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In this blast
:: Banks Violette: American Standard at Museum of Contemporary Art Connecticut
:: June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart at Addison Gallery of American Art
:: John Enneking: American Impressionist at Cahoon Museum of American Art
Sponsored By: Paradise City Arts Festival, Kingston Gallery, Art in the Orchard, Umbrella Art Center and Artscope Online.
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This week we're presenting Museum of Contemporary Art Connecticut, Addison Gallery of American Art and Cahoon Museum of American Art.
These three American artists, each being presented in a solo show in New England this month, hail from different eras though each created work seen as creative and experimental during their time -- from early American Impressionism to work that is "uncategorizable."
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-Sawyer Smook-Pollitt
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Banks Violette: American Standard at Museum of Contemporary Art Connecticut
in Westport, Connecticut, March 15 to June 15
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Banks Violette, American Standard. Image courtesy of Museum of Contemporary Art Connecticut | |
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Museum of Contemporary Art Connecticut presents Banks Violette: American Standard, a show that holds a lens to American identity through art that "mixes influences from postwar art, politics, religion, and pop culture, creating dark, ambiguous pieces that blur the line between widely accepted ideas and those that are feared or rejected," according to a curatorial statement. This exhibition contains three of Violette's works including a steel, aluminum and electric light sculpture of the American flag, a decayed gas station reconstructed inside the museum, and finally a "ghostly" video projection that serves as "a haunting reminder" of the "myriad unfulfilled promises" of Reagan-era economic policies. The museum is open Thursday from 12 to 8 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday and Sunday from 12 to 5 p.m. Museum of Contemporary Art Connecticut is located at 19 Newtown Turnpike
Westport, CT. For more information, please visit here.
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June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart at Addison Gallery of American Art
in Andover, Massachusetts from March 15 to July 31
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June Leaf, "Mother Goose" Emerging Artist in Studio, 1976. Image courtesy Addison Gallery of American Art | |
Addison Gallery of American Art presents June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart, which shines a spotlight on the 75-year career of artist June Leaf whose "enigmatic, beguiling, and often irreverent work" is "uncategorizable," according to a curatorial statement. In this exhibition, Leaf's work is arranged thematically with her stationary and kinetic sculptures, paintings, and two dimensional works in conversations across media "revealing the artist’s sustained engagement with such motifs and themes as theater and performance, the human drama, dance, gender, motion, urban life, mythology, and interpersonal relationships." The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Addison Gallery of American Art is located at Phillips Academy, 3 Chapel Avenue, Andover, MA. For more information, please visit here. | |
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John Enneking: American Impressionist at Cahoon Museum of American Art
in Cotuit, Massachusetts from March 19 to August 31
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John Enneking, In the Hills. Image courtesy of Cahoon Museum of American Art | |
Cahoon Museum of American Art presents John Enneking: American Impressionist, which puts on display six Enneking paintings in the Cahoon Museum's collection along with works on loan. John Enneking, who is often credited as "America’s first Impressionist," according to a curatorial statement, was seen as "one of the world’s greatest landscape painters" during his time. Enneking's work exemplifies New England scenes, "bubbling trout brooks, thickly forested landscapes, solitary clam diggers, and his favorite subject: the brilliant New England twilight." The museum opens for the season on Wednesday, March 19. It is open Wednesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cahoon Museum of American Art is located at 4676 Falmouth Road, Cotuit, MA. For more information, please visit here. | |
Sponsored By: Paradise City Arts Festival, Kingston Gallery, Art in the Orchard, Umbrella Art Center and Artscope Online. | |
Paradise City Arts Marlborough Show March 21-23 | |
Paradise City Arts hosts New England’s most celebrated spring show of contemporary fine & decorative art.
This MetroWest Boston event draws thousands of collectors, designers, and art enthusiasts seeking to connect with 170 curated exhibitors from across the country.
It’s the go-to destination for imaginative home decor, fine art & sculpture, bespoke fashion, and handcrafted jewelry that transcends expectations.
With live music each day, two cafes, and the themed exhibit “Living Color," it’s not to be missed!
paradisecityarts.com
| Into That Space, Kat O'Connor, Acrylic on PVC panel, 21" x 11.5" | |
On view through March 23, 2025, Twice the Speed of Bliss: Paintings & drawings by Kat O'Connor, in the Allie Kussin Main Gallery.
On view Feb. 28 - March 23: Ways of My Ancestors – Imagery: Lighting the Path to Awareness Indigenous photography series by Scott Strong Hawk Foster, in the Wedge Gallery.
theumbrellaarts.org/gallery
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Sculptures Wanted for the 8th Biennial Art In the Orchard Exhibition
Art In the Orchard is seeking large, durable, free-standing, outdoor sculptures and installations to be displayed in the fruit gardens of Park Hill Orchard in Easthampton, Massachusetts, August 16 through Thanksgiving. No fee. Deadline: April 1, 2025.
artintheorchard.org/apply
| Linda Leslie Brown, Circulations, 2024, ceramic andplastic 17” x 18” x 19” | Vaughn Sills, Field of Rapeseed with Blue Barn, BlueSky, 2019, Archival Pigment Print, 14 x 20” | |
March 5 - 30
Main Gallery:
“Nat Martin: Over Days”
Center Gallery and Project Space:
“Diane Novetsky: On the Cusp, New Paintings and Prints”
Opening Reception:
March 7, 5-8 p.m.
April 2 – 27
Main Gallery:
“Linda Leslie Brown: Circulations”
Center Gallery:
“Bonnie Sennott: Noise Antidote, Abstract Embroidery”
Project Space:
“Vaughn Sills: Still”
Opening Reception: April 4, 5-8 p.m. Artist Talk: April 19, 2 p.m.
kingstongallery.com
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