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There will be seven weeks, seven walls and seven artists who are invited to ‘draw’ directly onto the gallery walls this summer. This project highlights the performative aspects of drawing and the individual nature of each artist’s process. The gallery will be open during the making of the works, effectively putting the creative process on display. In this context, the finished drawings are the residue of the performance.

Artists:
Andy Bablo 6/3 – 6/7
Percy Fortini-Wright 6/10 – 6/14
Alexa Guariglia 6/17 – 6/21
Allison Cole 6/24 – 6/28
John Gonzalez 7/8 – 7/12
Autumn Ahn 7/15 – 7/19
David Teng Olsen 7/22 – 7/26

View video from last year!

Hours: Mon. – Thurs. 10 am – 5 pm, Fri. 10 am – 1 pm
23 Essex Street, Beverly, MA

For more information, visit montserrat.edu/galleries/montserrat contact Montserrat College of Art Galleries’ Director and Curator Leonie Bradbury at leonie.bradbury@montserrat.edu or 978.867.9623

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301 GALLERY | MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART
On View: May 28 – June 15
Opening Reception: June 1, 3 – 5 pm

301 CABOT STREET | BEVERLY | MA | DIRECTIONS

FEATURED ARTISTS: Kathleen Gerdon Archer | Michele Bonner
Diane Bronstein | Liza Carter | Mary Anne Davis | Joanne Desmond
Randi Freundlich | Conny Goelz-Schmitt | Elizabeth Kostojohn
June Krinsky-Rudder | Lynne Schulte | Rachel Loischild
Andrew Memmelaar | Marc Morin |Marcie Rae | Denyse Murphy
Dan O’Connor | Helen Payne | Ingrid Potenza | Shawn Salinger
Jennifer Toler | Elizabeth Woodward

Montserrat College of Art and the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston offer The Artist Professional Toolbox (APT); a one -year professional development certificate program on Montserrat’s Beverly campus.

GALLERY HOURS: 12-5pm on Saturdays, and by appointment Monday – Friday. Call 978-867-9623 or email maggie.cavallo@montserrat.edu

For information about the event or the APT program, please contact Continuing Education at ce@montserrat.edu or 978.921.4242 x 1180

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On Friday morning, May 17, 76 Montserrat College of Art seniors switched the side their tassel was hanging on their caps and became alumni of the college at Cabot Street Cinema Theatre. They were awarded Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in painting, sculpture, photography, animation, book arts, illustration, interdisciplinary arts, graphic design and printmaking.

The ceremony was led my Montserrat’s Trustee Chair Lee Dellicker. Internationally known conceptual sculptor Tom Friedman was the commencement speaker and received an honorary doctor of fine arts from the college during the ceremonies. The Class of 2013 selected Prof. Fred Lynch, Chair of the Illustration Department, to serve as the faculty speaker and Ariell Jones ’13 was the student speaker. All three gave incredibly inspirational and moving addresses.

Student Awards:

Liberal Arts Georgia Bolender
Creative Writing Minor Grant Archer
Sculpture Ariell Jones
Photography and Video Myra Thornton
Graphic Design Alexa Szilagyi
Art Education Bianca Picozzi
Art History Minor Elizabeth Sultzer
Painting and Drawing Colin McGuire
Animation + Interactive Media
Valerie Toukatly
Printmaking Suzanne Evans
+ Samantha King
Book Arts Angela Ferrara
Illustration Alexandra Comfort
Interdisciplinary Arts Sara Benson
William + Ruth Fusco Prize Olivia Boi

Five students received dean’s highest honors, 22 received dean’s honors.

Faculty Awards:

Assoc. Prof. Caroline Bagenal received the Dorrien Award and the Conelia Award was split by Assoc. Prof. Masako Kamiya and Prof. Martha Buskirk.

Immediately following commencement, students and guests were invited to the Beverly Common, next to the Hardie Building, for an outdoor reception hosted by the Montserrat community. The Montserrat Gallery was open for viewing of the 2013 All Senior Show at the college’s main campus building at 23 Essex Street.

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Artbeat 2013
Friday, July 19 6 pm – Saturday, July 20 6 pm

ArtBeat 2013 theme is Micro.

>>Call to talent, craft and community vendors available here.

On July 19 & 20, we will present one of the area’s largest and most innovative arts festivals, complete with two stages of music with over a dozen bands, dance troupes, 75 craft vendors, food and micro-themed activities.

Thinking big has been done. So this year, we invite you to think small. “Micro” evokes many things: microscopes, microwaves, microgrooves, micro-beers, micro-grants (like kickstarter) and perhaps even Micronesia! Visual artists might explore infinitesimally small patterns or forms. Tech wizards might create projects exploring the power of microprocessors or a symphony of microwave ovens heating up various food items. Dancers might explore small, subtle gestures or work within a confined space. Other ideas include exploring the locavore movement, which promotes shopping and living on a local/micro scale. Ultimately, we are interested in exploring how small things might attract oversized impact and attention. We look forward to your creative interpretation of this theme!

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Montserrat College of Art faculty member Percy Fortini-Wright was featured on page 42-44 of the Improper Bostonian (April 24th edition).

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Three nationally recognized artist teams have been chosen as finalists to submit designs for public art in downtown Beverly as part of the National Endowment for the Arts, (NEA) Arts and Cultural District Public Art Competition, hosted by the City of Beverly, Montserrat College of Art and Beverly Main Streets.

Harries/Heder Collaborative in Cambridge, MA, Anna Schuleit of Brooklyn, and Donald Lipski of Amagansett, NY were selected from a field of 75 applicants in February to submit design proposals for this project. The jury consisted of national and regional artists, gallerists and those knowledgeable in the field of public art.

The finalists attended site visits in Beverly in early March to tour the downtown, learn about the work being done to plan for an arts and cultural district, and view possible sites for sculptural installations. One artist out of the three finalists will be chosen by summer.

Last year, the NEA announced 80 Our Town grant awards totaling $4.995 million and reaching 44 states and the District of Columbia. Montserrat College of Art was one of the grantees as part of a collaborative partnership along with the City of Beverly and Beverly Main Streets. The group received $75,000 of a $150,000 matching grant to create a strategy and implementation plan for an Arts and Cultural district in downtown Beverly.

As part of the grant process, a public hearing seeking input from local citizens was held earlier this year. Funding from the grant pays for planning, not for sculptural installations; but rather for the selection process. Further funding will be required to complete any public art projects.

Montserrat College of Art President Steve Immerman said, “Beverly is fortunate to have three artist-teams, of the caliber of our three finalists, apply for and be chosen to compete in this national art competition. I am certain that any of these artists will be able to bring an iconic work of public art to the City of Beverly to further help transform our downtown, bring life and vibrance to the new arts and culture district, and delight residents and visitors alike. I look forward to seeing final designs as this project moves forward.”

Through Our Town, the NEA supports creative placemaking projects that help transform communities into lively, beautiful and sustainable places with the arts at their core. The grantee projects will improve quality of life, encourage creative activity, create community identity and a sense of place, and help revitalize local economies. All Our Town grant awards were made to partnerships that consisted of a minimum of a not-for-profit organization and a local government entity.

The grant is being used for master planning, implementation and sustainability of a Beverly Arts and Cultural district. The master plan will be a blueprint to connect, communicate and celebrate the arts in all its forms, leveraging the downtown presence of Montserrat College of Art as the core. Each of the three partners has a major initiative underway that will bring even more artists, venues and programs downtown: the college is creating a master plan to expand its footprint, to become a significant force in growing the creative economy, Beverly Main Streets has created a strategic vision, “Downtown 2020” to revitalize the downtown with a strategy that focuses on defining the downtown district through the arts and the city is focused on economic development in the downtown infrastructure.

The three finalists were chosen by a prestigious panel of jurors which included gallerists, artists and experienced public art professionals.

The panelists and grant committee are being assisted by Community Partners Consultants, a planning firm focusing on urban planning and community cultural development, which has helped to plan major transformations for cities such as Jacksonville, FL, the City of Worcester and the Boston Waterfront.

“Cities and towns are transformed when you bring the arts – both literally and figuratively – into the center of them,” said NEA Chairman Landesman. “From Teller, Alaska to Miami, Florida, communities are pursuing creative placemaking, making their neighborhoods more vibrant and robust by investing in the performing, visual, and literary arts. I am proud to be partnering with these 80 communities and their respective arts, civic, and elected leaders.”

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Montserrat Faculty Member Lanie Wurzel has been commissioned to make original artwork for the online promotion of the fashion label KATE SPADE SATURDAY!

“I have always been interested in the lives of women, their beauty, their secrets, and their layers of complexity. My characters are often caught in an intimate moment of introspection—like an elusive thought or feeling has just passed them by.” – Wurzel

Visit saturday.com/blog to learn more!

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Recent graduate, Liz Sultzer ’12, has been accepted into the School of Visual Art’s (SVA) MFA Art Criticism and Writing Program!

“I’m so excited about this opportunity, and it could not have happened without Montserrat.” – Liz Sultzer ’13

The MFA program in Art Criticism & Writing is one of the only graduate writing programs in the world that focuses specifically on criticism. This program is not involved in “discourse production” or the prevarications of curatorial rhetoric, but rather in the practice of criticism writ large, aspiring to literature. – SVA

Congratulations, Liz!

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Recent graduate Brett Mason ’12 (brettmasonart.blogspot.com) has one of his paintings in the published book, Perspectives: A Collection of Art. His artwork, “Alter of Life and the Imagination” is being published for Art Impressions.

Perspectives: A Collection of Art is a large hardcover, full color art book featuring the art of over 100 artists. Every work of art is displayed on its own page, printed on heavy coated paper stock and is distributed to top art galleries in digital format.

>>If you are interested in ordering a copy, you can order it online here.

See more of Mason’s work at brettmasonart.blogspot.com

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Young New England Photographers

Young New England Photographers has announced its Second Call for Entries. Submissions are open to those having received a Bachelors or Masters degree from an educational institution in New England within the past four years. Submissions will close on July 1st at 11:59 pm.

Learn more here: www.youngnewenglandphotographers.com

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