Archive for June, 2009

Salt of the Earth

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Patricia Tinajero, The Place Where Miracles Happen, 2009, video still

Patricia Tinajero, The Place Where Miracles Happen, 2009, video still

June 5 – July 24, 2009

Montserrat College of Art Gallery presents New Art Collective 2009, a summer biennial featuring contemporary artists selected by a small group of Boston area curators. Each curator selects a contemporary artist with no restrictions except that they illuminate the theme “Salt of the Earth.”

The common English expression “salt of the earth” has shifted from its scriptural origins to refer to someone who is humble and lacking pretension. This exhibition will feature artwork that possesses a sense of intimacy, immediacy, and directness, playing off of and giving new relevance to the phrase.

Salt of the Earth reception on Friday, June 5

"Salt of the Earth" reception on June 5th

Camilo Alvarez-Samson Projects: Antoniadis and Stonez
Jose Luis Blondet-Mills Gallery: Nate McDermott
Leonie Bradbury-Montserrat Gallery: Zach Storm
Leslie Brown-PRC: Deb Todd Wheeler
Kristen Dodge-Judi Rotenberg Gallery: Lorna Williams
Shana Dumont-Montserrat Gallery: David Curcio
Cathy McLaurin-Essex Art Center: Patricia Tinajero

For additional information please visit  www.montserrat.edu/galleries/montserrat/

Trowbridge ‘08 in the Paint

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

converse-sneakersLaura Trowbridge (‘08) designed a sneaker for Converse which is now available for purchase. The design was submitted as part of the Red Campaign Program, which is helping to fund AIDS programs. About a dozen Montserrat students submitted work, along with students from many other colleges. Laura’s work was selected and may now be purchased at Zappos.com among other places.

Youth Art Program in July

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

robot-ill1 Montserrat will be at the Wenham Museum for Comic Art Workshops

Storytelling through Pictures: Comic Art Workshops

Saturdays: July 11, 18, & 25 from 9am – 12pm

Wenham Museum, 132 Main St (Rte 1A), Wenham, MA 01984

Pre-registration required:
$30 for a single workshop, $75 for all three
Ages: 9 – 12

Instructor: Kevin Ilacqua, Montserrat College of Art Student

Learn how to tell a story through pictures.  Come and have fun learning to draw some of your favorite comic book super-heroes, cartoon characters, funny animals, Japanese Anime and Manga. You will learn how to create and design your own comic character in these workshops.  Learn the basic techniques of pencil sketching. If you like comics and like to draw this class is for you.

Workshop – 7/11 – Superheroes

Workshop – 7/18 Anime & Manga

Workshop – 7/25 – Alternative comics – Art comics/story

To register contact: Wenham Museum at 978.468.2377 or visit http://www.wenhammuseum.org/youth_families.html

Kevin Ilacqua is a junior at Montserrat College of Art majoring in illustration.  Montserrat students of illustration are experts in understanding and creating pictures that inform, entertain and persuade audiences.  Illustrations students are trained to draw, paint, sculpt and create by fine artists and working illustrators.

Founded in 1970, Montserrat College of Art is a four-year art college located in Beverly, MA offering an accredited Bachelor of Fine Arts. The continuing education department offers evening, weekend and daytime courses for adults and teens on the North Shore.

Wenham Museum Summer Exhibition – Colorful Characters: Storytelling through Comics, June 9 – September 13, 2009

Illustration by Kevin Ilacqua: Robot Chase

Summer Art in Viterbo, Italy

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Viterbo, Italy

Viterbo, Italy

July 2-July 30, 2009

The medieval city streets of Viterbo still resonate with the sounds and rhythms of their ancient inhabitants. Once a major Etruscan site, the province of Viterbo was later inhabited by the Romans whose amphitheaters and baths remain well preserved. The 13th century papal palace in the center of the San Pelligrino section of the city is evidence of Viterbo’s significant role as a place of refuge for medieval popes, and more recently as the film location for Zeferelli’s Romeo and Juliet. Today Viterbo is a bustling modern town with a lively university community and active art scene.

Viterbo is located 76 km. north of Rome, and is easily accessible to Florence, Siena, Assisi, Orvieto and the waterside resorts of Tarquinia, Bolsena and Vico. Students are encouraged to use local buses to visit the nearby lakes and villages.

Montserrat’s four-week residential program affords art students and enthusiasts a unique opportunity to live and study in a country famous for its rich cultural legacy. Classes are held in the Accademia di Belli Arte in Viterbo, about 90 minutes north of Rome. As an integrated arts program, we offer courses in painting, drawing, photography, art history and writing. Students may elect two courses, to earn a maximum of 6 credits. All courses are taught in English by college and university faculty trained in the United States.

Course Offerings
Art History
Landscape Painting
Landscape Photography
Journalistic Drawing ­ new offering for illustration students and others!
Journal Writing

Additional Information
For more information, contact Laura Tonelli at 978.921.4242 x 1601

http://drawingviterbo.blogspot.com/