Monthly Roundup
Vanessa German, A List of Things to Never Be Forgotten, 2016. Collection of Raymond J. Learsy, Image courtesy of the artist and Pavel Zoubok Fine Art, NY. Carrie Mae Weems Untitled, 2009-10, Collection of Rodney Williams, © Carrie Mae Weems. Image courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. As a Child I Loved the Aroma of Coffee, 1988. Collection of Linda Earle, © Carrie Mae Weems. Image courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Gordon Parks, Children with Doll, Washington D.C., 1942. Image courtesy of and copyright The Gordon Parks Foundation. Dawoud Bey, Five Children, 1985, © Dawoud Bey. Image courtesy of the artist and Sean Kelly, New York.
Closing Soon
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 Sept 19 | Social & Solitary
Social & Solitary pulls from the permanent collection of the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme. Outside the exhibition, FloGris collaborated with the New Orleans-based artist jackie sumell to install a Solitary Garden on the grounds through 2023. sumell works with nonprofits and institutions around the country to make social sculptures and collective projects that foster conversations about alternatives to incarceration. Read more about the special project including opportunities to help tend the garden here.
Opening
Sept 7 | Exposed Secrets: Marjorie Gillette Wolfe & Secrets Exposed: Kate Henderson
At the Kehler Liddell Gallery in New Haven, a two-person exhibition shows how two artists have responded to the pandemic. Marjorie Gillette Wolfe’s photographs and drawings were made over the past year, during a period of isolation. On the other side of the gallery, Kate Henderson presents paintings and collages, stating: “In this body of work, I am exposing both how I work, and the underlying themes of my work, that I have not revealed before.”
Sept 10 | Jessica & Joseph Smolinski: A Bird in Hand
In Litchfield at Jennifer Terzian Gallery, A Bird in Hand presents works from the New Haven-based artist couple, Jessica and Joseph Smolinski in their first two-person exhibition together. Drawing loosely from their daily lives, the works on view range from photography, sculpture, installation, and drawing. Read the profile of Joseph Smolinski on this blog.
Sept 10 | On the Basis of Art: 150 Years of Women at Yale
On the Basis of Art: 150 Years of Women at Yale presents works by women artists who have graduated from Yale University including Audrey Flack, Eva Hesse, Howardena Pindell, Roni Horn, Maya Lin, Wangechi Mutu, Mickalene Thomas, Mary Reid Kelley, among others. The show continues through January 9, 2022.
Ongoing
Lydia Viscardi, via Real Art Ways
THROUGH OCT 17 | LYDIA VISCARDI: THEN THE MORNING COMES
Real Art Ways presents a solo exhibition at the Hartford art space 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.
Opportunities
JOBS
Finance and Administration Manager, Artspace, New Haven
Chief Curator, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury
GRANTS
Artist Fellowship Program, Connecticut Office for the Arts | Sept 22
OPEN CALL
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