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Last modified: Thursday, November 13, 2008 2:05 AM EST
Art listings Nov.13
Art openings/sales
Jaec's Community Art Gallery, monthly rotating display from various artists. Most of the art is for sale. Jaec's Coffee House, 68 Union St., Attleboro, 508-223-JAEC (5232)
Adams Gallery, David J. Sargent Hall, Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston. Daily 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. 617-305-1782 or www.suffolk.edu/adamsgallery. NOW SHOWING: Connections: Suffolk University Keeps Moakley Legacy Alive in El Salvador, through Jan. 12
Attleboro Arts Museum, 86 Park St., Attleboro. Tues. through Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Dec. 25 through Jan. 1. Gift Shop Special Holiday Sale Days Dec. 4, 5, 6. 508-222-2644 or www.attleboroartsmuseum.org. 17th BENEFIT ART AUCTION, Nov. 15, 6 p.m., $35. UPCOMING: Steven Collins, Nov. 18 through Dec. 18; Members' Juried Exhibition, Dec. 6 through Jan. 22, opening reception Dec. 6, 3 p.m.; 4th Annual Poetry Slam, Jan. 17, 2 p.m.; Southeastern Massachusetts Arts Collaborative (SMARTS) Network Middle School Visual Art Exhibition, Jan. 31 through Feb. 10, opening reception Jan. 31, 1 p.m.; Historic American Posters: 1939 - 1945, from the private collection of Toby and David London, Feb. 20 - March 19, opening reception Feb 20; 6:30 p.m.; Attleboro Arts Museum Flower Show: "Flower Power," April 2 - 5; Mass College of Art and Design Spotlight Exhibition, April 17 through May 15; High Art 2009: The Renaissance - Installation art featuring innovative recycled objects, May 27 through June 11, 2009, Opening awards reception May 28; 6:30 p.m.;
Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, 600 Mt. Pleasant Ave., Providence. Mon. through Wed., Fri., 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wed. noon to 9 p.m., Closed weekends and holidays. Free. www.ric.edu/bannister. NOW SHOWING: Brian Shure: Recent Paintings through Nov. 26; UPCOMING: Duana Slick and Critical Distance, Dec. 11 through Jan. 8
CVPA Campus Gallery, 285 Old Westport Rd., North Dartmouth. Mon. through Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. or by appointment. Use parking lot 7A. 508-999-8010. NOW SHOWING: Artisanry Faculty Exhibition, through 22; artist reception Nov. 20 from 4 to 6 p.m.
Dauphinee Gallery, Hunakai Studio School of Fine Arts, 106A Mechanic St., Foxboro. 508-543-5665. THE ART OF THE EDUCATOR BIENNIAL EXHIBITION, through Nov. 29. Art teachers from Foxboro, Franklin, King Philip, Mansfield, Medfield, Walpole and West Bridgewater will be participating.
David Winton Bell Gallery, List Arts Center, Brown University, 64 Cottage St., Providence. Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Sat., Sun. 1-4 p.m. 401-863-2932 or www.brown.edu/Facilities/David_Winton_Bell_Gallery/. NOW SHOWING: Elizabeth King: The Sizes of Things in the Mind's Eye, through Dec. 21.
Decordova Art Museum, 51 Sandy Point Rd., Lincoln. Tues.-Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $9/adults, $6/seniors, students, children 6-12. 781-259-8355 or www.decordova.org. NOW SHOWING: Drawn to Detail, through Jan. 4; Laylah Ali: Notes/Drawings/Untitled Afflictions, through Jan. 4, 2009; Zea Mays Printmaking: The Nature of Things, through Jan. 4, 2009; Stacy Steers: Phantom Canyon, through Jan. 4; UPCOMING: Face to Face: Portraits from the Permanent Collection, Oct. 4 through Sept. 9, 2009;
Fuller Craft Museum, 455 Oak St., Brockton. $8/adults, $5/seniors, students, Free/children under 12. 508-588-6000 or www.fullercraft.org.
Gallery at Second Stage Studio, 1 Angell Rd., Cumberland, RI. Open every Sun., 1 to 4 p.m. and by appointment. Free off street parking. NOV. ARTISTS: Irene Allen, Richard Boober, Adam Carriuolo, Michael Gosselin, Christine Hatfield, Clayton Lanphear III, Kim Nieforth, Carol Pentleton, Kristen Plant, Beverly Thomas, Leanna Tremblay, Bruce Whyte. 401-334-4800.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 280 The Fenway, Boston. Tues.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Admission: $12/adults, $10/seniors, $5/students. 617-278-5156 or www.gardnermuseum.org. NOW SHOWING: Triumph of Marriage: Painted Cassoni of the Renaissance: through Jan. 18.
Mansfield Arts and Education Center, 45 Balcom St., Mansfield. 508-339-3066. OPEN STUDIO HOURS, Mon. from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Tues. from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; Wed. from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 6-9 p.m.; Thurs. from 6-9 p.m. and Sun. from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Single sessions cost $12.50 and include 2 pounds of clay, unlimited glazes and firing of pieces up to 8" in height. 14.
MIT List Visual Arts Center, Wiesner Building, E15-109, 20 Ames St., Cambridge. Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 617-523-9458 or web.mit.edu/deansgallery. NOW SHOWING: Recent Gifts To The Student Loan Art Collection, through Nov. 21.
Museum of Fine Arts, Huntington Ave., Boston. Sat. - Tues. 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Wed. to Fri. 10 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. $15/adults, $13/seniors, students, free/members. Call 617-369-3447 or visit www.mfa.org. Herb Ritts Gallery, dedicated to photography, opens on Nov. 19. Features over 80 work. NOW SHOWING: Art and empire: Treasures from Assyria in the British Musuem, through Jan. 4; And So to bed: Indian bed curtains from a stately English home, through June 21, 2009. UPCOMING: Photographic Figures, Nov. 19 through May 10, 2009.
New England Quilt Museum, Lowell. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tues. through Sat., 12 to 4 p.m. Sun. May through Dec. $5 adults, $4 students/seniors. Museum members free. nequiltmuseum.org or 978-452-4207. NOW SHOWING: Gifts from the Heart: new Acquisitions from the Binney and Weinberg Collections.
Rhode Island Watercolor Society, J. C. Potter Casino (Boat House), Slater Memorial Park, Armistice Boulevard, Pawtucket, RI. Tues. through Sat. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sun. 1 to 5 p.m. www.riws.org or 401-726-1876. UPCOMING: Holiday Little Picture Show, Nov. 23 through Dec. 23
RISD Museum, 224 Benefit St., Providence. Tues. through Sun., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $8/adults, $5/seniors, $2/ages 5-18, $3/college students with valid ID, Free/Museum members, Brown and RISD students, children under 5. Free-For-All Saturdays: last Saturday of every month except Dec. is free admission to the Museum and activities. 401-454-6500 or www.risdmuseum.org. Members celebration, Nov. 11, 5:30 to 7 p.m., includes refreshments and lecture by Emmet Gowin. NOW SHOWING: Kunisada's "Twelve Months": Genre in Japanese Prints through March 1; UPCOMING: Harry Callahan: Eleanor, Nov. 7 through Feb. 15; Sartorial Sanctuary: Clothing and Tradition in the Eastern Islamic World, Dec. 19 through April 26.
The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, MS 069, 415 South St., Waltham. 781-736-3434 or www.brandeis.edu/rose. NOWSHOWING: Invisible Rays: The Surrealism Legacy, Project for a New American Century and Drawing on Film, through Dec. 14; Project for a New American Century, through Dec. 14; Drawing on Film, through Dec. 14; On Equal Terms: A mixed-media Installation by Susan Eisenberg, through Jan. 9. UPCOMING: Hans Hofmann: circa 1950, Jan. 14 through April 12, opening reception Jan. 13, 6 to 8 p.m.
Rotch-Jones-Duff Garden Museum, 396 County St., NewBedford. 508-997-1401 or www.rjdmuseum.org.
University Art Gallery at UMass Dartmouth, Star Store Campus, 715 Purchase St., downtown New Bedford. Park in the nearby Zeiterion Garage. Open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 508-999-8555. NOW SHOWINGG: Theatrum Rdo: The Late Work of Richard Winther, through Jan. 15
Wallace L. Anderson Gallery, Art Center, 40 School St., Bridgewater. Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 508-531-1359 or www.bridgew.edu/art/gallery. UPCOMING: Intersections, Nov. 24 through Dec. 18, opening reception Nov. 24 with lecture by Amy Papaelias.
Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St., Worcester. Wed. through Sun. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thurs. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and college students with ID, free for members and all youth 17 and under. 508-799-4406 or www.worcesterart.org. UPCOMING: Human Nature, Nov. 15 through Feb. 15, free with admission; Zip Trip: The works of Gilbert Stuart, Nov. 15, 12 to 1 p.m., In-depth view of Rhode Island painter whose portrait of George Washington is on the $1 bill, gallery tour during this time, free with price of admission.
Art Festivals
The Holiday Table, Nov. 21, 5:30 to 9 p.m., Nov. 22, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Nov. 23, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Potters Place, 127B Old West Street, Walpole. Meet the Artists reception on Fri. Vases, batter bowls, mugs, sushi plates, berry bowls, embellished platters, casserole dishes, bowl sets, cookie jars, plates, tree ornaments, and sculptures for sale. Free. 508- 668-0363 or pottersplace.info
Holiday Little Picture Show, Nov. 23 through Dec. 23, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, J. C. Potter Casino (Boat House), Slater Memorial Park, Armistice Boulevard, Pawtucket, RI. All works framed and range from $150 or less. Boutique table with special note cards, decorations, and matted prints available. Tues. through Sat. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sun. 1 to 5 p.m. Free. www.riws.org or 401-726-1876.
Annual Holiday Art Sale, Dec. 4-6, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., UMass Dartmouth Star Store, 715 Purchase St., New Bedford. Free. Undergrad and graduate work for sale, including pottery, sculpture, paintings, prints, textiles, jewelry, and baked goods. All proceeds got o UMass Dartmouth Clay Club. Cash and checks accepted, credit cards are not for all purchases.
Art Auction, Dec. 5, 7 p.m., Bannister Gallery, Roberts Hall, Rhode Island College, Providence. Preview starts at 4. Proceeds fund student activities. For donations call 401-456-8054. Deadline drop-off is Nov. 26.
Ongoing exhibits
The Photograph NOW, through Nov. 19, Grimshaw-Gudewicz Gallery, Jackson Arts Center at the BCC Fall River Campus, 777 Elsbree St. Features works by Reenie Barrow, Nadine Boughton, Millie Falcaro, and Nick Johnson. Gallery hours are Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m., and on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
High Townley: The Wizard with Wood, through Dec. 1, Beard & Weil Galleries, Watson Fine Arts, Wheaton College, Norton. Opening reception, Nov. 2, 2 p.m., Haas Concourse & Lobby, Watson Fine Arts.
Yin Peet and Viktor Lois: Peace Between Human and God, through Dec. 13, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, O'Kane Hall, 1st floor, College of the Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worcester. Mon. throutgh Fri. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sat., 2 to 5 p.m. Gallery walk through with aritsts, Nov. 14, Dec. 5, noon.
Multiplicities: Paintings by Michele Adrienne L'Heureux, through Dec. 21, Wed. through Sat., Noon to 5 p.m. and by appointment, Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan Street, Fall River. Opening reception Nov 20, 6 to 9 p.m., free and open to public. ncfta.org
Fragile Memories, through Dec. 31, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge. Exhibition explores the archeology of the Mayan dig site in Copan, Honduras and its impact on the development of the local community. $9/adults, $7/students and seniors, $6/children 3-18. 617-496-1027 or www.peabody.harvard.edu.
Storied Walls: Murals of the Americas, through Dec. 31, 2009, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge. A new exhibition exploring ancient murals from North, Central and South America. $9/adults, $7/students. 617-496-1027 or www.peabody.harvard.edu.
Art and Empire: Treasures from Assyria in the British Museum, through Jan. 4, 2009, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 100 Huntington Ave., Boston. Patrons will be able to see some of the decorations of Assyria's Ashurnasirpal II Northwest palace. $17/adults, $15/seniors and students. 617-267-9300 or mfa.org.
From the Garden, paintings and oil sketches of fruit and vegetables by artist Dorian Vincent Scotti, through Jan. 9, Culinary Arts Museum at Johnson & Wales University, 315 Harborside Boulevard, Providence. 401-598-2805.
A. Elmer Crowell: Master of Decoys and More, through Jan. 25, The Mass Audubon Visual Arts Center, 963 Washington St., Canton. Fri.-Sun., 1-5 p.m.; Sun., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Crowell was considered one of the most gifted bird carvers and decoy makers. $4/non-member adults, $3/non-member children and seniors. 781-821-8853 or massaudubon.org/visualarts.
Garry Knox Bennett: Call Me Chairmaker, through Feb. 8, Fuller Craft Museum, 455 Oak St., Brockton. Open Daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Wed. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. $8 adults, $5 seniors and students. Free for members and children under 12. Free admission every Wed. 5-9 p.m. 508-588-6000.
From the Garden, through Jan. 9, Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., The Culinary Arts Museum, Johnson and Wales University, 315 Harborside Blvd., Providence. Paintings and oil sketches of fruit and vegetables by artist Dorian Vincent Scotti. 401-598-2805 or jwu.edu.
Remembering Awatovi, through March 30, Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 and 21 Divinity Ave., Cambridge. The story of an archeological expedition in Northern Arizona, 1935-1939. 617-496-1027 or peabody.harvard.edu.
Dripping With Color: The Art of the Fruit Crate Label, through May 2009, The Culinary Arts Museum at Johnson and Wales University, Providence. Art dealer Ivan Karp donated 238 vintage fruit crate labels to the museum. www.jwu.edu.
Digging Veritas: The Archaeology and History of the Indian College and Student Life at Colonial Harvard, through Jan. 2010, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge. Free. 617-496-1027. |