| News of the Visual Arts/USA March-April 2008 |
New England edition
| March 6 - March 29, 2008: Mementos - Drawings and paintings by John Whalley Reception: Thursday, March 6, 5-7 p.m. April 3 - April 26, 2008 - Margaret Gerding. Reception: Thursday, April 3, 5-7 p.m. Meditative and tranquil, Margaret Gerding's visual poetry explores natural rhythms and local light. Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle Street, Portland, ME 04101 |
| The Powerful Hand of George Bellows: Drawings from the Boston Public Library April 10, 2008 - June 1, 2008 Portland Museum of Art. This exhibition features 57 prints and drawings from the Boston Public Library, the most important collection of Bellows’s graphic art in the United States. These works have not been seen publicly since the 1950s. |
| March 1 through April 19, 2008: An Other World This group exhibition explores the existence of a parallel world, one of fantasy, wishful dreaming, or apocalyptic dimension. Participating artists are Jeffery Becton, Dyan Berk, Diana Cherbuliez, Hilary Irons, Pamela Johnson, Joshua R. Marks, Ellen Rich, Justin Richel, Andrea Sulzer, and Sandy Winters The Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 162 Russell Ave. Rockport, ME 04856 |
March 2008: Black Artist Forum Event: Shawn Harris opening of photography exhibit Present. The
Museum of African Culture, 13 Brown Street, Portland
Museum of African Culture, 13 Brown Street, Portland
Maine
New Hampshire
Works by Dublin Art Colony Artists and New Additions to the Collection Opens at
UNH Art Gallery in Durham
Two new exhibitions, featuring works by renowned artists who were associated with the Dublin Art Colony in
New Hampshire’s Monadnock region in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as recent additions to
the permanent art collection at The Art Gallery, UNH, are on view at The Art Gallery, UNH, from now through
April 9, 2008. The exhibitions are: “On Gilded Pond: The Life and Times of the Dublin Art Colony” and “What's
New? Recent Additions to the Collection.
UNH Art Gallery in Durham
Two new exhibitions, featuring works by renowned artists who were associated with the Dublin Art Colony in
New Hampshire’s Monadnock region in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as recent additions to
the permanent art collection at The Art Gallery, UNH, are on view at The Art Gallery, UNH, from now through
April 9, 2008. The exhibitions are: “On Gilded Pond: The Life and Times of the Dublin Art Colony” and “What's
New? Recent Additions to the Collection.
Richard Meryman: Monadnock Winter
"A Village Night" by Stapleton Kearns,Oil on Canvas, 22" x 28" Unframed Size
Works of Stapleton Kearns now showing at The Art Gallery, 35 South Main St. Stowe,
Vermont 05672
Ever since he was a young child Stapleton has single-mindedly pursued his goal of being a professional artist.
Stapleton considers his true artistic training to have begun in the mid-seventies with the late Boston painter.
R.H. Ives Gammell.
"With Ives, in the classical method, I worked on drawing. I drew with charcoal from plaster casts. I did this for
almost a year before touching paint. It seemed pure drudgery at the time, but I learned things that I now
have the skill to employ. This was invaluable experience."
Vermont 05672
Ever since he was a young child Stapleton has single-mindedly pursued his goal of being a professional artist.
Stapleton considers his true artistic training to have begun in the mid-seventies with the late Boston painter.
R.H. Ives Gammell.
"With Ives, in the classical method, I worked on drawing. I drew with charcoal from plaster casts. I did this for
almost a year before touching paint. It seemed pure drudgery at the time, but I learned things that I now
have the skill to employ. This was invaluable experience."
Vermont
Connecticut
March 20 - April 24, 2008: Works by Robert Kaupelis. Flinn Gallery, on the 2nd floor of the
Greenwich Library, 101 W. Putnam, Greenwich, CN 06830
Greenwich Library, 101 W. Putnam, Greenwich, CN 06830
March 22nd - April 25th, 2008: The Beauty of Women. Photography and paintings by Randy
Anagnostis and Terry "Davo" Daves. Opening Reception: Saturday, March 22nd from 6- 9 pm.
Golden Street Gallery, 94 Golden Street, New London, CT 06320.
Anagnostis and Terry "Davo" Daves. Opening Reception: Saturday, March 22nd from 6- 9 pm.
Golden Street Gallery, 94 Golden Street, New London, CT 06320.
Works by Mallorie Ostrowitz. March 5 - March 29, 2008. Artworks Gallery, 233 Pearl
Street, Hartford, CN 06103
Street, Hartford, CN 06103
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Now through March 14, 2008: Judith Skoogfors-Prip, Thread and Paint: The Last 10 Years.
Providence Art Club, 11 Thomas Street, Providence RI 02903.
Providence Art Club, 11 Thomas Street, Providence RI 02903.
March - Forces of Mother Nature: wind, rain, and climate change. Opening
Reception Wednesday, March 5th, 5 to 8 pm, Featured Artists: Sadie DeVore and Ryan Cane. On display
through Saturday, March 22, 2008.
April - Waste not Want not: Conservation in Nature and Art. Opening Reception
Wednesday, April 2nd, 5 to 8 PM
Featured Artists: Debby Dear and Ardie Harrison. On display through Saturday, April 26.
The Artists' Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, RI., 12 High Street, Westerly RI 02891.
Reception Wednesday, March 5th, 5 to 8 pm, Featured Artists: Sadie DeVore and Ryan Cane. On display
through Saturday, March 22, 2008.
April - Waste not Want not: Conservation in Nature and Art. Opening Reception
Wednesday, April 2nd, 5 to 8 PM
Featured Artists: Debby Dear and Ardie Harrison. On display through Saturday, April 26.
The Artists' Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, RI., 12 High Street, Westerly RI 02891.
Recent Plein Air Paintings by Tom Deininger. The Donovan Gallery, 3895 Main
Road, Tiverton Four Corners, RI 02878.
Road, Tiverton Four Corners, RI 02878.
Members’ Juried Theme Exhibit: “The Free Hand” an exhibit of drawings, March 9, 2008 to
May 3, 2008. Juror: Silvia Acosta. Reception: Thursday, Mar. 13, 2008, 5:30 – 7:00.
Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, 260 Main Street, Pawtucket Rhode Island 02860.
May 3, 2008. Juror: Silvia Acosta. Reception: Thursday, Mar. 13, 2008, 5:30 – 7:00.
Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, 260 Main Street, Pawtucket Rhode Island 02860.
Rhode Island
Photography, Prints & Paintings. Wickford Art Association, 36
Beach Street, Wickford, RI 02852. Now to March 12, 2008.
This exhibition highlights recent works of three artist members.
Maryann Chagnon exhibits oil paintings that explore light and color through her images of
still lives and landscapes. Bo Kass, departing from traditional black and white
photography, displays still lives in color. Monotypes and a series of solar plate etchings,
including books, are exhibited by Marian O’ Connell.
Beach Street, Wickford, RI 02852. Now to March 12, 2008.
This exhibition highlights recent works of three artist members.
Maryann Chagnon exhibits oil paintings that explore light and color through her images of
still lives and landscapes. Bo Kass, departing from traditional black and white
photography, displays still lives in color. Monotypes and a series of solar plate etchings,
including books, are exhibited by Marian O’ Connell.
Bo Kass: Untitled
Winter Exhibit. Now through March 31, 2008. Vermont Gallery, 1880 Mountain Rd. #3 Stowe Vt.
05672-4751.
Vermont artist Mark Boedges and featuring new winter landscapes by Rob O'Brien, Elizabeth Allen, Bob
Aiken & Jan Brough. Featured painting is an original oil by Mark Boedges and is titled 'Winter Beauty'.
05672-4751.
Vermont artist Mark Boedges and featuring new winter landscapes by Rob O'Brien, Elizabeth Allen, Bob
Aiken & Jan Brough. Featured painting is an original oil by Mark Boedges and is titled 'Winter Beauty'.
M.Boedges: Winter River
Paintings by Christopher Sheldon and Joyce Paradis. March 1-31, 2008. Chrysalis
Farm Gallery, 129 Westport Village Road, Swanzey, NH 03446.
Farm Gallery, 129 Westport Village Road, Swanzey, NH 03446.
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March 2008: “Fill in the Blank,” a collaborative show. April 2008: Photographs by Mark
Brandhorst. Commons Art Gallery, 447 Main Street, Norway Maine.
Fill in the Blank: At the beginning of February, artists brought blank canvas and frames, sketches, lengths of
plain fabric, blocks of wood, and lumps of clay into the Commons. During the next few snowy weeks, members
built,
painted, drew, carved, wrote, and sculpted a variety of works, inspired by the space itself, the collaborative
spirit, and life on Main Street. For example, Falmouth painter Judy Schneider began by sketching what
she saw outside the window. Norway sculptor Don Best hung pieces of wood with pencil marks outlining
emerging people and animals. South Paris photographer Mark Brandhorst hung blank frames, then prints, and
finally finished photographs of water and ice and sky. Harrison poet Lisa Moore began with three ideas and
hung multiple stages of her writing process in three long rows.
Photographs by Mark Brandhorst: Mark Brandhorst is a man of many talents and photography is where he
is focusing his creative energy these days. Brandhorst has a habit of looking at everything with a keen
interest. Especially nature. He says, "looking at things closely shifts my awareness and I see things anew. I
enjoy watching nature in motion and observing visual patterns in daily life around me."
Brandhorst. Commons Art Gallery, 447 Main Street, Norway Maine.
Fill in the Blank: At the beginning of February, artists brought blank canvas and frames, sketches, lengths of
plain fabric, blocks of wood, and lumps of clay into the Commons. During the next few snowy weeks, members
built,
painted, drew, carved, wrote, and sculpted a variety of works, inspired by the space itself, the collaborative
spirit, and life on Main Street. For example, Falmouth painter Judy Schneider began by sketching what
she saw outside the window. Norway sculptor Don Best hung pieces of wood with pencil marks outlining
emerging people and animals. South Paris photographer Mark Brandhorst hung blank frames, then prints, and
finally finished photographs of water and ice and sky. Harrison poet Lisa Moore began with three ideas and
hung multiple stages of her writing process in three long rows.
Photographs by Mark Brandhorst: Mark Brandhorst is a man of many talents and photography is where he
is focusing his creative energy these days. Brandhorst has a habit of looking at everything with a keen
interest. Especially nature. He says, "looking at things closely shifts my awareness and I see things anew. I
enjoy watching nature in motion and observing visual patterns in daily life around me."
Brandhorst likes to keep others wondering when they observe his images, questioning, at first take, what it is
they are seeing. He also wants to share with the viewer how wondrous our world is.
they are seeing. He also wants to share with the viewer how wondrous our world is.
"Memories of Alan" by Mark Brandhorst
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