By considering the practice of recording history, and the relationship to the melting pot of downtown Beverly, the students of Montserrat subvert traditional perspectives on Beverly and its extensive past. The exhibition compares and contrasts contemporary art movements with age-old textile practices, maritime art and traditional painting practices, creating a dialogue that speaks directly with the historic objects on display at the Cabot House. After the students had looked through several rooms and storage units of the Society’s Collection, they chose pieces that would inspire the show.

Asst. Prof. Len Thomas-Vickory, Susan Goganian, the Society’s Director, Emily Fung, Grant Archer, and Darren Brown, the Society's curator of collections

The Beverly Historical Society’s Cabot House is located at 117 Cabot Street, Beverly. The exhibit will be on view during the Beverly Historical Society’s regular hours, Tue, Thu, Fri and Sat 10am -4pm and Wed 1 – 9pm. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors/students and free for members and children under 16. Montserrat students will be admitted free of charge during the run of the exhibition.

Current student Alison Yusov ’13 has two digital collage illustrations that were accepted into the 2nd Anniversary Juried Show at Paris in Plantsville, CT.

Alison created the digital collages for instructor Allison Cole’s Illustration III class last semester.

Opening reception: Saturday Feb. 4, 7pm

For more information about the gallery visit: parisinplantsville.com
To see more work by Alison visit: chromeheartillustration.blogspot.com

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Current Senior Loren Doucette ’12 will be showing her recent drawings and paintings at The Art Room, 3 Center Street in Gloucester. Her solo show, entitled Recent Works exhibits Loren’s portrait work, abstractions, large ink works and some small landscapes from her July 2011 trip to Italy. Stop by Loren’s opening reception Saturday Feb. 4. Her work will remain on view through April 4 anytime between 10am and 7pm. If you would like to make an appointment to see the show, or have any questions, call Loren at 978.879.8981

View more of Loren’s work on her blog, lorendoucette.blogspot.com

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Visit the NK Gallery site for more information.

Agglomeration merges MacNaught and Bufenmeyer’s individuality to create something bigger than themselves as a collaborative experiment to see what combining two different approaches to image making would yield.

McNaught’s work has been focused on formal issues of image making using strategies similar to game playing as building blocks to tap into her creativity.  Her tightly planned structures using repetitive pattern, mark making, and shapes result in a complexity that creates a dynamic geometry that takes on a life of its own.

NK Gallery
450 Harrison Ave. #61
Boston MA 02118
Gallery Hours: Wed- Sat 11 am – 4 pm

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Asst. Prof. Stacy Thomas-Vickory

Gallery Opening: Saturday, Feb. 4, 2 – 4pm in the Willow Community Gallery with live music courtesy of Vive La Renaissance.

Stacy received her BFA in Printmaking from Montserrat College of Art in 1991 and her MFA in Printmaking and Drawing from SUNY at Buffalo. Her selected juried exhibitions include 30th Anniversary Show and 25 Years, 25 Artists, Montserrat College of Art; Mondo Tera Firma and Small in a Big Big World, The Cloister Gallery, Marblehead, MA; The Landscape Reconsidered: Collage, Assemblage & Montage, the Gibbs Gallery, Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA (Fall, 2002). Her work is included in numerous private collections and in The New American Paintings Catalog, February 1998. She currently teaches Book Arts, Painting and Drawing, and Printmaking at Montserrat.

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"Chilopodophobia" by HeatherRose Anair; “The Flock” Heather Barratt. Click the image to view larger.

Alumnae HeatherRose Anair ’06 and Heather Reid ’07 will both have their artwork in this year’s RAW BOSTON: ACTIVATE showcase Thursday, Feb. 9 at The Estate, One Boylston Place in Boston starting at 7 pm!

The evening will feature some of the best local visual artists, musical performances, and two fashion shows! The tickets are $10 via presale and $15 at the door. Last chance to purchase presale tickets is Feb. 3rd. This event is 21+ with cocktail attire.

Click here to purchase tickets to support HeatherRose – “I love how RAW unites artists and gives them an opportunity to be seen!” – HeatherRose

Click here to purchase tickets to support Heather Reid and be entered to win a 24×36″ canvas print of “The Flock” (above)

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Johnny Adimando, Untitled (Moon Texture), 2011, silkscreen on paper, 6 x 8 inches

This January, Montserrat’s new printmaking faculty member and artist Johnny Adimando will attempt and fail at the impossible: to reach the moon through conventional methods of paper folding and printmaking. At its apogee the Moon is about 406700 km from the Earth, while a single sheet of paper is about 0.01 cm high. It would take approximately 1,520,640,000 stacked pieces of paper to reach the Moon or a single sheet of paper folded on itself 42 times could reach the Moon’s surface.

Please join Johnny for a reception for his 16 ft printstallation in the newly renovated 17 Cox Gallery! RSVP on the Facebook Event Page!

TO THE MoON: Works on paper by Johnny Adimando
Curated by Montserrat’s Exhibitions Manager Lucas Spivey

Exhibit Dates: Jan. 23 – March 23
Opening Reception: Jan. 30, 5-7pm – First Quarter
Artist Talk with Johnny Adimando: Feb. 21, 5pm – New Moon
Montserrat’s Collective Performance Lab: March 7, 5-7pm – Full Moon

Johnny Adimando received his BFA from Tyler School of Art and his MFA from Rhode Island School of Design where he currently instructs printmaking and critique. He currently resides in Providence, RI.

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Elizabeth Alexander, "Helmet"

Faculty Member Elizabeth Alexander has two openings coming up in February!

She will have works from Welder’s Daughter in the upcoming Border Line: The Craft of Fine Art group exhibition at The Mikhail Zakin Gallery at The Art School at Old Church in Emarest, NJ. The exhibit includes contemporary artists blurring the lines of traditional notions of art and craft.

Exhibit: Jan. 27 – Feb. 24
Reception: Thursday, Feb. 2, 6–8pm

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Elizabeth will also have a sculpture and installation entitled Still Life: A Fabricator’s Banquet at the Dana Art Gallery in Wellesley, MA.

Exhibit: Feb. 13 – March 8
Reception: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 5-7:30pm

Elizabeth works in a number of mediums, taking everyday objects and turning them into sculptures of intrigue and beauty. Her work is focused on a blurring of reality, memory, and imagination which is achieved through intricate patterns of cutting, adding and taking away.

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“She Hears Music,”Acrylic on paper, 19" x 24"

Alumna Heidi Daub ’82 is participating in the group show, Hidden Gems of Contemporary Art, at the KPK Gallery in London from Jan. 20 through Feb. 9. The exhibit will also include innovative New England based artists Carol Bass, Richard Garrigus, Libby Mitchell, Annette Kearney, Avy Claire, and Laurie Hadlock.

“My paintings evolve from an introspection, and are like poems to me, coming out of an awareness, a sense,” says Heidi. “How we perceive and feel, the nebulous space between the physical reality of a given situation, person or place, and the perceptions we carry, the curiosity and non-linear ways of looking at time. This comes up through everyday living, influenced by the natural forms I see daily, the actions of people in my life, my writing, and is something which finds its way to the surface through the process of painting.”

Visit www.heididaub.com for the latest exhibition updates of Heidi’s work and learn more about her upcoming events. Also, follow up with her on her blog: www.heididaub.blogpot.com

For further information contact Heidi at info@heididaub.com

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Kristine Roan's "Seacup", 2011, ceramic, acrylic paint, teacup, plastic toy, 9"x 5.5"x 5.5"

Recent Montserrat alumna Kristine Roan ‘11 has a Wildly Silent: Kristine Roan Art Opening Saturday, Jan. 14 at 7pm at Atomic Cafe on Cabot Street in Beverly.

THE ARTIST: Kristine Roan is currently living and working in Beverly. She is exhibiting work that she made during her month-long residency on the tiny island of Hrísey, (population: 200) in northern Iceland.“Iceland for me, represents an openness in both its landscape and beliefs,” said Roan, “And being on an island lends itself to the themes in my work.”

THE GALLERY: “At the Atomic Gallery we are interested in pushing the boundaries of one’s expectations. We feel that bringing together local artists, taking advantage of our proximity to Montserrat College of Art and Gordon College and their galleries, and bringing in artists from Boston and beyond New England could have a profound effect on the community.” – Valerie Rafferty, Atomic Gallery Curator

THE COMMUNITY: The event will also be collecting donations of canned/dry good items which we will be donating to Beverly Bootstraps.

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