screenplay by Mark Owens (above)
Filmed entirely in St. Thomas in the Us Virgin Islands. Chance follows Darnell Smith (played by newcomer Terrance Bartley), a St. Thomian photographer whose plans to go to school in the States come to a halt due to his mother's severe illness. Under pressure to treat his mother's disease and support his family, Darnell enters the crime underworld. Chance, produced by director Kaufmann, Katie Kaufmann, Mark Owens and Brittany Owens, also stars Akin Chinnery and Ashley Wilkerson.
earth day - april 22, 2012
The Collaborative Outreach program of sevenminusseven is proud to announce "Striving for a Sustainable VI"; our upcoming Earth Day celebration and fundraiser on Sunday April 22, 2012.
At our warehouse gallery in Sub Base, St. Thomas.
We will be hosting speakers, demonstrators and vendors from our community who wish to share with us their knowledge on sustainable living here in the Virgin Islands. Some talks and presentations will include: alternative energy sources, making natural toothpaste, urban gardening and composting, "eating locally", eco jewelry. We are also hoping to have talks and demos on yoga and meditation, eco friendly cleaning products, solar cooking and reducing waste. Some of the activities will include: DIY reusable shopping bags, a collaborative on site urban garden project, free cycle/market place and children's story hour. There will be healthy food and drinks for sale, a raffle with prizes, a student art show and contest.
Our vision for this event is to celebrate Earth Day by offering resources for our community so we, as a whole, can begin to live a much more eco friendly and sustainable lifestyle in the Virgin Islands. Our island community is surrounded by a very sensitive reef system that has long felt the pressure of pollution, climate change and over fishing. Our economy relies heavily on imports as our main source of food. We recognize that much can be done in our individual households to help ease these pressures off of the community as a whole and our environment.
Along with raising awareness, we hope to raise funds for our Outreach Program. Our Outreach Program has been facilitating exciting and engaging art workshops and projects with youth and adults in our community for 4 years strong. As a nonprofit organization, we strive to be a vanguard for creativity and expression as well as an example of responsible waste management, safe art practices and recycling. The fees for a vendors table is $25.00, please come to sell your locally made or eco friendly products. The fee for the flea market is $10.00 to set up a table for your second hand belongings for sale. No fee for presenters or for bringing items for the free cycle (items available for free or trade). Please make sure items for the flea market and free cycle are clean and in fairly good condition and in working condition.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Eranah Davies
For any more info please feel free to call me 340 474 2882
At our warehouse gallery in Sub Base, St. Thomas.
We will be hosting speakers, demonstrators and vendors from our community who wish to share with us their knowledge on sustainable living here in the Virgin Islands. Some talks and presentations will include: alternative energy sources, making natural toothpaste, urban gardening and composting, "eating locally", eco jewelry. We are also hoping to have talks and demos on yoga and meditation, eco friendly cleaning products, solar cooking and reducing waste. Some of the activities will include: DIY reusable shopping bags, a collaborative on site urban garden project, free cycle/market place and children's story hour. There will be healthy food and drinks for sale, a raffle with prizes, a student art show and contest.
Our vision for this event is to celebrate Earth Day by offering resources for our community so we, as a whole, can begin to live a much more eco friendly and sustainable lifestyle in the Virgin Islands. Our island community is surrounded by a very sensitive reef system that has long felt the pressure of pollution, climate change and over fishing. Our economy relies heavily on imports as our main source of food. We recognize that much can be done in our individual households to help ease these pressures off of the community as a whole and our environment.
Along with raising awareness, we hope to raise funds for our Outreach Program. Our Outreach Program has been facilitating exciting and engaging art workshops and projects with youth and adults in our community for 4 years strong. As a nonprofit organization, we strive to be a vanguard for creativity and expression as well as an example of responsible waste management, safe art practices and recycling. The fees for a vendors table is $25.00, please come to sell your locally made or eco friendly products. The fee for the flea market is $10.00 to set up a table for your second hand belongings for sale. No fee for presenters or for bringing items for the free cycle (items available for free or trade). Please make sure items for the flea market and free cycle are clean and in fairly good condition and in working condition.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Eranah Davies
For any more info please feel free to call me 340 474 2882
Intro to Capoeira Angola
Saturday March 31, 2012
Kojo X Johnson is offering an intro to capoeira angola workshop in St. John. Kojo is a visiting artist from washington dc and a member of Bambu Station.Capoeira Angola is an African-Brazilian martial art that combines dance movements, acrobatics, music, history and philosophy.
3 – 4 pm youth class
4 – 6 pm adult class
For more info: 340 228 2747
Kojo X Johnson is offering an intro to capoeira angola workshop in St. John. Kojo is a visiting artist from washington dc and a member of Bambu Station.Capoeira Angola is an African-Brazilian martial art that combines dance movements, acrobatics, music, history and philosophy.
3 – 4 pm youth class
4 – 6 pm adult class
For more info: 340 228 2747
“I’ll Have What She’s Having”.
sevenminusseven presents the solo exhibition of artist, Eranah Davies,
Eranah also applies healing through creativity in her service to the community of the VI as an educator. Through the Outreach Program for Alternative Art Alliance, Eranah has been working with the youth to engage them in collaborations with artists from the territory and abroad. In the short time the program has been in operation she and other artists have worked with over 250 youth in the territory.
Eranah also applies healing through creativity in her service to the community of the VI as an educator. Through the Outreach Program for Alternative Art Alliance, Eranah has been working with the youth to engage them in collaborations with artists from the territory and abroad. In the short time the program has been in operation she and other artists have worked with over 250 youth in the territory.
Learning to Sea is an underwater experience that compares animal behaviors in two seas separated by over 7,000 miles. This international award winning film takes you on a tour through both oceans simultaneously, the Red Sea and the Caribbean Sea. The filmmaker shares his cross-global underwater experiences and shows the correlation of the marine inhabitants.
Viewers of all ages shared in the excitement of the aquatic realm and enjoy captivating footage never before seen, including a new species to science -- a walking fish!
Ziggy Livnat, MFA, has worked as a professional photographer, conservationist, and educator. During the last twelve years, Ziggy has devoted his career to the protection of marine environments with the making of several award winning underwater films focusing on ecology, conservation, and education. His photographs can be found in publications such as National Geographic and Advanced Diver
Viewers of all ages shared in the excitement of the aquatic realm and enjoy captivating footage never before seen, including a new species to science -- a walking fish!
Ziggy Livnat, MFA, has worked as a professional photographer, conservationist, and educator. During the last twelve years, Ziggy has devoted his career to the protection of marine environments with the making of several award winning underwater films focusing on ecology, conservation, and education. His photographs can be found in publications such as National Geographic and Advanced Diver