Exhibitions attended:
September 2, 2013: MFA Boston. Community Arts Initiative: Characters in the Collection. Also s She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World and Holland on Paper: the Age of Art Nouveau.
August 15, 2013: Barry McGee at the ICA Boston
July 13, 2013: "Nicole Eisenman / MATRIX 248" at the Berkeley Art Museum in San Francisco, California. Also: "Ballet of Heads:" (In conjunction with MATRIX 248, BAM/PFA presents Ballet of Heads, a thematic group exhibition drawn from the collection that explores the polymorphous nature of the figure in art history. The selection includes important Eisenman influences such as George Grosz and William Hogarth).
July 12, 2013: "Migrating Identities" at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. With work by Ala Ebtekar, Michelle Dizon, Naeem Mohaiemen, Meleko Mokgosi, Wangechi Mutu, Yamini Nayar, Ishmael Randall Weeks, and Saya Woolfalk.
July 12, 2013: "Beyond Belief: 100 Years of the Spiritual in Art," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's off-site project, hosted by the Contemporary Jewish Museum.
July 5, 2013: First Fridays at Harrison Ave, Boston. Galleries: Samson Projects, Kingston Gallery, Caroll and Sons, etc.
June 2013: MFA Boston. "Samurai!" "Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane, Master Drawings from the Casa Buonarroti."
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April 6, 2013: Artist's talk by Yuko Shimizu at Lesley University AIB campus (hilarious and inspiring!) Work at: http://yukoart.com/
January 2013: ICA Boston. "This Will Have Been: Art, Love, and Politics in the 1980s".
Including work by Koons, Basquiat, Richter, Sherman, Mapplethorpe, and others.
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10/16/2012 Reception, "Prints and Pots," Ben Eberle and Danielle Thompson. Bell Gallery at the Rivers School in Weston, MA.
9/16/2012 MFA BOSTON:
"Cats to Crickets: Pets in Japan's Floating World"
"Seeking Shambhala" with 17th c. Tibetan thangka (hanging scrolls), works by Tadanori Yookoo (screenprints) and Gonkar Gyatso (photographs, sculptures, mixed media, incl "the Shambala in Modern Times").
"Community Arts Initiative: Fresh Eyes", presented by Hannah Burr.
As a teacher, this project was especially inspiring-- the artist chose famous works from the museum, discussed them with groups of children, and hung up the resulting observations, drawings and sound bytes in a delicate, color-coded installation. The kids' takes on the art were presented in an authentic but also respectful way, and their theories and responses were wise and often hilarious. I want to try this with my elementary school kids!
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| "Fresh Eyes", by Hannah Burr |
Artists: Christopher Carroll, Clare Grill, Jane Fox Hipple, Fred H.C. Liang, Ryan McLennan, Gina Ruggeri, Marisa Tesauro, and Elizabeth Thach
8/16/2012: Palazzo Medici, Chapel of Benozzo Gozzoli, Florence, Italy
8/15/2012: Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
8/7/2012: Open Studios exhibition for MSAE students at MASSART. Guest of artist Liana Kingsley.
7/28/2012: Printmaking exhibition at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
reThink INK: 25 Years at Mixit Print Studio Exhibition Opens at the Boston Public Library
7/18/2012: Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum, Boston, MA
