“THROUGH LINE,” an exhibition featuring works by Katherine Mitchell DiRico, Carly Glovinski, Lynne Harlow, Rachel Perry, Patricia Rangel and August Ventimiglia takes place from September 5 through November 23 at the Lamont Gallery at Phillips Exeter Academy, Frederick R. Mayer Art Center, 26 Tan Lane, Exeter, New Hampshire. The show “celebrates basic mark-making as a foundation for the remarkable. Each of the six artists on view explores line through the lens of their distinct practices and mediums, ranging from marker to string, chalk, and even dirt.”
Her own work complemented by that from her own collection by Elaine de Kooning, Romare Bearden, Louise Bourgeois, Philip Guston, Sol LeWitt, Yoko Ono, Alice Neel and Cindy Sherman, the “Louise McCagg: The Artist’s Eye” exhibition from September 7 through December 15 at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams St., New London, Connecticut, includes sculpture and works on paper by McCagg, who died in 2000. “A recent gift to the Lyman Allyn, the McCagg collection is eclectic and personal, reflecting Louise’s artistic interests and friendships and her family’s geographic reach.”
“Dialogues in Abstractions,” featuring work by Steven Cabral, Tracy Hayes and Kellie Lehr, is on view from September 12 through October 26 at the South Shore Art Center, 119 Ripley Road, Cohasset, Massachusetts. The three artists “met while earning their MFAs in Visual Arts at Lesley University College of Art + Design in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They forged a connection because they all enjoyed promoting unconventional perspectives and stimulating thoughtful discussions about abstract concepts in contemporary art.”
The Department of Art & Design at UMass Lowell are combining with the Whistler House Museum of Art, the Arts League of Lowell, the Brush Art Gallery and Studios, and the Arts Research Collaborativeare joining the LeRoy Neiman Foundation for the “Draw Lowell: confluence,” a unique event that’s part exhibition, part work-in-progress, part workshop and learning experience from September 12 through November 3. Participating local artists include Kiki Smith, Cecily Brown, Michael Mazur and John Walker a “100 Years of Protest,” a live-action mural started by Rirkrit Tiravanija, who has invited local artist and students to add their own contributions to a work that will reflect some of the most pressing political topics of our time. For details and a full schedule, visit drawlive.org.
Billed as “the “first institutional solo showcase of the self-taught artists’ six-decade artistic career,” the “Franklin Williams: It’s About Love” exhibition on view September 19 through December 8 at the David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University, List Art Building, 64 College St., Providence, Rhode Island, includes painting and drawings incorporating needlework, crochet and other fiber-based skills learned from his family as a child in rural Utah. Employing motifs and shapes imbued with symbolism, it sustains a tension between figuration and abstraction, rigor and whimsy.
Featuring the work of Amanda Kidd-Kestler and Anne Marie Kenny, “Patina & Gold: The Intersection of the Organic and Industrial in Fine Craft,” opens on September 21 and continues through October 19 at Art Up Front Street Gallery, 120 Front St., Exeter, New Hampshire. “The Seacoast-based artists have a shared passion for meticulous handiwork, intentional material choice, and the color palettes in their work. Amanda is drawn to organic and natural forms, while Anne gravitates towards geometric and industrial forms.”
September finds two shows of note on Boston’s Newbury Street that run through September 28.
Each year, the Annual New England Regional Juried Exhibition at the Guild of Boston Artists, 162 Newbury St., provides a significant opportunity for talented New England artists working in the realist tradition to exhibit their work and compete for prestigious awards. “This year, the Guild received the largest number of submissions in the Juried Exhibition’s 18-year history,” said Guild director Alexander Ciesielski. “Each year, I look forward to the discoveries that come with this show, to seeing and hearing the reactions of audiences and artists alike to the hard-earned skill and inventive freshness of new talent.”
Featuring work from multiple cities, “Joe Reardon: Cityscapes in Black and White,” on view through September 28 at the Copley Society of Art, 158 Newbury St., Boston, Massachusetts, “demonstrates a mastery of technique and composition that brings a unique lens to architecture.” After receiving formal training as a military photographer in the United States Navy and graduating from the New England School of Photography, he has taken full opportunity of his ability to travel the world. “His show at Co|So features a wide range of monochromatic architectural photography, presenting the viewer with a new and unique perspective of buildings that surround us.”
Living on Peaks Island and working at a studio in Portland, Maine, Katarina Weslien’s “i forgot to remember,” opening September 28 and continuing through May 4, 2025, at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 21 Winter St., Rockland, Maine, reflects the artist’s “deep, on-going interest in the tactile and metaphoric power of cloth; how mute objects speak; and how objects elicit memories, emotions, and embodied imaginations in the face of impermanence, disorder, and displacement.” The show will include, “Massive Jacquard tapestries, outsized letters draped over metal armatures, a wall of reflective disaster blankets, a room made entirely of felt, and a brass bell waiting to be rung.”
With red having historically played a role in some of the most iconic moments in fashion and art, the Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., East Cambridge, Massachusetts, put out a call for submissions to see how today’s generation of artists would use the color in the works that will be on display during “Seeing Red: A Fusion of Color, Fashion, and Art,” which can be seen through October 4. “The color red has captivated artists for centuries. Red, made from ochre, was one of the first colors used in prehistoric art. To this day, the many shades of red are amongst the most evocative colors out there.”
“Alex Buchanan: Aberration,” on display through October 27 at New Bedford Art Museum, 608 Pleasant St., New Bedford, Massachusetts, explores how the former mariner “takes maritime industry material culture and techniques—rope, fishing nets, steel from clam cages, nautical knot tying–and lifts them out of the realm of utilitarian activity transfiguring them in the service of the sublime in his artworks.” Many of Buchanan’s sculptures are “mandala like,” allowing visitors the chance to take a meditative break from their day.