“Hear, Here,” an exhibition of new works by Ann Steuernagel derived from listening to and working with the natural environment will be on view from May 2 through June 27 at the Gallery at WREN, 2011 Main St., Bethlehem, New Hampshire. “This captivating exhibition highlights Ann’s unique artistic approach, blending alternative photographic processes, sound, and video to evoke the intricate rhythms and gestures of the natural world.” The 13th Biennial “State of Clay,” a juried show and art sale for original, innovative ceramic work by current and former residents of Massachusetts or those with close ties to Massachusetts, runs from May 3 through June 1 in the Molly Harding Nye Gallery at LexArt, 130 Waltham St., Lexington, Massachusetts. The aim of the show is to broaden public awareness of contemporary ceramic art and to provide a venue for Massachusetts’ clay artists. This year’s … [Read more...] about CAPSULE PREVIEWS
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CAPSULE PREVIEWS: MARCH/APRIL 2025
If you’re stopping by the SoWa Art + Design District, either for March’s First Friday openings or Sunday’s SoWa Artist Guild Open Studios, make sure to check out three new exhibitions running from March 6 through 30 at Galatea Fine Art, 460 Harrison Ave. #B-6, Boston, Massachusetts. Marjorie Kaye’s “Invisible Bursts” combine organic and geometric sensibilities that continues her exploration of an infinite number of patterns in creating sensory sculptures filled with bursts of colors. In “Oh, Ovines!” Carolyn Letvin showcases sheep “in spaces of simple color or no color at all, as in my drawings, letting the shapes of the animals’ bodies, legs and horns create endless compositions. As an observational artist, the animals’ realism is what interests me. But the colors I use are somewhat invented and the paint application is loose and energetic, making my art truly contemporary.” Curators … [Read more...] about CAPSULE PREVIEWS: MARCH/APRIL 2025
January/February 2025: CAPSULE PREVIEWS
2025 begins with a unique fiber art exhibition: “Baylee Schmitt: we settle into corners with the dust and mites” which opens January 3 and continues through February 16 at LaiSun Keane, 460C Harrison Ave. C8A, Boston, Massachusetts. In this show, Baylee Schmitt, who is based in Cincinnati, Ohio, used a series of crocheted objects to recreate her childhood bedroom space that she shared with her twin sister, transforming the gallery, “into a nostalgic and surreal environment, meticulously handcrafting every detail from crochet yarn, including beds, dressers, windows, doors, pillows, a TV, and even a trophy mug. The result is a tactile exploration of memory, family, and the comfort found in familiar physical spaces.” Continuing its long-running tradition, the Copley Society of Art’s New Members Show 2025, which has its opening reception on Thursday, January 9, introduces new artists … [Read more...] about January/February 2025: CAPSULE PREVIEWS
CAPSULE PREVIEWS: November/December 2024
“The sculptures and installations, with their broad mix of materials and techniques,” featured in Rhonda Smith’s “Undiscovered Country” exhibition that has its opening reception as part of SoWa Boston’s First Friday activities on November 1, and continues through December 1 at the Kingston Gallery, 450 Harrison Ave. No. 43, Boston, Massachusetts, “represent both disappearance and appearance — experiences that are simultaneously deeply satisfying and fragile.” In the shadow of recent global warming caused events, through her art, Smith explores the question of whether humans will eventually disappear, and nature survive, using a lifetime of influences — sea tales, myths, poems, industrial and natural elements, medieval imagery, photographs and contemporary statistics — in “shaping, molding, and assembling materials” to give form to her ideas. A Professor of Fine Arts at the Lesley School … [Read more...] about CAPSULE PREVIEWS: November/December 2024
CAPSULE PREVIEWS: September/October 2024
“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, … [Read more...] about CAPSULE PREVIEWS: September/October 2024
CAPSULE PREVIEWS: May/June 2024
Addressing and exploring pressing issues, including climate change, social justice issues and personal freedoms through multiple art genres, the second “WOW (Wisdom of Women)” exhibition takes place from May 4 through June 23 at Workshop13 at the Artworks Gallery, 69 Main St. (Route 9), Ware, Massachusetts. “Art is most meaningful when it provokes thoughts that lead to change,” said curator Terry Rooney. More info on related events, including a rare performance by groundbreaking female rockers Fanny on May 11, at workshop13.org. Featuring paintings on panel and vintage seashells, “Alexis Trice: Distancing Horizons,” which opens May 10 and continues through June 6 at gary marotta fine art gallery, 162 commercial street, Provincetown, Massachusetts, explores “the whole of life’s emotions and traumas through animal life and their environments” through New York-based Trice’s “synergistic … [Read more...] about CAPSULE PREVIEWS: May/June 2024