In this newly commissioned mural and series of paintings, Beckett examines his personal struggles with emotional attachment and fulfillment. Beckett proposes that oftentimes our expectations around love are entangled with more superficial desires that are influenced by media and popular culture. He states, “We grow up listening to sad RnB and movies about missed connections…We...
Montserrat College of Art presents an annual series of group thesis exhibitions by mid-year graduating seniors in the Montserrat Gallery and Carol Schlosberg Gallery. Exhibit openings will be held every Wednesday night, 5 – 7 pm, from December 1 – 18, 2021. Each small group thesis show will include the individual work of each artist, developed...
Samuel Bak and the Art of Remembrance brings together more than 30 paintings and works on paper dating from the late 1980s to the present by the renowned artist and Holocaust survivor that explore ideas of history, memory, and trauma. Bak survived the Holocaust as a young boy and after the war, emigrated with his...
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 27, 5:00-7:00 pm. Free and open to the public. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition, Samuel Bak and the Art of Remembrance, the group exhibition, Re-Viewing the Past, highlights the work of artists who explore ideas of history and memory as part of processes of re-writing or re-imagining. Creating in diverse media, including painting,...
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 27, 5:00-7:00 pm. Free and open to the public. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition, Samuel Bak and the Art of Remembrance, the group exhibition, Re-Viewing the Past, highlights the work of artists who explore ideas of history and memory as part of processes of re-writing or re-imagining. Creating in diverse media, including painting,...
Gabriel Sosa transforms the 301 Gallery into a bodega storefront with Today's Specials, an installation comprised of oversized hand-painted works on paper. Amidst the announcements for laundry detergent, apple juice, and sopa de res, you might be surprised at what else is on sale. Pointing to questions of subversion, gentrification, and the shortcomings of the American Dream, Sosa's work...
Don’t Wake Mom & Dad explores the often eerie and uncomfortable recollection of childhood, nostalgia, gender expectations, and self-identity. In the recreation of an American nuclear family, we use iconography often associated with mediums of vintage or analog horror to re-frame the gallery’s collection of art and advertisements. This juxtaposition of art, memory, childhood and horror...
Black art is many things, but singular is not one of them. As Montserrat's Black Student Union, our curatorial lens is focused here on *DEIB and representation in artistic voice and verb, an idea that can be traced to the groundbreaking exhibition, Art as a Verb, curated by Dr. Leslie King Hammond in 1988. Curated...
GOLDEN GULL is an interactive exhibition involving the life surrounding Chadley Chaderson and the exquisite luxuries that revolve around living a golf-centric lifestyle. Throughout media involving movies, TV shows and news outlets, golf has been a representation of a leisurely past-time and active sport; most notably, for wealthy, older, white men. These men have taken the...
National Library Week (April 3 – 9, 2022) is a time to celebrate our nation’s libraries, library workers’ contributions and promote library use and support. The American Library Association (ALA) kicks off National Library Week with the release of its State of America’s Libraries Report, highlighting the challenges U.S. libraries faced in the second year...
May 2 - 28, 2022 During the month of May, Montserrat students take over the 301 Frame Gallery, creating site-specific installations of new work. May 2 - 13 Angelina DeDominicis & Alex Pint: A Con(temporary) Show May 16 - 27 Saya Norton: Onkochisin - Old Visits, New Knowledge May 30 - June...
Reception: Saturday, June 18, 2-4pm with a 1:30 awards ceremony Inspired Views gathers more than forty art educators from New England and beyond in celebration of their commitment and dedication to arts education. Recognizing the many working artists who inspire and mentor our young people, Inspired Views brings art educators together and gives them an...