Artist News | October 2021
Covid Tears by Virginia Mahoney
CORE ARTIST NEWS
Virginia Mahoney has work in "Remembering Together: Marking Lives Covid-19" at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard's 2nd floor connector gallery, 415 Main Street, Cambridge, MA. This is a project created by artist Liz Awalt to commemorate lives lost to Covid-19. The exhibition runs from September 27 - November 17. The Broad Institute exhibit will be open to the public by appointment from 10am - 4pm.
Joel Moskowitz has work in the 22nd Annual Frances N. Roddy Open Competition, at the Concord Center for the Visual Arts, in Concord, MA. The exhibition runs until October 24.
Ponnapa Prakkamakul has a collaborative public artwork with Sasaki Fabrication Studio, All About Us, installed at Monmouth Park in Brookline. The exhibition is part of the Brookline Art Center public art program and will be on display until October.
Prakkamakul has work in the inPUBLIC festival by ds4di at the Downtown Crossing staircase. The event is on October 29 and 30 from 10am-4pm.
Allison Maria Rodriguez has a video installation included in the three-person exhibition “A Thread, Extended“ at Northeastern University’s Gallery 360 in Boston, from June 16 - October 2. The exhibition is curated by NEU Gallery 360 Director Amy Halliday. Exhibition is open to the public Mon - Sat from 11am - 5pm. Details on the website.
Rodriguez will have a solo exhibition from October 22 - November 28 at Installation Space in North Adams, MA that will feature a large scale, site-responsive, and immersive version of Rodriguez’s new video installation all that moves. Details regarding a reception and event coming soon.
“TBD“ by the Boston LGBTQIA+ Artist Alliance, on view from September 10 - October 17 and curated by Ena Kantardžić, Juan Omar Rodriguez & Jasper A. Sanchez, includes a video sculpture by Rodriguez. “TBD,” located at the Boston Cyberarts Gallery in Jamaica Plain, is an exploration of the versatility of queer new media and the tenderness of technology.
peer to space (Berlin, Germany) launched "Paradoxical Objects: Video Sculpture Art from 1968 to Today,” an online exhibition curated by Sue Bachmeier and Peggy Schoenegge, with site design work by Camilla Murgio. The exhibition features video sculpture work by Rodriguez and can be experienced online here: http://www.paradoxical-objects.net
Melissa Shaak's "Forest Air" is on view outdoors at the Hapgood Wright Town Forest in Concord, MA from September 1 - November 14. Her installation, an ensemble of seven archetypal figures, is part of the Umbrella Art's Art Ramble 2021.
Sylvia Vander Sluis’ sculpture, Resting Head, is included in “Recumbent: The Art of Lying,” an exhibit at the Equity Gallery, 245 Broome Street, New York, NY. Exhibition Dates: September 8 – October 2 with an opening reception on Thursday, Sept. 9 from 6 - 8pm.
ASSOCIATE ARTIST NEWS
Linda DeStefano Brown has an exhibit at 6 Bridges Gallery, 77 Main Street, Maynard. “Lines of Thought” runs now through October 2. There is also a virtual reception via Zoom on Thursday September 9, beginning at 7pm. Registration is required and can be accessed at 6bridges.gallery or here.
Susan Greer Emmerson has work in “ Surface Area" at Coastal Contemporary Gallery in 491 Thames Street, Newport RI. The exhibition opens Oct.23 with a reception 6 - 8 pm.
Jeffrey Heyne will exhibit photos from his series,To Hunt a Moon, at FP3 Gallery at 346 Congress St, Boston, MA. This series recently garnered five awards including a Mass Cultural Council Finalist recognition. The series explores a narrative of land ownership centered around the native Ute peoples of the American west, the fledgling statehood of Colorado, cattle ranches, and the Apollo Moon missions. The exhibition runs Sept 27- Dec 31 with an opening reception TBD.
Catherine Picard-Gibbs has work in the 41st Faber Birren National Color Show. This year the exhibit will be online from September 25-October 31 and is hosted by the Stamford Art Association in Stamford, CT.
ANNEX ARTIST NEWS
Chelsea Bradway has an exhibit of 17 photographs, “Be a Lady They Said,” at The Franklin Square Salon at The Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester, MA. The exhibition runs September 18 - December 11, with a public reception on Sunday, September 19, 3-5pm.
Bill Cohn is exhibiting his "industrial/organic" ceramic sculptures in the 3-person show “Three Views of a Secret” at the Old Schwamb Mill in Arlington, MA. The show runs through November 7. Gallery hours on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 10-4 and by appointment.
Cohn has one of his ceramic totems on display in “Franconia (NH) Artwalk,” an annual exhibition of outdoor sculpture. The show, which includes works from more than 20 New England artists, runs through October.
Natasha Dikareva has sixteen wall sculptures at the FourSquared invitational exhibition at the Arc Gallery, 1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA. Exhibition runs: August 28 -October 9. Works can be purchased online.
Joanne Holtje has a solo show, “Land-escapes,” at Oxbow Gallery, 273 Pleasant Street, Northampton, MA. The exhibition runs through October 24 with an artist reception on Friday, October 8, 5-8 p.m.
Painter, printmaker and mixed-media artist, Christine Soeltz, has relocated to Studio #253 in the Western Avenue Studios, joining over 300 artists in the historic mill buildings of Lowell, MA. Every first Saturday is an Open Studio event with over 50 artists present, as we;; as food trucks, brewery and cafe service. Join this event on Saturday, Oct 2, from 12 to 5 pm. Contact Christine.
