Archive for July, 2010

News from Viterbo, Italy

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Montserrat’s Summer Study in Italy program is well underway with students and faculty based in Viterbo, Italy, and touring art historical sites, museums, and taking classes in painting, photography, drawing and art history.
www.montserrat.edu/academics/study-abroad/italy.php

The program runs for the month of July. Below are recent photos from Italy. New ones will be posted every so often, so come back and see what our group is up to next.

Dean Laura Tonelli

Pit stop in the sunflower field, on the way back from a field trip - with Montserrat student Tommy Hirsch '13, Dean Laura Tonelli, and RISD students Nan Luo and Anna Rosenfeld.

The group, led by Leeza Masia '10, navigating the maze of medieval streets in Viterbo.

Touring the Museum in Tarquinia. Laura tries to answer the question: What happened to all the bones in the Etruscan tombs?

“Birdcarver Shows How” at the Gallery Della-Piana

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

From the left: "Cardinal, Drake" carved in basswood and painted in acrylics. "Woodcock" carved in basswood and painted in acrylics.

Carving Expert Demonstrates

Larry Scanlon of Wenham, renowned bird carver, will be demonstrating his step-by-step techniques for carving, detailing, and final painting of his signature shore bird decoys and song birds at Gallery Della-Piana on Wednesday, July 21 from 6-8 PM.  There will be time for Q&A after the demonstration.  There will be refreshments and a door prize! FREE and open to the public. The gallery is located at 152-R Main St on Route 1-A in Wenham. Call for more info at (978) 468-1944 or visit our blog at gallerydellapiana@blogspot.com

The Gallery Della-Piana is owned and curated by Illustration faculty member Elissa Della-Piana.

Alumna Amy Ruiter Adamowicz, “Exploring the Primaries”

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Amy Ruiter Adamowicz '02

Artist Reception with alumna
Amy Ruiter Adamowicz ’02

Date:
Thursday, July 29, 2010

Time:
5:00pm – 7:00pm

Location:
89 South Street Suite 101
Boston MA 02111

Alumnus Richard Pawlak ’81

Monday, July 12th, 2010

Flying Hawk 2, Richard Pawlak '81

Hi Everybody,

I’m excited and honored to have been the first artist chosen to display my paintings for the newly constructed Mashpee Public Library. The thought of my work being on display in the same room with words of our world’s greatest minds is quite humbling. My “South Cape” and “Marshbirds” series will be showing at the library through July.

Montserrat Recognized as the Epicenter of Encaustic Painting

Friday, July 9th, 2010

Boston’s prestigious PBS station WGBH-TV has documented the just-concluded 4th International Encaustic Painting Conference, held at Montserrat College of Art. In a special segment on  “Greater Boston with Emily Rooney” show aired Thursday, July 8, the station recognized the college for its first-in-the-nation, Encaustic Conference, directed by Joanne Mattera, which brings an international audience to Montserrat’s Beverly, MA campus.

See the clip at http://www.wgbh.org/greater_boston/index.cfm

Related links:
Joanne Mattera