2014 Past Events

From My Father’s Hand

From My Father’s Hand

August 15, 2014

CAMBRIDGE, MA (July 31, 2014) — Abraham Isaac Goldberg did not have the privilege of making a living as an artist. Instead, he worked long hours in a factory to support his family, but during his lifetime, he created hundreds of sketches, drawings and paintings. His son, Haim, says that Goldberg’s artwork “brings back a certain time and place, a certain way of life that was difficult but enriching at the same time.” In 1929, Goldberg left the Lithuanian shtetl where he had grown up and immigrated to Montreal. Ten years later, when the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact disintegrated, over 2,000 people from Goldberg’s shtetl—including his remaining family members—were massacred.

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Progression: Works by Ruth Daniels

Progression: Works by Ruth Daniels

June 27, 2014

Reception: Friday, June 27, 6 to 8 pm

CAMBRIDGE, MA (May 23, 2014)

When asked what inspires her as an artist, Ruth Daniels answers, “Everything from A – Z inspires me. Art, books, candy, detritus, entertainment, fractals, games, horses, images, Japanese prints, knowledge, labyrinths, magnetic fields, nature, optical illusions, patterns, quilts, rakes, Stonehenge, tools, UFO’s, Vikings, wavelengths, x-rays, yarn, Zen.” She is also motivated to save the planet: ever since she read Linda Weintraub’s Cycle-Logical Art: Recycling Matters for Eco-Art, Daniels has been busy using up her art supplies. “Once this inventory is depleted,” says Daniels. “My intention is to make the most of fewer supplies focusing on less is more.” Because Daniels won first prize in the 2013 3D Small Works Salon, the results of her past year’s inspiration and motivation are now on display at the Chandler Gallery.

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