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Bruce Ackerson and Sally Curcio show Paintings and Bubbles at Hampshire College Art Gallery
Painter Bruce Ackerson and sculptor Sally Curcio will be exhibiting their work at Hampshire College Art Gallery in February. Ackerson and Curcio have more in common than having studios at the Arts & Industry Building in Florence, MA. Their work shares a similar panoptic perspective, whimsically and colorfully capturing entire environments that entice the viewer to enter fantastic worlds.
In Bruce Ackerson’s paintings, the visual and the narrative go hand in hand. The artist uses a consistent format of medium to large-sized square works painted in oils on panel. The paintings are distinguished by their high vantage points and richly textured surfaces. From a birds-eye view, Ackerson presents “scenes which are an imaginative take on popular culture, modern life and the hidden world of the human psyche. His beautiful, agitated brushwork adds to the tension inherent in his unusual depictions, making his work both compelling and highly appealing.” [Marla Rice, Rice/Polak Gallery].
Bruce Ackerson is represented by Rice/Polak Gallery in Provincetown, and Art 101 in Brooklyn. He received a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 1999, and his paintings are in collections worldwide.
The artist’s work can be viewed at his website: bruceackerson.net
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Sally Curcio’s body of work, “Bubble” uses materials such as pins, beads, false eyelashes, tennis balls, shuttlecocks, and make-up application pads to create miniature worlds rendered in 12”x12” squares enclosed under acrylic glass bubbles. The tiny worlds not only evoke fantasy, but also a kind of nostalgia for mythical or fairytale lands of childhood.
Sally Curcio’s work is represented by William Baczek Fine Arts gallery in
Western MA, and Fresh Paint Art Advisors, CA. Curcio also has work in the flat files at Carroll and Sons Gallery in Boston, MA, and Morton Fine Art in Washington, DC. In 2010 Curcio received the Blanche E. Colman Grant Award, and in 2011 her work was chosen for the DUMBO Arts Festival, Broo
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Exhibitions
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Picturing Enlightenment: Thangka in the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
This special exhibition marks the completion of an extensive project to conserve the Mead Art Museum’s collection of thangka (pronounced “tan-kah”)—scroll paintings of Buddhist figures. So fragile that they have remained largely inaccessible to scholars and museum visitors for nearly six decades, Amherst College’s eighteen thangka, primarily from Tibet, have been gently cleaned, stabilized, and repaired by conservators at Museum Textile Services in Andover, Massachusetts, under the leadership of Camille Myers Breeze. A generous grant from the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation and additional support from the Amherst College Department of Religion underwrote the conservation treatment. The Louis and Nettie Horch Foundation provided further support for the conservation of one thangka.
For more information, visit www.amherst.edu/museums/mead/programs/2011exhib/picturingenlightenment.
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Photo Exhibition: The Gesture in Light: Illuminated
Exhibit: The Gesture in Light: Illuminated by Theresa Antonellis runs from Monday Jan. 9 through Sunday May 11.
A reception will be held Thursday, February 2, from 4-6pm.
The exhibit consists of a related series of framed prints featuring photo-enhanced light photography by Theresa Antonellis.
Info: 577-0785, mcharney@library.umass.edu
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Charles Dickens at 200
An exhibition of books by Charles Dickens from the Mortimer Rare Book Room, in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Dickens birth in February 2012. The exhibition is in the Book Arts Gallery (Neilson, 3rd floor). See http://www.smith.edu/libraries/info/ for library open hours, direction and other general information.
The exhibition runs from January 15 through April 15, 2012
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Paste Papers of the Pioneer Valley
Exhibition is on view from January 15 through April 15, 2012.
"Paste Papers of the Pioneer Valley" features decorated paste papers by 19 bookbinders, most of whom live and work in the vicinity of Northampton. The exhibition marks the publication of "Paste Papers of the Pioneer Valley" in late fall 2011, and also showcases bookbindings which incorporate paste papers. All items on display are from the Mortimer Rare Book Room.
The exhibition is in the Neilson Library, 3rd floor. See http://www.smith.edu/libraries/info/ for library open hours, direction and other general information.
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Exhibition- David Teeple: Dialogue with a Collection Thinking Water: Poetry, Systems and Politics
Exhibition runs February 1st--March 16, 2012.
February 1st, 5-7 PM Opening Reception and In Conversation, with David Teeple
This exhibition features work by David Teeple alongside works he has chosen from the museum's works-on-paper collection, which features over 2600 contemporary prints, drawings, and photographs. Teeple's work will reference rivers, aquifers, and the hydrologic cycle, in context to systems of economy, society, nature and science.
This event is sponsored by the Farrell Family Foundation, Artist Organized Art, Pygmalion Elements & Sculpture, and Pivot Media. It is free and open to the public.
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Sculpture Exhibition by Christopher M. Lavery: One Truth & One Story
Exhibition runs February 6th through February 23rd.
One Truth & One Story is an installation of site sensitive sculpture. Ordinary materials are transformed into the extraordinary through unexpected applications and juxtaposition. Professor Lavery's method of responding to the site and to the culture, in which the work is constructed and installed, brings a uniquely philosophical, imaginative and whimsical vision to the Student Union Art Gallery and to the greater UMass campus.
Professor Lavery's artwork has been exhibited both nationally and internationally, and resides in prestigious permanent private and public collections. The Denver International Airport hosts Cloudscape which was recognized by the Public Art Network as one of the top sculptures installed in 2010. His work has won awards and has been reviewed by numerous art critics, and may be previewed here: http://www.christopherlavery.com.
Gallery open Mondays through Thursdays, 10 am. to 5 pm & Fridays, 10 am. to 3 pm.
Made possible by the UMass Arts Council, the GSS, the SGA, and an ECSA (Engage, Connect, Serve, Achieve) Grant, which is funded by the CSD and the Division of Student Affairs & Campus Life.
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Shaping Plants: Fruits, Shoots, and Roots Collaborations With Nature by Dan Ladd
Artist Dan Ladd has long been fascinated with the adaptability of plants. His work grafting trees into whimsical structures and molding gourds and roots into sculptures reflects both a fascination with and respect for the plants. In his words, "The reciprocity in working with nature, influencing the direction and future of growth, is unique. There is definite give and take and reaction and response." He hopes that, through his work, others will be able to share his wonder and excitement at this way in which we can interact with our natural surroundings. Information is online at: http://www.smith.edu/garden/Home/events.html
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Lecture/Reading
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Principles of Investing.
Interested in investing? This is the course for you! Professor Roger Kaufman will introduce the Smith community to the fundamental concepts of investing, including stocks and bonds, portfolio diversification and asset allocation, and much more. Lunch is provided for the first 50 attendees. Sponsored by the Center for Women and Financial Independence. For more information, visit www.smith.edu/wfi.
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"Rethinking the Human Prospect"
Panel discussion, “Rethinking the Human Prospect: A Panel on History, Art, and the Humanities” with Ken Burns 71F, director and producer of acclaimed documentary films; Christopher Benfey, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of English and acting dean of faculty at Mount Holyoke College; and Eve Blau, adjunct professor of the history of urban form at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
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The 2011-2012 Romanell-Phi Beta Kappa Professorship Lecture Series
Alexander George, professor of philosophy at Amherst College, will present the first of three lectures in the 2011-2012 Romanell-Phi Beta Kappa Professorship Lecture Series. The first lecture is titled "An Everlasting Check: Hume Against Miracles."
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Wall Street and Finance (CANCELLED)
Cathy O’Neil will speak about working at the hedge fund D.E. Shaw with Lawrence Summers, the credit crisis and why the Occupy Wall Street Alternative Banking Working Group is composed of Republicans, Independents and former members of the financial services industry. O’Neil holds a Ph.D. in math from Harvard, did postdoc work at MIT and was a professor of mathematics at Barnard College before switching to the private sector.
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Matt Stoller To Give Lecture
Matt Stoller will speak about citizenship and how the housing crash signified the end of the American way of life as we know it. Stoller is a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and a contributing editor to the financial site Naked Capitalism. He also contributes to Politico, Alternet, Salon, The Nation and Reuters, focusing on the intersection of foreclosures, the financial system, and political corruption. He served as Senior Policy Advisor to Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida's eighth Congressional district. As Grayson's financial services legislative aide, Stoller focused on foreclosure fraud, the financial crisis, and the Federal Reserve. He is President of the political action committee BlogPAC and a graduate of Harvard College.
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