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Progression: Works by Ruth Daniels
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…
Find out more »From My Father’s Hand
The Art of Abraham Isaac Goldberg, 1910-1970 August 15 to September 12, 2014 Reception: Thursday, September 4, 6 to 8 pm 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,…
Find out more »Rhythms & Rituals: The Work of Women – Art by Lori Lander and With the Grain: Works by Mitch Ryerson
At the Chandler Gallery, Mitch Ryerson’s and Lori Lander’s Art Beckons Viewers into New Worlds Mitch Ryerson wants you to climb all over his artwork, and Lori Lander paints scenes so luminous you could dive into them. Both Ryerson and Lander will be honored this September at the Spirit Awards Benefit, which celebrates Art at the Heart of Community in support of Maud Morgan Arts. Ryerson’s benches, playground structures and repurposed tree trunks and Lander’s paintings of women in markets,…
Find out more »Drawn From Within: All Agency Show
Agassiz Baldwin Community and Maud Morgan Arts Showcase Staff and Faculty Creativity “Drawn From Within” is a group show featuring a rather unusual group. Group shows often display the work of contest winners or artists represented by a single gallery, but the common thread that bonds these exhibition participants is their connection to a neighborhood non-profit. The Agassiz Baldwin Community is mounting its second annual all-agency exhibition in which employees—including teachers, accountants, administrative assistants, program directors and professional artists—display their…
Find out more »Who am I? Who are you? PAST
Week 1: $230 + $25 materials (4 day program) Weeks 2-4: $300 + $25 materials Max 8 students per week h4 Lines, Doodles, Scribbles! To draw a line, doodle, or scribble is a basic human impulse, and these humble marks are the first steps toward expressing your vision. Harness your innate creativity to explore a fictional or autobiographical story and discover your unique style and approach to storytelling through the visual arts. The workshops titles are a starting point. All…
Find out more »Intimate Still Life Paintings by Amy Clarkson
THE POWER OF SMALL THINGS At the Chandler Gallery, Amy Schuyler Clarkson Finds Poignancy in Fruit, Flowers and Sweets “I love that it is never easy to paint the next painting,” says Amy Schuyler Clarkson, whose quietly radiant watercolors and oils betray neither hesitation nor struggle. The luscious colors in Clarkson’s still lifes at the Chandler Gallery entice us to contemplate plantains, hydrangeas, jam-thumbprint cookies and stacks of cupcake liners. “I have always been attracted to small works of art,”…
Find out more »Upon Closer Inspection
AVOIDING THE PICTURESQUE March 2 – April 3, 2015 Gallery Hours: Weekdays 9:00 am – 5:30 pm Reception: Thursday, March 5, 6:00-8:00 pm Peter Scott “makes a positive habit of avoiding the picturesque” says Roger Kizik, Scott’s co-exhibitor in the Chandler Gallery’s upcoming show, “Upon Closer Inspection.” The same could be said of Kizik’s art. Kizik’s works on paper depicting perfume bottles, underwear and museum statues make a dynamic counterpoint to Scott’s brooding urban landscapes and mythic Italian countrysides. Adds…
Find out more »Small Works Salon 2015: Word + Image
A WORD IS WORTH A THOUSAND PICTURES Small Works Salon 2015 at the Chandler Gallery Celebrates Text in Art This exhibit includes a little light reading. The pieces in “Small Works Salon 2015: Word + Image” at the Chandler Gallery incorporate signs, poems, memos, receipts, and sometimes whole pages of text into 2D and 3D works. Juried by Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, a distinguished artist and professor at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, this salon blurs the boundaries…
Find out more »Investigate the World: Ways of Seeing
Explore the intersection where art meets science! Gain insights into the way scientists and artists “see” the world. Examine and handle, measure, weigh, move and classify, then re-classify, objects and specimens using various interpretations of the natural world to shed light on how things become related or separated in systems of categorization. Look at examples of artwork from different periods to discuss the infinite variety of artistic interpretations. This free and interactive collaborative event utilizes the extensive specimen collections from…
Find out more »2015 Past Spirit Awards
The 2015 Spirit Awards was a glorious autumnal evening celebrating the Spirit Awards, honoring artists Judith + H. Peik Larsen. The atmosphere was magical, the food delicious, the entertainment and artwork were stimulating, and a good time was had by the nearly 300 guests.
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