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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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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170310
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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SUMMARY:Barbara Owen
DESCRIPTION:We are proud to present Rhode Island-based artist\, Barbara Owen in the Frame 301. Owen’s practice explores how color\, shape\, material\, and paint develop and change one’s experience. Her work is deeply engaged in playing with space and the relationship between shapes\, often times combining a range of media such as ink\, acrylic\, and cut paper to build a unique hybrid of painting and sculpture.\nOwen graduated from Bennington College with a dual bachelor’s degree in sculpture and poetry. She wrote a creative thesis under the direction of the poet Ben Belitt and studied sculpture with Brower Hatcher and Lee Tribe\, and painting with the painter and art critic Sidney Tillim.  Her work is influenced and characterized by her study of sculpture\, but she identifies as a painter. Her use of vibrant color\, shape\, and form is loaded with concepts about history\, feminism\, and painting. \nBarbara Owen has been featured at numerous venues\, including the Minor Injury Gallery\, Brooklyn\, NY; The Arts Center\, Troy\, NY; and UMass Dartmouth’s Art Gallery\, New Bedford\, MA. Owen has participated in artist residency programs nationwide\, including the MASS MoCA/Assets for Artists in 2015. She was also a featured artist in the NetWorks 2015 Artist Video Portraits series at the RISD Museum.\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. \nThe Frame 301 is generously supported by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. \n“Color Magic”\, 2016. Image courtesy of Barbara Owen. \n 
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/barbara-owenjuly-5-august-8-2016/
LOCATION:Frame 301 Gallery\, 301 Cabot Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:L’appel du vide: Cyrille Conan
DESCRIPTION:Reception and Artist Talk: Thursday\, July 21st\, 5–7pm \nGallery Hours\nM–Th\, 10am–5pm\nF\, 10am–1pm \n\nL’appel du vide\, a solo-exhibition of Boston-based painter\, Cyrille Conan in the Carol Schlosberg Alumni Gallery. Curated by Pam Campanaro\, the exhibition celebrates the artist’s signature abstract vocabulary of mark making\, collage\, and textures that deconstructs and reconstructs an automatic\, intuitive\, and improvisational process. \nConan’s studio practice embraces intuitive and responsive mark making\, an approach that parallels his own nature and mirrors his frame of mind. The artist says this allows for the paintings to generate as honestly and intuitively as possible\, making them a kind of\, “anchor to keep connected to realness and truth\, like a meditation. There is less thinking and more reacting and building.” Each mark and layer informs and dictates the final composition that ultimately achieves a visual balance of form\, color\, and repetition. The artist uses a range of materials such as: painters tape\, reclaimed wood\, remnants of exhibition design\, paint\, and fabric to narrate the action of painting itself. L’appel du vide continues this method of dialectic making as the artist gathered recent work to “talk and respond to” in the creation of a new large-scale mural. \nConan’s latest\, site-specific mural\, Beilhan (to stay awake) (2016) emphasises and makes large\, stylistic choices and the accumulation of mark-making found within his smaller paintings on board. Regardless of scale\, Conan’s use of materials and textures defines his unique perspective; his signature\, or handwriting\, contributing to the larger narrative of painting. Roiñ penn da (to yield) (2016) and Moment of Hesitation (2015) flank the twenty-seven foot wide\, grey gallery wall. These two paintings on board serve as metaphorical bookends to Conan’s painterly story\, containing the artist’s mixed-media writing. The artist rips pages from his life as an exhibition and design preparator by appropriating materials from discarded exhibition remnants and mock-ups. Between Roiñ penn da (to yield) and Moment of Hesitation\, Conan wheat pasted sample text from the MFA Boston’s current major exhibition\, MegaCities\, that investigates urban life in Asia. On top of the wheat pasted fragments\, Conan taped off three rows of circles and semi circles in blue tape\, as if to make zoomed in view of the smaller painting\, Pelec’h emañ honnez? (Where is she?) (2015) resting just opposite the mural. \n\nThe title of the exhibition\, L’appel du vide is a French existential phrase that translates to\, “the call of the void.” The expression references a sudden\, inexplicable urge to indulge or act on something despite knowing it would lead to unfavorable consequences\, such as deliberately letting go of a fragile\, porcelain vase or stepping out over the edge of a high point. Human internal censors ultimately override this impulse by rationalizing reasons not to do something\, but the option or sheer possibility arises because our minds are built to be flexible and consider all options. Cyrille Conan’s practice mirrors that same flexibility and impulse to engage in an instinct. While we physically don’t act on the call of the void\, the artist’s explores it within each of his compositions and as a result\, to stand in front of Conan’s paintings is to be at the threshold of an alternate future. \nCyrille Conan is a French (Breton) born\, New York City native.  He earned his  BFA in Painting from the Hartford Art School before planting his roots in Boston. While Conan’s  primary practice continues to be painting\, he works in a variety of mediums and scales. He has produced site-specific installations and murals across the United States in addition to local galleries and public spaces in Boston\, including The Cyclorama and City Hall. Conan lives and works in Roxbury\, MA. \n 
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/lappel-du-vide-cyrille-conanjune-28-july-22-2016/
LOCATION:Carol Schlosberg Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160703
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SUMMARY:Inspired Views
DESCRIPTION:Reception: Saturday\, June 18th\, 2–4pm \nGallery Hours\nM\, T\, W\, F\, 10am–5pm\nTh\, 10am–8pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \n \n“Inspired Views” gathers more than seventy New England art educators together 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 give them an opportunity to exhibit their own artwork in the Montserrat Gallery. Art teachers represented work in K-12 public and independent schools\, as well as art educators working in community colleges. \nParticipating Artists: Angela Alés\, Ursina Amsler\, Gregory Barry\, Todd Bartel\, Mary Barton-Lech\, Steven Berson\, Paula Borsetti\, Kristin Breiseth\, Joy Dai Buell\, Linda Burke\, Margaret Burns\, Donna Calleja\, Lotte Calnek\, Lorrinda Cerrutti\, Christina Chang\, Yong Chen\, Kayla Cochran\, Sheila Concannon\, Sandra Davidson\, Elaine Dearden\, Jen Dubis\, Anne Duchak Lang\, Kara Dunne\, English\, Danette\, Erin Evans\, John Favret\, Hope Flynn\, Michael Frassinelli\, Brenda Fredericks\, Erica Frisk\, Audrey Fusco-Benoit\, David Stephan Graves\, Kipp Greene\, Sean Hagan\, Emily Harney\, Bianca Hegre\, Deanna Jacome\, Jenna Kelly\, Rebecca Figler Kostich\, June Krinsky Rudder\, Billy Landenberger\, Moey Lane\, Jennifer Levatino\, Colleen Lucas\, Stacy Mannheim\, Willa McKee\, Talin Megherian\, Meghan Mulkerrin\, Marcia Nadeau\, Brian O’Donnell\, Brian O’Malley\, Laura Phillips\, Anne Pieterse\, Scott Place\, Spiridoula Politis\, Pascale Queval\, George Ratkevich\, Brian Reddy\, Richard Kim\, Janet Robbins\, Elizabeth Saitta\, Richard Schwartz\, Larry Sheinfled\, Jenny Sorblom\, Stephanie Mahan Stigliano\, Jaimee Taborda\, Jessica Thistlethwaite\, Ken Tighe\, Ed Touchette\, Stéphanie Williams\, Jozeph Zaraemba. \n 
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/inspired-viewsjune-6-july-2-2016/
LOCATION:Montserrat Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160506
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SUMMARY:Ben Jundanian: You Can't Get There From Here
DESCRIPTION:Ben Jundanian is an illustrator and muralist living and working in the Boston area. His intricate work ranges in size from small works on paper to large mural installations… No matter the scale\, his complex and expansive illustrations draw the viewer in to a fabricated world much like our own\, steeped in humor and surprising details. Don’t forget to look twice\, you might have missed the punchline! \nFrame 301 Gallery 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. Frame 301’s exhibitions change monthly and it is a unique space encouraging installations that encompass the entirety of the space and completely transform it. It is an extremely public exhibition space\, offering anyone traveling along Cabot Street the potential to experience large scale\, site-specific artwork. The public is able to view and appreciate the artwork on a 24/7 basis\, leading many to unexpectedly experience the artwork. \nThe Frame 301 is supported by a generous grant from the Beverly Cultural Council.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/ben-jundanian-you-cant-get-there-from-heremay-6-june-30-2016/
LOCATION:Frame 301 Gallery\, 301 Cabot Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160428
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160619
DTSTAMP:20260423T161836
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SUMMARY:Matthew Ritchie
DESCRIPTION:Public Artist Lecture\nThursday\, May 12 at 6:30pm\nThe Cabot Performing Arts Center\n286 Cabot Street\, Beverly\, MA 01915 \nGallery Hours\nM\,T\,W\,F\, 10am–5pm\nTh\, 10am–8pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \nIn an era defined by the constant presence of information\, Matthew Ritchie creates a snapshot of the interconnected structures that permeate modern living. Through a combination of techniques ranging from painting\, to digital manipulation\, to sculptures cut from sheet metal\, layers of visual forms become a response to the questions Ritchie asks himself: “How do you escape the pattern that’s imposed on you by the physical order of the universe? How do you make the imaginative leap?” \nThe context that the art comes from is integral to the experience of the work\, inviting viewers to analyze it beyond an aesthetic level. In each piece\, Ritchie deals directly with information. He draws heavily from research and philosophy to distill a multiplicity of conceptual inquiries into brief moments of connection. The work often incorporates themes such as particle physics\, non-linear narrative structures\, games of chance\, and the use of science as a tool in theological debate. Each new project builds upon an encyclopedic body of work juxtaposing the vastness of the universe with the man-made belief systems that attempt to comprehend it. \nRitchie was born in London and received a BFA from Camberwell School of Art in 1986 before relocating to New York. Over the course of his career he has been featured in over 25 solo exhibitions and 100 group exhibitions\, both domestically and internationally. Recently\, his work has been shown at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston\, the Dallas Museum of Art\, the Guggenheim\, MASS MoCA\, and the MoMA.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/matthew-ritchieapril-28-june-18-2016/
LOCATION:Carol Schlosberg Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160425
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160430
DTSTAMP:20260423T161836
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SUMMARY:Eyes on Fire
DESCRIPTION:Reception: April 27th\, 5-8pm \nGallery Hours\nM-F\, 11:30am–2:30pm\nSat\, 12–5pm \nMeghan Higgins hopes to be involved with a studio and continue to create TV shows and movies that continue to experiment with the medium in the future. Her time building her senior project\, both digitally and physically hand crafting\, was an experience she hopes to take with her and apply again professionally at some point. Animation is a field that can be made from a variety of mediums\, it’s not just one painting\, it’s not just one drawing\, it would be a shame to be idle and not try new ways to bring storytelling to life. \nRachel Greco uses charcoal and paper to render small moments in everyday life. She captures instants of the world around her\, reflecting on important themes in her personal life. The flexibility of charcoal allows her to confidently achieve deep black markings on the page\, which can then be wiped clean with a single movement. These responsive materials reflect the unpredictability of the creative process\, allowing her to carve out forms in black and white. Rachel layers multiple visuals on top of each other to create one moving image\, exploring the relationship between multiple viewing experiences and a single audio track. She enjoys the challenge of activating unsuspected soundscapes with the people and creatures that fill them. \nBronte Pirulli is a 2-D animator who works digitally and traditionally to bring texture and depth to her work. Her film\, “?” mixes digital animation with charcoal drawing to arrive at its hand- drawn appearance. The piece was inspired by Bronte’s time spent studying abroad in Viterbo\, Italy\, and the body of work she created there. “?” focuses on interactions between people and the space around them\, incorporating the artist’s love of drawing\, storytelling and people-watching. \nAyden Borowski is an animator and game designing. For their thesis\, they made a visual novel following the story of a character in a psychiatric ward. To go along with the visual novel\, they also made a retro 2D side scroller game\, which takes place in the same psychiatric ward. The player controls a pixel version of the main character through four levels\, avoiding enemies and collecting medication.\nShelby Hamel makes video games for marginalized groups that are often under represented in media. Her senior thesis\, titled\, “WomanBorn”\, is a video game centering on a girl’s adventure story in a market that is dominated by male voices and sexualized images of women. The player is invited to make choices and use items to solve problems\, leading up to multiple endings. \nVictoria Vega is a fierce lover of character design and storyboarding. As a 2D animator and illustrator\, Vicki’s work is heavily motivated by the notion that people from different backgrounds have stories that deserve to be told. Their senior thesis film\, “Convenient” tells the story of a young child who befriends two unusual characters during a hike in the forest. \nBrandon Troelstrup is a graduating senior here at Montserrat. His work focuses on board game tradition\, the psychic experience and storytelling. He studies ancient societies\, their poems\, crafts and traditions to make games that reflect them. Through mechanics\, he constructs a world that enforces cooperation\, empathy and communication “Ashes” is his second board game\, and has been in development for 2 years. He plans to hone this game beyond his thesis show over the summer and use crowdfunding to publish it. \n 
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/eyes-on-fireapril-25-29-2016/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160418
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SUMMARY:Not Now But Soon: A Book Arts Thesis Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Reception: Wednesday\, April 20th\, 5–8pm \nZeitgeist Gallery & Studios\n222 Cabot Street\nBeverly\, MA \nGallery Hours\nTues\, Thu\, Fri\, 11am–4pm\nor by appointment\ncontact: alanna.urie@montserrat.edu\n\nMontserrat College of Art and Zeitgeist Gallery are proud to present Not Now But Soon\, featuring recent work from Joyce Tat and Alanna Urie\, two graduating seniors from Montserrat’s Book Arts concentration. \nThe work on view explores relationships between form and content while challenging notions of what could be considered a time-based medium. Throughout the exhibition\, themes of identity\, social influences\, and domesticity emerge from repetitive and time consuming-processes. \nThe work contends with the idea of finish; presenting ongoing projects acknowledges  that a resolution of the artists’ experiences may never be achieved. What becomes important is a commitment to perseverance — to continue accumulating written text from each present moment\, or hand-stitching a quilt that is unable to fully counteract the past. \nDrawing on a background in sculpture\, papermaking\, and zine production\, Joyce Tat explores an upbringing between a Chinese family and American culture. Working on vellum\, wooden panels\, and household objects\, Chinese characters learned as a child and English phrases pulled from intrusive thoughts and overheard conversations are overlaid in watercolor and acrylic paint. The collected phrases become an abstract composition of repetitive marks\, visually processing chaotic themes that are only partially legible: the destabilization of intimate relationships\, racial and gender dysphoria\, and a dissatisfaction with social attitudes. Each piece\, in its creation and the outcome\, is an attempt to make sense of the present. \n \nUsing meticulous domestic crafts such as embroidery and quilting\, Alanna Urie addresses  a need for order that is simultaneously fueled by and in opposition to the lasting mental effects of trauma. Traditional materials recall cultural notions of “the home” — a space that holds complex associations with both safety and violence. The laborious and time-consuming nature of these crafts parallel the psychological task of dealing with trauma; the resulting object serves as a record of personal experiences and a means of imagining a new relationship with the space in which those experiences took place. \nAs Tat and Urie confront a variety of lived experiences\, both artists ask themselves: Where do I go from here? \n 
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/not-now-but-soon-a-book-arts-thesis-exhibitionapril-18-29-2016/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160418
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SUMMARY:Nonagon
DESCRIPTION:Reception: Wednesday\, April 20th\, 5–8pm \nGallery Hours\nM-F\, 11:30am–2:30pm\nSat\, 12-5pm \nAlexandra Rios has spent the last year creating ways to help people become more aware of the ongoing honey bee crisis. While exploring several areas of this crisis\, she found out that there are select plants that specifically attract honey bees and pollinators alike. If humans can provide more sources of food for the bees\, than this would make their jobs a lot easier. If the honey bees die off\, we will soon die with them. \nAngel Lukos-Algarin creates abstractions of Boston’s architecture that follow principles of 2-D design. These abstractions explore relationships of space\, form and line to create pieces that are engaging visually. \nJames Hillmann is interested in the visualization of data in an immersive 3D space. With this idea in mind it led James down a path to concept and prototype a series of futuristic visors that would allow the user to experience web content in a 3D manor. Following this James used his graphic design and web markup skills to brand this idea as a product under the fictitious company\, Quantum. \nJuan Matias’ main focus is directed towards online dating and how it relates to others. Through research and first hand experience I figured out how to restructure modern online dating too make it teachable too people who struggle with adapting to the age of the Internet. I got to this idea through the realization that though I don’t completely agree with all the aspects of modern online dating\, it is a crucial part of the future of relationships and shouldn’t be ignored. This lead me to write and design a formal “how to Guide” for the number 1 online dating program out right now\, Tinder. \nMariah Florez’s project revolves around people and their hatred and/or fear of snakes. Most people fear these animals\, not due to a bad experience\, but rather due to negative connotations that they’ve carried with them as long as they can remember. These fears are so deeply embedded that they can affect not only the life of the individual\, but can end up threatening the lives of the animals they hate. Her goal with her thesis show is to use the aesthetic that snakes have to prove that these creatures are not always scary and intimidating\, but can be thought-provoking and beautiful. Her hope is not that every person who views her work will be converted into loving these animals\, but would be content if her show made her viewers reconsider their hatred or fear of them. \nKayla Whelan explores the concepts of communication and meaning through her studies of typographic forms. By pushing the boundaries of what can be considered typography\, she converts language into something purely visual and abstracted beyond recognition.\n\nMeg Bentsen has a great admiration for the design work that goes into modular origami. Her work focuses on the idea that many simple things come together to create something complex and unique\, a statement true of both origami and design. \nSamantha Perry has been researching birds nests. Birds have a natural instinct inside them to build a certain nest. There is one singular purpose of these nests\, which is to attract a mate and to lay their eggs. This form serves no other purpose. Birds obtain the materials that are around them to construct the form. The purpose for humans to build nests is to see how the word nest and form are interrupted. The other purpose is to see how the form is interrupted in different ways. Our nests contain no physical purpose other than to demonstrate trial and error. The form is dictated by the way we think as humans. The end result of this project is to have people think about the instinctual process versus the design process. \nCody Pelletier set out to create CD package design but with introduction to the internet people just aren’t purchasing CDs anymore. The physical form is not as appealing when one can listen to the music online. Cody however still purchasing CDs created package design that holds an experience that the internet will not. Prepare for the experience on 04.20.16
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/nonagon-april-18-22-2016/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS
DESCRIPTION:Reception: Wednesday\, April 13th\, 5–8pm \nMingo Gallery\n284 Cabot Street\nBeverly\, MA \nGallery Hours\nTues\, Wed\, Fri\, 10am–9pm\nThurs 11am-7pm\nSat 10am-4pm \n*Friends With Benefits* features the work of seniors Sam Glidden\, a bookbinder\, and Brendan MacAllister\, an illustrator. Both artists create work that comments on the tendencies of 21st Century American culture through dark\, dry humor and irony touching on themes such as consumerism\, apathy\, and materialism. MacAllister deals with these concepts through figurative paintings\, while Glidden employs rhetoric and hand printed literature. As the sarcastic title of the show suggests\, Brendan and Sam are both tongue-in-cheek on the surface\, but underneath the humor lies two dishearted youths without answers in 21st Century America presenting their view on the human condition.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/friends-with-benefitsapril-12-23-2016/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160411
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160416
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SUMMARY:Convergence
DESCRIPTION:Reception: April 13 \nGallery Hours\nM-F\, 11:30am–2:30pm\nSat\, 12–5pm \nFeaturing: Sentho Hunt-Sterwart (Warner\, NH)\, Tara Kossman (Bensalem\, PA)\, Andrew Podziewski (Hooksett\, NH)\, Loki Michael LaChapelle (Lynn\, MA)\, Livia Anya (Meriden\, CT)\, Dino Rowan (Waltham\, MA). \nMontserrat College of Art is proud to announce Convergence: A Senior Thesis Show exhibition featuring six fine art students. Convergence is the result of several people or things coming together from different directions that eventually meet as one. Each artist works in their own medium including photography and video\, print\, sculpture\, collage\, and painting. While each artist has their own unique style\, they are collaborating together to form one cohesive exhibition. \nSentho Hunt-Stewart is an abstract painter and her work deals with the subjects of war\, memory and self identity. With the use of color and texture\, she paints her story of her childhood past in War torn Sierra Leone\, West Africa. \nTara Kossman explores the grid and composition through her collage on wood panel. She utilizes found material collections and repurposes them. These colleges are an exploration of vibration and sensation through color and shape. \nAndrew Podziewski is a sculptor who uses a variety of materials to create his work. Andrew is interested in using aspects of the human body to vulnerabilities between the artist and the viewer. \nLoki Michael LaChapelle works abstractly as a mix media artist and finds inspiration by looking at scientific imagery incorporating everything from the very large\, down to patterns found on a microscopic level. Using this interest in science and mathematical patterns as inspiration\, he later branches out and expands on them to create dynamic images that have a controlled yet energetic feel. In the coming months following Convergence\, Loki and much of his current work can be found at Salem Ink Tattoo and Art Gallery. As owner\, he works there as both a full time body art professional and gallery curator.\nLivia Anya explores the inner structure of the human eye through various printmaking methods. Her prints are largely based on digital retinal photographs taken of her own eyes\, along with other images found through various ophthalmic resources. Livia’s work is a response to her having become partially sighted due to retinal detachments caused by Stickler Syndrome. Livia explores the delicate architecture of the retina and how the impairment of vision can alter its composition. \nDino Rowan\, through working with local business Good Mojo Tattoos demonstrates a living archive of documentary video and installation focusing on the concepts of growth and identity in his own community. Through artist and community member interviews\, contextual footage\, and sculptural installation\, Dino Rowan captures and recreates the intimate yet welcoming community Good Mojo creates within itself\, artists\, and clients new and returning. To Dino\, Good Mojo is beyond business; Good Mojo is family. \n 
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/convergenceapril-11-15-2016/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160329
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160410
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SUMMARY:The Last Laugh
DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Wednesday\, March 30th\, 5-8pm\nClosing Reception with film screening and surprise musical guests: Friday\, April 8th\, 7-9pm \nMingo Gallery\n284 Cabot Street\nBeverly\, MA \nGallery Hours\nTues\, Wed\, Fri\, 10am–6pm\nThu\, 11am–7pm\nSat\, 10am–4pm \nThe Last Laugh\, features the artists Zachary DeWitt (Barrington\, NH) and Lilia Volodina (Krasnoyarsk\, Russia). Through the painting\, time-based media\, still photographs and illustrations respectively\, the artists explore the narratives of real and imaginary lives through the lens of empathy\, absurdity and magical realism. \nDeWitt elaborates upon the inherent isolation that occurs at the end of one’s own life. Inspired by childhood interactions with the inhabitants of nursing homes where his mother worked\, DeWitt\, through his paintings of anonymous subjects\, encourages the viewer to reflect on their own experiences with the elderly. With the incorporation of the figure in an invented environment\, he revitalizes what society deems forgotten\, or somehow less important than the rest of society. \nVolodina draws upon her life experiences as an inspiration for creating narratives of an absurd\, violent and fantastical nature. Through the media of film\, animation\, photography and illustration\, Volodina uses humor and whimsy in her work in order to invite viewers to embrace absurdity in their lives and encourage them to gain a sense of resilience and invincibility over anything life has in store. \nBIOGRAPHIES\nZachary DeWitt (b. 1993) was born in Portland\, Maine\, and raised in the small town of Barrington\, NH. He is currently earning his BFA in Painting and Drawing\, with a Minor in Art History at Montserrat College of Art. Zachary’s work were shown in exhibitions throughout New Hampshire and Massachusetts\, and commissioned several works for private collections\, including The Art Exchange\, The Crane Estate\, as well as the President of Montserrat College of Art. \nLilia Volodina (b. 1988)\, was born and raised in Siberia\, Russia\, in the city of Krasnoyarsk. She is currently earning her BFA in Photography at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly. Lilia’s work was shown in several juried group exhibits around Massachusetts\, including at the Chatham Creative Arts Center\, Cotuit Center for the Arts\, Beverly Historical Society\, Raizes Gallery at Lesley University College of Art and Design\, and Walter J. Manninen Center for the Arts at Endicott College.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/the-last-laughmarch-29-april-9-2016/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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