in this blast
:: A Collective Curiosity: Her Voice in the Arts at Lamont Gallery
:: Hiba Schahbaz at Rockefeller Center
:: Our Souls Are by Nature Equal to Yours: The Legacy of Judith Sargent Murray at Cape Ann Museum
:: Sponsored by: Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, LaiSun Keane Gallery, Bromfield Gallery, New Britain Museum of American Art, V Collection, Bennington Museum, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, UMass Amherst Fine Art Center, Kingston Gallery and the Artscope Tablet Edition.
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This week we're presenting Phillips Exeter Academy's Lamont Gallery, Rockefeller Center and Cape Ann Museum with exhibits showcasing the achievements of women, past and present. Though Women's History Month has just ended, the artistic, social and political accomplishments of women are always worth celebrating.
- Kristin Wissler
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A Collective Curiosity: Her Voice in the Arts at Lamont Gallery
online through June 6
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Lindsay Packer ’91, Phase Space, Part 6, 2020, light and found objects.
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Phillips Exeter Academy's Lamont Gallery is showing A Collective Curiosity: Her Voice in the Arts online through June 6. This exhibit is part of a year-long celebration by Phillips Exeter Academy, commemorating fifty years of coeducation at the institution. Participating are fifteen alumnae who have graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy between 1974—2020. No two artists are alike, and the group as a whole encompasses a wide range of perspectives, mediums and artistic visions. The online exhibit includes a selection of work from each artist along with their artist statement. Many of the artists discuss their experience at Phillips Exeter Academy. Kate Gridley, who builds and uses agricultural tools as subjects for her art, describes taking a histology and cytology class in 1973 that sparked her desire to "understand how things work," which in turn inspired her artistic career. 2020 graduate Elizabeth Kostrina, conversely, is interested in "the designing and design of systems as well as the bodies created within them." Her Hairlines series, made up of photographs of Queer people, demonstrates this interest. The wide array of subject matter and themes encapsulated in A Collective Curiosity allows every viewer to find an artist who speaks to them, and shows the artistic skill and talent that Phillips Exeter Academy has and continues to cultivate since it opened its doors to women fifty years ago. A Collective Curiosity: Her Voice in the Arts can be viewed at exeter.edu/lamont-gallery/collective-curiosity.
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Hiba Schahbaz at Rockefeller Center
in New York City, New York through May 4
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Rockefeller Center is displaying the work of Hiba Sachahbaz throughout the plaza until May 4. This pop-up exhibit is part of Rockefeller Center's partnership with the Art Production Fund, showcasing installations inspired by New York City's landscape, people and way of life. Painter Hiba Sachahbaz finds inspiration in traditional Indo-Persian miniature paintings, creating mythological garden scenes comprised of animals, birds, garden-scapes and female figures. She draws upon her own experiences and history to create a kind of "personal mythology," reflecting both her own personal narrative and life journey, as well as the collective experience of women. Through her ethereal, almost other-worldly paintings, Sachahbaz explores beauty, healing and spirituality. Her intent is to make Rockefeller Center a place of healing for visitors, and indeed, the delicate beauty of her paintings inspire feelings of tranquility and peace. Anyone visiting Rockefeller Center will find in Sachahbaz's work a site of welcome stillness amidst the hustle and bustle of the city. Rockefeller Center is located at 45 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, New York and is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. For more information, visit rockefellercenter.com/events/art-in-focus.
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Our Souls Are by Nature Equal to Yours: The Legacy of Judith Sargent Murray at Cape Ann Museum
in Gloucester, Massachusetts through May 2
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John Singleton Copley (1738–1815), Portrait of Mrs. John Stevens (Judith Sargent, later Mrs. John Murray), 1770–72, oil on canvas, 50" x 40" unframed. Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Art Acquisition Endowment Fund. Photography ©Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago.
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Our Souls Are by Nature Equal to Yours: The Legacy of Judith Sargent Murray is on view through May 2 at Cape Ann Museum. Our Souls Are by Nature Equal to Yours is a collaboration between Cape Ann Museum, the Terra Foundation for American Art and the Sargent House Museum to celebrate the Sargent House Museum's 100th anniversary. This exhibit is focused on the life and achievements of Judith Sargent Murray (1751—1820), a Gloucester native and civil rights advocate. While her brothers were tutored in prepartion for college, she educated herself and began writing essays, poems and letters. Her most famous work, On the Equality of the Sexes, argued that men and women lived in and experienced the same world, and therefore deserved the same rights. This essay was first published in 1790, a time when women's rights as a political topic was practically unheard of. Murray also wrote about other topics including education, politics, theology and money. Her outspoken writing paved the way for future advocates of women's rights, and for this reason, she is honored in Our Souls Are by Nature Equal to Yours. The exhibit displays detailed portraits of Murray, but perhaps more importantly, it also educates viewers on an important figure in local history. Cape Ann Museum is located at 27 Pleasant Street in Gloucester, Massachusetts and is open Thursday—Sunday 10:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m. For more information, visit capeannmuseum.org/exhibitions/our-souls-are-nature-equal-yours-legacy-judith-sargent-murray.
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Sponsored by: Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, LaiSun Keane Gallery, Bromfield Gallery, New Britain Museum of American Art, V Collection, Bennington Museum, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, UMass Amherst Fine Art Center, Kingston Gallery and the Artscope Tablet Edition. |
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Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery |
Kevork Mourad, Memory Gates, 2021.
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross
Through April 11, 2021
“Kevork Mourad: Memory Gates”
Using his signature style of spontaneous drawing and printmaking techniques, artist Kevork Mourad created the site-specific immersive installation Memory Gates during a residency at the Cantor Art Gallery in February. The work, a series of doors and passageways that visitors can pass through, explores themes of cultural plurality and collective memory. Co-sponsored by the Cantor Art Gallery and Arts Transcending Borders.
O’Kane Hall, 1 College St., Worcester, MA
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Hannah Wilke (1940-1993), Self-Portrait (BC Series), 1990, watercolor on Arches paper, 41 1/2" x 29 1/4".
Zoom Art Talk by Gannit Ankori, The Rose Art Museum, April 3 at 5:00 p.m. EST
Hannah Wilke: Friendship closing April 10
LaiSun Keane Gallery
460C Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA
(978) 495-6697
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“Escape”
by Carla Munsat and
“Transforming Fibers” by Vivian Pratt
at Bromfield Gallery in April
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Carla Munsat, Dreaming (detail), 2019, acrylic and collage,12” x l2”.
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Vivian Pratt, Untitled 2101, 2021, 15" x 4" x 3", kozo, flax, tarleton, wire.
From April 2—May 2, Bromfield Gallery presents “Escape” by Carla Munsat, mixed media collages that explore the real and imaginary; and “Transforming Fibers” by Vivian Pratt, organic sculptures that incorporate materials such as kozo bark, flax and reed. The opening reception is Friday, April 2, from 6:00—8:30 p.m.
Bromfield Gallery
450 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA
Friday—Sunday, 12:00—5:00 p.m.
(617) 451-3605
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New Britain Museum of American Art |
Shantell Martin, digital image from 4” x 5” film negative, photo by Theo Coulumbe.
The New Britain Museum of American Art presents NEW/NOW: Shantell Martin, closing in just a few weeks on April 18. One of the most versatile young artists working today, Shantell Martin is known for her exploration into the vast potential of the drawn line.
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Ravin Bass, Dona Ann McAdams and Jane Smith, Brooklyn Day Program, Coney Island, NY, silver gelatin photograph with applied oil pastel and colored pencil.
Dona Ann McAdams: Performative Acts, at Bennington Museum April 2—August 15, will include a selection of images from her award-winning series The Garden of Eden. These collaborative portraits were created between 1983—1998 when McAdams facilitated art workshops with the mentally ill of New York City.
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Center for Contemporary Printmaking |
UMass Amherst Fine Arts Center |
Bruce Ackerson, Boxcar Getaway, 2020, 24”24”, oil on panel.
Hampden Gallery
Bruce Ackerson: Birds-Eye Views
View Online through May 14 | Artist Talk: April 9, 12:00 p.m.
From a birds-eye view, the artist presents narrative scenes which are an imaginative take on popular culture, modern life and the hidden world of the human psyche.
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JuPong Lin and Miwa Matreyek.
Art, Science, & Activism – Transforming Crisis
A series devoted to illuminating ecological crises and addressing climate injustice.
JuPong Lin: Poetics of Repair — Being Earth, Being Water
Opening and workshops: April 2, 9, and 16 | Closing: April 22
A participatory installation, concocting a medicine of decolonial love to mend our ravaged world.
Miwa Matreyek — Infinitely Yours
Artist Talk: April 5 | Screening: April 6 | Panel: April 7
Film on climate catastrophe and the Anthropocene.
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Ilona Anderson, Form is Emptiness, Emptiness itself is Form, 2019-2020, video still from animation, size variable.
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Kledia Spiro, It’s a Family Practice.
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Nat Martin, Cabin (gif), 2021, size variable.
March 31—May 2, 2021
Ilona Anderson: Flying Without a Parachute
Kledia Spiro: Too 9un)Familiar?
Nat Martin: All is Well
Opening reception: April 2, 2021, 5:00—8:00 p.m.
Kingston Gallery
450 Harrison Avenue, No. 43
Boston MA 02118
(617) 423-4113
Hours: Wednesday—Sunday 12:00—5:00 p.m.
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