Each of the artists in this exhibition uses data as a source to define the visual outcome of the pieces. Random Access explores the stories that are revealed as data becomes visualized as works of art. Joelle Dietrick mixes data regarding foreclosed homes and Sherwin-Williams 2007 Color Forecast paints. Reese Inman uses mapping source imagery of an existing space and remixes it with the visual surface of another to create a visualization of the space between them. George Legrady focuses on aesthetic research through integrating data mapping, data visualization and self-organizing algorithms into interactive art installations. Nathalie Miebach translates scientific data related to astronomy, ecology and meteorology into woven sculptures. Casey Reas illustrates the forms, behaviors, and elements that are the foundation of software that combines drawing with generative processes to explore a network.

The exhibit is sponsored exclusively by Relevant Data Corp. “Everyone at Relevant Data Corp. is proud to support a local institution like Montserrat College of Art,” said Marshall Sterman, Chairman and CEO of Relevant Data Corp. “In today’s creative economy – more visual than ever before – the ability to ‘mine data’ and make it come alive is increasingly important. Our goal of making real-time analytics available to business and industry ties in perfectly with the participating artists’ use of data as art.”

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Last chance to see Montserrat Galleries’ Home Sweet Home on view through Jan. 21, 2012. Artists Elizabeth Alexander, Samantha Fields, and Kirsten Reynolds offer site-specific installations that challenge the boundaries of the home. The show explores the walls between inside and out, and the public and private within houses.

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Anne Siems, Hummingbird Girl, 2010, mixed media on panel

Congratulations to Gallery Director Leonie Bradbury for being recognized (again!) for Montserrat College of Art’s spring 2011 exhibit Debt to Pleasure. The exhibit was featured in The Boston Globe’s list of “Top Gallery Exhibits in 2011.”

“For unadulterated visual luxury, nothing beat A Debt to Pleasure, a ravishing yet unsettling show organized at Montserrat College of Art Gallery by gallery director Leonie Bradbury,” said Cate McQuaid from The Boston Globe. “Artists played off the hallucinatory beauty evoked in allegorical strains of art history, from 17th-century Dutch painting to 19th-century American folk art. Set together in a contemporary gallery, these works evoked a heightened sense of time’s gulf, and how we shape history to fit our present-day needs.”

Read the full article on Boston.com!

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Alumna Clara Bohan '11

Exchange: Four Art Education Practicum graduates from Montserrat will exhibit student artwork from their elementary through high school grade level classrooms. The Exchange exhibit will remain open from Dec. 5 – 16 in the 301 Gallery. A reception will be held Wednesday, Dec. 7 from 5-8 pm, 301 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA.

Exhibiting Instructors, who are also graduates from Montserrat’s Class of 2011, and schools include: Clara Bohan, Beverly High School; Rebecca Figler, Ipswich High School; Deborah Gray, Manchester-Essex Middle High School; and Jacqueline Gaudet, Rockport Elementary School.

The artworks shown were created from lessons taught by the Art Education Practicum graduate teachers during the Fall 2011 semester. Artworks include photography, sculpture, drawing, paintings, ceramics, and printmaking.

Visit www.montserrat.edu for more information!

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Left: Val Toukatly's Watercolors on paper; Right: Lana Wheeler's "Untitled," 2011, Sketchbook & Colin Prahl's "Behind the Duomo," 2011, Sketchbook

Carol Schlosberg Alumni Gallery
Nov. 30 – Dec. 21

Montserrat presents paintings, drawings and sketchbooks from students and faculty from their study abroad trip to the medieval Italian town of Viterbo in June 2011, which will be on display through Dec. 21. Montserrat encourages and supports students who want to study art abroad and believes that Montserrat becomes a stronger institution when our students bring broad and diverse educational and life experiences to class.

For more information about the program, please visit Drawing Viterbo!

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Elizabeth Alexander, "Keeping Up Appearances"

Sculpture Instructor Elizabeth Alexander gave an artist talk about her current Home Sweet Home exhibit at the Montserrat Gallery, on view through Jan. 21. She discussed what it was like growing up as a welder’s daughter, her struggle to always prove herself, her obsession for perfection, and more. She gave insight into how her art has progressed over the years and how the Victorian age has inspired her to transform welding tools and equipment into decorative and desirable objects. Elizabeth even discussed how she took a red Firebird that she found in a junkyard and turned it into a “Victorian chariot”. She aims to marry the blue collar world with the world of luxury.

Read more about Elizabeth’s Artist Talk on The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research

Home Sweet Home features site-specific installations by three New England artists: Elizabeth Alexander, Samantha Fields, and Kirsten Reynolds. Each artist explores the interior and exterior boundaries of ‘the home’ within both an architectural and feminist context. Together they provide a critique of the cultural power structure that is the domestic sphere. Each artist engages specifically with the walls, both exterior and interior, as the primary signifier of the home.

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hear.feel.fear represents collage in all forms and media.

17 Cox is proud to host the audio/visual presentations of Plastic Color//Math Magic and Nickolas Peter followed by a film screening of the cult classic Suspiria. In conjunction with ‘Continuity’, collage works by Kylie Alexander in the 17 Cox exhibition space, inspired by and appropriating film stills from Suspiria (1977), hear.feel.fear engenders the idea of collage to all forms of cut and paste media; not just 2D collage, but film, turntables, and other devices/methods that arrange prefabricated media samples like sound bites, film stills, track cuts, et al. into larger compositions.

hear.feel.fear will be introduced by alumnus Bradford Rusick ’08 and Prof. Ethan Berry. 17 Cox is directed by Montserrat Gallery’s Exhibitions Manager, Lucas Spivey

Saturday, Dec. 3rd, 2011 6 – 9pm

Suggested donation : $5
Lucas says no one will be turned away and all proceeds go directly to artists and residency programs

17 Cox Court, Beverly MA 01915

more info at 17cox.com

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Take a look at Montserrat Galleries’ incredible array of innovative exhibitions of contemporary art that feature regional, national and international artists, ranging from emerging to established! Through creative and pragmatic programming, the galleries have been dramatically augmenting the academic learning environment of Montserrat College of Art. By celebrating artistic excellence, their goal is to cultivate an understanding of the culture and current trends in the art world, celebrate artistic excellence, and inspire a lifelong involvement in art and design.

At the heart of Montserrat Galleries is a drive to support students and give them the tools and inspiration to become successful professional artists. Through exhibitions and programming, Montserrat Galleries have truly redefined what it means to be a Teaching Gallery. Every year 40 or more artists and arts professionals are invited to campus to conduct classroom visits, collaborative projects, critiques, and formal presentations that are intentionally designed to satisfy the learning outcomes of our students and faculty.
–Maggie Cavallo, Assistant Curator of Education at Montserrat

Visit Montserrat Galleries at montserrat.edu/galleries to learn more about their past, current, and upcoming exhibitions and events!

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The Creative Economy Association of the North Shore in conjunction with Montserrat College of Arts and the Enterprise Center at Salem State University Present:

CEANS Fall Event at Montserrat College of Art Gallery
Monday, Nov. 14th, 5 –  7 p.m. 23 Essex Street, Beverly, MA

Special Guests: Helena Fruscio, newly appointed Creative Economy Industry Director for the Commonwealth will discuss “Berkshire Creative” and her new state-wide position. Dee Schneidman, Research Manager for the New England Foundation for the Arts will provide an update on the 2011 report “New England’s Creative Economy: Nonprofit Sector Impact.”

On view at Montserrat Gallery will be Home Sweet Home, which includes site-specific installations by three New England artists: Elizabeth Alexander, Samantha Fields, and Kirsten Reynolds.

Click here to sign-up today!

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Montserrat students will be showing 52 pieces of work this weekend at the Annual Crane Estate Art Show, curated by The Bear Gallery staff!

There will be an Opening Reception for the Montserrat Exhibit Saturday, Nov. 5th from 2 – 4 pm in the Casino Complex

The exhibit will be open and free to the public Nov. 5th & 6th, 10am–4pm at The Great House & Casino at Castle Hill, 290 Argilla Road, Ipswich, MA 01938 Click here to visit the event page for more info & directions

We hope that you will be able to some out and support our students!

Montserrat’s Work at Crane Estate featured in The Salem News!

Montserrat students have created a “participatory Zen rock garden” outside, between the casino buildings, where their work will be displayed with “gravel and rocks and rakes where people can move things around and change them,” said Trina Schell, program and volunteer manager for the Crane Estate. “This is a new aspect. We decided last year it would be fun to have the public do something they can contribute to.” Read More…