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SUMMARY:Cold\, Tenderly: Shoe Bones Presents Three Exhibits
DESCRIPTION:Cold\, Tenderly is a series of three exhibitions curated by Frankie Symonds\, artist and Founder/Director of Shoe Bones Gallery in Salem\, MA.  Through a range of artistic approaches and media\, including photography\, painting\, video\, and drawing\, each exhibition probes different psychological states of being—from love and vulnerability to guarded indifference and absurdity. Cold\, Tenderly seeks to ultimately explore the intimate as well as distant spaces created between ourselves and others. \nPansies and Sissies: Jamieson Edson and Campbell McLean\n\nJuly 17 – August 10\nExhibition Reception: Thursday\, July 25. 6–8PM\nPlease note that the Schlosberg Gallery will be closed on Saturday\, August 3 for a private event.\n \nPansies And Sissies\, a two-person exhibition featuring Boston-based artists\, Jamieson Edson and Campbell McLean\, is a tender and at times flirtatious exercise in queer friendship\, love\, and creative inspiration. Edson and McLean are close friends and frequently depict the people who frequent their lives as their primary subjects. They also regularly appear in each other’s work\, and their overlapping social lives mean that many of the same faces\, mediated through lenses\, brushes\, and other processes\, are mirrored in each of their works. Using oil paint\, various printing processes\, and a Polaroid camera respectively\, McLean and Edson create intimate\, affectionate moments that are dramatic\, even cinematic. By filtering the modesty of daily life through their creative methods\, Edson and McLean highlight the passion\, beauty\, and heightened sense of reality found in closeness\, care\, and interdependence.\n \nJamieson Edson is a visual artist based in Boston. They received their BFA from the Studio for Interrelated Media at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2015. Working predominantly with Polaroid\, Jamieson crafts evocative portraits of dear friends\, lovers and captivating acquaintances. \nJamieson EdsonCampbell and Virgil at the CCVA\, 2024Polaroid 600 print4.25 x 3.25 in.Courtesy of the artist.\nCampbell McLean was born\, raised\, and educated in Boston\, graduating from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2022. Since graduating\, Campbell has delved in Boston’s queer nightlife\, both as attendee and employee. From domestic bliss to sweaty leather-bars\, her paintings document and canonize the local queer experience through dynamic and environmental portraits. \nCampbell McLeanSunrise over Tuesday\, 2023Oil on canvas24 x 26 in.Courtesy of the artist.\nRyan Hawk: Sweet Surrender\n\nAugust 19 – September 7 \nGallery talk with curator Frankie Symonds\, Shoe Bones Gallery\, Salem: Wednesday\, September 4\, 3 pm\, Schlosberg Gallery \nSweet Surrender is an ongoing installation featuring moving images and sculpture that interrogates representations of masculinity\, often through narratives of tragedy and humor. Hawk incorporates prosthetic objects\, using it both metaphorically and literally to explore corporeal experience while also bringing to light the inherent awkwardness associated with penetrating social boundaries. The installation centers on a video of a lone man on stage that transforms into a karaoke set to the pop-rock song “Sweet Surrender” by Sarah McLachlan\, which subsequently turns awkward. Despite the proverbial support of a third leg\, the man struggles to perform.  Sweet Surrender is a continuation of Hawk’s artistic research into alternative forms of masculine embodiment within the dominant social and cultural imagination. \nRyan Hawk is a visual artist and scholar using film\, sculpture\, and critical theory to engage and often exploit the Western imaginary. Hawk holds a BFA in studio art from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University and an MFA in studio art from the University of Texas at Austin. \nRyan HawkSweet Surrender\, 2018Video StillCourtesy of the artist.\nCreighton Baxter: hiss the name\n\nSeptember 16 – October 12\n \nA durational performance for hiss the name: Tuesday\, September 17\, 11-4 pm\, Schlosberg Gallery\nArtist Reception: Tuesday\, September 17\, 5:30-7:30 pm\nAs an iterative installation resulting from drawing\, assemblage\, and performance – hiss the name – is the true story of a fictionalized character seeking retribution and salvation in a world of vampiric avatars\, vengeful sirens\, and trans women running backward through time. Hinging a trilogy of durational performances with hundreds of drawings is the emergence of a phantasmatic villainess who haunts the series. Her presence is a proposal\, an alternative to neoliberal representations of trans womanhood which sanitize or hystericize. The Montserrat Galleries will present the final iteration of hiss the name\, including the last performance in the trilogy. In these narrative cinders of a fictional testimony\, reflections on surveillance\, and the sensorium emerge. \nThe interstices between Creighton Baxter’s modes of making embrace the challenges of remembrance\, recording\, and witnessing. By upending a singular aesthetic vantage\, she lays bare a fractured world. This shattered and (in)coherent frequency turns her artworks into glimpses of a larger absent whole. A totality which never arrives\, instead proof of life raises her hand. Baxter received her BFA at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University and her MFA in Painting/Printmaking at Yale University. \nCreighton BaxterHiss the name (installation detail)\, 2024Mixed media on paperDimensions variableCourtesy of the artist.\nShoe Bones is an artist-run gallery in Salem\, MA that specializes in exhibiting queer\, self-taught\, and marginalized artists’ work. For more information\, visit https://shoebonesboston.info  or @shoe.bones. \nFrankie Symonds is an artist and independent curator who’s lived in or around Boston her whole life. For the last 15 years\, she’s made short and feature-length films and videos\, produced and directed a 20-episode cable access show\, performed live using various instruments such as a theremin and her rectum\, programmed film screenings\, and curated pop-up exhibits. Her work has been screened and exhibited across the United States and in Europe. She opened Shoe Bones in early 2023 and has been curating exhibits there since. 
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/cold-tenderly-shoe-bones-exhibits/
LOCATION:Carol Schlosberg Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Galleries Program
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241006
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SUMMARY:Plush
DESCRIPTION:Reception and Curator Walkthrough: Wednesday\, September 11\, 5-6:30\nTufting Demonstration and Workshop with Textile Artist\, Haley Wood: Friday\, September 13\, 3-5 pm. H101\nOpen to the public. \nPlush is a group exhibition that explores references to and uses of stuffed toys in a range of artistic practices that extend beyond contexts of childhood. Through a variety of media\, including sculpture\, assemblage\, mixed media\, and photography\, the participating artists transform reclaimed and fabricated objects to convey a range of human emotions. Turning away from the idea of the stuffed toy as merely a ‘toy’\, these plush objects become charged metaphors exploring love and attachment\, becoming surrogates\, comfort items\, and tangible manifestations of joy or sorrow. The exhibition aims to consider how we form attachments to these objects and what their softness evokes within us. \nCurated by Crow Stevenson\, Montserrat Galleries Curatorial Assistant\, with Lynne Cooney\, Director of Exhibitions and Galleries\, the included artists expand common conceptions and representations of stuffed objects.   \nJeffrey NowlinMonster (detail)\, 2019Fabric\, yarn\, thread\, polyfill\, stuffed animals\, vacuum hose114 in. 36 in. x 18 in.\nBrittany GorelickLeft Behind I\, 2024Monoprint21 in. x 30 in.\nJulie PeppitoAll-In-One\, 2023Reclaimed objects\, paper mâché\, fabric\, thread\, beads\, clay\, resin\, gouache\, wood\, fabric paint19 in x 7 in x 10 in\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAndrew Cain\, who lives in Upstate New York\, explores in his mixed media work ideas of ephemerality\, memory\, and nostalgia. I Love Your Guts is an interactive installation featuring life-size plush objects that are meant to be caressed\, squeezed\, and nuzzled. Conceived during the COVID-19 Pandemic\, I Love Your Guts served as a proxy for physical contact when social distancing was the norm. Cain’s iteration for Montserrat Galleries reminds us of the importance of touch as integral to human connection and togetherness. \nBrittany Gorelick is an artist and printmaker currently based in Kansas. Through traditional printmaking\, alternative papermaking and photographic processes\, Gorelick uses abstraction to explore the unseen symptoms of mental health. In two unique prints included in Plush\, Gorelick used an unstuffed teddy bear as a printmaking substrate. Run through the press\, the teddy bear form appears like a medical x-ray\, evoking a human dimension. \nAodhan Gyory\, currently based in Upstate New York\, works across multiple formats including soft sculpture\, textiles\, and illustration. Gyory’s soft sculpture included in the exhibition is a plush car seat that is part figure and wearable object. Made after experiencing a car accident. Gyory’s car seat recalls the harrowing moment in which Gyory was suspended from a sideways turned car only by a seatbelt. \nStephanie Metz is a California-based artist who works primarily in wool and industrial felt\, humble materials that embody contradictions in both the physical and conceptual realms. Metz transforms tangible materials into satisfying forms\, which occasionally resonate with kindred spirits. In her Teddy Bear Unnatural History series\, represented by two works in the exhibition\, Metz alludes to the methods and taxonomies of the natural sciences to examine the iconic teddy bear as an allegory for the way humans manipulate the natural world to our own ends. \nRegional artist\, Jeffrey Nowlin\, imagines the complexities of human experience through weaving and embroidery. His large-scale sculpture\, Monster\, is a collection of childhood plush toys\, bound together with coiled weaving. Monster is a metaphor for the psychological responses engendered by childhood memories.  \nJulie Peppito is a New York based artist and activist who interrogates the political and environmental impacts of our consumer-based culture. An activist and artist\, Peppito uses her artmaking to draw connections between our dependence upon cheaply made and disposable goods\, including reclaimed stuffed toys\, and their destructive effects on the planet and on human health. \nMegan Whitmarsh\, who lives in Los Angeles\, works in a variety of low-tech media including drawing\, comics\, stop-action animation\, hand-embroidery and soft sculpture inspired by growing up in the 1970’s and 80’s. Whitmarsh’s soft sculpture re-fabrications of functional objects reflect our collective material history and explore relationships between cultural and personal narratives.  \nHaley Wood is a fiber artist living in Arlington\, Massachusetts. Wood is inspired by medieval marginalia\, folk horror\, antiquities and oddities\, and living creatures that embody personality. From wall-hangings to tufted pillows created as multiples. Wood depicts a range of creatures that draw on children’s stories and folk traditions. 
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/plush/
LOCATION:Montserrat Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Galleries Program
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240804
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
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UID:21830-1720915200-1722729599@www.montserrat.edu
SUMMARY:Pre-College Program for teens
DESCRIPTION:Our 3-week residential Pre-College Program is designed for students 16 years and older and provides an intensive introduction to life at an art college. \nLearn more here.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/pre-college-program-for-teens/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240708
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240803
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
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SUMMARY:S.T.E.A.M. Youth Arts Academy
DESCRIPTION:This program is fun and challenging for students ages 8-15. Daily classes allow students to experience exciting creative endeavors while being introduced to various techniques and skills. \nSee classes and registration information here.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/s-t-e-a-m-youth-arts-academy/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240701
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241104
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
CREATED:20240711T154452Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241004T145541Z
UID:22348-1719792000-1730678399@www.montserrat.edu
SUMMARY:Drafts\, Drawings\, and Doodles: Works on Paper by Montserrat College of Art Staff
DESCRIPTION:Drawing is an integral part of diverse arts practices\, whether as a preliminary sketch or finished illustration. Drawings\, Drafts\, and Doodles highlights a range of media and artistic approaches by Montserrat College of Art staff\, underscoring the importance of drawing and the wildly different drawing styles of members of Montserrat’s creative community. \nPictured:\nStacy Thomas-Vickory\nUntitled\nGraphite\n2024
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/the-drawing-room/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Galleries Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240623T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240623T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
CREATED:20240520T164926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240624T205051Z
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SUMMARY:Celebration of the Life of former Montserrat professor\, John Thorpe Fiedt\, jr.
DESCRIPTION:Montserrat will be hosting a Celebration of the Life of former Montserrat professor\, John Thorpe Fiedt\, jr. \nA reception with live jazz and refreshments will be hosted at Montserrat Gallery on June 23\, 2-5 PM. \nA selection of Thorpe’s paintings will be on view in the gallery on Saturday\, June 22\, noon-4 pm. and Sunday\, June 23\, noon – 5pm. \nRead more at montserrat.edu/blog/former-montserrat-professor-thorpe-feidt-passes-away-at-83/
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/celebration-of-the-life-of-former-montserrat-professor-john-thorpe-fiedt-jr/
LOCATION:Montserrat Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240623
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240630
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
CREATED:20240529T164223Z
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UID:21825-1719100800-1719705599@www.montserrat.edu
SUMMARY:Art Educator Summer Institute in Beverly
DESCRIPTION:Beverly Residency offers a week-long summer session for all art educators. For six days and nights\, participants will be immersed in our state-of-the-art studio spaces\, building on their art practice while learning new skills to bring back to the classroom.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/art-educator-summer-institute-beverly/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240618
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240630
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
CREATED:20240529T163957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240529T163957Z
UID:21823-1718668800-1719705599@www.montserrat.edu
SUMMARY:Art Educator Summer Institute in Japan
DESCRIPTION:A 10-day artmaking and museum-going experience for art educators. \nMore information here.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/art-educator-summer-institute-in-japan/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240617
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240622
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
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UID:21821-1718582400-1719014399@www.montserrat.edu
SUMMARY:Summer Immersive Workshops
DESCRIPTION:Non-credit Courses open to adults 18 and over\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a weeklong immersive workshop June 17 – 21\, 2024 \nChoose from five different courses: \n\nExperimental Photography\nScreenprinting\nPainting Life: Towards Abstraction\nPlaying with Fire: Cast Metal Sculpture\nLetterpress: Greeting Cards and Broadsides\n\nInformation and registration here.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/summer-immersive-workshops/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240517
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240518
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
CREATED:20240117T204927Z
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SUMMARY:Commencement 2024
DESCRIPTION:Commencement 2024 will be Friday\, May 17 at The Cabot
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/exhibitions-events/commencement/
LOCATION:The Cabot\, 286 Cabot St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240515
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240518
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
CREATED:20240306T152618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240501T191159Z
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SUMMARY:2024 All Senior Show
DESCRIPTION:Featuring work by graduating 2024 Seniors across all concentrations including animation\, graphic design\, studio arts\, illustration\, interdisciplinary\, and art education.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/2024-all-senior-show/
LOCATION:Montserrat Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Student Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240514
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240518
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
CREATED:20240513T154127Z
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SUMMARY:Never Stop Growing
DESCRIPTION:Art Education Practicum Art Show by Meghan Ayer \nShowcasing artwork from the Albert N. Parlin School grades K–8 \nOpening Reception on May 14\, 5 – 7pm. \n1A Knowlton Street\, Beverly \n  \nArtists are like nature; they never stop growing. They are continually inspired\, motivated\, challenged\, and mentored inside and outside the studio! This show is a collection of finished and in-progress work reflecting the student artists’ personal evolution alongside my growth as an art educator.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/never-stop-growing/
LOCATION:Bare Gallery\, 275 Cabot Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Student Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240510T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240510T190000
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
CREATED:20240228T205900Z
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SUMMARY:Media & Animation Showcase (MASh)
DESCRIPTION:Free admission and open to the public! \nhttps://www.montserrat.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/MASh_Trailer_WIP3.mp4
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/media-animation-showcase-mash/
LOCATION:The Cabot\, 286 Cabot St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Student Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240508
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240512
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
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SUMMARY:2024 Senior Thesis: Senior Studio Arts Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Reception: Wednesday\, May 8\, 5-7 pm\nOpen to the public \n  \nNot For You features the work of Amanda Antunes\, Crow Stevenson\, Jael Nieves\, Jessica Matos\, Josue Bessiake\, Kaylyn Sverker\, and Ziggy Smith. The show explores themes of love\, grief\, vulnerability\, intimacy\, memory\, transformation\, and the weight of history. This is how we navigate human existence. This exhibition is a history only we can own — it’s not for you.  \n \nThe Itch I Can’t Scratch by Amy O’Rourke is a collection of paintings and rag rugs. Each work heals and/or tells the story of what it’s like experiencing living with daily pain. Amy explores the trials of having an ovarian cyst\, along with the removal of her right ovary and fallopian tube. She made the paintings while she still had the ovarian cyst\, and the rugs after it was removed in June of 2023. The work is symbolic of the journey she’s taken and the strength it takes to confront the weight of illness.  \n \nKote’M Sòti (Where I Come From) by Marc Elie Mordan is a vibrant explosion of color and culture. Marc uses oil to explain where he comes from\, Haiti. With the joy of color\, he creates bold bright\, daring pieces that draw from his roots. This show is about human identity and self-discovery. (Bare Gallery 1A Knowlton St.) \n \nDUPLICITY by Brandon Acosta: In their uneventful town\, six colleagues discover that bloodthirsty doppelgängers have replaced everyone they know. They all band together to fight against this otherworldly force\, but can they tell each other apart? DUPLICITY is a three-episode-long animated horror comedy show that takes place in Beverly\, Massachusetts during the present day. The show comments on the dangers of the Chameleon Effect and fake personalities in society\, along with the importance of truth\, comradery\, family\, and love. It throws the protagonists into a world where their true personalities and behaviors are revealed in an attempt to prove that they are human. However\, they all struggle to distinguish the doppelgängers from their colleagues because they do not truly know each other. In their desperate attempts to survive\, they must do anything to prove their humanity and to differentiate who’s who. \n \nSaving Strays by Abbey King explores personal experiences working with the shelter that inspired the work. It focuses on making others aware of the struggles that stray cats face\, and the work that animal rescue organizations put into finding them their forever homes.  \n \nWelcome to STARWORLD\, Exhume the Last MC by Taliyah Shepard is an Afrofuturistic exploration of current events and looks to the abstract future of Black Americans. It’s a thorough examination of how we illuminate the reality of “every n**** is a star” that has the potential to make a positive difference in the world. ST✦RWORLD  serves as a platform for exposing the vibrant tapestry of our culture since it’s fundamentally an unashamed celebration of Black joy. \n \n 
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/2024-senior-thesis-show-senior-studio-arts-seminar/
LOCATION:Montserrat Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Student Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240505T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240505T190000
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SUMMARY:Ebbing Flow
DESCRIPTION:A storefront installation by Montserrat College of Art Students. \nOn view at the Peabody Essex Museum\n181 Essex Street\, Salem\, MA \nMay 5 through Fall 2024 \nOpening reception on May 5 from 5–7pm. \nCreated by: \nKirsten Andersen\, Jude Arnott\, Jay Granniss\, Shane Halleran\, and Relena LaBoy \nShow statement: Throughout Salem’s history\, its reliance on the nearby ocean led to the initial artistic interest in creating an environment inseparable from its history and natural influences. This diptych is focused on domestic life\, faux sterility and aged but comforting living quarters after its immersion with the sea. With the ever-increasing landscape of natural disasters such as hurricanes\, typhoons\, tsunamis\, and floods\, the question of home as separate from shelter and the level of removal from the natural world in modern design remains somewhat ironic. Salem is an iconic area in the history of seaside New England and recent housing practices have led to a clear discrepancy of where the inside ends and the outside begins.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/ebbing-flow/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Student Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240501
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240505
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
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UID:20157-1714521600-1714867199@www.montserrat.edu
SUMMARY:2024 Senior Thesis: Senior Studio Arts Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Reception: Wednesday\, May 1\, 5-7 pm\nOpen to the public \nHuman Constructs\nMontserrat Gallery \nThis show serves as a collection of intimate evidence categorizing experiences of identity. The artists investigate the figure through visual representation and/or the body’s spatial and internal relation to the work. Human Constructs surveys painting and drawing\, sculpture\, installation\, and sound to bring together an archive unique to each artist. \nFeaturing: \n\nJ. Adam Bee\nAngelina DeDominicis\nMary Hall\nDelilah Jaros\nPyre Klein\nRelena LaBoy\nElias Rackliffe\nAndrew Steinberg\n\n  \nWhat Once Was \nThis two-person show explores memory through painting and mixed-media installation. Within this work\, there is an attempt to reach out and revive the moments and experiences the artists yearn for from a dormant state in their subconscious. \nCarol Schlosberg Gallery \nFeaturing: \n\nGillian Avelar\nNicole Andrade\n\n  \nYard Sale \nThis solo show examines the intersection of childhood toys\, perception\, and the journey of growing up. \nBare Gallery\, 1A Knowlton St \nFeaturing Elijah Fernandes \n 
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/2024-senior-thesis-senior-studio-arts-seminar/
LOCATION:Montserrat Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Student Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240425
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240508
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
CREATED:20240501T205810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240501T205810Z
UID:21377-1714003200-1715126399@www.montserrat.edu
SUMMARY:Patchwork Pedagogy
DESCRIPTION:An Art Education Exhibition \nHardie Building\, Second floor \nOpening Reception May 2\, 5–7pm
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/patchwork-pedagogy/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Student Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240424
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240428
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
CREATED:20240306T150912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240328T194534Z
UID:20155-1713916800-1714262399@www.montserrat.edu
SUMMARY:2024 Senior Thesis: Animation + Interactive Media
DESCRIPTION:Feast Your Eyes!\nReception: Wednesday\, April 24\, 5-7pm\n23 Essex Street\, Beverly\, MA 01915\nOpen to the public \nWorks featured in:\nMontserrat Gallery\nSchlosberg Gallery\nBare Gallery \nFeaturing\nAnimation\n\nMountain Lily\, Brooke Bates\nWhen the World is Safe\, Catherine Cardenas\nFollowed\, Cassandra Elizabeth\nCOME BACK TO WHAT YOU KNOW\, James Marquez\nFerret Bound\, Nina Nichols\nLiquid Stars\, Adrianna Palleschi\nLost Connection\, Alexzander Powers\nPaleo Resurrection\, Emma Russell\n\nGames\n\nCatch and Release\, Ruby Cenci\nResting Place\, Owen Serre\nDustCutter\, Sariel Yim\n\nBooks\n\nThe Tale of Kamaria\, Charlotte Fecteau\nCryptics!\, Rita Green\nFragmented\, Alexianna Richard\nIsthera\, Makayla Tompkins
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/2024-senior-thesis-animation/
LOCATION:Montserrat Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Student Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240423
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240504
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
CREATED:20240423T211334Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240423T211334Z
UID:21195-1713830400-1714780799@www.montserrat.edu
SUMMARY:Re-Collections
DESCRIPTION:April 23 – May 3\, 2024\nPaul Scott Library Gallery\nCurated by Josue Bessiake \nOpening Reception on April 24 at 3pm \n  \nThe works presented in Re-Collections have been selected from the Montserrat College of Art Teaching Archive\, an archival body affiliated with the college that spans from the distant to the recent past. The Teaching Collection consists of diverse media acquired throughout Montserrat’s history–from paintings by former faculty and alumni to vintage adverts from the early days of Montserrat. The works selected here include such disparate works as an incomplete suite of Matisse lithographs\, acquired from an unrecorded source\, student prints by current faculty members Len Thomas-Vickory and Stacy Thomas-Vickory\, to a printed poem by James Merrill. \nThe selected works from the archive illustrate how the meaning and significance of an artwork can change or evolve over time. Because of the ephemeral nature of the archive\, the intent of specific objects that have entered the collection is not always clear or perhaps even lost. Therefore\, the works shown here explore the spontaneous nature of the archive. In other words\, the exhibition shows the randomness and range of artifacts in the collection. Such as the “Poem for Vassili and Mimi” by James Merril\, a story that reminisces on a fond memory of having fun on a summer night. An incomplete suite of lithographs by Henri Matisse\, entitled Rondeau\, is a poem recalling a dream of a woman whose beauty is so great it warrants praise. Despite coming from vastly different origins the works come together to appear cohesive. \nRe-Collections is a record of history and memory.  The works represented are part of the chronicle of Montserrat College of Art consisting of former students\, faculty\, and staff as well as artists who have contributed their time and art to the college. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/re-collections/
LOCATION:Library Gallery\, 23 Essex Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Galleries Program
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240421
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240427
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
CREATED:20240409T141724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240409T142131Z
UID:20976-1713657600-1714175999@www.montserrat.edu
SUMMARY:Upswingin'
DESCRIPTION:A Collage Exhibition \nFeaturing Spencer Kall and Alex Pint. \nOpening Reception on Wednesday\, April 24 \n11am–12pm \n1A Knowlton Street\, Beverly \nOpen to the public
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/upswingin/
LOCATION:Bare Gallery\, 275 Cabot Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Student Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240420T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240420T180000
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
CREATED:20240313T184311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240321T160240Z
UID:20387-1713610800-1713636000@www.montserrat.edu
SUMMARY:Montserrat Renaissance Fair and Market
DESCRIPTION:Montserrat College of Art’s Campus Activity Board (CAB) is hosting an open to the public Renaissance Fair and Art Market. \nApril 20\, 2024\n11 am – 6 pm\nBeverly Common (Next to the Hardie Building) \nThere will be over 60 student artists selling work ranging from jewelry\, prints\, books\, paintings\, and more! \nWe encourage you to dress up!
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/montserrat-renaissance-fair-and-market/
LOCATION:Beverly Common\, 31 Dane Street\, Beverly\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240419T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240419T150000
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
CREATED:20240408T200418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T200701Z
UID:20952-1713538800-1713538800@www.montserrat.edu
SUMMARY:Monchella
DESCRIPTION:April 19 \n3pm \nBehind the Hardie Building \nFeaturing: \n\nTysk Tysk Task\nThe P.A.’s\nNeck Dive\nRoaches
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/monchella/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240418T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240418T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
CREATED:20240403T191737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240403T191737Z
UID:20833-1713438000-1713441600@www.montserrat.edu
SUMMARY:Faculty in Conversation: Mark Hoffmann
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, Mark will walk you through his latest picture book SOREN’S SEVENTH SONG written by Dave Eggers.\nWith a focus on creative mistakes and how they can influence a whole career\, Mark will take students through the process of getting rid of expectations and celebrating being a kid at heart. \nHardie Room 101\n23 Essex Street\, Beverly \nOpen to the public.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/faculty-in-conversation-mark-hoffmann/
LOCATION:Hardie 101\, 23 Essex Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talks
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240413
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240419
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
CREATED:20240228T205049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240307T184518Z
UID:20022-1712966400-1713484799@www.montserrat.edu
SUMMARY:Student Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Open House: Saturday\, April 13\, 2 – 4 pm\nEach spring\, Montserrat celebrates the work of our students during what is known as Student Showcase. \n\n\n\nThe mission of Student Showcase is to recognize and honor the accomplishments of student artists and scholars. We want to make the Showcase an opportunity to share those accomplishments—and Montserrat’s creative spirit—with our community at large. This annual weekend event includes the enjoyment of visual and literary art forms and social activities involving the entire college\, the public\, alumni\, parents\, friends and future students of Montserrat College of Art.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/student-showcase/
LOCATION:Montserrat Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Student Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240412T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240412T150000
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
CREATED:20240409T201756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240409T201756Z
UID:20991-1712930400-1712934000@www.montserrat.edu
SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Astin Jay of Sunny fox Apothecary
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/artist-talk-astin-jay-of-sunny-fox-apothecary/
LOCATION:Hardie 101\, 23 Essex Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240409T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240409T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
CREATED:20240222T174622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240326T191023Z
UID:19728-1712685600-1712692800@www.montserrat.edu
SUMMARY:The Improbable Places Poetry Tour
DESCRIPTION:The Castle Will Have the Monopoly on Poetry on Tuesday\, April 9\, 2024.\n140 Rantoul St\, Beverly \nThe Improbable Places Poetry Tour\, hosted by Colleen Michaels of Montserrat College of Art\, features game-related poems for a most unique reading event.  On April 9th\, Beverly’s boardgame restaurant and bar\, THE CASTLE\, will host a night of poetry and play. Doors open at 6:00 for those who want dinner or game time\, and the reading begins at 7:00 The reading is free and open to the public. \nStarted in 2010\, the Improbable Places Poetry Tour has brought poetry to unlikely places like bike shops\, Laundromats\, tattoo parlors\, and a power plant on Boston’s north shore.  We will roll the dice on a new season and pack the room Jenga style with players\, readers\, and poems about the games people play. \n2024 Poster by Abbey Phelps \nThe 2024 Improbable Places Poetry Tour is funded by Montserrat College of Art\, Beverly Cultural Council\, and Mass Cultural Council. 
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/the-improbable-places-poetry-tour/
CATEGORIES:Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Colleen Michaels":MAILTO:colleen.michaels@montserrat.edu
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240407
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240415
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
CREATED:20240409T143652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240409T143747Z
UID:20979-1712448000-1713139199@www.montserrat.edu
SUMMARY:National Library Week exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Students in Bernadette Carr’s Using Images class created a poster series celebrating National Library Week (4/7 – 4/13). \nPosters created by Deon Agyeman\, Jorielle Arlock\, Mikayla Bogus\, Lilly Caporuscio\, Erin Cox\, Whitney Farnsworth\, Kamille Ryan\, Marina Stagliola and Sam Wilkinson.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/national-library-week-exhibit-2/
LOCATION:Library Gallery\, 23 Essex Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Student Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240406
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240407
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
CREATED:20240117T204312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T212638Z
UID:17857-1712361600-1712447999@www.montserrat.edu
SUMMARY:Artrageous!38
DESCRIPTION:As Montserrat’s annual auction fundraiser\, Artrageous has become the signature art event on the North Shore\nto benefit financial aid awards for deserving Montserrat students. \nThe night features a live and silent auction including spectacular works by renowned and emerging artists and designers\nand the opportunity to watch and experience art being created “in-the-moment” by Montserrat’s accomplished students. \nJoin us for art\, design\, music\, food\, drinks\, and most importantly\, the ability to make a difference by directly supporting the next generation of creative talent!
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/exhibitions-events/artrageous/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240403
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240407
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
CREATED:20240306T145619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240328T195306Z
UID:20146-1712102400-1712447999@www.montserrat.edu
SUMMARY:2024 Senior Thesis: Graphic Design
DESCRIPTION:Reception: Wednesday\, April 4\, 5-7 pm\nMontserrat Gallery \n  \nGallery statements:\nAesthetic Syntax Alex Pint \nAesthetic Syntax is about the concept that design is art\, and this show comprises two aspects: an insult and a vehicle. The insult is that design is lower than art\, but poster design is the vehicle to disassemble that narrative. \nEmotion Capsules Brianna Brand \n“Emotion capsules” can be feelings in the present moment\, memories from the past\, or fears of the future. They are in the form of posters with attached poetry of experiences. \nGolden Standards Cas DaBreo \n“Golden Standards” is an album and design identity based on an amalgamation of songs written in order to unleash a monster caged for 21 lifetimes. These tracks demonstrate insecurity\, expectations\, and seemingly never-ending journeys. \nImperfect Little Guys Misha Huntington \nAll my life I’ve struggled with fine motor skills. It has been a barrier that has put me behind my peers and requires accommodations. Despite this\, I have always had a passion for working with my hands. With sewing\, I discovered that what I make is always a little funky and unique\, and that uniqueness makes them endearing. Sometimes what makes us imperfect can bring us joy. \nIt’s Okay to Not Be Okay Grace Perry \n“It’s Okay to Not Be Okay” is a children’s poetry book made on the same principle as the title. It’s 46 lines telling the reader in multiple different ways\, that it’s okay\, they are okay\, and everything will be okay.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/2024-senior-thesis-graphic-design/
LOCATION:Montserrat Gallery\, 23 Essex St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Student Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240401
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240407
DTSTAMP:20260417T065146
CREATED:20240320T205243Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T205243Z
UID:20553-1711929600-1712447999@www.montserrat.edu
SUMMARY:Taliyah “Starr” Shepard: No Cops\, No Creeps\, No Phobes
DESCRIPTION:In every state\, in every town\, there’s a culture that is under your nose and your feet. It has a strange aura and it draws you in. The basement culture scene is an ancient practice that holds as much weight as religion. Every week we gather and partake in the wine and other things. We listen to music and lose ourselves in a moment that brings us together. The prophets speak to the feelings of the youth. They usher us into a collective consciousness that is somehow still individual. How do so many youth find peace here amidst the swinging arms of a mosh pit? The darkest corners of the basement? I’ve never felt so alive as water drips from the mysterious source in the ceiling onto my face. I’ve danced with future lawyers\, doctors\, and musicians. I’ve heard them preach about advancement for all minorities and cultures. They speak with more love and knowledge than our senators and presidents. If you fall to the ground many hands are quick to uplift you. We take acceptance seriously that’s why there are: No Cops\, No Creeps\, and No Phobes allowed. \nThis show sheds light on the beauty of basement show culture. Going to college you find “your people\,” now put those people in someone’s basement on or off campus. This is my experience with the culture. I started attending these spaces in 2021 and have since been to 20+ shows in Massachusetts\, New Jersey\, and New York. The culture spans many decades and that’s the recorded ones. One of the things I found the most endearing was the statement “No Cops\, No Creeps\, No Phobes.” This is a statement that means the safety of those at the show. Even with those regulations\, some things slip through the cracks. I’ve been to shows where they called the cops or someone’s actions were questioned. The response in these situations is something I’ve always admired as it comes from a place of love and support. The creeps aren’t tolerated\, the (homo)phobes are non-existent\, and we all escape the watchful eyes of the cops. \nI’ve always had a problem with fitting in; here you don’t have you. \nYou do need $5 though.
URL:https://www.montserrat.edu/event/taliyah-starr-shepard-no-cops-no-creeps-no-phobes/
LOCATION:Library Gallery\, 23 Essex Street\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Student Exhibition
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