Yoram Wolberger, from the Cowboy and Indian Series, 2006, at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
258 Main Street
Ridgefield, CT
(203) 438-4519
www.aldrichart.org
general@aldrichart.org
T-Sun 12-5
Through February 25: No Reservations: Native American History and Culture in Contemporary Art: This group exhibition looks at ten artists whose work deals with deep cultural legacies and complex histories of native peoples in the United States. Paul Fusco: Bitter Fruit: Magnum photographer Paul Fusco’s exhibition Bitter Fruit documents the funeral of US soldiers killed in Iraq. Josh Azzarella: 2006 Emerging Artist Award Exhibition: Azzarella, who works primarily in digital video and photography, takes on pinnacle events in recent American history in his work. David Haislip: Artists at The Aldrich: Local photographer, professional cello repairer, and member of the museum’s crew of preparators, Haislip has been taking pictures of artists installing their work at The Aldrich for the past seven years. This exhibition, a selection of his black and white photographs, is an intimate view of individuals who have exhibited at the Museum during that time.

Jefri Ruchti, 6 Lines, 2006, at City Gallery.

City Gallery
994 State St.,
New Haven CT 06511
(203) 782-2489
www.city-gallery.org
Th-Su 12-3, or by appointment
January 4-28: 495 Lines: New charcoal drawings on washi by member-artist Jefri Ruchti. Meet the artist: January 7 and 28 during regular gallery hours. Gallery reception: January 13, 3:30-6:30 p.m.

The Flinn Gallery at Greenwich Library
101 West Putnam Avenue, 2nd Floor
Greenwich, CT
(203) 622-7947
www.flinngallery.com
M-W 10 -5, Th 10-8, F-Sat 10-5, Sun 1-5
December 14, 2006–January 25, 2007: Birds: An exhibition with works by five artists. Jonathan Clowes creates metal mobiles. Beverly Floyd’s birds are minutely observed in mixed media. Edward Henrey depicts birds in natural settings using pen and ink. Renee Harris shows birds in embroidery, while Sharon Walter’s depicts them in bronze sculptures. Opening reception: December 14, 6–8 p.m.

The Gallery of Contemporary Art at Sacred Heart University
5151 Park Avenue
Fairfield, CT
(203) 365-7650
www.artgallery.sacredheart.edu
gevass@sacredheart.edu
M -Th 12 -5, Sun 12 -4
Closed President’s weekend Through December 5: Faculty Art Exhibition. January 21– February 26: Romare Bearden: Scenes from the Portfolios. Opening reception: January 21, 1–3:30 p.m. Art talk: To be announced.

John Slade Ely House
Center for Contemporary Art
51 Trumbull Street
New Haven, CT
(203) 624-8055
www.elyhouse.org
W-F 11-4, Sat-Sun 2-5

Saint Joseph College Art Gallery
1678 Asylum Avenue
West Hartford, CT
(860) 231-5399
www.sjc.edu/artgallery
T, W, F, Sa 11–4, Th 11–7, Su 1–4
Closed Monday and major holidays Through summer 2008: Araby: A monumental outdoor sculpture by Carol Kreeger Davidson.

Silvermine Guild Arts Center
1037 Silvermine Road
New Canaan, CT
(203) 966-5617
www.silvermineart.org
guild@silvermineart.org
T–Sat 11–5, Sun 1–5
Through December 23: Silvermine Celebrates the Holidays: Guild and Faculty Show & Sale. Web to Wall Gallery: Naughy and Nice. Director’s Choice: Clay /Quarry: Mitche and Helen Kunzman. January 2–February 5: New Members’s Exhibition. Director’s Choice: 4/Play: Susan Sharp. D. Dominick Lombardi, Kiki Smith, and Michael Zansky: Intelligent Design. Opening reception: January 8, 2–4 p.m.

Slater Memorial Museum
108 Crescent Street
Norwich, CT
(860) 887-2506
www.norwichfreeacademy.com
T–F 9–4, Sat -Sun 1–4
December 10, 2006–February 2, 2007: Connecticut Women Artists, Annual Juried Members Exhibit: Founded in nineteen twenty–nine as the Connecticut Society of Women Painters, the Connecticut Women Artists currently have over two hundred active members. The organization holds one open juried show and one members juried show each year at varying gallery locations throughout the state.
 
Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Gallery
at The Loomis Chaffee School
4 Batchelder Road
Windsor, CT
(860) 687-6030
www.mercygallery.com
M–F 10–4, Sun 1–4, T and Th evenings 7:30–9
Schedule subject to school calendar
November 28–January 11: Joan Coderre: Paintings. January 12–February 1: Elizabeth Meyersohn: Paintings. February 9–March 6: Marcia Marsted: Photographs.

Tremaine Gallery at The Hotchkiss School
11 Interlaken Road
Box 800
Lakeville, CT
(860) 435-2591
www.hotchkiss.org
M-Sat 10–4, Sun 12–4
Through December 13: Robert Graham: Figurative sculpture and drawings. Artist Robert Graham exhibits his new work in his late style. His figures sprawl and lurch with disjointed energy, reflecting both the beauty of the human form and the artist’s passion for and knowledge of his medium and subject matter. January 6–February 2: Photography of Amalie R. Rothschild: Many of the images in this exhibit are from Rothschild’s Live at the Fillmore East: A Photographic Memoir, which documents an era of music and lifestyle in the late nineteen sixties and early seventies that still captures the imagination. Meet the artist reception: January 6, 4–6 p.m.

Westport Arts Center
51 Riverside Ave.
Westport, CT
(203) 222-7070
www.westportartscenter.org
info@westportartscenter.org
M–F 10–4, Sat–Sun 12–4
Through December 22: Global: Curator Richard Klein invites artists to create work incorporating a globe. Curator’s talk: November 29, 7:30 p.m. January 12–March 4: Still Missing: Beauty Absent Social Life: Curated by Tom Huhn. Artists: Richmond Burton, Jeff Gauntt, David Humphrey, Katharina Immekus, Verena Landau, Matthias Ludwig, Chris Martin, Gary Stephan, and Amy Wilson.

Yale University Art Gallery
Chapel at High Street
New Haven, CT
(203) 432-0600
www.artgallery.yale.edu
Tu–Sa 10–5, Th until 8, Su 1–6
Closed major holidays
Take a new look at the Kahn Building reopening December 10, 2006. Experience the beauty, geometry, and light of the Gallery’s newly renovated Louis Kahn building—widely considered the architect’s first masterpiece. Visit the reinstalled collection including many superb new acquisitions from the African, Asian, early European, modern, and contemporary collections on view for the first time.




Art Gallery at the Universtiy of New England
716 Steven Avenue
Portland, ME
(207) 797-7261 ext:4499
www.une.edu
azill@une.edu
W,F,Sa -Sun 1-4, Th 1-7
Through February 4, 2007: Americans Who Tell the Truth: Forty-five portraits in oil of contemporary and historic figures in our country who have dared to speak the truth about important democratic principles in war and peace, the environment, the rights of women, racial injustice, media, and our country’s role in the world. Accompanying biographical material by Maine artist Robert Shetterly. Lower

Portland Museum of Art
Seven Congress Square
Portland, ME
(207) 775-6148
www.portlandmuseumofart.org
info@portlandmuseum.org
T-Sun 10-5, F 10-9
Through January 7: American ABC: Childhood in 19th-Century America. Through December 10: A Century of Maine Prints: 1880s–1980s.

Turtle Gallery
61 North Deer Isle Rd.
Deer Isle, ME
www.turtlegallery.com
(617) 348-9977
Through October 14: 24th Annual Print and Book Show: Gallery painters and drawings.

BOSTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

Alpha Gallery
14 Newbury Street
Boston, MA
(617) 536-4465
www.alphagallery.com
Tu–F 10–5:30, Sa 11–5:30
December 2, 2006–January 3, 2007: Haley Hasler: New Paintings. Opening reception: December 1, 6–8 p.m. January 6–31: John Hull: New Paintings.

Arden Gallery
129 Newbury Street
Boston, MA
(617) 247-0610
www.ardengallery.com
ArdenGallery@aol.com
M–Sat 11–5:30
Gallery is free and open to the public
December 1–30: Deborah Van Auten: New Works: Van Auten’s oil on linen works are whimsical explorations of identity and memory. Her paintings investigate the psyche and the soul. Opening reception: December 1, 5–7 p.m. January 3–30: Robert C. Jackson: A Quest for Immortality: Jackson’s witty still lifes comprise quirky narratives and humorous one-liners. Employing an ultra realist style and vibrant colors, Jackson creates a contemporary dialogue by combining an array of unusual objects such as colored glass bottles, fruits and vegetables, toys, books, cookies, cakes, and candy. Opening reception: January 5, 5–7 p.m.

ArtSpace Gallery
63 Summer Street
Maynard, MA
(978) 897-9828
www.artspacemaynard.com
artspac63@aol.com
W–Sat 11–3
December 6–29: Place and Memory: Providence based artists Lee Fearnside, Scott Lapham, Holly Hey, Jon Lausten, and Paul Molinelli explore connections between history and memory. January 17–February 16: MCC 2006 Awards: Drawing/Printmaking/ Artist Books: Selections from the Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant Awards featuring the works of Phyllis McGibbon, Maria Lewis, Chuck Holtzman, Naoe Suzuki, Mary O’Malley, Nina Wishnok, Elaine Spaz-Rabinowitz, and Marguerite White. Opening reception: January 20, 2–4 p.m.

Hollis Dunlap, Walk with me in the Evening, 2006, at Axelle Fine Arts.

Axelle Fine Arts
91 Newbury St.
Boston, MA
(617) 450-0700
www.axelle.com
Open daily 10–6
Axelle Fine Arts is proud to kick off the winter season by presenting the Boston debut of Connecticut-based painter Hollis Dunlap. Dunlap’s brilliant light-infused renditions of both the figure and his pastoral surroundings have already distinguished the young artist as an extraordinary talent. Dunlap’s figural compositions recall the emotional propensity of the Baroque masters who inspire him. Dunlap uses dramatic lighting effects to create a theatrical, almost stage-like setting.

Barbara Krakow Gallery
10 Newbury Street, 5th Floor
Boston, MA
(617) 262-4490 
www.barbarakrakowgallery.com
T–Sa 10–5:30
December 2, 2006–January 24, 2007: Chuck Close, Philip Guston, Jenny Holzer, Donald Judd, Sol Lewitt, Sally Moore, Julian Opie, Lilliana Porter, Richard Serra, and Kiki Smith. December 2–19: Anything But Paper Prayers: The Annual AIDS Exhibition: Benefitting Boston Pediatric/Family AIDS Project and African AIDS Initiative, Inc. Opens at 10 a.m. on December 2.
 
The Bernard Toale Gallery
450 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA
(617) 482-2477
www.bernardtoalegallery.com
T–Sat 10:30–5:30
Through December 22: Joe Fig: New Work. David Hillard: The Favorite.
 
Berenberg Gallery
4 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA
(617) 536-0800
www.berenberggallery.com
info@berenberggallery.com
T–Sat 11–6
Through January 6: In From The Coast: Works by Bay Area Artists with Disabilities. January 10–March 3: GRACE: Vermont’ s Grass Roots Art and Community Effort.

Boston Sculptors Gallery
486 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA
www.BostonSculptors.com
(617) 482-7781
Tu–Sa 12–6
Through December 23: Sculpture Scoop 250: Boston Sculptors Holiday Exhibition: Annual group show of sixty exciting, contemporary works by thirty of the most prominent sculptors of New England. A special fixed price ($250) sale to promote sculptures’ presence in the home and workplace. First Friday reception: December 1, 5–8 p.m. January 2–February 3: David Naito: Figurative in Nature: New sculpture in glass inspired by the human body and forms from nature. Joseph Wheelwright: New Sculpture: Works in stone, bronze, and wood. Opening reception: January 5, 5–8 p.m. First Friday reception: February 2, 5–8 p.m.

Boston University Art Gallery (BUAG)
855 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA
www.bu.edu/ART
gallery@bu.edu
(617) 353-3329
T–F 10–5, Sat, Sun 1–5
Through January 14: Territories of Terror: Mythologies and Memories of the Gulag in Contemporary Russian- American Art: One of the first exhibitions to address the history and mythology of the Gulag through contemporary art. Featuring works by: Grisha Bruskin, Irina Nakhova, Komar and Melamid,Vadim Zakharov, Eugene Yelchin, and Leonid Sokov. A companion exhibition, , runs concurrently at Boston University’s 808 Gallery.GULAG: Soviet Forced Labor Camps an the Struggle for Freedom
 
Brickbottom Gallery
1 Fitchburg Street
Somerville, MA
(617) 776-3410
www.brickbottomartists.com
Th–Sat 12–5
December Store: Small art, crafts, and unique gifts. January 11–February 10: Brickbottom Celebrates MacDowell on their centennial year. Work by twenty MacDowell fellows. Reception: January 21, 4–7 p.m. Animation by Karen Aqua from 7–8 p.m. Please check Web site for dates of other MacDowell related special events.
 
Bromfield Gallery
450 Harrison Street
Boston, MA
(617) 451-3605
www.bromfieldartgallery.com
T–Sat 12–5
November 29–December 16: Gallery I and II: 12x12 Holiday Show: Artwork 12x12" or smaller for $300 or less by Boston-area artists. Reception: December 1, 5:30–7:30 p.m. January 3–27: Winners of the SOLO ‘06 Competition, juried by Nick Capasso, curator of the Danforth Museum and Sculpture Park. Gallery I: Emily Driscoll: Attachment: In these drawings on architectual drafting paper, Driscoll’s literal acts of constructing figures—underscored by the use of paper meant to layout structures— parallels the building up of personas. Gallery II: Geoff Carter: The Killings: In these large-scale graphite drawings, the characters in the stories find themselves in situations beyond their control and in an environment that is rendered both bizarre and bleak. Reception: January 5, 5:30–7:30 p.m.

Cambridge Art Association
Kathryn Schultz Gallery
25 Lowell Street
Cambridge, MA
T–Sat 11–5
University Place Gallery
124 Mt Auburn Street
Cambridge MA
M–F 9–6, Sat 9–1
(617) 876-0246
info@cambridgeart.org
www.cambridgeart.org
November 16, 2006–January 4, 2007: Blue: New England Open Show at Kathryn Schultz and University Place Galleries. Juried by Carole Anne Meehan, ICA/Vita Brevis Project director. January 9–February 1: Grande: Large artwork for corporate spaces at University Place Gallery. Through December 29: Brother Eugene DeLauro: Oil paintings at Wainwright Bank, One Broadway, Kendall Square.

Joan Ryan, Discord, at Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center.

Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center
41 Second St.
Cambridge, MA
(617) 577-1400
www.cmacusa.org
December 15, 2006–January 26, 2007: In Memorium- Honoring Rev. Dr. M L King, Jr: Joan Ryan’s drawing installation in conjunction with the twentieth anniversary of Joyful Noise Gospel Concert, a tribute to Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reception: January 11, 6–8 p.m.

Carney Gallery at Regis College
Fine Arts Center
235 Wellesley Street
Weston, MA 
(781) 768-7084
www.regiscollege.edu
M–-F, 10–4, and by appointment
January 17–March 30: Green House Divided: Panoramic Photographs by Esther Pullman. Reception: February 2, 5:30–7:30 p.m.
 
Chase Gallery
129 Newbury Street
Boston, MA
(617) 859-7222
www.chasegallery.com
M–Sat 10–5:30
December 1–30: Steve Hollinger: Atomic. Artist reception: December 1, 5–7 p.m. January 3–27: Wayne McDowell: New Seascapes. Artist reception: January 5, 5–7 p.m.
 
Clark Gallery
145 Lincoln Road
Box 339
Lincoln, MA
(781) 259-8303
www.clarkgallery.com
T–Sat 10–5
November 28–December 23: Anniversary Salon Show: Annual exhibition featuring work by over forty Clark Gallery artists. Reception: December 2, 4–6 p.m. January 3–26: Rendering Reality: Randall Deihl, Phillip Gabrielli, and Fred Lynch. New paintings provoking reality, including Deihl’s evocative studies of Americana, as well as the trompe l’oiel still lifes of Gabrielli and Lynch’s animated diner cups. Reception: January 6, 4–6 p.m.
 
Concord Art Association
37 Lexington Road
Concord, MA
(978) 369-2578
www.concordart.com
gallery@concordart.org
T–Sat 10–4:30, Sun 12–4
November 30–December 22: Holiday Originals: Artful Gifts to Give or Receive: Featuring work in many mediums created by the Art Association’s members, priced for holiday giving. Reception: December 7, 6–8 p.m. January 11–February 18: Members Juried I: Painting and Sculpture. Juror: Jennifer Witham Roff, corporate program director, Decordova Museum and Sculpture Park. Drop in life drawing every Wednesday evening, 7–9 p.m. $10 per session. Visit our Web site for more information about these and other events.
 
Copley Society of Art
158 Newbury Street
Boston, MA
(617) 536-5049
www.copleysociety.org
T–Sat 10:30–5:30, Sun 12–5  
Through December 23: Holiday Small Works: A wide selection of smaller pieces from a range of artists, mediums, and genres—there is an artwork for everyone on your list. November 30–December 23: Christopher French: Carscapes: A Red Room exhibition of oil paintings exploring the form of the automobile in the landscape and the role of the car in our lives, both as functional machine, and as a place of personal reflection and security. January 6–February 8: New Members’ Show 2007. Co|So is the oldest non-profit art association in the Unites States. We represent over seven hundred living artist members, ranging in style from traditional and academic realists, to contemporary and abstract painters, photographers, sculptors, and printmakers.

Danforth Art Museum
123 Union Avenue
Framingham, MA
(508) 620-0050
www.danforthmuseum.org
W–Th, Su 12–5, F–Sa 10–5
December 1, 2006–March 11, 2007: Hyman Bloom: A Spiritual Embrace. Artist’s reception: November 30, 6–8 p.m. December 13, 2006–February 4, 2007: Leslie Starobin. Gallery talk: January 3, 12–1 p.m. Through December 23: Dave Cole: Memorial Flag. Through February 4: Mordicai Gerstein: Children’s Book Illustrator.

DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
51 Sandy Pond Road
Lincoln, MA
(781) 259-8355
www.decordova.org
T–Sun 10–5, and selected Monday holidays
Through January 7: William Tucker: Horses: Abstract sculptures. Going Ape: Confronting Animals in Contemporary Art: Featuring twenty artists/artist teams with a wide range of points of view, and who work in a wide spectrum of media including Deborah Brown, Catherine Chalmers, Walton Ford, James Grashow, Catherine Hamilton, John Harden, Henry Horenstein, Mary Kenny, Vitaly Komar and Alex Melamid, Neeta Madahar, Barbara Moody, Josie Morway, Gwynn Murrill, Frank Noelker, Barbara Norfleet, Shelley Reed, Amy Ross, Peter Smuts, Brad Story, and Kitty Wales.
 
Depot Square Gallery
1837 Massachusetts Avenue
Lexington, MA
(781) 863-1597
T–Sat 10–5:30, Sun 12–4
Open Monday during holiday exhibition Extended hours December 1, 18–23 until 8 p.m. Through December 29: Celebrate with Art: Depot Square Gallery’s holiday art and artisans’ exhibition. One of a kind gifts! January 2–28: Inspirations East & West: Gracia Dayton. Reception: January 7, 2–5 p.m. Reception snow date: January 14.

Forest Hills Cemetery
95 Forest Hills Avenue
Boston, MA
(617) 524-0128
www.foresthillstrust.org
Open daily 8 a.m. to dusk
Free admission
Ongoing: The Contemporary Sculpture Path: Work by thirty-five artists ranging from works in bronze to environmental art constructed from natural materials. Forest Hills is also home to masterpieces of ninteenth-century sculpture. Visit our Web site for a list of artists and special events.

Foster Gallery at Noble and Greenough School
10 Campus Dr.
Dedham, MA
(781) 320-7227
www.fostergallery.com
M–F 9–5, Sat–Sun 10–4, and by appointment
November 27, 2006–January 5, 2007: Illustration: Strange Turns of the Mind’s Road: Featuring the work of seven illustrators working in a variety of media from pen and ink to sculpture. Artists include Jarrett Krosoczka, Grace Lin, Fred Lynch, Kelly Murphy, Paul Olson, Peter Reynolds, and Ann P. Smith. A portion of proceeds from the sale of works will benefit the AIDS Art Sale at Noble and Greenough School, which is held annually in conjunction with Visual AIDS: Day With(out) Art. Funds from the AIDS Art Sale support the work of Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Community Servings in Boston, MA. Reception with the artists: November 30, 4–6 p.m.

Gallery NAGA
67 Newbury Street
Boston, MA
(617) 267-9060
www.gallerynaga.com 
Tu–Sa 10–5:30
Through December 16: Judy Kensley McKie. January 5–27:
Whatever Meredyth Wants Now. Reception: January 5, 6–8 p.m.

Gilberto Palacios, Mother and Children, 2006, at the Gateway Gallery.

Gateway Gallery
62 Harvard Street
Brookline, MA
(617) 734-1577
www.gatewayarts.org
M–F 9–4:30, Sat 12–5
Through January 6: 100 For Under 100: Gateway Gallery’s annual holiday exhibition featuring artwork in mixed mediums, styles, and forms of expression by Gateway’s one hundred outsider artists. All works are priced for under $100; buy it and take it away. Don’t miss our annual Holiday Fair, December 2, 10–5 p.m. Showing in the Front Gallery: The Paintings of Gilberto Palacios, Cuban Visionary.

Gibbs Gallery
at Arlington Center for the Arts
41 Foster Street
Arlington, MA
(781) 648-6220
www.acarts.org
info@acarts.org
M–F 9–5
Through December 29: Little Women: Contemporary Artists Envision Girls and Their Worlds: Works by: Adrianne Fernandez, Roxana Geffen, Sydney Phillips Hardin, Pam Hart, Amy Hitchcock, Amy Sills, Kate True (guest curator), and Marie Van Elder. Opening reception: November 17, 6–8 p.m. Artists talk: December 10, 1–3 p.m. January 21–February 11: Hearts Around the World: First Annual Small Works Valentine’s Show. Wine and chocolate reception: February 11, 2–4 p.m.
 
The Griffin Museum of Photography
67 Shore Road
Winchester, MA
(781) 729-1158
www.griffinmuseum.org
T–Th 11–5, Fri 11–4, Sat–Sun 12–4
Admission: $5 for adults, $2 for seniors
Members and children under 12 free
Thursday free admission all day
Through January 14: The Days After: Images by Johannes Hepp. Through February 4: Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt: Images by Louie Palu.

François-Xavier De Costerd, student, Jardins du Louvre (detail), 2003, at the Grossman Gallery, SMFA.

Grossman Gallery
at School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
230 The Fenway
Boston, MA
(617) 369-3718
www.smfa.edu
M–Sat 10–5, Th 10–8
December 6–11: December Sale: Featuring more than four thousand paintings, prints, photographs, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, and jewelry—in all price ranges—that rotate on a daily basis. Purchase original artwork from established and emerging artists, including SMFA alumni and faculty, affiliated artists, and current students. Opening celebration: December 6, 5–8 p.m. Sale hours: December 6 & 7: 12–8 p.m., December 8–11: 12–6 p.m.

Gurari Collections
91 Charles St.
Boston, MA
(617) 367.9800
gerard@gurari.com
Tu–Sa 11–6:30, Su 12–5
Through December 10: Their Majesties Dwarfs and Other New Series, 2004–2006: Drawings with ink, brush, and colored pencil by Steinmetz. Through January 20: Work from Gurari Collections: Selections from gallery artists and sixteenth through twentieth-century fine arts related to architecture and urbanism, the human figure, fantasies and follies, as well as objects of the unusual.

Hess Gallery Pine at Manor College
400 Heath Street
Chestnut Hill, MA
(617) 731-7157
www.pmc.edu/hess/hessgallery.html
M–Thurs 8:30–10, F 8:30–5, Sat 12–5, Sun 2–10
December 6, 2006–February 1, 2007: Sharon Haggins Dunn: Spirits in the House. Artist’s reception: December 6, 7–9 p.m.

Howard Yezerski Gallery
14 Newbury St.
Boston, MA
(617) 262-0550
www.howardyezerskigallery.com
info@howardyezerskigallery.com
Tu–Sa 10–5:30
December 1, 2006–January 2, 2007: New Ceramic Objects by Paul Heroux. Opening reception: December 1, 5–7 p.m. January 5–30: The Big Show: A group show including work by: Torben Giehler, Kristin Baker, Kurt Kauper, Holly Coulis, Nuno de Campos, Kanishka Raja, Charlotta Westergren, Justin Leiberman, and Ana Maria Velasco. Curated by Ridley Howard. Opening reception: January 5, 5–7 p.m.

The Institute of Contemporary Art
100 Northern Ave.
Boston, MA
(617) 478-3100
www.icaboston.org
info@icaboston.org
Tu, W, 10–5, Th–F 10–9, Sa–Su 11–5
December 10, 2006–April 29, 2007: Super Vision. December 10, 2006–March 11, 2007: Momentum 6: Sergio Vega. 2006 ICA Artist Prize. December 10, 2006–October 28, 2007: Sandra and Gerald Fineberg Art Wall: Chiho Aoshima.

Bear, Chinese, Western Han Dynasty (206 BD–AD 9), at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
280 The Fenway
Boston, MA
(617) 566-1401
www.gardnermuseum.org
T–Sun 11–5
Through January 14: A Bronze Menagerie: Mat Weights of Early China: An historic exhibition featuring mat weights and examining their place in Chinese culture. Landscape Lecture by Chinese landscape scholar Alison Hardie: January 13, 1:30 p.m. Composer Portraits: Music of David Lang with So Percussion: December 1, 7 p.m. Sunday Concert Series: Features established musicians and emerging young artists: December & January, 1:30 p.m. Gallery Tours led by museum teachers: Weekdays at 2:30 p.m. The Seasonal Garden features poinsettias, jasmine trees, and lady slipper orchids.
 
Judi Rotenberg Gallery
130 Newbury Street
Boston, MA
(617) 437-1518
www.judirotenberg.com
T–Sat 10–6  
December 7–30: Undressed: Chloe Cerwinka, Sean Keenan, Stephen Sheffield: Both photographers share a fascination with the slow decomposition of architecture—the elegance of peeling paint, the eerie energy of unused spaces, the geometry of decay. Opening reception, December 7, 6–8 p.m. January 4–27: New paintings by Patricia Peacock: The artists visceral mixed media paintings are inventive, emotional landscapes. Referencing childhood iconography, Peacock’s layered compositions explore an inner world tied to memory and imagination. Opening reception, January 4, 6–8 p.m.

Gerald Rojek, Big Threat, 2006, at Khaki Gallery.

Khaki Gallery
9 Crest Road
Wellesley, MA
(781) 237-1095
www.nahidkhaki.com
khakigallery@yahoo.com
M–Sat 10–6
Through December: Group Work by Gallery Artists. January 4–February 16: Micro/Macro: Photographs by Jennifer Formica and paintings by Geral Rojek. Reception: January 12, 6–8 p.m.

Kingston Gallery
450 Harrison Avenue #43
Boston, MA
(617) 423-4113
www.kingstongallery.com
T–Sat 12–5 and by appointment
November 28–December 23: Ancestor: Mixed media paintings by Judy Brown. Paintings by Mia Nehme in the Center Gallery. Opening reception: December 1, 5–7:30 p.m. January 2–27: Tracks of Your Tears: Linda Leslie Brown. Opening reception: January 5, 5–7:30 p.m.

Lacoste Gallery
25 Main Street
Concord MA
(978) 369-0278
info@lacostegallery.com
November 9–12: Sofa Chicago: Navy Pier: Artists Ruth Borgenicht, Bill Brouillard, Margaret Keelan, Jim Lawton, Mark Phari, Annabeth Rosen, Tim Rowan, and Rob Sieminski. November 11–December 3: Pots with Purpose: Robert Briscoe, Linda Christianson, Jan Johnston, Warren MacKenzie, Michael McCarthy, Ron Meyers, Sequoia Miller, Rob Sutherland, and Diana Thomas: Opening reception: November 18, 4–6 p.m.

Lillian Immig Gallery at Emmanuel College
2nd floor Cardinal Cushing Library
400 The Fenway
Boston, MA
(617) 735-9992
www.emmanuel.edu
M–Sat 10–4
Wheelchair accessible
Free and open to the public
Through December 9: Private Universes: Featuring the work Boriana Kantecheva, A.M. Lilly, Sally Moore, Michael Mullaney, and Anna Krystyna Trzaska. January 10–February 15: Industrial Strength: Featuring work by Mary Bucci McCoy, Andrew Mowbray, and Chris Nau. Artists talk: January 24, 5:30 p.m. Reception: January 24, 6–7:30 p.m.

Mills Gallery at Boston Center for the Arts
539 Tremont St.
Boston, MA
(617) 426-8835
www.bcaonline.com
W, Th, Su 12–5, F, Sa 12–10
Through January 7, 2007: Studios@35: Artists at the Boston Center for the Arts. Curated by James Manning. Artists featured: Martha Jane Bradford, James Cambronne, Sue Collier, Michael David, Mary Derr, Aileen O. Erickson, Ruth Ginsberg- Place, Marsha Goldberg, Meryl Hamilton, Ralph Hamilton, Jared Katsiane, Alexander Korman, Douglas Kornfeld, Kathleen Kneeland, Marilyn Mase, Lazaro Montano, TJ Norris, David Reichert, Jen Roberts, Robert Rovenolt, Miriam Shenitzer, Konstantin Simun, Patty Stone, and Matt Aaron Templeton. Gallery talk: December 2, 6 p.m.

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, Opera for a Small Room, 2005, at MIT List Visual Arts Center.

MIT List Visual Arts Center
Weisner Building, E15
20 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA
(617) 253-4680
http://web.mit.edu/lvac
M–Sun 12–6
Through December 31: Sensorium: Embodied Experience, Technology and Contemporary Art: This two-part exhibition, organized by the MIT List Visual Arts Center, explores the various ways in which artists address technology that influence the senses. Part II of Sensorium opens February 8, 2007. Alix Pearlstein: The King, the Mice, and the Cheese: Pearlstein exhibits a trilogy of recent works: Forsaken, Crash, and All Day and Night under the collective title The King, the Mice, and the Cheese. The title derives from the themes of power and control that typifies each work.

New Art Center in Newton
61 Washington Park
Newton, MA
(617) 964-3424
www.newartcenter.org
M–F 9–5, Su 1–5, closed Sa
Closed October 8–9 and November 23–24
Through December 17: ICONS + ALTARS: 13th Annual Benefit Exhibition: Featuring work by one hundred regional artists. Artists invent their own icon/altar, which may be personal, cultural, social, or spiritual. Exhibition is free. Tickets to obtain artwork are $225. Please call for info. Closing reception: December 17, 3–5 p.m. January 18–March 4: Main Gallery: TRANS AM: Featuring work by Jason Chase, William DiBello, and Scott Listfield (curator). Holzwasser Gallery: Paintings by Susan Bazett. Opening receptions: January 26, 6–8 p.m.

Newton Free Library
330 Homer Street
Newton Centre, MA
(617) 796-1360
www.ci.newton.ma.us/library
M–Th 9–9, F 9–6, Sat 9–5, Sun 12–5
December 2–28: Portraits in Oil: Kelly Carmody in the Gallery. Reception: December 7, 7 p.m. Stairs to…: Black and white photographs by Kiril Slavkov in the Main Hall. January 3–30: Life in Chaos: Color photographs by Andrew Kessler in the Gallery. Suburban Landscapes: Acrylics and oils by Emily (Osman) Passman in the Main Hall. Reception: January 3, 7 p.m.
 
Nielsen Gallery
179 Newbury Street
Boston, MA
(617) 266-4835
www.nielsengallery.com
T–Sat 10–5:30
December 2, 2006–January 13: Jane Smaldone and Sachiko Akiyama.

Sherman Gallery at Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue, 2nd floor
Boston, MA
(617) 358-0295
www.bu.edu/cfa/visual
lcooney@bu.edu
T–F 11–5; Sat–Sun 1–5
Through December 15: National Image: A group exhibition exploring interpretations of American cultural ideologies in the context of the current political climate. From personal narratives to public issues, National Image represents a selection of work in a range of media that address varied perceptions of cultural life in the United States. Artists include Jason Chase (CFA ‘03), Lina Maria Giraldo, Susan Graham, David Opdyke, Mike Parè, Aithan Shapira, and others.

Society of Arts and Crafts
175 Newbury Street
Boston, MA
M–Sat 10–6, Sun 12–5
Through January 21: Our Cups Runneth Over: This exhibition is a bi-annual celebration of ceramic “cups.” Sixty artists from across the country exhibit their interpretations of the cup—a humble form, yet one whose functional and sculptural possibilities are endless. Pieces range from teacups to tumblers, from limited production to one of a kind objects. An excellent opportunity to start a collection or add to an existing one. All cups are for sale and can be taken at time of purchase.

Frederick A. Bosley (1881–1942), Miss Peggy Bush in the Blue Mandarin Coat, 1927, at Vose Galleries of Boston.

Vose Galleries of Boston, Est. 1841
238 Newbury Street
Boston, MA
(617) 536-6176
info@vosegalleries.com
www.vosegalleries.com
M–F 9:30–5:30, Sat 10–5:30
Vose Art Notes: Founded in 1841, Vose Galleries is the oldest family-owned and operated fine art gallery in the United States, and in celebration of our 165th anniversary we are publishing our fourteenth issue of Vose Art Notes, featuring paintings by William Bradford, Dennis Miller Bunker, Jay Connaway, William Davis, George Durrie, Lilian Westcott Hale, Gilbert Stuart, Leslie Prince Thompson, Martha Walter, John Whorf, and Charles Woodbury, among others. Our inventory consists of nineteenth and twentieth-century American paintings. We also have a contemporary realism division.

NORTH OF BOSTON

Addison Gallery of American Art
at Phillips Academy
180 Main St.
Andover, MA
(978) 749-4015
www.addisongallery.org
Tu–Sa 10–5, Su 1–5
Through January 7: Coming of Age: American Art, 1850s–1950s. Through December 10: Jennifer Bartlett: Early Plate Work. Through December 31: Growing the Addison: Recent Acquisitions. Wendy Ewald: American Alphabets. January 26–March 18: Models as Muse: Roderick Buchanan, Christine Hiebert, Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, and David Opdyke.

Christopher Brodigan Gallery
at the Groton School
Farmer’s Row, Rt. 111
Groton, MA
(978) 448-7637
M–F 9–5
January 10–February 28: Shelter: Clay sculptor Liz Fletcher mixes media to make shelters for mind and body. What is shelter in this chaotic world? Featured is an interactive work, The Pilot House. Liz is an exhibiting member of NH Art Association and NH League of Craftsmen, and teaches at the Sharon Arts Center.

Erlich Gallery
96 Washington Street
Marblehead, MA
(978) 685-2343
T–Sat 10:30–5:30, Sun 12–5
Open by appointment only in January Through December: Holiday Show: Small works of art in all media, ideal for gift giving. Including glass, ceramics, and handcrafted jewelry.

The Gallery at Barrington Center for the Arts
at Gordon College
255 Grapevine Road
Wenham, MA
(978) 867-4414
www.gordon.edu/arts_music/gallery.htm
M–Sat 9–7
Through December 15: Highly Favored: Contemporary Images of the Virgin Mary: Thirty-six pieces were chosen for this exhibition by juror Terrence E. Dempsey, S.J., Ph.D., director of the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art. It forms one part of an ecumenical conference at Gordon College, aimed at re-envisioning and rediscovering Mary’s importance across the Traditions.

Lorica Artworks
90 Main Street
Andover, MA
(978) 470-1829
www.loricaartworks.com
T, W, Sat 10–5, Th 10–7, F 10–6, Sun 12–4
Through December 31: Short Days, Long Shadows: Fall group show. March 16–April 30: A Shade Apart: New work by Irish and American artists. Reception: March 16, 6–9 p.m. Lorica Artworks specializes in original oil, pastel, and watercolor paintings from Ireland and America. The gallery represents over forty artists who take the beautiful locations in which they work and live as their inspiration, offering the very best in contemporary Irish and American fine art.

McCoy Gallery at Merrimack College
315 Turnpike Street
Salem, MA
(978) 837-5255
M–F 9–5
December 1, 2006–January 31, 2007: Andrea Sulzer: Large Scale Drawings: The artist presents large intricately detailed ink drawings and color woodcuts that create spaces, which hover between the known and the unknown. Myriad fragments are swept away in a flood of detail, leaving the impression of a story that resists being told. The drawings are meditations on the fractured, freefloating, and chaotic condition of modern memory.

Montserrat College of Art Galleries
23 Essex Street
Beverly, MA
(978) 921-4242 x1319
www.montserrat.edu
gallery@montserrat.edu
M–F 10–5, Th 10–8, Sat 12–5
Montserrat Gallery: Through February 3: Electric Wasteland: Urban Art from L.A. Schlosberg Gallery: December 3–22: Roadside Attraction: Paintings by Daisy Adams. January 2–26: Transient Realm: Paintings & Drawings by Jason Travers.

The Rose Art Museum
at Brandeis University
415 South Street
Waltham, MA
(781) 736-3434
www.brandeis.edu/rose
T–Sun 12–5
Through December 17: Balance and Power: Performance and Surveillance in Video Art: In these days of both terrorism and Reality TV, explore our uneasy relationship between voluntary and involuntary acting for the camera. Through April 1: Clare Rojas: hope Springs eternal: The artist’s siterelated installations draw us into an imaginary world with ample references to diverse folkloric traditions, fairy tales, and European fables.

University Gallery at UMass Lowell
McGauvran Student Union, 1st floor
71 Wilder Street
Lowell, MA
(978) 934-3491 or (978) 934-3494
www.uml.edu/dept/art
T–F 9–4, Sat by appointment
Through December 15: Vicinity: Paintings by Brooklyn-based artist, Rachael Wren. January 23–February 23: Aural Revelations: Apparatuses + Machines: Christy Georg. Artist talk: January 31, 3:15 p.m. in O’Leary 222. Reception in the gallery immediately following until 6 p.m.

The Winfisky Gallery
at Salem State College
Ellison Campus Center
Salem, MA
(978) 542-6999
M, W, F 10–5, T, Th 10–2
Weekends by appointment
Through December 14: The 2006 Salem State College Art Department Faculty Exhibit. January 16–February 8: Raphy Kertenian: Paintings. Reception: January 23, 2–3 p.m. February 12–March 8: New England Wax: Encaustic I. Reception: February 13, 2–3 p.m.

SOUTH OF BOSTON

The Art Complex Museum
189 Alden Street
Duxbury, MA
(781) 934-6634
W–Sun 1–4
www.artcomplex.org
Through February 11: Go Figure: Whimsical and witty artworks of diverse and unusual materials. Reception: December 10, 1:30–3:30 p.m. Through January 14: Curators’ Choice: China: Contemporary explorations and selections from the museum’s collection.

South Shore Art Center
119 Ripley Rd.
Cohasset, MA
(781) 383-2787
www.ssac.org
info@ssac.org
M–Sa 10–4, Su 12–4
Accessible to all, no admission
Through December 31: Major/Minor: South Shore Art Center Gallery Artists: Featuring large works over one thousand square inches, and small works under four hundred square inches.

Walace L. Anderson Gallery
at Bridgewater State
Bridgewater, MA
(508) 531-1359
www.bridgew.ed/art
llennon@bridgew.edu
M–F 8–4 Closed holidays
November 27–December 21: Youngsuk Suh: Instant Traveler: A photographic project comprised of images taken at America’s popular tourist attractions during the artist’s travels over the past six years. January 17–February 16: Tali Gai: The Intersection of Painting, Sculpture and Assemblage: Combining objects, mannequins, and literary references, the work is concerned with alienation and inner conflict, and reestablishing inner and outer communication.


CENTRAL  & WESTERN MASS

Cantor Art Gallery at Holy Cross College
1 College Street
O’Kane Hall, 1st floor
Worcester, MA
(508) 793-3356
http://www.holycross.edu/departments/cantor/website/index.html
M–F 10–5, Sat 2–5
January 16–February 13: Layers: Collecting Cuban American Art: The exhibition includes two private collections, one assembled by Lynette Bosch, associate professor of art history at SUNY, Genesco, who has been actively supporting research and exhibitions since the early nineteenninties, examining contemporary Cuban-American artists’ work. The second private collection includes selected pieces assembled by Jorge J.E. Gracia, professor, department of philosophy, SUNY, Buffalo, in which Gracia looks at recent trends as well as work created during the past two decades by Cuban-American artists to build a representative collection of their work.

Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography
85 Avenue A
Turners Falls, MA
(413) 863-0009
www.hmcp.org
laurie@hmcp.org
Th–Su 1–5
Through December 17: John Paul Caponigro: Reflections: Caponigro will exhibit thirty-six large scale color prints drawn from his recent series New Work, and Exhalations. This exhibition is a visual call for conscious reconnection with the earth. Working in wastelands, his camerawork speaks of the beauty to be found there as an affirmation of hope. January 11–March 18: Douglas Kirkland: Portraits: 50 Years. Reception and artist’s talk: January 13.

Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
Routes 9 & 116
Amherst, MA
(413) 542-5123
www.amherst.edu/~mead
T–Sun 10–4:30, Th 10–9
Closed Monday and holidays
Through December 10: George Bellows: A Ringside Seat: As a member of the Ashcan School of painters, Bellows sought to paint life without embellishment or pretension. The exhibition will examine four themes that Bellows repeatedly explored during his short life: his family, sports, social and political injustice, and his immediate environment. Through December 10: The Prints of Utamaro: Featuring new acquisitions by the Mead as well as loans from private and institutional lenders. Co-curated by Anne Nishimura Morse. Through December 22: Small British Paintings: A selection of small nineteenthcentury British paintings from the Mead collection by artists including Thomas Barker of Bath, Thomas Shotter Boys, David Cox, Robert Gibb the Elder, Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, John Linnell, John Martin, and James R. A. Ward.

Norman Rockwell Museum
Route 183
Stockbridge, MA
(413) 298-4100 open daily
www.nrm.org
Open daily
Through January 14, 2007: More Than Words: Artists’ Illustrated Letters: from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art. In an age of email and instant messaging, More Than Words reconnects us with the wonders of handmade communications.

Bartholomäus Bruyn, the Elder (German, 1493–1555), The Coronation of the Virgin (detail), c. 1515, at Smith College Museum of Art.

Smith College Museum of Art
Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
Northampton, MA
(413) 585-2760
www.smith.edu/artmuseum
Lively changing exhibitions, distinguished
permanent collection, plus acclaimed artist-designed
restrooms, Museum Shop, and Sam’s Café.
Through December 31: Image and Devotion:
Christian Art of Ethiopia from the Walters Art Museum.
Through December 10: The Art of Structural Design:
A Swiss Legacy. Through December 3:
Garry Winogrand: Women Are Beautiful.

University Gallery at UMass Amherst
Fine Arts Center
151 Presidents Drive
Amherst, MA
(413) 545-3670
www.fineartscenter.com/universitygallery
T–F 11–4:30, Sat–Sun 2–5
 
Worcester Art Museum
55 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA
(508) 799-4406
www.worcesterart.org
W–Su 11–5, Sa 10–5, third Th of the month 11–8
Opening December 16: La Belle Epoque: Prints, drawings, and photographs reflecting the “beautiful era” at the turn of the century. Through January 14: Mi Puerto Rico: Master Painters of the Island, 1780–1952: Paintings celebrate the art of the island and illustrate the rich artistic heritage. Through February 25: Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child (in context): Fabric figures and books from innovative “oldest of young artists.” Through March 4: Mountain Harvests: Chinese Jades and Other Treasured Stones: Elaborate jade and stone objects by Chinese artisans. Through spring 2007: Wall at WAM: Jim Hodges: Don’t be afraid: Collaborative mural project.

Alva deMars Megan Chapel Art Center
at Saint Anselm College
100 Saint Anselm Drive
Manchester, NH
(603) 641-7470
www.anselm.edu
During exhibitions: T–Sa 10–4, Th until 9
January 26–March 2: Crossing Lines: Michael Bergt, A Mid-Career Retrospective: Artist Michael Bergt is fast approaching the peak of his career as a leading American painter and sculptor. The title of this show indicates both the crossed lines of traditional hachure technique use with egg tempera, as well as his interpretive motives behind highly imaginative and forthright compositions. This show will include selections of Bergt’s fascinating sculpture as well. This exhibit appeared at the Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York, this past fall.

Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College
Wheelock St.
Hanover, NH
(603) 646-2808
www.hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu
Free admission
Tu–Sa 10–4, open W until 9, Su 12–5
Through December 10: Dreaming Their Way: Australian Aboriginal Women Painters. Through March 11: From Discovery to Dartmouth: The Assyrian Reliefs at the Hood Museum of Art, 1856–2006. January 6–March 4: El Anatsui: GAWU. January 20–May 13: Thin Ice: Inuit Traditions within a Changing Environment. The Hood has an outstanding permanent collection of more than sixty-five thousand works of art from ancient cultures, America, Europe, Africa, Papua New Guinea, and many other regions of the world.

Karl Drerup Art Gallery
at Plymouth State University
17 High Street, MSC 21B
Plymouth, NH
(603) 535-2614
http://www.plymouth.edu/gallery/
M–Sat 12–5
Through December 16: Karl Drerup Art Gallery: Susan Smith: The Comerford Dam Project: Drawings, video, and audio segments relating to architectural, environmental, and construction history, as well as water management issues of the twenty-first century relating to an Art Deco style dam in the Connecticut River Valley. Lamson Library: Art Hazelwood: Hubris Corpulentus: The artist’s recent controversial series of satirical prints against the war in Iraq.

Benny Andrews, Cotton Club, 2004, at Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy.

Lamont Gallery
at Phillips Exeter Academy
Tan Lane
Exeter, NH
(603) 777-3461
M 1–5, T–Sat 9–5
January 8–March 3: American Visions: Works by Benny Andrews, Barkley Hendricks, Richard Mayhew, Faith Ringgold, and Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson. American Visions presents the works of five noted African American artists, working with a variety of media and themes. Exhibition organized by ACA Galleries, New York, NY. Reception: January 11, 6:30–8 p.m.

New Hampshire Art Association
at the Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery
136 State Street
Portsmouth, NH
(603) 431-4230
W–Sat 10–5, Sun 12–4
Through December 29: Art for Holiday Giving: Works for sale in all mediums.

Rivier College Art Gallery
Memorial Hall,
435 Main St.
Nashua, NH
(603) 897-8275
www.rivier.edu/gallery
tcouture@rivier.edu
M–Th 11–3, 6–8:30, F 11–3
Through December 12: Solos, Duetts, and Concertos—Recent Paintings by David Chamberlain: Featuring original monotype oil paintings. Duetts: Collaborated works created in Asia, Africa, and New England with artists in multiple disciplines, especially music. Chamberlain is the originator of the Duett approach to painting. Reception and artist presentation: December 5, 2:30 p.m.

Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery
at Keene State College
229 Main Street
Keene, NH
(603) 358-2720
www.keene.edu/tsag
thorne@keene.edu
Sat–W 12–4,Th–F 12–7
Free admission
Through December 10: Prints by Women: Selected Work: Reflecting the achievements of women artists and their changing vision, which parallels the increase in social freedom experienced by women. These works present a sampling of various artistic movements and techniques in the field of printmaking in the nineteenth and twentiethcenturies. Techniques and Styles: A Sampling of Paintings and Drawings: An educational exhibit that provides an opportunity for audiences to study a variety of techniques and media used in creating two-dimensional works of art. These exhibits are on loan from the Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery
815 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY
(518) 580-8080
www.skidmore.edu/tang
tang@skidmore.edu
M–F 10–5, Sat, Sun 12-5
Through December 30: Opener 11: Nina Katchadourian: Nina makes artwork propelled by her deliberate attempts to observe, scrutinize, order, and disorder her surroundings. All Forms of Attraction collects fifteen years of Katchadourian’s provocations. Through December 30: Twice Drawn: Drawings by over sixty artists will comprise this eccentric survey of the last half century of modern and contemporary drawing. Artists included range from mid-century stalwarts like Philip Guston, Willem De kooning, Lee Brontecou, and Ellsworth Kelly, to established draftsmen including Brice Marten; and younger artists like Ernesto Caivano and Kate Sheperd.

David Winton Bell Gallery
at Brown University List Art Center
64 College Street
Providence, RI
(401) 863-2932
M–F 11–4, Sat, Sun 1–4
Through December 22: Amy Cutler. January 26–March 4, 2007: Faculty Exhibition.

Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery and Reilly Gallery
at Providence College
549 River Avenue
Providence, RI
(401) 865-2400
www.providence.edu/art/gallery.html
Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery
M–F 11–4
Reilly Gallery
M–Sat 11–4
Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery
M–F 11–4
Reilly Gallery
M–Sa 11–4
Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery: Through December 15: John Ellis: Filial Meditations: Portraits of a Parent.

Krause Gallery at the Moses Brown School
250 Lloyd Ave.
Providence, RI
M–F 8–4
School holidays, evenings, and weekends by appointment
December 5–29: Layered Perceptions: Arthur Moore and Luis Villanueva. Opening reception: December
8, 5–7 p.m. January 9–February 2: Disparate Views: Saberah Malik, Geraldine Maceyne, and Linda DiFrenna. Opening reception: January 12, 5–7 p.m.

Providence Art Club
11 Thomas Street
Providence, RI
(401) 331-1114
www.providenceartclub.org  
M–F 12–4, Sa–Su 2–4
Through December 23: Maxwell Mays and Dodge House Galleries: Little Pictures 2006. Extended hours: Th 12–7, Sa–Su 12–4. January 2–14: Maxwell Mays Gallery: Class Exhibition. Dodge House Gallery: New Year: New Members. Receptions: January 7, 2–4 p.m. January 16–February 2: Maxwell May Gallery: Opening Painting 2007. Dodge House Gallery: Gail Armstrong and Craig Masten: A Marriage of Two Artists. Receptions: January 21, 2–4 p.m.

RISD Museum of Art
224 Benefit Street
Providence, RI
(401) 454-6500
www.risdmuseum.org
T-Sun 10-5, third Th of each month 5-9
Through March: Re-Viewing the Twentieth Century. Through January 7: Wunderground: Providence, 1995 to the Present. Videos in Progress: Wunderground Film and Video Mix, Volume 1: Animation. Through January 14: Expanding the Surface: Multiple-Panel Prints in Edo-Period Japan. Through February 11: Turn Left at the Camel: A Curator’s Tale of Uzbekistan. Fantastic Tales: Photography of Nan Goldin. December 1, 2006–February 25, 2007: Urban America, 1930–1970.

Rhode Island Watercolor Society
Slater Memorial Park
Armistice Boulevard
Pawtucket, RI
(401) 726-1876
www.riws.org
T–Sat 10–4, Sun 1–5
Through December 23: Holiday Little Picture Show: Small, framed, original paintings at reasonable prices. Gift table also. January 7–25: Franklin Art Association Members’ Show. January 28–February 15: New Artist Member Show: Featuring work of Artist Members accepted in 2006.
 
Wheeler Gallery
228 Angell Street, Providence, RI
(401) 421-9230
www.wheelergallery.org
T–Sat 12–5, Sun 3–5
January 12–31: Presenting recent works by painter James Harvey and glass artist James Watkins. Opening reception for the artists: January 12, 5–7 p.m. The public is invited.

BigTown Gallery
99 North Main
Rochester, VT
(802) 7679670
www.bigtowngallery.com
W–Sat 10–5, Sun 11–4
Th until 10 through December 25
Through January 7: The Craft of Art: BigTown’s Holiday Group Show: Shop for affordable, unusual, and fine gifts—gift wrapping available. Holiday Open House: December 2, 4:30–8:30 p.m. Meet the artists and enjoy music. Wine tasting with Jack Garvin of the Warren Store, VT.

Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
10 Vernon Street
Brattleboro, VT
(802) 257-0124
www.brattleboromuseum.org
Daily except Tu 11–5
Admission: $4 adults, $3 seniors, $2 students
Free to BMAC members and children 6 and under
Through March 4, 2007: Music of the Spheres and Rhythms of the Earth: Jonathan Clowes and John Hughes. Between Mind & Nature: Imagining Other Worlds. Tucker Nichols Wall Drawings. Corporeal Relics: Recent work by Susanqua Link. Plus gift shop, educational programs, concerts, special events, and facilities rentals.

The Robert Hull Fleming Museum
at the University of Vermont
61 Colchester Ave.
Burlington, VT
(802) 656-0750
January 16–May 13: Ambreen Butt: Born in Pakistan but now living in Boston, Butt revives the
exquisitely detailed medium of Persian and Indian miniature painting to explore modern issues.
Tourism: Student-curated exhibition exploring the correlations of tourism with art. February 8–July 2:
Building Burlington: The museum explores the evolution of the built landscape in Burlington and Winooski from ninteen-twenty and projects into the next decade, ending in two-thousand twenty. Currently on view: The James B. Petersen Memorial Gallery of Native American Cultures: A permanent gallery with rotating exhibits.

The Firehouse Gallery
135 Church Street
Burlington, VT
(802) 865-7166
www.BurlingtonCityArts.com
Sun, T, W 12–5, Th–Sat 12–8
Through December 17: Studio Show: Juried work from fifteen active members of Burlington City Arts’ Studios. This exhibition highlights the diverse work of emerging, local artists. December 22 & 23, 11–7 p.m: Holiday Artist Market: Pottery, jewelry, textiles, prints, and more—all crafted by local artisans. December 30–January 27: Barbara Smail Award Exhibition: Catherine Hall: Work ranges from large-scale installations to beautiful oil paintings and inspiring prints. Catherine will work as an artist in residence in November and December. Reception: December 31, 4:30–5:30 p.m.

Spheris Gallery
59 the Square
Bellows Falls, VT
(802) 463-2220

59 South Main Street
Hanover, NH
(603) 640-6155
www.spherisgallery.com
December 1–January 31: Spheris Hanover: Group Exhibition. Representing: Eric Aho, Sarah Amos,
Stanley Bielen, Jeffrey Blondes, Peter Brooke, Donald Dreifuss, Yizhak Elyashiv, Catherine Farish, James Florschutz, Beth Galston, Beth Ganz, Michael Herrmann, Amparo Carvajal Hufschmid, Heather Hutchison, Jeri Isenberg, Jon Isherwood, John Kemp Lee, Milan Klic, Daniel Kohn, Lloyd Martin, Michael Mulhern, Colleen Randal, Renaisssance Press, Ray Ruseckas, Elzbieta Sikorska, Gary Haven Smith, Dan Snow, Johnny Swing, Seiko Tachibana, Paul Taylor, Doug Trump, Carolyn Webb, and Malcolm Wright. For information on artists’ lectures, music performances, and other events please visit our Web site: www.spherisgallery.com