Fire and Light  presents the work of internationally renowned artist, Otto Piene (b. Germany, 1928-2014), focusing on artworks created since the mid-1980s when he moved to Groton, MA. Piene's relentless exploration of light, fire, and air led to groundbreaking achievements in art and technology.  

 

Fire and Light  offers a rare opportunity for visitors to experience Piene's immersive artworks and contemplate Piene's vision and practice. 

 

Fire and Light is sponsored in part by  Carol and Carl Canner, Patricia La Valley and Geoff Hargadon, and the Simonds Lecture Fund. 

Opening Reception

Saturday, February 9, 3-5pm

Guests will enjoy light refreshments and a cash bar.  

The event is free with admission and free for all FAM members.

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Broad Strokes  explores a dynamic period in American painting in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The exhibition reveals significant stylistic shifts and artistic developments that were catalyzed by the drastic social changes of post-Civil War America, including major historic events like World War I and the Great Depression. The variety of approaches American artists engaged during this time is evident in works by renowned artists such as Georgia O'Keeffe and lesser-known artists like local Fitchburg painter Constance Bigelow.

Opening Reception

Saturday, February 9, 3-5pm

Guests will enjoy light refreshments and a cash bar.  

The event is free with admission and free for all FAM members.

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Enjoy groovy hors d'oeuvres, far out cocktails, and mod music.  

Fab attire encouraged. Can you dig it?  Be there or be square.

 

A Night at the Museum provides support for FAM's education initiatives, exhibitions, and special programs. Our theme this year is inspired by the spring exhibition Fire and Light: Otto Piene in Groton, 1983-2014 as well as the 50th anniversaries of the Apollo 11 moon landing and Woodstock.

For more information, email: [email protected]

Herb Snitzer (American, b. 1932), Dizzy Gillespie, Performance at Hunter College, New York City, 1959, silver gelatin print, 19" x 14 ½", Gift of Jeanne and Richard S. Press

The Collected Image  presents six photographic portfolios from the Fitchburg Art Museum's permanent collection.  The works featured in this exhibition come from artists living and working in the United States. They offer in-depth explorations of various cultural pastimes, architectural landmarks, and artistic pursuits by some of today's finest contemporary photographers. Many of the portfolios on display explore a single subject by one artist, like Danielle Weil's appreciation of baseball as America's pastime, or Aaron Rose, who chronicled of the demolition of Penn Station in New York City.

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The Fitchburg Art Museum is proud to have important and growing collections of works of art from Africa and the South Pacific. But none of these beautiful and fascinating objects were originally created to be shown in museums! They served very specific religious, ritual, political, decorative, and practical purposes in many different cultures. And they all came to FAM through different-and often circuitous-journeys. FAM's new exhibition  Moving Objects presents over fifty artworks from Africa, Australia, New Guinea, and the Pacific Islands, and tells the story of why each object was made, and how it came to North Central Massachusetts.

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*Registration is required for workshops. You can register  by 

e-mailing  [email protected]

or by clicking the link below.

February 28, 4-6pm

 Tour these two exciting exhibitions with the curators, then meet with Director of Education Laura Howick to make connections to curricula. Light refreshments, resource materials, and PDPs, too!  

Fee: $10 (free for Fitchburg schools' educators) 

Deadline: Tuesday February 26