Alumni News: Andrew Houle ’00 Featured in Nationally Curated Motif 2015 Exhibit in Rockport

Montserrat College of Art alumnus Andrew Houle ’00 was invited by the iartcolony owners, Bob Armstrong and Jill Whitney Armstrong, to represent Montserrat in the exhibition Motif 2015 on view May 16 – July 31. Learn more at artcolony.com

This exhibit is the first curated by Bob and Jill Armstrong in partnership with the town Festival Committee. It presents an eclectic mix with paintings, conceptual images, the work of a video artist and a sculptural component built in the backyard at the gallery.

In planning for the show, the couple reached out to alumni and faculty of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Montserrat College of Art in Beverly. Of the 15 artists, 10 are from the Museum School. But it was the paintings of Motif No. 1 by artist Molly Segal that inspired the couple to embark on this path. Among the local artists will be Les Bartlett, Jill Whitney Armstrong, who became an artist member of the Rockport Art Association this past year, and Andrew Houle, a graduate of Montserrat.

Read the artyicle that Houle is featured in at gloucestertimes.com ( link to https://m.gloucestertimes.com/lifestyle/new-visions-old-icon-artists-reinterpret-motif-no-in-their/article_3dc02155-3e37-5b92-a7a2-ed2330ca53a5.html?mode=jqm)

New Visions, Old Icon: Courtesy photo This interior view of Motif No. 1 in Rockport by local artist Andrew Houle, a graduate of Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, is one of the many works in the show “Motif 2015,” opening Saturday, May 16, at artcolony gallery, 42 Broadway in Rockport.