in this blast
:: Meg Lipke: In the Making and Pivotal Moments: Select Works by Diane Gabriel at Burlington City Arts
:: 2nd Annual Wearable Art Exhibit at Arts Center East
:: Kinship: Art of Australia at LaiSun Keane
:: Sponsored by: Hampden Gallery, New Britain Museum of American Art, Bromfield Gallery, V Collection, Lexington Arts & Crafts Society, Bennington Museum, Fuller Craft Museum and the Artscope Tablet Edition.
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This week we're presenting Burlington City Arts, Arts Center East and LaiSun Keane with exhibits that offer unconventional works of art. The featured artists explore compositions, media and other elements to create artworks that are unique, memorable and unlike anything else.
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- Kristin Wissler
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Meg Lipke: In the Making and Pivotal Moments: Select Works by Diane Gabriel at Burlington City Arts
in Burlington, Vermont through May 15
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Meg Lipke, Slanting Grid, 2020, acrylic and beeswax on muslin with canvas, polyester fiber and thread, 96" x 192" x 7”.
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Burlington City Arts has two solo exhibits, Meg Lipke: In the Making and Pivotal Moments: Select Works by Diane Gabriel on view through May 15. In the Making features the work of Meg Lipke, who seeks to challenge conventional notions of painting through her unique compositions. Lipke draws on twentieth-century modernism, past craft traditions and memories of her mother and grandmother's creative practices to create soft paintings and totemic sculptures of canvas and cloth. She works with her chosen materials to create forms that resemble long, disembodied limbs, pushing the limits of contemporary abstraction. Pivotal Moments: Select Works by Diane Gabriel highlights the late artist, one of Vermont's most celebrated creatives and educators. Gabriel's art is characterized by her use of found, refashioned and natural materials and frequent themes of memory, childhood and spirituality. Pivotal Moments contains 20 artworks in media including drawing, collage, photography, printmaking and mixed media sculpture. These pieces span over three decades, showcasing Gabriel's creative practice and highlighting her work's universality. In the Making and Pivotal Moments show the technical skill and creativity of two experienced artists and explore what makes their work excellent and memorable. Burling City Arts is located at 135 Church Street in Burlington, Vermont and is open Wednesday—Saturday 12:00—5:00 p.m. For more information, visit burlingtoncityarts.org/exhibitions.
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2nd Annual Wearable Art Exhibit at Arts Center East
in Vernon, Connecticut through March 13
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Antoaneta Tica, Are You Thirsty?, 2018, plastic bottles and cotton cloth.
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Arts Center East is showing their 2nd Annual Wearable Art Exhibit through March 13. Sponsored by Ewe and You Fiber Arts LLC, Keep in Touch, Swiss Cleaners and Zahner's Clothiers, the exhibit was juried by artists Bridget Parris and Sheila Fernekes. The jurors received and evaluated submissions from across the United States and beyond, making this the most diverse art exhibit that Arts Center East has had. The art pieces featured in the exhibit are as diverse as the locations of their artists. While there are plenty of textiles, hats and other expected wearable mediums, the exhibit also features hair art, fashion photography, repurposed trash fashion and other unconventional forms of wearable art. For example, the first prize winner of the exhibit, Are You Thirsty?, is a dress made of 250 plastic bottles melted into threads by Romanian artist Antoaneta Tica. Every piece in the 2nd Annual Wearable Art Exhibit is a showcase of creativity and self-expression by the artist who made it, resulting in an exhibit that's sure to catch the eye of every viewer. Alongside the exhibit is an online Wearable Art Fashion Boutique from which viewers can buy jewelry and textiles. Arts Center East is located at 709 Hartford Turnpike in Vernon, Connecticut and is open Friday—Saturday, 1:00—5:00 p.m. For more information, visit artscentereast.org/annual-wearable-art-exhibit.
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Kinship: Art of Australia at LaiSun Keane
in Boston, Massachusetts through March 28
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Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (c. 1935/40-2002), Men's Maliyarre (Initiation) Ceremony, 1999, acrylic on linen, 48" x 60".
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LaiSun Keane is hosting a pop-up exhibit titled Kinship: Art of Australia through March 28. Kinship showcases paintings created by Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Makinti Napanangka, Minnie Pwerle, Walangkura Napanangkura, Tjunkiya Napaltjarri, Mitjili Napurrula, George Hairbrush Tjungurrayi and Charlie Gunbuna, all well-known Australian Aboriginal artists. These canvas paintings depict the rich culture, history and customs of Australian Aboriginals. Their connection to Australia is bolstered by over 50,000 years of living on the continent before the arrival of colonizers in 1788. The paintings in Kinship contain important narratives passed down through generations, yet these are disguised in abstract patterns to protect their cultural secrets and keep them sacred. Viewers unfamiliar with Australian Aboriginal culture can still take in the warm colors and striking imagery, perhaps looking at these works of art as a jumping-off point to learn more about the culture and its history. There will be a reception for Kinship: Art of Australia on Friday, March 5 from 6:00—8:00 p.m. LaiSun Keane is located at 460C Harrison Ave Unit C1 in Boston, Massachusetts and is open Wednesday—Saturday, 12:00—6:00 p.m. and Sunday 1:00—4:00 p.m. For more information, visit laisunkeane.com/kinshipartofaustralia.
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Sponsored by: Hampden Gallery, New Britain Museum of American Art, Bromfield Gallery, V Collection, Lexington Arts & Crafts Society, Bennington Museum, Fuller Craft Museum and the Artscope Tablet Edition.
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Hampden Gallery at UMass Amherst
Hours: Online only for spring 2021
Through May 14, 2021
Alicia Renadette: Energy Constellation
Alicia Renadette is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work covers a range of approaches- from sculpture/installation, to costume construction/performance, and mixed-media drawings.
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New Britain Museum of American Art |
Helen Frankenthaler Late Works, 1990—2003 installation view.
The New Britain Museum of American Art presents Helen Frankenthaler Late Works, 1990-2003, on view now through May 23. The first museum presentation dedicated to the exploration of works from Helen Frankenthaler’s late life, the exhibition features 22 works on paper dating from 1990— 2003.
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“A Month in Brittany” by Alexandra Sheldon
and “Double Vision”
at Bromfield Gallery in March
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Alexandra Sheldon, Brittany, 2017, mixed media on paper, 16” x 20”.
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Martin R. Anderson, Mighty Aphrodite, 2020, mixed media, 14"x14", $800.
From March 5—28, Bromfield Gallery presents “A Month in Brittany” by gallery artist Alexandra Sheldon, paintings of the French countryside; and “Double Vision,” a juried national exhibition (featuring “Mighty Aphrodite” by Martin R. Anderson, above). The opening reception is Friday, March 5, from 6:00—8:30 pm.
Bromfield Gallery
450 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA
Friday—Sunday, 12:00—5:00 p.m.
(617) 451-3605
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Lexington Arts & Crafts Society |
Stacey Piwinski, Containment Vessel #14, 2020.
Lexington Arts & Crafts Society
March 14—April 4, 2021
Wednesday—Friday 12:00—4:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 10:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m.
“The Chemistry of FiberLab: An Exploration of Fiber Arts”
Virtual Reception: Sunday March 14, 2021 5:00—6:00 p.m.
130 Waltham Street, Lexington, MA 02421
(781) 862-969
FiberLab arts collective group exhibit curated by award-winning fiber artist Jodi Collela in LexArt’s newly renovated Molly Harding Nye Gallery. Exceptional pieces by over 16 artists investigate the processes used in mixed media 2D, 3D, painting, printmaking, needle arts, surface design, dyeing and more.
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J.J Lankes (1884-1960), Apple Tree & Grindstone, 1923, wood engraving, 3 1/8" x 4 1/8", Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College.
One hundred years ago Robert Frost arrived in Bennington County, where he lived from 1920 to 1938. Coming in April to Bennington Museum, a new major exhibit, “At Present in Vermont,” explores Frost’s life and work as an artist and farmer and celebrates the New England legacy of America’s most beloved poet.
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Tamara Kostianovsky, Bird Skin, 2015 (wall mounted), discarded clothing and upholstery fabric, 25″ x 52″ x 22″.
Tamara Kostianovsky: Savage Legacy on view March 13—August 22, 2021
The exhibition includes Kostianovsky’s signature textile “meat” sculptures made with the artist’s own clothing, sculptures of birds composed of discarded upholstery fabrics, and recent forms that reference tree stumps and severed tree limbs. 455 Oak St. Brockton, MA fullercraft.org
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