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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/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160418
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160430
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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/
LOCATION:MA
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160423
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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/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160412
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160424
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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/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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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/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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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/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160328
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160402
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SUMMARY:Sonder
DESCRIPTION:Reception: March 30th\, 5–8pm \nGallery Hours\nM-F\, 11:30am–2:30pm\nSat\, 12–5pm \nFeaturing: Ian Barrie (Raleigh\, NC)\, Bridget Mahan (Milton\, MA)\, Michelle Richard (Sudbury\, MA)\, Sebastian Sawyer (Bellingham\, MA)\, Kevin Schlink (Quaker Hill\, CT)\, and\nKelly Schultz (Ballston Lake\, NY). \nIan Barrie creates abstract paintings and drawings on canvas as well as paper. In these works he subversively veers away from landscape painting.  His paintings are built of overlapping and interlocking organic lines.The experience of being present in the landscape is integral to the work and for the artist\, the work is in a constant conversation between intuition and experience. \nBridget Mahan captures the essence of the female figure through film and digital photographic formats. Her work includes nude self-portraits and portraits of women in a space familiar to them\, that depicts their unique personality. She interviews and analyzes the body as well as the mind of her subjects to decipher what it takes to be content with the body. \nMichelle Richard creates black and white works that are based around the concept of memory. The work displays text broken or dismantled to metaphorically explore the complexity of a memory. These pieces vary in size on translucent paper\, using layers in order to create depth. \nSebastian Sawyer is an abstract painter who utilizes collage elements in their work as a way to introduce found color and shapes. Their paintings feature heavy application of paint and blocked in color in order to create moods and emotions for which we have no name as well as showing glimpses or ‘blurry snapshots’ into past emotionally charged events. \nKevin Schlink is a book artist and printmaker who creates books and prints that investigate the relationship between words and imagery. Through the combination of fictional narratives and scenes of distorted home environments\, he attempts to blur the lines of definition. Do the words define the image or do the images define the words? He does not seek the answers to these questions but instead explores why we create these personal meanings and associations.\n\nKelly Schultz makes work that is characterized by an exploration of paint itself\, using it as a tool to create an atmosphere. She is currently invested in using acrylic\, watercolor\, and gouache paint to create ephemeral organic forms. Equally present is the use of water\, and the process of both the application and the removal of the paint causes these forms to emerge. The forms then become like transient orbs of energy\, subtly exploring ideas of preciousness and mortality.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/sondermarch-28-april-1-2016-2/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Sonder March 28 – April 1\, 2016
DESCRIPTION:301 Gallery\n301 Cabot Street\nBeverly\, MA 01915Gallery Hours\nM-F\, 11:30am–2:30pm\nSat\, 12–5pmReception\nMarch 30\n5–8pmFeaturing: Ian Barrie (Raleigh\, NC)\, Bridget Mahan (Milton\, MA)\, Michelle Richard (Sudbury\, MA)\, Sebastian Sawyer (Bellingham\, MA)\, Kevin Schlink (Quaker Hill\, CT)\, and\nKelly Schultz (Ballston Lake\, NY). \nIan Barrie creates abstract paintings and drawings on canvas as well as paper. In these works he subversively veers away from landscape painting.  His paintings are built of overlapping and interlocking organic lines.The experience of being present in the landscape is integral to the work and for the artist\, the work is in a constant conversation between intuition and experience. \nBridget Mahan captures the essence of the female figure through film and digital photographic formats. Her work includes nude self-portraits and portraits of women in a space familiar to them\, that depicts their unique personality. She interviews and analyzes the body as well as the mind of her subjects to decipher what it takes to be content with the body. \nMichelle Richard creates black and white works that are based around the concept of memory. The work displays text broken or dismantled to metaphorically explore the complexity of a memory. These pieces vary in size on translucent paper\, using layers in order to create depth. \nSebastian Sawyer is an abstract painter who utilizes collage elements in their work as a way to introduce found color and shapes. Their paintings feature heavy application of paint and blocked in color in order to create moods and emotions for which we have no name as well as showing glimpses or ‘blurry snapshots’ into past emotionally charged events. \nKevin Schlink is a book artist and printmaker who creates books and prints that investigate the relationship between words and imagery. Through the combination of fictional narratives andscenes of distorted home environments\, he attempts to blur the lines of definition. Do the words define the image or do the images define the words? He does not seek the answers to these questions but instead explores why we create these personal meanings and associations.\n\nKelly Schultz makes work that is characterized by an exploration of paint itself\, using it as a tool to create an atmosphere. She is currently invested in using acrylic\, watercolor\, and gouache paint to create ephemeral organic forms. Equally present is the use of water\, and the process of both the application and the removal of the paint causes these forms to emerge. The forms then become like transient orbs of energy\, subtly exploring ideas of preciousness and mortality.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/sondermarch-28-april-1-2016/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160321
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160326
DTSTAMP:20260423T185727
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SUMMARY:Meraki
DESCRIPTION:Reception: March 23rd\, 5–8pm \nGallery Hours\nM-F\, 11:30am–2:30pm\nSat\, 12–5pm \nFeaturing: Jes Banta (Norwich\, CT)\, Lauren Carroza (Rockaway\, NJ)\, Erin McLaughlin (Cheshire\, CT)\, Alessandra Hansen (New Haven\, CT)\, Samantha Wyckoff (Lawrenceville\, NJ)\, Lynnett Perez (Boston\, MA)\, Tessa Storm Jacques (Ellington\, CT)\, Johnathan Good (Mansfield\, MA). \nMontserrat College of art is proud to announce Meraki: A senior show exhibition featuring eight graduating illustration majors. Meraki by definition means the soul\, creativity or love you put into something; the essence of yourself put into your work. Each work made by the artist exhibits the passion they place within their work through their medium and subject matter. \nJes Banta creates factual pieces that are influenced by shape and form in her digital pieces. She features a lot of medical subjects geared for medical magazines and informational posters. Lauren Carozza explores the American mythology that has helped shape the culture we know today. These narratives include both obscure and classic American tall tales\, alien encounters\, urban legends\, and folk heroes portrayed from a playful\, colorful point of view. She works primarily in watercolor and gouache. Erin McLaughlin is a digital children’s illustrator focusing on narrative work and design for kid’s books and products. Driven by the relationships between kids and the world around them\, Erin hopes to create children’s books that nurture young art and creativity. Samantha Wyckoff uses traditional ink with digital coloring to design book covers and patterns. Her work features horror and her passion for both insects and arachnids. She uses small marks to build texture and value while using color for mood. Lynnett Perez focuses on narrative with an emphasis on character design. Their work is designed to give viewers a sense of joy and playfulness using color and subject matter.\nAlessandra Hansen is an illustrator whose work reflects their interest in both the beautiful and bizarre. Their watercolor paintings take ordinarily mundane subjects and give them a strange\, paranormal twist. Their work begs the viewer to do a double take. Tessa Storm Jacques delves into the adaptation\, mutation\, and transformation of animals in a post-apocalyptic world. With a setting of strange and harsh climate changes\, she explores the world and the challenges the creatures of earth would need to adapt to\, or die. Focusing primarily on conceptual art\, Tessa’s work involves hours of research and careful studying\, carefully painted in gouache\, ink\, and watercolor. Johnathan Good is a historic-oriented illustrator. The goal of his work is to create engaging\, painterly compositions that share his passion for history\, and give viewers at least a twinge of curiosity about the ancient world.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/merakimarch-21-25-2016/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Chimera
DESCRIPTION:Reception: March 16th\, 5–8pm \nGallery Hours\nM-F\, 11:30am–2:30pm\nSat\, 12–5pm \nFeaturing: Tess Roever (Ashaway\, RI)\, Sayyid Lestrade (Boston\, MA)\, Raashaad Jones (Derby\, CT)\, Shannon Blencowe (Clinton\, CT)\, Kyle Des Lauriers (Methuen\, MA)\, Richie McCarthy (Lowell\, MA)\, Kismet Debnam (Milford\, CT). \nChimera is a group show exhibiting seven New England artists\, all of whom are current seniors at Montserrat College of Art. The exhibited artists work in a variety of mediums\, including digital\, acrylic and gouache. While each artist has a unique style and subject matter\, the artists who make up Chimera share common themes. Fantastical worlds\, dark atmospheres\, unusual characters and dramatic narratives make up the bulk of this show. In likeness to the exhibit’s mythical namesake\, Chimera is a show created from a diverse conglomeration of artists held together by both magic and myth. \nKismet’s paintings focus on the darker side of the subconscious; manifesting the elements of anxiety\, nightmares and burden using figurative and structural forms with heavy colors. Sayyid’s work incorporates heavy dark colors and loose linework to create engaging illustrations. In this body of work\, Sayyid reimagines classic Tarot cards in a new and dynamic way. Raashaad is a figurative painter\, creating serene fantasy illustrations with bold colors and strong contrast. With an afro-fantasy nuance he takes a new look at typical fantasy elements. Kyle focuses on graphic shapes to produce various figures of legend. His illustrations include voodoo folk legends and comic book superheroes.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/chimeramarch-14-18-2016/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160409
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SUMMARY:Working Titles: Andrew Houle ’00
DESCRIPTION:Reception: Thursday\, March 24th\, 5–7pm \nPublic Artist Talk: Thursday\, March 24 11:30am–12:20pm. Room H201 \nGallery Hours\nM\,T\,W\,F\, 10am–5pm\nTh\, 10am–8pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \nMontserrat College of Art is proud to present Working Titles\, a solo exhibition featuring paintings by alumnus Andrew Houle’00\, in the Carol Schlosberg Alumni Gallery. Houle’s oil paintings present detailed views with a compelling specificity of place. The artists gravitates towards subjects that include storefronts and streetscapes in Beverly\, where Houle has lived since graduating Montserrat\, Gloucester\, and other North Shore cities. \nEven those who do not reside in the area may feel a sense of familiarity in the scenes of residential streets\, criss-crossing power lines\, and laundromats\, due to the way that Houle balances precise forms and lines with atmospheric colors and textures. Gallery visitors will find stunning sunsets and rows of houses that powerfully continue the tradition of American Realism. Houle cites the influence of twentieth-century master artists including Edward Hopper and Norman Rockwell\, along with the light of Cape Ann and his own personal connections to the community. \nThe title of the exhibition\, and the artworks themselves\, are of autobiographical significance to the artist. Houle says\, “Working towards a career as a professional artist is ever-evolving\, challenging and at times confusing. My current show represents roughly the last five years\, consisting of the landmarks and common spaces that take up our days and nights. The parking lots\, sunsets\, laundromats and side streets are those with different titles at various stages of our lives.” This exhibition enables Houle to share his accomplishments with a community that was formative to his career.\n\nHoule graduated from Montserrat College of Art in 2000 with a focus in Illustration and oil painting. He presently divides his time between being an artist and the Creative Director of Tryptic Press. His studio space is located at Porter Mills\, Beverly. Houle is the co-Chair of the Beverly Cultural Council and the lead promoter of Beverly Comic Con. He shares a home with his wife Melissa\, Mila the overweight cat\, and his comic book collection.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/working-titles-andrew-houle-00-march-8-april-8-2016/
LOCATION:Carol Schlosberg Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160306
DTSTAMP:20260423T185727
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SUMMARY:Remix: Illustrated Products by Emily Dumas
DESCRIPTION:Gallery Hours\nM\,T\,W\,F\, 10am–5pm\nTh\, 10am–8pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \nEmily Dumas\, image courtesy of the artist. \nMontserrat College of Art is pleased to present Remixed: Illustrated Products\, a solo exhibition featuring Emily Dumas\, in the Carol Schlosberg Alumni Gallery. Dumas is an illustrator\, surface designer and hand letterer based north of Boston. Her on-trend\, whimsical imagery presents a light-hearted world\, with friendly whales\, crabs\, and octopi inhabiting nautical themes\, sushi arrayed in pleasing pastels\, and adorable monsters saying phrases that recall beloved pet internet memes\, such as “I can has hug?” \nIn Montserrat’s Carol Schlosberg Alumni Gallery visitors will find access to two sides of Dumas’ creative expression. One area focuses on production\, with a clustered arrangement of original drawings beside a neatly lined shelf of framed prints. The other section translates the original\, flat imagery into three dimensions. Dumas decides which of her designs to print onto specific products\, including magnets\, tea towels\, socks\, and throw pillows. The pastel hues and friendly\, buoyant patterns create an inviting\, shop-like effect for the gallery display. \n“I’m looking forward to having my friends and family see this exhibition\, because I think it will help them understand what I actually do\,” said Dumas during the installation. In a world of screens\, and with imagery that is well-adapted to being viewed as pixels\, rather than in person\, Remixed offers insight into the process that goes into making custom items. \nIn addition to surface design\, where Dumas adapts her original drawings to a line of products\, she also runs Flowers in May\, a paper and gift company. Dumas has a BA in Graphic Design from Salem State University\, where she currently teaches design and illustration. Dumas has been featured in publications such as: States of Terror\, Chroma\, and Work/Life. Recently\, Dumas illustrated her first picture book Unicorn Park in collaboration with authors Chris and Sophia Lee.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/remix-illustrated-products-by-emily-dumas-february-10-march-5-2016/
LOCATION:Carol Schlosberg Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160201
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160212
DTSTAMP:20260423T185727
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SUMMARY:Annual Illustration Theme Show
DESCRIPTION:Reception: Wednesday\, February 3rd 5–8pm \nGallery Hours\nM–F\, 11:30am–2:30pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \nThis year’s theme for the Annual Illustration Theme Show is Cryptic! \nCurrent student work is shown alongside faculty\, staff and alumni in a broad range of method and media. \nDeadline for Students is January 27th \n*All current Illustration Students must enter! \nDeadline for Alumni is January 30th
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/annual-illustration-theme-showfebruary-1-11-2016/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160208
DTSTAMP:20260423T185727
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SUMMARY:Remi Thornton: Free Air 4 You
DESCRIPTION:Reception: Thursday\, January 21st\, 5:30–7:30pm \nGallery Hours\nM\,T\,W\,F\, 10am–5pm\nTh\, 10am–8pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \nUsing only atmospheric street lighting\, Remi Thornton has developed a style that has been described as capable of capturing\, “that emotion that has been chased by writers\, poets\, film makers\, artists forever.” Titled after one of the prints in this exhibition\, Free Air 4 You will feature recent works\, as well as\, two debut images from his latest body of work\, “Ranch Camp” (2015). \nThornton’s first Digital SLR camera was delivered at the end of the day and as he was eager to try it out\, his first shoot was at night. Since then\, Thornton has felt compelled and excited by documenting the unstaged\, quiet moments illuminated only by “natural” street lighting. The works portray a sense of anticipation – that either something doesn’t seem right or something is about to happen.” Because of this feeling of urgency and unspoken tension\, Thornton places the viewer at the threshold of a potential mysterious or a thrilling encounter. Works in this series such as\, Superette (2014) and Arlington Pump (2015)\, capture the calm\, quiet sensation that can only be captured in the stillness of a mid-night encounter. \nThornton’s latest body of work\, “Ranch Camp” came to fruition during a recent trip back to the artist’s adolescent sleep-away camp. As a camper\, Thornton developed a personal connection to the forty plus acres of land during his nights wandering the grounds suffering from insomnia. He would frequent the picnic benches or sit outside of the boys cabins with his older counselors\, waiting for the tiredness to set in. Thornton says\, “Like most places\, the camp had an entirely different personality at night… it would take on a distinctive look\, sound\, and feel once the sun went down.” No stranger to the mysterious and strange characteristics only legible at night\, the artist says\, “It made sense for me to return to camp and document the silent side as I remember it.” \n\nCabin 6E (2015) is a standout piece from the “Ranch Camp” series. At the forefront of the print is a quintessential rustic cabin\, seemingly made of stacked logs topped by a weathered pointed roof. Using only the natural light around him\, Thornton captures a truly magical moment in which a cluster of emerald green light radiates from off into the distance from the woods\, at far left just behind the cabin. The color canopies the entire work\, particularly on the facade of the tiny house\, almost camouflaging it against the green grass and woods that surround it. \nRemi Thornton has exhibited throughout the United States and his photographs have been highly collected by private and public collections including Fidelity Investments and Wellington Management. He was recently selected as a recipient of the St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award. Thornton lives in Melrose\, Massachusetts\, with his wife and a heavily photographed Chihuahua/Pug mix named Winnie Cooper.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/remi-thornton-free-air-4-youjanuary-12-february-7-2016/
LOCATION:Carol Schlosberg Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160403
DTSTAMP:20260423T185727
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SUMMARY:I Will Go On...
DESCRIPTION:Reception: Thursday\, January 21st\, 5:30–7:30pm \nGallery Hours\nM\, T\, W\, F\, 10am–5pm\nTh\, 10am–8pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \nFeaturing: Liz Jaff\, Jon Kuzmich\, Aaron Meyers\, Jenny O’Dell\, Rachel Perry \nCurated by Associate Curator of Exhibitions and Programs\, Pam Campanaro\, I Will Go On… exhibits artists whose practices parallel the characteristics of a marathoner: endurance\, repetition\, and focus. Each artist on view employs repetitive\, laborious acts such as: drilling tiny holes into wood until it breaks\, painting with a needlepoint\, compulsively collecting\, or meticulously hand-cutting paper to demonstrate precise focus.  \nBy bringing to light each artist’s exceptional endurance and devotion to their process\, Campanaro reveals the bridge between artist as maker and artist as “marathoner.” Preparing for a marathon requires a specific type of conditioning; a kind of training that syncs the physicality of doing and mental stimulus that tells you to keep pressing on. A runner’s training looks a lot like an artist in their studio: They too devote a substantial amount of time to the physicality of doing or making\, while the conceptual or mental facets of the work are equally essential in seeing a project through. \nInspired by a passage from Samuel Beckett’s novel The Unnamable\, the exhibition title I Will Go On… references a climactic moment in which the author converses with himself repeating\, “You must go on\, that’s all I know. You must go on. I can’t go on. You must go on. I’ll go on.” Beckett’s struggle is identical to the physical and psychological battle a runner faces during the final miles of a marathon. In the end\, true marathoners repeat the process and fine tune their practice in pursuit of different results. The artists exhibiting in I Will Go On… follow suit in that all of the works on view are continuations or adaptations of ongoing projects “running their course.” \nLiz Jaff pushes the structure\, or “body” of paper to its limits by manipulating its formal and physical qualities. In its third iteration\, “Plugs and Fuses” (2015) spans twenty-six feet of gallery wall. Originally a single sheet of white paper\, Jaff cuts vertical strips\, twisting them downward into long coils with circles half cut out of each strand. \n\nJon Kuzmich’s paintings are evenly paced and well tempoed\, like that of a seasoned marathoner. Using only a needlepoint as his brush to apply up to four million marks\, Kuzmich translates economic data into visual systems that aesthetically reference characteristics of Op-art\, Pointilism\, and abstraction. Aaron Meyers illustrates the bridge between sculpture and performance in his infinite performance “It Must Be Nearly Finished” (2012-ongoing). Now in its sixth iteration\, Meyers continually drills 1/16” holes into the surface of a wooden plank bracketed to the gallery wall until he falls. Jenny O’Dell collects online imagery\, escalating the traditional practice of archiving in that not only does she research the “life” of an object\, but creates a place for it permanently be “suspended” using augmented reality. Now researching the discarded\, unwanted object\, O’Dell founded the Bureau of Suspended Objects- an ongoing\, one-person organization and archive created during a residency at the Recology dump in San Francisco. Rachel Perry is the ultimate marathoner. She obsessively and repetitively collects aspects of her own life ranging from bread tags and twist ties to voice messages left on her answering machine. Like O’Dell who uses the digital frontier\, Perry’s “Twitter Project” (2009-ongoing) captures and archives the daily life of an artist using the social media platform Twitter in exactly one hundred forty characters.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/i-will-go-on-january-11-april-2-2016/
LOCATION:Montserrat Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160128
DTSTAMP:20260423T185727
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SUMMARY:Constellations: Annual Alumni Show
DESCRIPTION:Reception: Saturday\, January 23rd 4–7pm \nGallery Hours\nM-F\, 11:30am–2:30pm\nSat\, 12–5pm \nCurated by Printmaking Professor Stacy Thomas-Vickory ’91\, Constellations is a large multi-disciplinary exhibition featuring over 30 works created by Montserrat Alumni. \nThomas-Vickory had the idea of using the concept of a constellation to symbolize the connections that the alumni have with one another. She described this as follows: “The Constellation is an emblem of the connections that we make between individuals even though we may be spread across a huge distance of place and time. The uniting thread is that they were all here at Montserrat\, with a shared experience and that we’ve taken that experience with us into the broader world.” The Constellation theme also references the role that social media plays in our lives\, be it strengthening connections or forging new ones\, but also is a reminder that we not forget the defining moments that helped spark those connections. \nParticipating Montserrat Alumni: Christine Bobek ‘74\, Carly Brasier ‘15\, Elizabeth Breder ‘15\, Peter Brefini ‘07\, Kathryn Brown ‘12\, Devon Clapp ‘06\, Alexandra Comfort ‘13\, Dan DeRosato ‘14\, Sarah Dineen ‘97\, Richard Dolan ‘09\, Corinne D’Orsi ‘15\, Kevin Duffy ‘77\, David Ferreira ‘98\, Yetti Frenkel ‘82\, Omer Gagnon ‘81\, Albert Gray ‘08\, Leonard Greco ‘03\, Nathan Hayward ‘06\,Rachel Hegburg Petruccillo ‘00\, Deanne Jacome ‘15\, Nicole Kircher ‘01\, Mark Lies ‘03\, Kevin Lucey ‘15\, Tom Maio ‘13\, Brett Mason ‘12\, Sarah LL Milton ‘03\, Kalimah Muhammad ‘11\, Kevin Quinn ‘11\, Suzanne Papin ‘00\, Richard Pawlak ‘81\, Alyssa Petit ‘15\, Janet Souza ‘01\, Christopher Stepler ‘09\, Karen Tusinski ‘98\, Stephanie Visciglia ‘15\, Cory Wasnewsky ‘14\, David Watson ‘07\, Allison White ‘08\, Amanda Woronecki ‘12\, and Timothy Zerci ‘09.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/constellations-annual-alumni-showjanuary-11-27-2016/
LOCATION:301 Gallery\, 301 Cabot Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151208
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151219
DTSTAMP:20260423T185727
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SUMMARY:Growing Pains: Art Education Thesis Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Reception: Thursday\, December 10\, 5–8pm \nGallery Hours\nM–F\, 11:30am–2:30pm\nSat.\, 12–5pm \nThe Art Education Program of Montserrat College and the Practicum students are pleased to present the artworks of their students in this annual celebration of their Pre-K–12 Initial Licensure requirements.  \nThe exhibition features works on paper and mixed\, traditional and digital media\, in two and three dimensions\, representing a selection of visual arts projects produced in the context of art classes assisted or taught by Practicum students Kayla Cochran (BFA Painting\, 2015)\, Deanna Jacome (BFA Book Arts\, 2015) and Taylor Kurmis (BFA Book Arts\, 2015).  \nThe Practicum students are showcasing the artwork created by their students across elementary\, middle and high school. Schools represented are Malcolm L. Bell Elementary School in Marblehead\, Masconomet Regional Middle School in Boxford\, and Revere High School.  \nThe work featured in this exhibition is an intimate look at the time Practicum students have spent educating and supporting youth in public school systems while completing their Pre-K–12 Initial Licensure requirements. The practicum internship consists of 300 hours of classroom experience usually completed in the Fall semester from September to December. Students enrolled in the program work with students in visual arts classes in a school of their choice\, under the professional guidance of their Supervising Practitioner. We are honored to have three local art teachers supporting our students as Supervising Practitioners: Tammy Picone Nohelty of Malcolm L. Bell School\, Ursina Amsler of Masconomet Regional Middle School and Meghan Allen of Revere High School.  \nA ceremony for the presentation of Certificates of Completion to the Practicum students will be held at the Opening Reception taking place on Thursday December 10th\, from 5–8pm at 301 Gallery\, 301 Cabot Street in Beverly\, MA. \nFriends and family\, colleagues\, teacher\, school students and their parents are all invited. Refreshments will be served. \n 
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/growing-pains-art-education-thesis-exhibitiondecember-8-december-18-2015/
LOCATION:301 Gallery\, 301 Cabot Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151130
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151205
DTSTAMP:20260423T185727
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SUMMARY:Bowerbirds
DESCRIPTION:Reception: Wed. December 2\, 5pm – 8PM \nGallery Hours\nM – F 11:30am – 2:30pm \nThe work of Haley Anderson strives to achieve a balance between a control and spontaneity\, while abstracting crystal structures. Veering away from tradition by breaking the rectangle\, she tears the paper to create the desired form. From there\, she proceeds to create large scale drawings that combine crystal structures with energetic mark making made by splattered ink. \nCyr’s work is an exploration of the concept of fantasy worlds and alternate realities.  Inspired by video games and the worlds that they build\, she seeks to create glimpses into her own fabricated worlds through two-dimensional media. These worlds are often ambiguous in nature\, giving them a dreamlike quality. Working intuitively\, she uses printmaking techniques along with craft materials to make collages that best represent these places as they appear in her head. \nFrana is an interdisciplinary artist currently focusing on found object\, sculptural\, installations. He uses construction materials to create environments that some have called drawings in space.  Frana’s work is abstract in nature and is left for the viewer to construct a meaning from. \nCiaran Gaffney grew up in Vermont\, the Caribbean\, and Montreal.  At Montserrat\, they have spent their time in the Illustration track honing skills for a narrative approach\, whether it be a single illustration\, development for film and game\, or in graphic novel format.  They utilize both digital and traditional tools. Enjoying gods\, monsters\, and passers-by who get swept up into those crowds\, their Bowerbirds collection will be a culminating approach to these themes\, a bestiary of both the sinister and the benevolent. Ciaran has a piece hanging in Montserrat’s Hardie lobby\, has created and sold work at Artrageous28 and 29\, and was accepted into the Society of Illustrators shows for ’14 and ’15. They hope to continue their independent endeavours and teach within the illustration field. \nDerrick Jamison’s three 40×30 multimedia canvas depict three different social aspects; Colorism\, Classism\, and sneaker violence. He uses color and figures to express personal feeling in each aspect.\n \nPrimarily done in ink and digital color\, Shae Vasile’s work explores the possibilities of illustration in package design.  Her current series of handmade bath products based on fairytales consists of label designs\, limited edition posters\, story cards\, and overall packaging of the three different products.  Based on common and lesser known fairy tales\, these illustrations not only drive a product but also offer an experience for the consumer. \nPhoebe Warner is a sensory artist who uses intuition to inspire her time-based work. Through various media- three-dimensional puff paint\, glitter\, flocking\, found objects\, and ball-point pen- she tries to capture something intangible and give it physicality. Her ink drawings are visual portraits of the sensory feelings she observes in public. While in the studio\, she focuses on adding intricate textures to old dysfunctional utilitarian objects as a meditative way to deal with the subjective world. Warner uses these components to curate maximalist installations that encourage hands-on audience participation.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/bowerbirds-november-30-december-4-2015/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151122
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SUMMARY:WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE
DESCRIPTION:Reception: Wed. November 18\, 5 – 8pm \nGallery Hours\nM – F 11:30am – 2:30pm\nSat. 12p – 5p \nWHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE features work by GG Burney\, Alexander Iverson\, Marisa Rasum\, Shelby Rivers\, Samuel Roberts\, and Rachael Wentworth. \nGG Burney‘s work explores the transcendental nature of cultural appropriation; from “ghetto” to “trendy”. Her current body of work hones in on specific inanimate objects and aesthetics that have become staples of techno-secular millennial culture by being accessed through a predominantly White lens. \nAlexander Iverson is a graphic designer originally from Ellington\, CT\, moving after switching his concentration from painting to digital design. His body of work focuses on printed books and the data inside\, juxtaposing opposite thematic words and analyzing the patterns that emerge. \nOriginally from Holliston MA\, Marisa Rasum is a printmaker who admires the physicality of architecture but even more so the experience. Therefore\, the ongoing theme of her work is “every experienced house.” She applies this theme through complex\, illustrative ink drawings which transform into multi- processed prints and installations.\nShelby’s work is primarily influenced by her daily adventures. She collects data\, and reiterates what she finds in drawings or “doodles” to better understand what she is seeing/hearing. Her car series\, “ROUTine”\, is a collection of drawings depicting everything found in her car\, but she mainly enjoys the scientific aspects of the process\, which includes research\, categorization\, and documentation. In her other work\, she shows similar processes\, resulting in a variety of finished designs. \nSam Roberts is a portrait and mixed-media artist\, whose current work focuses on the the idea of adoption. while being adopted himself he draws from his own personal experiences and friends who were also adopted to create these pieces in attempt to bring light to the challenges and benefits from growing up adopted. Working in Acrylic\, charcoal\, pastel and ink\, he works in black and white to not only emphasize the feeling but to also encourage the idea that these also represent memories. \nRachael Wentworth is a mixed-media collage artist from Raymond\, NH. Her current works are inspired by the meditative qualities of the mandala and the relationships between colors\, shapes\, and materials which lend her paintings an active\, playful quality. These paintings also focus on the juxtaposition of low-brow materials with a high-brow conceptual foundation and artistic practice\, creating a fun and colorful visual utopia.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/what-a-time-to-be-alivenovember-16-november-21-2015/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151212
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SUMMARY:Dylan Blanchard
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Heroics of the Soil Builder contemplates visual expression as a kind of experimental gardening. Dylan Blanchard illustrates the nature of art making as it relates to our connection with the Earth. His practice is rooted in a steady\, chaotic\, and observatory process (much like that of the garden) somewhere between farm\, lawn\, and field\, between well tended and wild. Within his work\, faces might emerge and hints of small creatures appear surrounded by gently swooping strokes that feel at the same time aquatic\, wind-driven\, and humanistic. As Blanchard describes\, “I take real inspiration from the living nature of this earth we are bound to\, came from\, and are walking on; the elements of the earth that all thought is born from: rock and salt\, worms and wind\, roots and branches\, waves\, clouds and rain.” The installation inside the Frame 301 Gallery contains painterly observations as well as photographed relics\, which relate to Blanchard’s constant exploration of our tumultuous relationship with our planet. \nBlanchard brings a robust\, varied background to his art-making practice. After studying at Maine College of Art in Portland\, ME\, Blanchard spent several years immersed in Portland’s music scene as a percussionist. Teaching\, traveling\, and touring the United States\, Brazil\, and Cuba has lead him to work primarily with Afro-Caribbean dance companies in NYC\, and the Albany\, NY-based Taina Asili y la Banda Rebelde. Blanchard has performed with Glover\, VT-based Bread and Puppet Theater Company as well as Theater in the Open\, a Newburyport\, MA company. These cross-platform experiences continue to inform Blanchard’s visual art practice\, which often contains performative aspects and an exploratory nature.\nFrame 301 is an alternative display space located at 301 Cabot Street in Beverly\, MA. Each month this storefront window is installed with the work of local\, national or international artists. The space represents an integration of the creative cultures of Montserrat College of Art and the local community. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Beverly Cultural Council\, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council\, a state agency.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/dylan-blanchardnovember-9-december-11-2015/
LOCATION:Frame 301 Gallery\, 301 Cabot Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Eben Kling '09: Bend
DESCRIPTION:Eben Kling’s work addresses social and psychological issues with humor and an exuberant color palette. Bends showcases fifteen works on paper and one large-scale painting. Kling pokes fun at topics such as consumerism\, the media\, and authority. Like a cartoon\, he depicts characters in moments of panic\, gluttony\, and desperation\, tangled in morally ambiguous situations. \nThe exhibition title and works on display wrestles with troubling cultural dilemmas that Kling “bends”\, applying them to a sandbox universe where he finds authorship over them. “Two Faced No. 1” and “Making Decisions Slowly” (2015) focus on the manipulation of facial features through layering multiple source imagery. Kling borrows physical characteristics from past work and the Internet\, and manipulates them digitally by folding and layering them over one another to create something entirely new.\nKling continues to manipulates his figures in the series “Twisty Turny” (2015). This time\, Kling looks beyond the face\, and contorts the entire body. Each piece consists of a sole figure compacted into the center of a 22”x 30” piece of paper. Their backs fold in on themselves\, “twisting” to conform to pressures that can’t be identified\, merely imagined as they grimace in agony and glee. Legs and arms flail in an inhuman way as the artist forces them into impossible poses where their gesture and physiology are dependent upon the relationship they have with their environment\, peers and outside occasionally unseen forces. \nKling portrays these characters in a way so that they seem comfortable despite being caught in a turbulent world that affords little relief from domineering cultural influences. For example\, in “Spring Breakers” (2015) Kling sends his characters off to the beach. They kick back\, soak up the sun\, and toss a ball around while sinking into a void littered with the spoils of their gallivanting and careless consumption. Ultimately\, King contorts the absurdity of everyday life\, twisting it through a fictional lens where jubilant characters collide with one another\, celebrating amidst the hysteria. \nEben Kling received his BFA from Montserrat College of Art in 2009 and his MFA from Umass Amherst in 2015. He is recipient of the 2014 St. Botolph Club grant for emerging artists\, has most recently shown at the Miller Yezerski project space in Boston MA\, Eastworks in Easthampton Ma\, SEEN Gallery in Pawtucket RI\, and Mingo Gallery in Beverly MA. He is one half of the independent curatorial project PlayLaborPlay and is currently the artist in residence at Artspace New Haven until 2016. Upcoming exhibitions include events and shows at New Haven’s City Wide Open Studios in October and Occam Projects in Providence RI in early 2016\, and the CT Culture and Tourism Gallery in Hartford. \nThis exhibition is guest curated by Zachary Naylor ‘14.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/eben-kling-09-bend-october-21-november-14-2015/
LOCATION:Carol Schlosberg Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Trifecta: Year Two
DESCRIPTION:Reception: Oct. 22\, 5pm – 9pm\nEvents Hotline: 978.921.4242 x1204 \nGallery Hours\nM – F 11:30am – 2:30pm\nSat. 12p – 5p \nGuest curated by Trifecta Editions\, Montserrat College of Art is excited to welcome Trifecta: Year Two at 301 Gallery. Year Two goes beyond the traditional gallery show by offering special events\, arts programming and skill share sessions along with innovative installations\, prints and original work by Trifecta Editions’ diverse roster of artists. \nYear Two celebrates a thriving arts collective\, uniting a diverse group of artists to engage and inspire the Greater Boston community as well as the students\, faculty and staff at Montserrat College of Art. \nTrifecta Editions artists & collaborators including: Matthew Zaremba\, Michele L’Heureux\, Greg Lamarche (SP.ONE)\, David Buckley Borden\, Cyrille Conan\, Lauren Barnett\, Daniel White\, Josh Falk\, Sarah Gay-O’Neil\, Jack Byers\, James Mustin\, Kenji Nakayama\, Sneha Shrestha (Imagine)\, Jay LaCouture and Fish McGill \nLive demonstrations and skillshare sessions with: \nAntiDesigns (live screen printing) \nTrifecta Editions (rubylith cutting for screen printing & sticker making) \nMichele L’Heureux (Gocco printing) \nTrifecta Editions is a print collective based in Boston and Cambridge\, MA. They create limited-edition silk-screened prints and art objects with artists from all disciplines. Trifecta takes pride in diverse backgrounds of their artists- from illustrators to comic artists to architects and sculptors. We think the work we’re producing is unique and special.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/trifecta-year-two-october-19-november-14-2015/
LOCATION:301 Gallery\, 301 Cabot Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151206
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SUMMARY:Wood
DESCRIPTION:WOOD a group exhibition featuring Damien Hoar de Galvan (MA)\, Harry Roseman (NY)\,Damion  Silver (MA)\, Sally Tittmann (CT)\, and Michael Zelehoski (NY). Curated by gallery director Leonie Bradbury\, the exhibition hosts contemporary art works that actively engage with the history and discourse of both sculpture and painting. Each artist questions the boundaries of these mediums as their work exists somewhere between the two and in the process aid to redefine the limitations of these terms. \nDamien Hoar de Galvan’s Something Could Happen at Any Moment (2010-15) is a large-scale wall installation comprised of sixty-six wooden boxes that each contain one\, two or three of de Galvan’s seventy-two smaller sculptures. The individual pieces range from miniature found objects (plastic bottles\, soda cans\, and matchsticks) to repurposed wood that is cut and glued into geometric shapes that are then painted. In their combination onto the wall the individual pieces become a singular whole that echoes the tradition of cabinets of curiosity. De Galvan intuitively placed each object within the ‘curiosity cabinet’\, providing the sculptures with a niche to occupy with purpose. Once inside the box the negative space around the object and the pieces’ shadows also play a role in its visual perception. As a whole\, the installation showcases the intuitive process and emphasis on play within de Galvan’s work\, while simultaneously commenting on collecting and modes of presentation. \nEach piece in Harry Roseman’s “Draped” and “Folded Plywood” series is created using a single sheet of commercially available plywood. Roseman cuts\, stacks\, and unites the plywood in a manner that makes reference to draped textiles. Folded Plywood 15 (2012) gives the illusion that the hard\, materiality of wood has somehow transformed into a malleable cloth as it slumps down off the wall and onto the gallery floor. Boldly occupying both realms\,Folded Plywood 15 draws awareness to the fact that paintings are traditionally installed on the wall\, while sculptures generally occupy the floor. Folded Plywood 16 (2013) is hung directly onto the gallery wall. Although the piece simply has two folds\, it is complex in the manner in which it questions its own being. What is it? A two-dimensional sculpture hung on the wall? A wall relief? At a basic level it can be described as a wall-mounted object while it simultaneously allows the viewer to not only realize\, but experience\, a rupture between the boundaries of two and three-dimensional planes. \nDamion Silver created two new assemblages for WOOD combining pine\, plywood\, and fire. Both Medicine and Compass (2015) have large circular shapes that reference shields\, as well as\, traffic signs. Silver added a bright color on the backside of the panels that give off a soft glow as light is reflected onto the gallery wall. The intricate inlay pattern alternates between smooth golden pieces of pine and blackened scorched segments. Although abstract geometric compositions\, the pieces speak to the many associations the use of wood brings to mind\, in particular its contradictory relationship to fire. Burning is both a destructive and generative force that allows for matter to transform from one state to another. The pieces bring to mind the centuries old Japanese tradition of burning the wood surfaces of buildings for aesthetic effect also known as Shou sugi ban. It is a strategic burning of wood that as a result of the burning process makes it fire and bug resistant and last longer. Here\, though\, the burning serves to give the wood a sense of history and color\, when combined with the pristine pine creates a contrasting\, yet harmonious balance.\n \nFor Circus and In The Field (2007)\, Sally Tittmann uses reclaimed wood she found in a dumpster in Dumbo\, NY. Her appendage-like constructions are pieced together like a puzzle\, and reference the human body in particular hands or feet. Tittmann’s work embodies an animated or vulnerable spirit\, breathing an anthropomorphic sensibility into an otherwise inanimate object. In The Field has a sadness or sense of tragedy to it. The seven-legged armature lays down on the gallery floor as if wounded or resting. As it lays\, some ‘legs’ struggle to completely stretch outward\, while others overlap one another; crippled and unable to untangle themselves. In contrast\, Circus stands upright\, stretching outward as if just awakening from a long slumber\, recharged and exuding an joyous energy. Small\, surprising marks of color are found throughout the works and allude to more of its unknown histories. The subtle combination of painting with objectness generates visual poetry in space. \nMichael Zelehoski’s works achieve a unique balance between flatness and three- dimensionality. In Knot (2014) and Inversion Block (2015) the artist repurposes weathered\, found wood and combines the pieces to create illusionist forms that activate both two and three-dimensional spatial planes. Due to the impeccable craft and intricate inlay compositions\, the pieces create a trompe l’oeil effect (an optical illusion). When looking at the work the mind is confronted with a complex puzzle of contradictory perspectives and struggles to identify what it is looking at. The artist intentionally plays with the possible confusions of the picture plane and has stated: “Through this dialogue between the deconstruction of the object and the construction of form\, I am able to create works that are picture\, relief and object in one.” Zelehoski alters three-dimensional objects and asks them to perform in a two-dimensional space. As a result object becomes image.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/wood-october-5-december-5-2015/
LOCATION:Montserrat Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Yu-Wen Wu: Proximities
DESCRIPTION:Wu explores the visualization of journey\, process\, and topography. Through drawing\, video and installation\, her work bridges art and science\, imagination and documentation. Whether actual or virtual in traversing routes\, mapping is the way Wu locates herself in the world physically\, culturally\, and psychologically. For this exhibition\, Wu focuses on walking as both an act and metaphor for the traversing the “paths” of life. \nProximities features three works from the Random Walk series (2014-2015). By definition\, proximity is the nearness of place\, time\, order\, occurrence\, and relation. Wu asks the question: What does it mean to be proximal? What does it mean to be far away? A random walk is a mathematical formalization of a path that consists of a succession of random steps. For Wu this term is a metaphor for the serendipity within the structure of life. Wu translates the physicality of her walking practice into a visual language that resembles a constellation. In the work Crossings the course of travel leaves aspects of navigation to chance. A coin flip of a coin indicates whether Wu turns right for heads or left for tails. Wu’s body is an agent of change; adapting and reacting to chance in a manner reminiscent of the French Situationists. \nFor several of the works in the Random Walk series Wu uses her body to track time and space\, and marks her movements\, location\, geography\, and topography. “Crossings” (2015)\, is a site-specific wall “drawing” that records a walk completed by the artist throughout Boston. Her recorded movements grow exponentially as she works directly on the wall. The dot and line drawing is made of construction paper and fishing line and creates a rhizome-like network. “Walking VII” (2014)\, is a collated journal consisting of drawings that map and quantify walks taken during trips to visit family and friends. The eight foot\, accordion-style book contains paper remnants from travel such as tickets\, tourist maps and receipts. Like “Crossings\,” Wu uses the universal language of the dot and line to record her walking through urban streets\, airports\, the rural countryside\, even recording her pacing in her studio while making plans.\nThe star like clusters in both Crossings and Walking VII are geographic notations chronicling each of Wu’s walks. Visually they echo the connections made on the opposing wall by Random Walks I (2013-15). For this piece\, Wu will install a combination of eleven works on paper and a series of found images directly onto the gallery wall in a constellation formation. The images depict craters on the moon\, constellations\, planetary orbits\, and geological patterns both through photography and drawing. Here\, the networked connections do not correlate to actual steps taken by the artist. Rather\, they are symbolic of the larger connections that exist between natural phenomena and brings to light how these relationships can occur across different locations in space and time. \nBorn in Taipei\, Yu-Wen Wu is an interdisciplinary artist. She attended Brown University\, where she received a Bachelor of Science before attending the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. She received the Massachusetts Cultural/NEA Grant for Painting\, 2004\, 1998\, 1989\, and the Traveling Scholars Award\, Fifth Year Competition\, School of Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston\, MA\, 1989. Her work has been exhibited throughout New England and is held in major collections. Wu concurrently has a solo exhibition\, The Accumulation of Dreams at Miller Yezerski Gallery (Boston\, MA). \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\nJTNDaW1nJTIwY2xhc3MlM0QlMjJuZ2dfZGlzcGxheWVkX2dhbGxlcnklMjBtY2VJdGVtJTIyJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cCUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy5tb250c2VycmF0LmVkdSUyRm5leHRnZW4tYXR0YWNoX3RvX3Bvc3QlMkZwcmV2aWV3JTJGaWQtLTE5Njc2JTIyJTIwYWx0JTNEJTIyJTIyJTIwZGF0YS1tY2UtcGxhY2Vob2xkZXIlM0QlMjIxJTIyJTIwJTJGJTNF
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/yu-wen-wu-proximities-september-23-october-17-2015/
LOCATION:Carol Schlosberg Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Rachel Weiss: CounterMeasures
DESCRIPTION:Rachel Mica Weiss combines thread with the density of stone\, cast forms\, and wood constructions to create sculptures and site-specific installations. Her practice results in objects that are concerned with self-imposed barriers that explore the realities and illusions of tension and ease\, physical and psychological space\, restraint and freedom. \nThe title of the exhibition CounterMeasures refers to a method of action taken to counter or offset another. Weiss’ work demonstrates that finding poetic balance between adverse materials is not only possible\, but desirable. She purposefully choreographs a “dance” between contradictory materials to generate harmony in their variance. To achieve this\, the artist uses materials such as\, hefty cast stone\, cotton\, tencel and raw maple wood\, in opposition to hand-braided and chained leather and intricately woven ‘scaffolding.’ When grouped together\, each of these materials form fluid partnerships\, or negotiations\, between artist\, material\, physical space and the boundaries set by each piece. \nCounterMeasures occupies both the 301 Gallery and the Frame 301\, featuring two site-specific\, hand woven\, string installations. Weiss developed each work in response to the architecture of the building\, particularly focusing on the window panes. \nIn the Frame\, Pivoted Planes(2015) transforms a narrow\, storefront window into an augmented portal. With careful placement of each strand\, Weiss constructs eight flying buttress. A series of massive\, vertical masonry blocks are used to resist the lateral force by redirecting weight to the ground. Weiss consciously elects to contrast the perceived masculinity of masonry with the traditionally feminine craft of weaving.\nInstalled in the 301 Gallery’s windows\, 3-Planed Vaultway (Locked and Crossed) uses “spice” bright red\, indigo\, and navy tencel (a natural man-made fiber) to slope and fade into one another. Weiss creates her own infrastructure by criss-crossing each cluster of pigments into soft architectural elements that reference pillars\, screens\, or trellises. Weiss’ ephemeral installation contradicts the intention of permanence associated with architecture. Again\, the artist uses the pliancy and limitations of her materials to reveal the balance between two opposing forces\, literally emphasizing the ‘softer side’ of a support structure. \nWeiss’ sculpture and installation works are at home in the 301 Gallery. To some degree\, the gallery itself reads like one of the artist’s cast objects. The building is full of character flaws that oddly work together. The concrete floor wears its age in cracks and dents\, while the marred walls are relics of exhibition history. Both of these quirks oppose the sleek and polished “white cube.” Like the gallery floors\, Fallen Portrait (2015) is an imperfect\, decaying surface surrounded\, literally\, by refinement. Like two magnets drawn to one another by force\, the red\, cast rock is pulled down out of the frame and closer to its material counterpart. This moment realizes how intentional Weiss’ decisions are. CounterMeasures could ‘live’ in any gallery\, but it speaks powerfully because it is housed in 301. \nWeiss reaches beyond the bounds of possibility and weaves\, casts\, knots\, and sculpts to resist limitations. While her work is a personal reflection on self-imposed barriers and hierarchies\, we can see ourselves in each of these works\, too. CounterMeasures is an invitation to question\, explore and reimagine what is possible. \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
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/rachel-weiss-countermeasures-september-3-october-3-2015/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Heidi Whitman: Lost Cities
DESCRIPTION:Reception: Sept 10\, 5:00 – 7:30p \nEvents Hotline\n978.921.4242 x3 \nGallery Hours\nMon. – Wed. 10a – 5p\nThurs. 10a – 8p\nFri. 10a – 5p\nSat. 12p – 5p \nMontserrat College of Art is pleased to announce\, Lost Cities\, a solo exhibition of mixed media constructions and drawings by Heidi Whitman. The exhibition focuses on Whitman’s exploration of mapping metaphorical states of mind\, as well as implied physical places and events. Lost Cities brings together recent paper constructions with more than fifty mental map drawings. Whitman’s newest installation “Small World” (2015) references the increasing hyper-connectivity\, urbanization\, and migration in the contemporary world. \nWhitman creates fictitious terrains that she calls “reimagined place.” She writes that\, “the structure of the city and the structure of the mind are conflated” in her paper constructions. Whitman layers contemporary city grids and plans of ancient ruins while referencing mental networks. She creates a perfect balance in her topographical networks between chaos\, structure\, and reverie. \nSheets of cut and painted paper sprawl across the gallery wall and guide the viewer through an alien\, yet familiar\, terrain in the series\, Lost Cities. The delicately sculpted paper casts dramatic shadows that extend along the surface of the wall. “Lost City of A” (2015)\, like others in this series\, explores memory and the translation of dreams into reality. Painted with acrylic and gouache Whitman applies color to guide the viewer through internal and external worlds. Blue greens and reddish browns are in dialogue with what resembles tan ancient maps\, as if to piece together past\, present\, and imaginary worlds. \n“Hell” (2013) another paper construction of Whitman’s featured in her 2013 solo exhibition\, Heaven\, Hell and Here at Christopher Henry Gallery in New York will be on view in Montserrat Gallery. In contrast to the cool or earthy colors of the Lost Cities series\, “Hell” depicts a fiery red underworld\, appearing charred at parts\, spiraling across the wall. Inspired by maps of Roman city ruins and Dante’s Inferno\, Whitman creates her own thorny woods\, circles of madness\, and crimson rivers. While rooted in the classics and ancient history\, “Hell” resonates in the present day as society reacts to war\, aerial surveillance\, and terrorism. \nDirector and Curator\, Leonie Bradbury along with the artist\, selected more than thirty exploratory drawings from the Uncharted Territory\, Brain\, andBrainstorm series (1998-2001) to span twenty-six feet of gallery wall\, a first for Whitman in the display of her work. Arranged in a grid contrasted against a cadmium red painted wall\, these pieces focus on thought\, memory\, and dream. Whitman says drawing is the medium with\, “the most direct links between mind\, eye\, hand\, and subject perceived.” These improvisational drawings on various tea-stained Japanese papers combine a kind of ancient aesthetic with a gestural and expressive focus on the uncharted territory of the mind. One might imagine the brain sorting through data or recalling memories in these drawings. \nLost Cities presents a willingness and eagerness by Whitman to play with boundaries and the infinite abyss. Between Whitman’s mental map drawings and her paper constructions\, she communicates a spectrum of endless possibilities that take shape from imagining place beyond a singular perspective. \nHeidi Whitman has exhibited internationally\, most recently in The Art of Mapping at Tag Fine Arts in London. She has had two solo shows at the Christopher Henry Gallery in New York. Her other recent exhibitions include the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art\, Scope Miami\, the Boston Center for the Arts\, Whitespace (Atlanta)\, Pierogi Gallery (Brooklyn)\, Wheaton College\, the Boston Drawing Project\, Clark University\, The McMullen Museum of Art\, the Southeastern Louisiana Contemporary Art Gallery\, and Harvard College. Whitman’s work was featured in Katharine Harmon’s book The Map as Art\, New York: Princeton Architectural Press\, 2009. In 2007 Whitman completed a commission for the City of Cambridge\, MA (Jill Brown-Rhone Park). Whitman is a recipient of the Clarissa Bartlett Traveling Scholarship awarded by the Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts. She is presently a faculty member at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/heidi-whitman-lost-citiesaugust-26-september-26-2015/
LOCATION:Montserrat Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Dan Mills: Interferences
DESCRIPTION:Reception: Thursday\, September 10\, 5-7:30pm \nMills is interested in visualizing information both through additive mark making and erasure. The inclusion of found\, vintage geographical maps and the practice of painting directly on to the maps has been a recurring facet of the artist’s work for several years. Mills sources are as diverse as children’s atlases and classroom maps. The series explores history\, geopolitics and current events. \nThe artist addresses changes to the landscape as a result of conflict and highlights hidden geographical information. His mark-making decisions\, such as color and shape choices\, are guided by rules or game-like strategy. Mills paints over political boundaries\, dates\, keys\, and names of human-made and natural landmarks- information usually based on histories of conquest and imperialism. This all disappears beneath variegated fields of painted color that gradually informs the translation of collective research and collated data into a visual language. \nInterferences features a large-scale mural by Mills and alumni Kevin Lucey ’15. The scale of Current Wars & Conflicts\, Belligerents and Supporter Data Visualized (2015) amplifies the traditional facets of Mills’ smaller works on paper. Twelve feet of gallery wall is covered in a printed decal of a world map. Originally taken from an online source\, Mills “reworked” the map in Photoshop before printing it. For instance\, the muted fields of blue indicating bodies of water\, are patterned into a two-tone blue checkerboard. Mills does this to clearly reference the strategy of seizing land as if in a game of chess. Mills blurs other indicators\, such as text\, to disconnect the viewer from language. As a result\, visual cues like shape and color become the method of identifying place. \nFor several weeks\, Mills recorded information that would eventually become the visualized data on the mural. He explored a variety of subjects: How many conflicts each country is currently active in\, the number of belligerents affiliated within each country\, death counts\, etc. With the help of Lucey\, the artists marked each country with the visual representation of their collected data. An adjacent key aides in correlating to the viewer the relationship between the more layered a mark is\, the higher numerical value associated with a country’s political state. \nSince 2009\, Mills has had solo shows at George Billis Gallery in New York\, the Chicago Cultural Center\, Sherry Frumkin Gallery in Santa Monica\, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery in Chicago\, Union College in Schenectady\, NY\, and Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Museum in China. He has participated in several group exhibitions including: Dissident Futures at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco; Remix: Selections from the International College Center (traveling nationally)\, and Party Headquarters: Voting is Just the Beginning at Pratt Manhattan Gallery. Collections include the British Library\, John D. & Catherine C. MacArthur Foundation\, Chicago\, JPMorgan Chase\, New York\, Library of Congress\, Washington\, DC\, and UCLA. He is represented by George Billis Gallery in New York and Zolla/Lieberman Gallery in Chicago. Mills presently is the Director of the Bates College Museum of Art and Lecturer in the Humanities.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/dan-mills-interferencesaugust-24-september-19-2015/
LOCATION:Carol Schlosberg Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Paul Roden & Valerie Rueth:Tugboat Printshop
DESCRIPTION:Artist Talk: March 13\, 11:30a-12:30p \nEvents Hotline\n978.921.4242 x3 \nGallery Hours\nMon. – Thurs. 10 am – 5 pm\nFri. 10 am – 1 pm \nMontserrat College of Art is excited to welcome Pittsburgh-based Paul Roden and Valerie Lueth\, the husband and wife team behind Tugboat Printshop. Since 2006\, Tugboat has created contemporary artwork using traditional printmaking techniques. Roden and Lueth create work that seem other-worldly. Giant moths with intricately patterned wings\, a moon against a star clustered\, intergalactic sky. Anything is possible is you can imagine it- and Tugboat delightfully does. \nHandmade from original images\, carved out of wood and printed onto paper\, Tugboat prides their practice on using age-old printmaking techniques employed by artisans for centuries. “Our exact methods have evolved through our practice\, always maintaining a high standard of quality.We rely on handicraft & artisan skill in every stage of development\,” explain Roden and Lueth. Maintaining authentic printmaking techniques in critical in Tugboat’s methodical\, multi-step process. And original image is drawn directly on birch plywood\, first in pencil and then in pen. The images are then carved in low relief and brushed with oil-based ink. With pressure\, alike a stamp\, the final print is made by running hand-cut paper through a printing press. \nEach completed print exudes energy; gestural\, vibrant moments of energy. “Valley” (2014)\, captures a liminal moment before dawn. As a hawk glides behind a “V” of birds in the lower left-hand corner\, the sky sweeps right to left\, creating concentric semi-circle formations\, each of a different color (light blue\, violet\, magenta\, yellow). Beneath the assortment of hues\, a lush valley fills the lower third of the composition. Following the same semicircle shape as the sky above\, the valley sustains life of baby seedlings and evergreens beneath the gradient sky. \nPaul Roden was born & raised in Nashville\, TN. Paul got his BFA from Washington University\, St. Louis in 2001 and\, later in 2004\, his MFA in Printmaking from the University of South Dakota\, Vermillion. Valerie Lueth is a South Dakota prairie gal\, born in Iowa and raised in rural Humboldt and Hartford\, SD. Valerie received her BFA in Printmaking from the University of South Dakota\, Vermillion in 2004.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/paul-roden-valerie-ruethtugboat-printshopmarch-10-april-4-2015/
LOCATION:Carol Schlosberg Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:6th Congressional District High School Art Show
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the 2015 Congressional High School Art Competition and Exhibition sponsored by Congressman Seth Moulton. \nThe exhibition is a juried art show\, open to high school students grades 10-12 from public and private schools within the Sixth Congressional District of Massachusetts\, as well as high school students home-schooled within the district. Students from every school in the district are encouraged to participate. \nThe Closing Awards Event with Congressman Seth Moulton will take place Sat.\, March 7\, 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. at Montserrat College of Art’s 301 Cabot Street Gallery. \nThe Award Winners will receive varying amounts of scholarship to Montserrat’s Pre-College summer program and the U.S. Postal Service will provide students with the option of having their artwork displayed at their local post office. \nAt the conclusion of the exhibition\, the artwork of the Grand Award Winner will be sent to the U.S. Capitol Building where it will be displayed for one year with the work of other award winners from across the country. The winner from each district\, accompanied by one adult\, will be invited to attend the opening of that exhibition in Washington\, D.C. to be scheduled for a date in June. \nFor more information visit: https://www.montserrat.edu/news/HS_Congressional.php \nQuestions? \nContact: Jo Broderick \njo.broderick@montserrat.edu \n978.867.9613
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/6th-congressional-district-high-school-art-showmarch-5-march-10-2015/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Meryl Blinder: Aquatic
DESCRIPTION:The current installation in the Frame 301 space is Meryl Blinder’s: Aquatic on view through Sunday\, March 29\, 2015. The group of five panels represents Blinder’s interest in how color and patterns excite our visual pathways\, engage our senses and can be conveyed through the traditional mediums of oil painting and pencil drawing. \nThe painted canvas acts as both a window and a surface. Oil paint\, when loosely applied\, is translucent and the layering of colors conveys depth and space and pencil lines are precise and repetitive. They contrast with the depth of oil paint ground as they delicately incise the canvas surface. Blinder utilizes Orange and blue\, which are complements and opposites: the warm and cool colors appear to advance and recede. \nDrawing and color have had an important role throughout Blinder’s career. She spent 10 years working as a colorist for the architect Michael Graves. While there\, she worked on color models and renderings. She also created patterns and color for such projects as Disney Dolphin\, Swan hotels and the Denver Public Library. As a courtroom sketch artist\, Blinder documented events for television news stations in Connecticut and New York. Her work has also been commemorative; she has exhibited 2 drawing installations at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts on World AIDS day in 2000 and 2001 and her drawing in reaction to the World Trade Center bombing is in the permanent archive of the Library of Congress. Blinder currently has a studio in Boston and teaches color and drawing at the School on Architecture and Design at Wentworth Institute in Boston.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/meryl-blinderaquaticjanuary-29-march-29-2015/
LOCATION:Frame 301 Gallery\, 301 Cabot Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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