Tag Archive for visual arts

‘Jerry’s Map’ Invites Audiences on a Cartographic Adventure at MASS MoCA

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Before popular world-building games like Sim City and Minecraft, there was visual artist Jerry Gretzinger. Gretzinger has created a vast living map comprised of individual, handcrafted panels, a map which evolves and shape-shifts as he reworks a panel every day. With over 2,600 painted and collaged panels spanning a jaw-dropping 2,000…

MCLA Gallery 51 to Feature New Art by Richard Criddle

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – MCLA Gallery 51 will present Compendium, a solo exhibition of new drawings and sculptures by local artist Richard Criddle, from Friday, August 30, 2012, through September 23, 2012. A free reception will be held Thursday, August 30, from 6 to 9 p.m. as part of the DownStreet Art Thursday celebration. Richard…

New Shaker-Inspired Paintings by Berkshire Artists to Be Exhibited

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Four Berkshire artists spent a year studying Shaker history and culture and painting scenes while onsite at Hancock Shaker Village. The results can be seen in SEASONS at Hancock Shaker Village: a Painting Exhibition, featuring works by Marguerite Bride, Mike Cohen, Ivor Parry, and Scott Taylor, which will open in the Poultry…

Exhibit Features Five Photographers, One Nude Model

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – On Saturday, August 4, 2012, from 6 to 10 p.m., there will be an opening reception for KAITLYN 5X5, The Girl with the Crescent Moons Tattoo, an exhibition of works by five East Coast photographers all featuring nude model Kaitlyn at the Brill Gallery in the Eclipse Mill (Studio 109, 243…

Mixed Media Assemblages by Wendy Rabinowitz at Hancock Shaker Village

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) — Hancock Shaker Village will unveil Shalom: Weaving Threads of Peace mixed-media assemblages by Wendy Rabinowitz in the Poultry House Gallery at an opening reception on Saturday, August 4, 2012, from 5pm to 7pm. The exhibition will run through Sunday, August 26. Rabinowitz will also give a gallery talk as part of the…

New Works by Maggie Mailer Featured at Ferrin Gallery

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The Starry Outpost, a collection of new paintings and drawings by Maggie Mailer that expands the narratives of her two previous bodies of work, The Volcano Sitters and The Balloonists, opens with a reception at Ferrin Gallery on Saturday, August 4, 2012, from 4 to 6 pm, and runs through September 2.…