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SUMMARY:CHRISTOPHER ALDAY
DESCRIPTION:Gallery Hours 24/7 \nReception October 21st 6–9pm \nChristopher Alday is a California native and Minnesota based artist who primarily works with printmaking.   Using repetition and the fracturing of simple shapes\, he creates vast modular arrays that can take innumerable forms and dimensions. Installations like the one on view generate deceptive amounts of movement\, tone\, and depth with the aid of optical illusion and implied lines.  The prints on display were made possible by Jerome Emerging Printmaker’s Residency 2014/2015 and Highpoint Center for Printmaking\, Minneapolis\, MN.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/christopher-aldayoctober-3-november-11-2017/
LOCATION:Frame 301 Gallery\, 301 Cabot Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:THE BLACK VEIL
DESCRIPTION:Gallery Hours\n24/7 \nReception: October 21st\, 6–9pm \nSalem-based twins Matt and Ryan Murray along with Nathan Ernce revel in the dark and otherworldly. Their illustrations — brushed with cobwebs and punctuated by spider-legs — reveal entities\, places\, and creatures from regions unknown\, incorporeal\, and in- between. Beyond their artistic practice\, they are successful entrepreneurs\, owning a gallery and tattoo studio in Beverly and playing an active role in the Beverly Arts District. Curated in conjunction with the Quietus exhibition\, their installation will act as a gateway into the 301 Gallery. \nThe Black Veil Studio
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/the-black-veilseptember-18-november-4-2017/
LOCATION:Frame 301 Gallery\, 301 Cabot Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:TEMPLE OF FLIES: Caitlin and Nicole Duennebier
DESCRIPTION:Gallery Hours\nM–F\, 12–6pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \nReception: September 28th\, 5–8pm \nCaitlin and Nicole are sibling rivals in the best way possible\, and no matter how hard they try to abstain\, they continue to collaborate. Caitlin trained in photography but primarily works in narrative illustration\, and Nicole is a classically trained painter who creates exquisitely rendered\, luscious still-lifes in the tradition of the Dutch masters. Together\, their styles aren’t so much blended as they are overlaid and intertwined; simply drawn figures wade through puddles of dense oil in their fantastical and sometimes frightening vignettes. \n  \nCaitlin and Nicole Duennebier visiting artists presentation\nSeptember 28\, 11:30–12:20 p.m.\nCarol Schlosberg Alumni Gallery \nShow Description\ninsert nextgen gallery from green button above
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/temple-of-flies-caitlin-and-nicole-duennebierseptember-18-october-16-2017/
LOCATION:Carol Schlosberg Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171029
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SUMMARY:QUIETUS
DESCRIPTION:Gallery Hours\nT-F\, 12–6pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \nReception: October 21st\, 6–9pm \nCurated by Nathan Lewis\, Quietus is an exploration of the indescribable nature of loss\, memory\, and their manifestations. Rather than glorifying death or dying\, this exhibition looks at how we memorialize and render tangible that which we may have lost\, wish to regain\, or never had. Through film\, photography\, sculpture\, and forensic drawings\, these five artists examine the ardent desire to communicate about and come to terms with the passing of a person.  \nThe included artists span a wide range of media\, backgrounds\, and interests. Minnesota-based social practice artist\, Jess Hirsch\, creates work that begs participation from across streets\, cities\, cultures\, and lifetimes; Sculptor\, Andy Mauery of Maine\, uses the reverential material of hair to comment upon extinction\, gender\, craft\, and sacred remnants; Detective Ian Spencer of the Lincoln\, MA police force is an internationally recognized forensic and reconstructive artist who returns the likeness and voices to those whom have had it unjustly taken; Shannon Taggart is a documentary photographer from New York who offers glimpses into the lives and communities of those who wish to communicate with the departed; Berlin-based artist David Zink Yi\, is a multi-media creator who blends music\, sculpture\, and performance in an attempt to conjure hidden feelings and beings. \nVisiting Artist events: \nShannon Taggart with author Peter Bebergal\n\nA conversation about art\, the otherworldly\, and technology\n\nOctober 26\, 2017\n6:30-8:00 p.m.\n301 Gallery\n\nDetective Ian Spencer\nNew England’s only FBI trained forensic artist shares experiences and techniques\nNovember 9\, 2017\n6:30-8:00 p.m.\nB-208\, 248 Cabot St\n 
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/quietusseptember-5-october-28-2017/
LOCATION:301 Gallery\, 301 Cabot Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:FIGURE/GROUND
DESCRIPTION:Gallery Hours\nM–F\, 12–6pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \nReception: September 6th\, 5–8pm \n\n\nContemporary figurative painting is more relevant than ever\, as artists portray people engaged with the salient issues of our time—including race\, sexuality\, violence\, migration\, and privacy. What does it mean to be human as our relationship to our bodies\, to nature\, and to society evolves? \n\nEight artists working in the figurative tradition explore the body from a wide range of angles and in an array of mediums—including printmaking\, painting\, animation\, photography\, collage\, sculpture\, and drawing. Their work engages with the history of figurative art and also sheds light on both current and timeless notions of humanity.\n\n\nMiguel Aragon · Matt Bollinger · Justin Kim · Susan Lichtman ·\nKirk Lorenzo · Azita Moradkhani · Simonette Quamina · Leslie Schomp\n\n\nLeslie Schomp – Artist Lecture\nOctober 10\, 2017\n6:30–7:30 p.m.\n H-201\n23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA.\n\n 
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/figure-groundaugust-15-october-14-2017/
LOCATION:Montserrat Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:EXPLORATIONS
DESCRIPTION:New England Biolabs\n240 County Road\nIpswich\, MA \nReception: June 17th\, 5–7pm \nA Montserrat College of Art Faculty Exhibition at the award-winning New England Biolabs headquarters in Ipswich\, MA. The NEB have been long time supporters of Montserrat and we are thrilled to have to the opportunity collaborate on this exhibition together. \nFrom traditional pictorial paintings to abstract digital art\, the featured artists span numerous genres\, themes\, and subjects. \nChelsea Samms\, Kayla + Zoey\, Digital painting produced in collaboration with rhesus macaques\, 2016\n16×20″
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/explorationsjune-16-august-15-2017/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:JULIA SHEPLEY: SEQUENTIAL PRINTS
DESCRIPTION:Gallery Hours\nM\,T\,W\,F\, 10am–5pm\nTh\, 10am–8pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \nReception: July 19th\, 5–7pm \nWe are pleased to present Sequential Prints\, a solo exhibition by Boston-based artist Julia Shepley. Shepley\, an adjunct sculpture professor at Montserrat\, writes that the series of woodcut collages explore themes of “migration\, relocation and resettlement as a universal\, physical\, and personal part of human history and experience.”  \nShepley grew up in Massachusetts and in Sierra Leone West Africa\, studied at Boston University and maintains a studio in the Brickbottom Artist’s Building in Somerville\, MA. \nShifting family and physical situations in childhood\, and travel in adulthood has shaped Shepley’s interest in conveying the experience of adapting to and absorbing a multi-layered sense of place and belonging. \nAbout this project\, Shepley says: \nMy work references the winds and tides of human attachment and energy\, by turns\, dispersing\, settling and accumulating as they are layered and pieced together by time. \nI am inspired by the study of manmade and natural structures and by the process of working with the inherent possibilities of a variety of materials to create works of art that imply a physical journey through the layers of story\, structure and space.  \n  \nFor more information\, please visit: https://www.juliashepley.com
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/julia-shepley-sequential-printsjune-6-august-3-2017/
LOCATION:Carol Schlosberg Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:María Magdalena Campos - Pons
DESCRIPTION:Gallery Hours\nM\,T\,W\,F\, 10am–5pm\nTh\, 10am–8pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \nReception: May 18th 8–9pm \nMaria Magdalena Campos-Pons’ work is autobiographical. “It encompasses a larger story. It reveals a history of survival- of a culture\, a religion\, and a people- from the oceanic voyage from Africa during the slave trade in the 18th century\, to its aftermath in Cuba on the sugar plantations\, to the present day in the United States. It is a felt history- not one of the rhetorical facts and figures told through non-spoken\, fragmented narratives.” Campos-Pons’ work\, although an expression of absence and loss\, is a celebratory gesture toward a unique and resilient culture. \nHer work is an investigation of history and memory\, and their roles in the formation of identity. Born in Matanzas province in Cuba in 1959\, Campos-Pons bears a familial history that is intermingled with the sugar industry’s presence in her hometown of La Vega. Her roots can be traced from America\, to a Cuban homeland\, to the enslaved who were traded by Spanish colonists and finally back to what is today Nigeria. \nHer works have been exhibited in the United States\, Canada\, Japan\, Norway\, France\, Italy\, and Cuba. She was represented in the Johannesburg Biennial and has had a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Campos-Pons’ powerful attachment to her cultural African heritage is one that she has never experienced directly but its presence in the rites and myths of her childhood make her a Cuban transplanted in the United States\, an exile twice over. \nMaría Magdalena Campos-Pons’ free artist lecture will be on Thursday\, May 18 at 6:30pm at Larcom Theatre in Beverly\, MA
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/maria-magdalena-campos-ponsmay-8-june-1-2017/
LOCATION:Carol Schlosberg Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:ALL SENIOR SHOW
DESCRIPTION:Juror’s Award Reception: May 8th 11:30am \nGallery Hours\nM\,T\,W\,F\, 10am–5pm\nTh\, 10am–8pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \nThe 2017 All Senior Show will be juried by Andrea Dabrila\, Associate Director\, Gallery NAGA\, Boston.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/all-senior-showmay-5-may-19-2017/
LOCATION:Montserrat Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170410
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170430
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SUMMARY:ANTICS
DESCRIPTION:Reception: April 12th\, 5–8pm \nGallery 95\n95 Rantoul Street\nBeverly\, MA 01915 \nGallery Hours\nM\,T\,W\,F\, 10am–5pm\nTh\, 10am–8pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \nGallery 95 presents ANTICS\, a senior thesis exhibition featuring work by Francine Wright\, Gianna Nguyen and Sophie Mayo. Three artists celebrate the notion that not everything is what it seems. Through painting\, sculpture and photography\, they challenge the manipulation of materials and alter the normalities of their mediums. \nFrancine Wright’s recent work titled TEXTures is a reflection of her use of paint as sculptural material. Working with acrylic paint in an impasto technique\, her paintings become dimensional in texture and create a repetitive optical space. When working on this series\, Wright considers herself to be having a direct conversation with the paint. The forms she creates with paint are representational of objects we use to communicate and stay connected with daily. Wright is interested in the synthetic nature of the paint representing plastic\, relating to objects such as cell phones\, key pads\, and remote controls. Each device keeps us connected to the fast paced modern culture which craves instant satisfaction. \nGianna Nguyen is a mixed media sculptor working in a collection of fibers\, handmade paper\, and salvage utilitarian materials. She is interested in visually exploring the functionality of material and questioning the differences between high and low art. By repurposing humble and recognizable materials she challenges the way we value easily accessible materials versus traditional sculptural materials such as bronze\, steel and wood. The textural qualities of the paper and sculptures speak to the reality of each material used. Through a variety of methods such as assemblage\, dipping\, and weaving\, she highlights the aesthetic qualities\, changing function to nonfunctional and inspiring an alternative view to everyday materials. \nSophie Mayo is an interdisciplinary artist whose recent work focuses on the impermanence of time. Her long exposure photographs convey an interaction between time\, space and movement. For this body of work Sophie is not interested in the formal aspects of photography\, rather the emotional. Her photographs share similar qualities to that of charcoal drawings and express an underlying influence of performance.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/anticsapril-10-29-2017/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Schema
DESCRIPTION:Gallery Hours\nM-F\, 11:30am–2:30pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \nReception: Wednesday\, March 29th\, 5–8pm \nSCHEMA is an exhibition of Senior Graphic Design work at Montserrat College of Art. SCHEMA is the culmination of nine graphic designers’ thesis work. All nine designers will be graduating this spring from Montserrat College of Art. The artists and their work include: \nAlex Bonin – Augmented Storytelling is a thesis exploring how augmented reality can be used in conjunction with printed media to create an enhanced experience. \nTaylor Bowen – An exploration of letterpress printing that uses simple manipulations such as masking\, rotation\, and layering to develop abstract compositions that obscure the original letters and bring more focus to the new forms created. \nAdela Bukva – A redesign process of the first aid kit as represented through a visual analysis of 1984’s “Newspeak” language. \nLiYun Chen – Combining western culture and Asian culture to design creative tea packaging. \nLauren Cox – Intertwined explores the use of typewriters as a creative medium instead of as a tool for formal communication. \nKatie Dygon – Patterns for fabrics and accessories made by coding in Processing. \nBritney Payton – Eat.in has emerged out of the idea that everyone has a story to tell when it’s time to cook a meal. \nChase Terranova – STRATA explores what gets passed down in families; the stories and memories of a family that make up its history\, and the concept of self as a result of those things. \nElise Walsh – By studying\, exploring\, and extracting organic colors from our environment I’ve developed a process to learn and share with others. On display will be a full range of dyed colors on natural fabrics\, as well as a visual process of how natural dyeing works.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/schemamarch-27-31-2017/
LOCATION:301 Gallery\, 301 Cabot Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:ALSO KNOWN AS
DESCRIPTION:Reception: Wednesday\, March 22nd\, 5–8pm \n222 Cabot Gallery\n222 Cabot Street\nBeverly\, MA 01915 \nGallery Hours\nTuesday–Friday\, 3–8pm \nSometimes we forget to notice the small things\, the moments that slip by in an instant. A moment may be the smallest unit of experience\, but over a lifetime\, they add up to make a whole. Bringing together the most recent works of Meghan Kausel\, Andrew Kish\, and Aubrey Mueller\, AKA serves as a compilation of alternative explorations of moments in time.  \nAKA or ‘Also Known As’\, serves its own function well\, as an alias for all three artists in the show. It also recalls themes like that of an alter ego\, and in certain cases unlawful activities. Metaphorically\, it suggests how our pieces may function\, we all steal moments in time and extrapolate something new.\nMeghan Kausel can be seen transferring and solidifying ephemeral motion to permanent form in her prints. Andrew Kish addresses graffiti and graffiti culture in the third dimension\, utilizing a more traditional\, yet raw materialistic approach. A ‘moment in crime’ if you will\, now turned permanent art object. Aubrey Mueller gives form to inadvertent action and happenstance\, her work embodies elements of time and space and reframes them to form a new narrative. Elements of action and gesture are a shared language amongst these artists\, and within AKA evoke alternative moments in time.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/also-known-asmarch-21-24-2017/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Derek Lerner: 42°33'00.51" N 70°52'33.57" W
DESCRIPTION:Reception: March 22\, 2017 @ 5–7pm \nGallery Hours\nM\,T\,W\,F\, 10am–5pm\nTh\, 10am–8pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \nDerek Lerner (b.1974)\, is an NYC-based artist whose work explores systems: their creation\, control\, use and experience of them. Lerner’s abstract ink on paper drawings co-mingle representations of human-made and natural systems and the tensions between those forces. From an aerial vantage point\, his compositions grow\, line by line\, through an additive\, extemporaneous process into fictional spaces that juxtapose these systems\, signs\, and symbols. They encompass dualities that vacillate between micro and macro scales\, dark and light\, creation and destruction\, human-made and nature-made; functioning as metaphors for ambivalence. In 2015 New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority commissioned Lerner to create permanent public art for the Avenue X subway station on the F train\, IND Culver Line in Brooklyn. He has exhibited worldwide and his work is represented by New York gallery\, Robert Henry Contemporary.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/derek-lerner-423300-51-n-705233-57-wmarch-20-april-15-2017/
LOCATION:Carol Schlosberg Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:KEVIN TOWNSEND
DESCRIPTION:Gallery Hours 24/7 \nTime\, mark\, obsession—these concepts animate my practice and are the threads that run through all facets of my work. I am obsessed with time\, fascinated by its accretion in the form of memory within us\, and our unequal\, subjective yet simultaneous experience of its passing. Time has depth\, breadth\, currents and flows— it exists simultaneously as individual moments and as a large sprawling body. Time is a sea. Time surrounds us; we can find ourselves immersed within it or skimming across its unpredictable and turbulent surface. Time heals\, corrodes\, swells\, preserves\, shimmers\, torments\, destroys\, and is always in transition— never still. Within this fluid\, phenomenological model for time\, obsession emerges as a tidal force\, a storm of attention. \nThese drawings extend my ongoing research and efforts to articulate the phenomenology of obsession as a time-space born of dissonant energies— inside of which there exists an intense\, palpable self-awareness\, a thinning\, an ulceration of the barrier between instinct and dream\, sensation and cognition. I am intrigued by the ways in which the tidal gravity of a given moment can warp and distort our experience of time and the ways in which moments accumulate in us\, forming the architecture of our identity. \nAs the duration of these works has grown the experience of making them approaches a feeling of timelessness\, a feeling of occupying an opening in the present. By eliminating any intentional image making at the outset\, each mark only embodies the moment of its making and exists as a record of intention and attention in time— the drawings breathe into their surroundings and the collective present\, allowing time to function as the true site for the work.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/kevin-townsendfebruary-15-april-12-2017/
LOCATION:Frame 301 Gallery\, 301 Cabot Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:SCULPTURE SHOWCASE
DESCRIPTION:Reception: February 15\, 2017 @ 5:00–8:00pm \nGallery Hours\nM–F\, 11:30am–2:30pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \nAnnual Sculpture Department showcase!
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/sculpture-showcasefebruary-14-22-2017/
LOCATION:301 Gallery\, 301 Cabot Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:GEORGE FRARY: A BORROWED LANDSCAPE
DESCRIPTION:Reception: February 22nd\, 5–7pm \nGallery Hours\nM\,T\,W\,F\, 10am–5pm\nTh\, 10am–8pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \nWe are pleased to present\, A Borrowed Landscape\, a solo exhibition by Montserrat alumnus George Frary III ‘00. Curated by Leonie Bradbury\, this exhibition showcases twenty variations of oil\, acrylic\, and graphite works on paper and canvas. Frary’s uniquely expressive depictions of the natural environment are not literal renditions of an actual location\, but rather serve as a glimpse of both imagined and remembered topographies. As Frary explains\, “This body of work explores the concept of a nostalgic landscape. Rather than depicting representational\, nameable space\, I am looking to construct a new space that feels both transcendent and meditative. In most cases\, I start with a specific landscape and set of related memories and emotions. Then I work to disrupt that specificity\, to build the ambiguity that develops through the separation of time and space.” \nFor many years\, Frary has been painting the rolling hills and rocky cliffs that form the dramatic vistas of our region\, the artist carefully and patiently adding layers upon layers of oil paint onto the stretched canvas. His efforts resulted in luminescent and dreamy paintings that capture both the region and the viewer’s imagination. Several of these paintings are on view in the gallery\, by contrast\, the newly created works on paper installed along side them in this exhibition are different. In response to the current political climate and social unrest\, Frary felt a desperate need to disconnect from the day-to-day stresses and depression he experienced since the recent presidential election. Frary decided to focus on what he knows best: to paint\, but rather than spend more time in the studio\, he decided he needed to leave it behind. \nAs part of his new process\, Frary listened to music for several hours each day and began to create acrylic works on paper in several other spaces in his life including his work bench and on the counter top at Mingo Gallery\, the framing business he owns with Katherine Romansky ‘07\, a fellow Montserrat alumna. The vivid abstract works – in part due to the fast drying quality of the paint and the affordability of the paper substrate– were faster\, less precious and as a result felt more free. What was intended as a distraction from political realities ended up as a series of thoughtful visual meditations as Frary frequently entered a “flow” state while painting and was able to disconnect\, albeit for only a few hours at a time. \nThe resulting works ended up not as secondary pieces\, or studies\, but as a significant revelation both in form and content. According to curator Leonie Bradbury\, “these new works are very exciting as they show both Frary’s facility with the use of paint\, but also his incredible compositional insights and acute formal decision making. Once he was able to let go of the gravitas of the oil paintings\, a lively new vocabulary emerged. I feel that the newfound spontaneity and fluid energy are a tremendous gift to his practice.” Frary hopes to apply the freedom of spirit of his acrylic works to his oil paintings when he returns to the studio.\nFor more information about Frary’s work\, please visit:\nhttps://www.georgefrary.com/ \n 
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/george-frary-a-borrowed-landscapefebruary-8-march-9-2017/
LOCATION:Carol Schlosberg Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:YOU MUST PERSUADE ME: Influence Thru Illustration
DESCRIPTION:Gallery Hours\nM–F\, 11:30am–2:30pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \nReception: February 1st @ 5–8pm \nAn annual illustration showcase! \nCurrent student work is shown alongside faculty\, staff and alumni in a broad range of method and media.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/you-must-persuade-me-influence-thru-illustrationjanuary-30-february-10-2017/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Arab Comics: 90 Years of Popular Visual Culture
DESCRIPTION:Reception: February 15th\, 5–8pm \nGallery Hours\nM–F\, 12–6pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \n“I don’t remember when exactly I read my first comic book\, but I do remember exactly how liberated and subversive I felt as a result.” \n— Edward W. Said\, Palestine (Fantagraphics\, 2001) \n  \nComics are a universal medium with a rich history in the Middle East. For close to a century\, Arab artists have created comics to reflect the socio‐political events of their times. In the panels of Arab comics we find illustrations and stories that creatively engage the British occupation of Egypt\, the question of Palestine\, the tide of pan‐Arabism\, regional folklore\, totalitarian Ba’th regimes in Iraq and Syria\, the hyper commercialization of the Gulf\, the Lebanese Civil War\, the Arab uprisings\, and more. During the past century\, comics also act as a pithy visual medium through which multiple iterations of imagined Arab identities have been represented for mass audiences. This exhibit brings together a diverse set of viewpoints\, contexts and styles in comic art to illustrate a deep history of original production and readership in the Middle East\, and question what\, if anything\, is distinctly Arab about the popular art form. \nArab Comics: 90 Years of Popular Visual Culture is a traveling exhibition with a public mission to employ comics as a critical platform for learning about the rich histories and geographies of pop culture in the Middle East; and engage broad audiences in critical discussions of media stereotypes about Arabs and how they shape our world view. The exhibit was first made possible in 2015 thanks to the sponsorship of Brown University’s Middle East Studies Program and the support of the Sawwaf Arabic Comics Initiative at the American University of Beirut. Translations for the exhibit have been provided through the sponsorship of University of California Berkeley’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies. To highlight the diverse contributions of Arab comic makers the artwork selected for this exhibit is organized around three themes\, spanning from 1920s Egypt until Lebanon today: Originals\, Adaptations and Contemporary Comics. \nThe introduction of iconic characters and comics from Western Europe and the United States into Arabic language markets began as early as the 1940s. In the following decades\, Arab publishers translated popular western comics for readers from the Maghreb to Iraq in the pages of magazines like Samir and Bissat Al-Rih. The Arabization of cultural icons like Mickey Mouse and Tintin resulted in a combination of linguistic adaptation\, visual appropriation\, and cultural invention. The archive of original covers and translated panels of popular comics shown here feature highlights from the vast visual world of cross‐over characters\, such as Nabil Fawzi (the Lebanese Clark Kent) and Hammam (the first of many Arabic versions of Tintin). These works point to the nuanced approach as well as the hackneyed stereotypes that artists employed in  the production of this hybrid visual culture. \nSince the early twentieth century\, artists and publishing houses in Egypt\, Lebanon and later the United Arab Emirates created comics featuring original characters that gained regional popularity. By the mid‐century\, original comics magazines like Samir and Sindibâd united the imaginations of young audiences throughout Arab countries and shaped how political tropes of pan‐Arabism circulated in children’s media. Storylines of serial characters like Zouzou and Zakiyya ranged from whimsical to serious\, sometimes directly engaging with critical events\, like the Nakba\, an annual day of commemoration for Palestinians marking the displacement caused by the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948. During this era\, these representations of childhood did not necessarily invoke visual caricatures of Arab identity often assumed by contemporaneous efforts to “Arabize” characters from European and American comics. \nRecent work by Arab comics illustrators among Lebanon’s post‐war generations has moved comics beyond the realm of childhood fantasy to engage mature audiences and themes. Since 2007\, the anthology magazine Samandal has established Beirut as a new regional center for comics production. The trilingual “amphibious” comics periodical has created a platform for the latest generation of artists to establish new forms of visual expression that do not conform to\, and at times explicitly challenge\, any prescribed notions of an “Arab” identity. Contemporary artists\, including Fouad Mezher\, Lena Merhej\, Omar Khouri\, Zeina Bassil\, and Mazen Kerbaj\, are redrawing and rewriting the rules and expectations for comics about\, by and for readers worldwide. \nMona Damluji and Nadim Damluji\, Curators \nLena Sawyer\, Assistant To The Curators \nFor more information\, visit: \nhttp://www.arabcomicsexhibit.org/ \nSPECIAL THANKS to Barbara Oberkoetter\, Sa’ed Atshan\, Jo‐Anne Hart\, Karie Fisher\, Phil Lai\, Kia Davis and IO Labs\, Leah Niederstadt\, Elizabeth Keithline\, the Wheaton College Art/Art History Department\, Kaoukab Chebaro and the Mu’taz and Rada Sawwaf Arabic Comics Initiative at the American University of Beirut\, ArabComics.net\, Lina Ghaibeh\, Fouad Mezher\, Omar Khouri\, the FDZ\, Hatem Imam\, Zeina Bassil\, Jana Traboulsi\, Lena Merhej\, Jorj A. Mhayya\, Mazen Kerbaj\, Shams Al Din Al Hajjaji\, Levi Thompson\, Jia Ching Chen\, Gina Damluji\, and Namir Damluji \nLena Merhej (Lebanese\, b. 1977)\nSamandal\nCover\, Issue #12\, 2012\nPub. Samandal NGO\, Lebanon
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/arab-comics-90-years-of-popular-visual-culturejanuary-25-march-17-2017/
LOCATION:Carol Schlosberg Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170212
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SUMMARY:#InHonor
DESCRIPTION:Gallery Hours\n24/7 \n#InHonor is a series of photo-based mixed media portraits made to honor Blackness as it exists in its various forms. More specifically it speaks to the violence and destruction occurring across America\, in the form of police brutality. The skin color is removed from each portrait and then aggressively renegotiated. Pigment stands in for an idea or preconceived notion about a particular type of human experience. That experience is culminated and summed up in a word; Black. Questions of tangibility and digital approximations of an entire race are raised. What does a digital approximation of skin color mean and what does it mean to physically remove it and reapply it? The faces are forever transformed\, just as our world is with each loss of life. \n– Ervin A. Johnson
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/inhonorjanuary-9-february-11-2017/
LOCATION:Frame 301 Gallery\, 301 Cabot Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161021
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161110
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SUMMARY:GO TO THE LIGHT
DESCRIPTION:Reception + Costume Party: October 29th\, 6–10pm \nGallery Hours\nM-F\, 11:30am–2:30pm\nSat\, 12–5pm \nGo to the Light is a fluorescence-inspired screen printing show featuring prints by artists from around the country. The exhibition highlight collaborative prints from artists working in a wide range of mediums. Audiences are treated to an immersive and unique viewing experience; galleries lit exclusively in black light for optimal neon viewing. Are you prepared for a psychedelic adventure? \nFeatured artists and collectives include: Andrew Bablo\, Elaine Bay\, Joe Barillaro\, Brian Butler\, Cash For Your Warhol\, Cyrille Conan\, Michael Crockett\, Farel Dalrymple\, Michael DiMaggio\, Caitlin Duennebier\, Pat Falco\, Matthew Gamber\, Sarah Gay-O’Neill\, Frank Germano\, Sophie Greenspan\, Morgan Grenier\, Hungry Ghost Press\, Gunsho\, David Hochbaum\, Stephen Holding\, Ness Lee\, Michele L’Heureux\, Jay LaCouture\, Greg Lamarche (SP.ONE)\, Josh Luke\, TJ Kelley III\, Marissa Malik\, Robert Maloney\, Xander Marro\, Dan McCarthy\, Fish McGill\, Morning Breath\, Dave Ortega\, Anthony Palocci\, Helen Popinchalk\, Jake Rainis\, John Rainis\, Michael Sieben\, Skinner\, Nat Swope\, Tallboy\, Remi Thornton\, James Weinberg\, Wilding Davis & co\, Nicholas Zaremba.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/go-to-the-lightoctober-21-november-9-2016/
LOCATION:301 Gallery\, 301 Cabot Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161113
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SUMMARY:Liber Mundi + Books\, Here and Now
DESCRIPTION:Reception: Thursday\, October 20\, 5–7pm \nArtist talk: Thursday\, October 20\, 11:30-12:30pm \nGallery Hours\nM\,T\,W\,F\, 10am–5pm\nTh\, 10am–8pm\nSat\, 12–5pm \n \nLiber Mundi explores the act of discovery found in transmission of information via the contemporary book form\, artist books\, and zines. Books are receptacles in which we explore the personal and the political\, in which we make sense of our place in the world and leave our legacy for future readers. Zines and other handmade books express an age-old struggle for people to find their voices in authentic and accessible ways. The book allows us to communicate across space and time\, within our communities and around the globe. \nThe Liber Mundi project was designed by J. Pascoe of Philadelphia to include artists from around the globe who would create books to share and trade. Originally the project was to consist of fourteen artists\, half from the US and half from elsewhere in North America and Europe (England\, Finland\, Serbia\, Hungary\, Poland\, and Mexico). As the project developed\, several artists had to pull out\, but the remaining work continued to focus on what it means to transmit visual ideas in book form to readers and viewers who may not share our language but who share our universal struggle to find meaning. \nEach participating artist is organizing an exhibition or event for the project in their area. So far\, Liber Mundi has been shown in Finland\, Mexico\, Philadelphia\, New York\, and San Francisco. More information on the project and the other exhibitions can be found at www.libermundi.tumblr.com. \nAs a companion show to one featuring long-distance transmission\, Books\, Here and Now explores the transmissions of ideas that happen among colleagues and within our own community. This exhibition focuses on the book work of nine Montserrat faculty members\, from departments ranging from Book Art to Sculpture\, Photography to Graphic Design\, Painting to Animation and Interactive Media. \n \nThrough both the handmade and the commercially made book\, these artists explore the role the visual book can play to disseminate ideas\, explore boundaries of communication\, and adapt methods and ideas from previous book forms. Some of the work serves as a permanent record of exhibitions we may not otherwise have seen\, while some of the books become their own exhibitions. Across disciplines and approaches\, these artists use the book form as a site and subject for art making. \n 
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/liber-mundi-books-here-and-nowoctober-19-november-12-2016/
LOCATION:Carol Schlosberg Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161218
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SUMMARY:RE//Woven
DESCRIPTION:Reception: October 12th\, 5–7pm \nGallery Hours\nM\,T\,W\,F\, 10am–5pm\nTh\, 10am–8pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \n \nRE//Woven is a group exhibition featuring the work of Liz Collins (Brooklyn\, NY)\, Nathan Green (Brooklyn\, NY)\, Cal Lane (Putnam Valley\, NY)\, Maria Molteni (Boston\, MA)\, Raquel Paiewonsky (Puerto Plata\, Dominican Republic)\, and Stacey Piwinski (Boston\, MA). Each of the artists on view incorporates the aesthetics and gestures of traditional weaving and pattern-making through the use of untraditional mediums such as dirt\, cinder blocks\, and paper pulp. RE//Woven is a clever re-imagination of weaving through a network of objects that intertwines the relationship between contemporary aesthetics and ancient gesture. \nTextiles are a type of flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibers constructed through knitting\, crocheting\, knotting\, or weaving. Usually\, cloth is made on a loom; A device that holds the warp (longitudinal) threads in place while filling threads are woven through them\, resulting in an interlace called\, “the weave.” This exhibition conceptualizes the gallery space  as an extension of the loom in that it frames\, supports\, and intertwines the visual languages of six artists on view.  \nLiz Collins’ new work “Midnight” (2016) is a two-toned\, double sided woven fabric\, cut in half. The vibrant\, neon blue and black work is suspended from the ceiling at the center of the gallery\, allowing visitors to walk around the piece. One side appears distressed and decayed\, while the other reveals a tight\, precise geometric zig-zag patterning. Nathan Green also explores geometry and line in his work\, which explores the visual and sculptural qualities of painting. His hybrid works “weave” contemporary crafting techniques and abstract painting with low-grade construction methods. For RE//Woven Green paints two large-scale\, quilted patterns  directly on the wall\, then overlaying selections of his recent body of work on top\, metaphorically stitching together both facets of his interdisciplinary practice.  Also working site-specifically\, sculptor Cal Lane creates a floor drawing from her Dirt Works (2004-current) series. Made entirely of red dirt\, Lane will sift the gritty and messy material through a lace tapestry\, creating an ordered “dirt rug” that juxtaposes ornamentation and decorative pattern with “tough” blue-collar work.  \n \nAcross the gallery\, Raquel Paiewonsky’s “Wall” (2016) features twenty-four hand sanded cinder blocks\, stacked on top of one another to form a barrier or low tier wall. Select cinder block comprising the structure are covered in hand embroidered\, colored fabric. The diverse bright patterns  warm the otherwise cold\, industrial barricade dividing the room. Stacey Piwinski creates trompe l’oeil patterned fabric in her Objects of Labor series (2012-2014). the work reveals itself as an assemblage of faux-painted stitching “woven” together with real fabric on canvas. Piwinski says her every choice is crucial\, forming a conversation that guides the painting process and weaves together a visual representation of the social exchange between herself and the subject. Molteni Molteni debuts her latest body of work inspired by Anni Alber’s studies of knots in RE//Woven.  The artist tangles tennis racket strings from various found rackets\, creating a subtle abstraction that places the pieces in a contemporary\, capitalist\, pop-cultural context.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/re-wovenoctober-10-december-17-2016/
LOCATION:Montserrat Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:The National Poster Retrospecticus
DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: September 30\, 6–10pm \nClosing Reception: October 14\, 6–10pm \nGallery Hours\nM-F\, 11:30am–2:30pm\nSat\, 12–5pm \n\nThe National Poster Retrospecticus is an internationally traveling poster show. The NPR features more than 400 hand- printed posters made by over 125 of the most prominent poster designers in the USA. The exhibition has traveled all over North America visiting basements\, alternative community spaces and fancy art galleries. NPR’s mission is to celebrate posters\, the made-by-hand aesthetic and help spread that enthusiasm around the world.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/the-national-poster-retrospecticusoctober-1-14-2016/
LOCATION:301 Gallery\, 301 Cabot Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160914
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161016
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SUMMARY:Dorothea Van Camp: Variations On A Screen
DESCRIPTION:Reception: October 12th\, 5–7pm \nGallery Hours\nM\,T\,W\,F\, 10am–5pm\nTh\, 10am–8pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \n“Variations On A Screen” is a solo exhibition featuring Dorothea Van Camp from Boston\, MA. The exhibition of mixed media prints depict an atmosphere in the midst of transformation. Van Camp creates entrancing and hypnotizing images that simultaneously reveal hints of recognizable objects\, while also raising questions and resist definition. \nMuch of Van Camp’s work addresses the intersection of the body and technology. To demonstrate this overlap\, the artist began incorporating vector-based computer drawings into her prints. The printed mark as always been an important presence in Van Camp’s work\, but how she has adapted her process to achieve the kind of a tangible relief texture that is distinctively her own. To achieve this\, Van Camp experimented with laser-cut stencils\, lithographic transfers\, and finally screen-printing to successfully transfer the digital renderings. Ultimately\, the artist found success in using thickened oil paint printed into a wax ground\,  to produces a rich relief texture. Van Camp says her unique process\, “makes a clear separation from digital output while also suggestive of a deeply etched intaglio print.” \n“Variations On A Screen” features a number Van Camp’s most recent prints\, created during a residency at Oehme Graphics in Steamboat Springs\, Colorado. Untitled OG 1627 is a layered cosmic experience. Pale shades of pink\, orange\, and mustard are contrasted by a mesh-like organic shape\, resembling a rendered drawing of wilting tulip petals or lungs exhaling a burst of air. Like other prints of Van Camp’s the work’s composition combines the sensation of biological or natural elements\, with a structure or rigidity of computer generated imagery. The mesh\, black shape hovers above another organic form.  This one is a deep mustard yellow laden with striations\, similar to muscular tissue neighbored by a backdrop of cell-like clusters. It is a metamorphic composition that that seems to have the power to change dramatically should you look away. \nDorothea Van Camp attended Rhode Island School of Design in Providence\, Rhode Island where she received a BFA in illustration. She has exhibited at 555 Gallery (South Boston\, MA)\, Nicole Longnecker Gallery (Houston\, TX)\, and 13 Forest Gallery (Arlington\, MA). \n \n  \n 
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/dorothea-van-camp-variations-on-a-screenseptember-14-october-15-2016/
LOCATION:Carol Schlosberg Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160925
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SUMMARY:MashUp: Objects In Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:Reception: September 1st @5–7pm \nGallery Hours\nM-F\, 11:30am–2:30pm\nSat\, 12–5pm \n\n“MashUp: Objects in Dialogue” is a group exhibition featuring the contemporary porcelain works by Liz Alexander (Salem\, NC)\, Molly Hatch (Northampton\, MA)\, and Christina Pitsch (Manchester\, NH). Curated by Gallery Director Leonie Bradbury\, the exhibition showcases how each artist explores and challenges the references of pattern\, culture\, and class that are inscribed within porcelain objects. All three artists are innovatively crossing perceived boundaries between decorative arts\, design\, and fine art. Described traditionally as “white gold\,” porcelain for many centuries was reserved only for the elite and powerful: emperors\, kings\, and moguls. It wasn’t until the 19th century\, that porcelain was produced in the United States and not until the 20th century that ordinary people gained access to porcelain tableware\, although “fine china” was and still is a symbol of status and wealth. The artists in this exhibition are fully aware of the complex\, politically charged history of their material and explore it to the fullest. \nLiz Alexander’s hand cut\, found porcelain and bone china (teacups\, saucers\, and pitchers) are delicate deconstructed icons of domesticity. A self proclaimed “domestic archaeologist\,” the artist reworks these antiquated symbols of femininity\, class\, and the decorative arts to subvert and probe the traditional understanding of the decorated surface and how it is intertwined with gender. Alexander begins by selecting objects containing elaborate decorative or floral surface design. Next\, using a refined cutting tool the artist carefully cuts into the porcelain\, completely removing all decorative embellishments from the object. Laden with irregular holes and cuts\, the once functional ware is now a defunct artifact that takes on a new identity as a culturally critical\, yet ethereal sculpture. The absence of pattern transforms the ubiquitous forms of everyday objects from ordinary to fine art. \nMolly Hatch explores the relationship between historic and contemporary decorative art\, design\, and fine art. She is deeply interested in the historical significance\, surface design\, and pattern of an object\, using it as an entry point for re-interpretation within her own practice. Hatch is “fascinated by how we live with objects\, how and why we acquire objects\, and what happens to them throughout history.” The artist’s “plate paintings” treat the functional surface of ceramic tableware as canvas for painting. After Rigaud: Versailles Orangerie (2014) is comprised of seventy-eight hand-thrown and hand-painted porcelain plates installed in a grid-like pattern. The image is sourced from the Museum of Fine Art Boston\, a print by Hyacinthe Rigaud\, Louis XIV’s court painter. Each plate re-works a portion of the original historical image that collectively coalesce as the artists re-interpretation. The image is neither a traditional plate nor a painting\, yet is both at the same time. \nChristina Pitsch’s work draws on hybridity of materials\, techniques\, and subject matter to question cultural iconography and the presumed meanings of decorative objects. She frequently uses flora and fauna in her objects and addresses the dynamic between humans and nature. She combines contrasting vocabularies such as a hunting and trophy aesthetic with porcelain and gold\, or cast cardboard with delicate porcelain floral elements. Each object presents a cultural clash between multiple dichotomies. For example: 17th century french chinoiserie is juxtaposed with American hunting culture; slick gold surfaces of a chandelier are contrasted with porcelain deer hooves. Additional contradictions contained within the work are: fancy vs. lowbrow\, dirty vs. clean\, contemporary vs. historical\, and elegance vs. kitsch. Pitsch states\, “A tension results when things cannot be cataloged into tidy compartments; it is this tension that I explore.”
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/mashup-objects-in-dialogueaugust-29-september-24-2016/
LOCATION:301 Gallery\, 301 Cabot Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Nadia Westcott
DESCRIPTION:We are proud to present Brooklyn-based artist\, Nadia Westcott in the Frame 301\, a street side window gallery of Montserrat College of Art\, located at 301 Cabot Street in Beverly. Westcott’s practice is dedicated to empowering viewer communities through graphic drawings\, murals\, and site-specific installations. The artist’s mural marks her return to Beverly\, two years after collaborating with Montserrat Galleries in the exhibition SEVEN: A Performative Drawing Project\, a show that invited seven artists to“draw” directly onto one of the seven gallery walls during a series of week-long residencies. In 2013\, Westcott created a “spontaneous” mural everyday\, for five days. Each graphic\, black and white mural was an exercise in impermanence\, practice\, and play. In light of the SEVEN Reunion exhibition on view in the Carol Schlosberg Alumni Gallery currently on view\, Westcott was invited to return to Beverly to create a new mural\, this time in the Frame 301 Gallery. \n“The Body” is a reflection of how Westcott integrates her exploration in personal healing and the connection to emotional pain that manifests as physical pain in the body. “The Body” is a therapeutic approach to separate the emotional body from the egotistic mind; it is a transfer of energy from physical body to the art expression on the wall. In allowing herself to be fully present with the work\, the action of Westcott’s installation is the metaphoric and physical release of trapped energy. Her deep respect for nature and love for textiles subconsciously inspires Westcott to create her own iconography that is playful in shape and form. “The Body” is rooted in understanding the human experience by acknowledging our traumas\, taking action to eliminate suffering by remaining in meditative states\, and embracing self-love and care. \n \nThe Frame 301 space is presented to the public through expansive storefront windows that face the road\, and encourages large-scale\, site-specific works from emerging and established artists. The unique venue encourages installations that encompass the entirety of the space and completely transform it. The public is able to view and appreciate the artwork on a 24/7 basis\, leading many to unexpectedly experience the artwork. \nNadia Westcott grew up in Boston\, MA and received her BA from the University of Vermont. Born of Indonesian and American heritage\, she was raised in a culturally rich and diverse environment\, where her family traveled the world learning and collecting cultural artifacts that inspired her curiosities and subconsciously enabled her to create her own iconography inspired by the world and cultures around her. Westcott currently lives and works in Brooklyn\, New York. \nThe Frame 301 is generously supported by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. \n 
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/nadia-westcottaugust-13-september-10-2016/
LOCATION:Frame 301 Gallery\, 301 Cabot Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Case Studies
DESCRIPTION:Reception: April 6th\, 5–8pm \nGallery Hours\nM-F\, 11:30am–2:30pm\nSat\, 12–5pm \nCase Studies is a fine art group exhibition focusing on the process of visual analysis into both the psychological expansion and condemning patterns of humanity. Each artist contributes their own perspective\, experience\, and personal interest in what it means to be a human. Media used in this process includes painting\, sculpture\, photography\, print\, and installation. \nExhibiting Artists include Tiffany Binger (Mattapan\, MA)\, Haiden Terrill (Somers\, CT)\, Claudia Valenti (Seymour\, CT)\, Joseph Tagliaferri (Cape Cod\, MA)\, and Paige Hall (Newburyport\, MA).
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/case-studiesapril-4-8-2016/
LOCATION:301 Gallery\, 301 Cabot Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Chroma — A New England Art Awakening
DESCRIPTION:Closing Reception & Book Signing : Thursday\, September 1st\, 5:00–8:00pm \nGallery Hours\nM\,T\,W\,F\, 10am–5pm\nTh\, 10am–8pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \nWe are pleased to announce Chroma – A New England Art Awakening\, a group exhibition featuring work by more than forty regional artists. Presented by the co-founders of Tryptic Press: John Cardinal 99′\, Andrew Houle 00′\, and Michael Crockett 97′ the work on view celebrates four volumes of their art annual Chroma\, a vibrant and varied publication that showcases emerging and established artists in New England. \nThe exhibition highlights the “Chroma Family” displaying a selection of artists who have graced the publication’s pages throughout four volumes. Cardinal\, Crockett\, and Houle started Chroma to celebrate collaborations\, new relationships\, and new directions for what they say\, “has always been right in our own backyard.” Bridging the diverse practices of abstract painters\, fashion photographers\, comic book illustrators\, community-based art programs\, printmakers\, sound-makers\, and even robot-makers\, this exhibition celebrates the talent surrounding New England. \nA New England Art Awakening coincides with the release of Chroma: Volumes 3 & 4 making the reception more than just an exhibition opening\, but also a book launch and signing event. Guests are welcome to meet and directly engage with the artists they read about in Chroma\, mimicking other events that Tryptic Press facilitates such as the Beverly MA’s Comic Con. \n\nTryptic Press\nAndrew Houle – Creative Director • John Cardinal – Publisher\, Editor in Chief • Michael Crockett – Lead Designer\nwww.trypticpress.com \nParticipating artists include: Adam J. O’Day\, Adam Miller\, Alyssa Watters\, Amanda Beard\, Andrew Houle\, Andrew MacLean\, Anthony Falcetta\, Bob Packert\, Braden Lamb\, Bruce Orr\, Chris E O’Neill\, Czarface\, Dan Blakeslee\, David Leblanc\, Deanna Burke\, Darek Wakeen\, Olli Brix\, Doug Poole\, Elizabeth Siegel\, Emily Dumas\, Emily McCracken\, EyeFormation\, Jim Forrest\, Fred Lynch\, Greg Orfanos\, Haig Demarjian\, James Weinberg\, Jeremy Miranda\, John Andrews\, John Cardinal\, Karl Stevens\, Mark Hoffmann\, Markus Sebastiano\, Mary Curtin\, Michael Crockett\, Mike “Sherpa” Doherty\, Morgan Dyer\, Nick Nazzaro\, North of Boston Studios\, Patt Kelly\, Rich Pellegrino\, Sarah Gy-O’Neill ScareCrowOven\, Scott Mulcahey\, Scottie Buchanan\, Shelli Paroline\, Syd Saynganthone\, Tom Torry\, Whalom Painting. \n 
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/chroma-a-new-england-art-awakeningjuly-30-september-25-2016/
LOCATION:Montserrat Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:SEVEN: A Performative Drawing Project (Reunion)
DESCRIPTION:Closing Reception & Book Signing : Thursday\, September 1st\, 5:00–8:00pm \nGallery Hours\nM\,T\,W\,F\, 10am–5pm\nTh\, 10am–8pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \nWe are pleased to announce SEVEN in the Carol Schlosberg Alumni Gallery. The exhibition features work by the twenty-one artists who participated in the performative drawing project of the same name. SEVEN returns to Montserrat celebrating the release of a comprehensive catalogue that continues to share the SEVEN experience with our audiences. \nSEVEN: A Performative Drawing Project began in 2012 as an experimental idea to activate Montserrat Gallery over the usually quiet summer. For each exhibition\, seven New England artists were invited to “draw” directly onto one of the seven gallery walls during a series of weeklong residencies. Due to its success and transformative impact\, the concept was repeated in 2013 and 2015 with different artists. Each iteration began with a white box and culminated in an incredibly rich collection of large-scale “mural” works that engaged and communicated with one another. \nThe Galleries will host an opening and closing reception\, where copies of the exhibition catalogue will be on view and available for purchase. Designed and produced by Tryptic Press\, the 100+ page book is a complete look back at each of the twenty-one projects activated in the gallery. Each mural is accompanied by an essay thoughtfully written by members of the Montserrat Gallery staff\, past and present\, in addition to regional curators and art writers. Each piece of writing insightfully commemorates the experience and site-specificity of the artist’s work.\n\nParticipating artists include: Autumn Ahn\, Andy Bablo ’07\, Allison Cole\, Jim Falck\, Samantha Fields\, Percy Fortini-Wright\, John C. Gonzalez\, Raúl Gonzalez III\, Alexa Guariglia\, Mark Hoffmann\, Eben A. Kling’09\, Norman Laliberté\, Adam Miller’00 \, Christopher Mir\, Barbara Moody\, Kenji Nakayama\, Zsuzsanna Szegedi\, David Teng-Olsen\, August Ventimiglia\, Nadia Westcott\, Dana Woulfe.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/seven-a-performative-drawing-project-reunionjuly-30-september-10-2016/
LOCATION:Carol Schlosberg Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Work With Me: Marlon Forrester\, Sarah Smith\, Kevin Townsend
DESCRIPTION:Receptions/Artist Talks\nKevin Townsend: July\, 13\, 5–7pm\nSarah Smith: July 15\, 5–7pm\nMarlon Forrester: July 18\, 5–7pm \nGallery Hours\nM–TH 9am–5pm\nF\, 9am–1pm \nMontserrat College of Art is pleased to announce “Work With Me” an interactive drawing project featuring three New England artists each invited to create a site-specific work that provokes collaboration echoing a call and response. In music\, a “call and response” is a succession of two distinct phrases usually played by different musicians\, where the second phrase is heard as a direct commentary on or response to the first. The art works on view are ongoing\, in process. Visitors are invited to respond to the artists’ mark making either within the piece itself (Forrester) or on the wall adjacent to the artist’s drawings (Smith and Townsend). \nMarlon Forrester’s “Center Court: Exploring Sacred Geometry Through Line” is a conceptual artwork that “plays” off of the geometry found on a basketball court. Forrester begins the drawing by creating  initial paths and lines to assign boundaries or “rules” to the wall using tape\, vinyl\, and markers. Visitors of the gallery are then invited to use the same materials to contribute their own lines in response to the initial paths created by Forrester. Collectively\, the marks “work together” to explore ideas around space\, place\, ritual\, competition\, winning\, and losing in hopes of re-imaging how we interact with one another through play. \nSarah Smith was inspired by prolific artists and friends that said they had to draw every day\, prompting her to draw more. “One Drawing a Day” is a multi-year drawing project that has evolved into daily source of encouragement and incentive to\, “keep going” she says. On view in the gallery\, arranged in a grid-like composition like that of an Instagram or Tumblr feed\, is a selection of 337 drawings from “One Drawing a Day.” The installation of the work references the artist’s daily updates on her social media page\, where she posts daily additions on: olfactorypress.tumblr.com. Her drawings deliver a dark sense of humor and are stylistically diverse. Visitors are invited to take a piece of paper and/or bring in their own of a similar size and contribute their daily drawings to the wall adjacent to the wall featuring Smith’s drawings.\n\n\nKevin Townsend is obsessed with time both in its accumulation within us\, and the way ways in which the tidal gravity of a given moment can\, “warp the experience of its passage.” Through his performative drawings he explores time\, space\, and duration. In graphite\, Townsend will draw overnight across a twenty-six foot wall in the gallery. After twelve hours\, the gallery will re-open the following morning at 8:30am\, allowing viewers to see his final marks against the wall. Students are invited to then draw\, also in graphite\, along an adjacent wall of the gallery in response to Townsend’s marks. Collectively\, both walls will contain temporal drawings that offer an experiential connection between both parties’ recorded actions.\nBIOGRAPHIES \nMarlon Forrester was born in Guyana\, South America. He is an artist and educator currently based in Boston\, MA. Forrester received a BA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (SMFA) in 2008 and a MFA from Yale School of Art in 2010. He is currently a resident artist at African-American Masters Artist Residency Program (AAMARP)\, adjunct to the Department of African-American Studies in association with Northeastern University\, and teaches art in Boston Public Schools (BPS). Additionally\, he is an adjunct professor at School of The Museum of Fine Arts Boston. In 2016\, he will teach drawing and watercolor at SMFA. \nSarah Smith produces books\, comics and broadsides in the realm of nonsense and absurdity. Her work is often letterpress printed\, involving drawings\, relief printed imagery\, collage and very occasionally screenprint and offset printing. She is currently the Program Manager of the Book Arts Workshop at Dartmouth College\, in Hanover NH. Smith received her MFA in Book Arts/Printmaking at University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Since 1995\, she has been teaching letterpress printing\, bookbinding\, printmaking\, and graphic design. She taught at Maryland Institute College of Art\, Massachusetts College of Art\, Endicott College\, Simmons College and most recently at Montserrat College of Art\, where she helped create a letterpress printing studio and BFA concentration in Book Arts.\n\nKevin Townsend in an internationally recognized\, Boston-based\, interdisciplinary artist/educator. He is a professor at both Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) and School of the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston (SMFA). Kevin’s time-based work centers around mark-making\, obsession and our experience of ‘being in time’. His current work brings together elements of drawing\, installation and performance where the resulting work is public\, durational\, and temporary. He most recently completed a twelve hour durational work in New York City on 18th & 8th Street. \n  \n\nMontserrat College of Art’s public programs are free of charge and open to the public. For more information contact Pamela Campanaro.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/work-with-me-marlon-forrester-sarah-smith-kevin-townsendjuly-11-22-2016/
LOCATION:Montserrat Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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