Commemorating a Meltdown

Gallery 95
Porter Mills Building
95 Rantoul Street
Beverly, MA 01915

Gallery Hours
April 30, 12 – 3
May 1, 4 – 6
May 2, 5 – 8
May 3, 3 – 6
May 4, 12 – 6

Reception: May 2nd, 5–8pm

Commemorating a Meltdown features the work of Fine Arts seminar seniors Percival Barron, Meaghan Greene, Jackson Haley, Chelsea MacDowell and Lex Young.

Whether it’s through letterpress, printmaking, embroidery or digital manipulation each artist explores non-traditional subject matter in their work. With underlying themes of decomposition, physical or societal, the artists highlight subject matters that are not a mainstream focus in society.

The artists hope to create moments of contemplation and self reflection within the viewer.

In much of the work the artists have re-purposed traditional utilitarian methods which mirrors the shift of Porter Mill from an industrial building to a place of artistic creation.

Percival Barron (Painting) taps into memory and its nature through digital degradation.

Meaghan Greene (Interdisciplinary) explores ideas of preciousness and mortality through embroidery and images of dead animals.

Jackson Haley (Printmaking) utilizes traditional letterpress printmaking to explore superstitious beliefs and ideas.

Chelsea MacDowell (Printmaking) appropriates images from natural history through printmaking and drawing processes, to express her interest in the insect world and decomposition.

Lex Young (Book Arts and Creative Writing) employs an experimental approach to letterpress printing using text and image to explore the abstract and fluid nature of gender, sexuality, mental health and how and where they intersect.