Monthly Roundup
Nicholas Moenich, untitled (Alpha Omega 2020), 2020. Colored pencil on paper; 14 by 11 inches. via Furnace / Art on Paper archive.
Closing Soon
Through Aug 22 | Nicholas Moenich: Over-Under
In Fall River, Furnace/ Art on Paper Archive presents over – under, the gallery’s third exhibition featuring recent paintings and works on paper by Brooklyn-based artist Nicholas Moenich. Taking inspiration from art history, mythology, music, and science fiction, Moenich’s paintings and drawings combine a rigorous formal language with black color pencil on paper.
Through Aug 22 | Solos 2021
At New Haven’s Ely Center of Contemporary Art, the Solos 2021 series highlights featured artists selected from the open call, with works by: Kevin Van Aelst, John Arabolos, Allison Baker, Gordon Skinner, and Jeff Slomba. Read about Yvonne Shortt’s series African American Marbleization: An Act of Civil Disobedience on view in the Collision Room here.
Through Aug 22 | ROOTS TO BENEVOLENCE
This exhibition displays the work of NXTHVN’s Inaugural Apprenticeship Program. With paintings, drawings, digital art, music, and writing, the show documents a challenging year for five New Haven teenagers while marking the beginning of their careers. Read my review in the New Haven Arts Paper here.
Ongoing
Through Sept 8 | Monica Ong: Planeteria
The Gallery Upstairs at The Institue Library in New Haven presents Planetaria. For this summer exhibition, Monica Ong combines astronomy, printmaking, and meditations on family into her visual poetry. Ong is a recipient of a 2021 Connecticut Artist Fellowship, and her book Silent Anatomies (2015) was selected by the United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo as the winner of the Kore Press First Book Award in poetry. Read my review of Ong’s show in The Arts Paper.
Through Sept 12 | A Face Like Mine
The Mattatuck Museum collaborated with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston on this exhibition which celebrates 100 years of African American figurative art. The show comes from a series of American art exhibitions created through a multi-year, multi-institutional partnership formed by the MFA as part of the Art Bridges + Terra Foundation Initiative. Read my review in the New Haven Arts Paper here.
Through Oct 17 | Lydia Viscardi: Then the Morning Comes
Real Art Ways presents a solo exhibition by Newtown-based artist Lydia Viscardi, curated by David Borawski. Viscardi utilizes mixed media, oil, and collage to create paintings that depict complicated layered scenes. The resulting textures and saturated color palette encourages the viewer to explore every nook and cranny to discover what hides within their compositions. Found textiles and images offer uncanny moments of legibility in otherwise chaotic scenes.
Events
at home: Symposium | Curatorial Practice and the Museum | Fri, Aug 6, 12:30 p.m.
A free symposium about the ethical, practical, and historical implications of displaying portraits and figurative artworks in museums with Curators Liz Andrews, Christine Y. Kim, Denise Murrell, and Keely Orgeman.
Opportunities
Jobs
Assistant Director, Yale Center for Collaborative Arts & Media, New Haven
Special Projects Coordinator, New Haven Town Green, New Haven
Education Coordinator, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury
Digital Humanities Assistant, Connecticut Humanities, Middletown
Grants
State Troubadour nominations, Connecticut Office for the Arts | Aug 10
Artist Fellowship Program, Connecticut Office for the Arts | Sept 22
Residency
Entrepreneur-in-Residence / Creative-in-Residence, New Haven Free Public Library | deadline extended to Aug 6
Summer Reading Lists
Thank you again to Felandus Thames, Polly Shindler, Megan Craig, and Jeff Ostergren for sharing their lists! It’s still summer, and there’s still time to participate.
Find the call here. And remember: pods, music, and other forms of media are welcome.
The Monthly Roundup is a list of curated events, exhibitions, and opportunities published near the beginning of the month.
Send press releases, job openings, information about opportunities, and event details to jgleisner@gmail.com
