After spending a few years away from the viewing public developing new techniques and ideas,

Roland Cosby is now presenting a showing of both recent and past artwork at the Zeitgeist Gallery. The

show will run for two weeks in early August, from July 29^th through August 10^th. Cosby will be

present at the opening (Saturday, August 2^nd, 2pm to 6pm) to demonstrate the Rolart concept and explain

how he integrates art with music, food, community work and environmental concerns. Both the opening

and the show will feature music by local musicians, presentation of gourmet food, selected artwork by

other artists and computer networking for artists and musicians. An event schedule for this exciting show

will be available shortly before the show begins and up-to-the-minute information will be available at the

gallery and at the Rolart web site.

The Zeitgeist Gallery is located in Inman Square in Cambridge at 1353 Cambridge Street; their

telephone number is 617-876-6060. The gallery is open from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday,

closed Monday. Parking in the area may be difficult and public transportation is recommended. The

Background Information – Roland Cosby

Roland Cosby has spent many years in the Boston metropolitan area promoting community organizing

 through art, music and sports (primarily ice skating and roller skating. He created, organized and directed

 “Roll Against Racism”, an event held in Copley Square for several years that featured art, music and roller

 skating competitions such as roller dancing.  “Roll Against Racism” served as a fundraiser for The

 Covenant and for the Copley YWCA and drew thousands of participants and spectators every year.  Roland

 also worked with many other non-profit organizations such as Boston Urban Gardeners,  MDC Skatelab

 Project, Dorchester Arts Council, ABCD (Resident Artist Program and Special Environment Projects) and

 Cultural Resource Workshop.  During his work with these organizations, Roland produced many different

 types of artwork, including large-scale outdoor and indoor murals,  group murals with children, portable

 murals on plywood sheets, trashcan art (painted trashcans to encourage use and discourage littering), round

 paintings to be used as tabletops and flat table-sized food murals made from vegetables and fruit. Roland

 has also worked on group projects with other community artists such as Sidewalk Sam and Dana Chandler.

  Roland has studied art and taken art-related courses at University of Massachusetts/Dartmouth and at

 Massachusetts College of Art. He is now continuing his art education at the Museum School of Fine Arts in

 Boston and works at Studio 39 in Brookline.

 In the past several years, Roland has worked on many art projects with both businesses and non-profit

 organizations, assisting them in introducing fine art into their environments. Gorman Insurance, Mike’s

 Auto Repair, and Herb Chambers BMW are current on-going projects. Roland is working with these

 businesses to develop artistic interior spaces that will create warm and friendly environments for both

 workers and clients.

 Portraits and fine art work by Roland Cosby are on display at Gorman Insurance and Mike’s Auto Repair 

Some mural sites that can be viewed (including signs and decorative art) are as follows:

1.        Glenville Avenue at Harvard Avenue, Allston

2.        Boston Urban Gardeners Community Garden, Lamartine St., Jamaica Plain

3.        Lucerne Gardens, Morton St., Mattapan

4.        Natalie’s Pizza, Commonwealth Ave., Allston

5.        China Garden Restaurant, Brighton Ave.,  Allston

6.        Albrite Realty, Commonwealth Ave.,, Allston

7.        Top Cat Productions, Fair Street, New Bedford

8.        Second Story Studio, Roslindale

9.        The Bostonian Hair Styling Salon, Boston

10.     Herb Chambers BMW, Allston 

Roland has also developed a web site called “Rolart”, which demonstrates and enhances many of his ideas.  

On it, he has combined traditional artwork and computer graphics in the art section, as well as posting a  

gallery of some of his work. There are sections on music, food, autobiography and other artists as well as 

links to related topics.  One purpose of this site is to provide a platform for other aspiring artists to show 

some of their work.  Artists wishing to have their work posted can email Roland: rolandc112@aol.com  

for more information. There is no charge for this opportunity. To access the web site, go to: www.rolart.com