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Connecticut Exhibition Listings

Catherine Opie, Oliver in a Tutu (detail), at the Aldrich Museum of Art.

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
258 Main Street
Ridgefield, CT
(203)438-4519
www.aldrichart.org
general@aldrichart.org
T-Sun 12-5
Catherine Opie: 1999 & In and Around Home. Jennifer Zackin: Killamanta Kutimusaq (To the Moon and Back). John Giglio: Main Street Sculpture Project. Closing March 12: Jane Harris: New Painting. Todd Hebert: 2005 Aldrich Emerging Artist Award Exhibition. Karkhana: A Contemporary Collaboration: Featuring the work of six Pakistani painters. Cyrilla Mozenter: More Saints Seen.

Bruce Museum of Arts and Science
1 Museum Drive
Greenwich, CT
(203)869-6786
www.brucemuseum.org
T -Sat 10 -5, Sun 1 -5 February 4–March 19: Landscapes: Selections from the Bruce Museum Collection: The exhibition highlights 30 paintings from the permanent collection that show the appeal and seasonal beauty of the American panorama. Through April 16: Cinema, Swing and Satchmo: African-American Movie Posters: A selection of vintage movie posters featuring African-Americans, from Porgy and Bess to Sammy Davis, Jr., in A Man Called Adam. Through April 23: Ben Franklin’s Curious Mind: Celebrating the tercentenary of the Franklin’s birth, this exhibition highlights some of his remarkable accomplishments as printer, writer, scientist, inventor, citizen, and statesman.

Robin J. Miller, Jazz History Quilt, a part of Fairfield County, CT’s 2006 African-American Art Exhibition.

Fairfield County
Connecticut’s 2006 African-American
Art Exhibition
January 16–February 28: Telling Our Story: A Visual Mosaic by Artists of the African Diaspora.
On view at:
Sackler Gallery
Palace Theater,
61 Atlantic Street
Stamford, CT
Opening reception: February 2, 5–9 p.m. Event Sponsor: General Electric.
Rosenthal Gallery
Rich Forum,
307 Atlantic Street
Stamford, CT
Opening reception February 9, 5–9 p.m.
Event Sponsor: Bank of America.
These exhibitions are open to the public and include complimentary admission, artist talk, student art awards, hors d’oeuvres, and live jazz. Exhibition curated by Picture That, LLC and Simone’s Gallery, Ltd

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 Free Admission Through February 16: Books Transformed: Fascinating, inventive creations which stretch the physical limits of books while retaining basic functions. Artists include Deborah Phillips Chodoff, Anne- Claude Cotty, Ramon Lascano, Elizabeth Ryland Mears, Lindsey Mears, Michele Mozian, Werner Pfeiffer, and Rosalie Tisch. Opening reception: January 12, 6–8 p.m. February 23–March 30: Paper Not Paper: Artists Chris Durante and Judith Steinberg. Opening reception: February 23, 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 A series of exhibits about the elements: water, air, fire, and earth, to run one each academic year. Water has unique properties from a religious, spiritual, and biological viewpoint; it is a universal purifier, a building block of life; most cultures have a flood creation myth. Artists include: Siona Benjamin, Lee Bontecou, Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Nancy Eisenfeld, Roy Fowler, Sandy Gellis, Fred George, Kim Holleman, Cassandra James, Alex Katz, Michael Krondl, Samm Kunce, Pat Steir, May Stevens, and Keiji Shinohara.

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
artgallery@sjc.edu
T,W,F, 11 -4, Th 11 -6, Sat 11 -2 Closed Mondays and major holidays February 10–March 25: Recent Acquisitions: Including works by David Shapiro, George Gardner Symons, Rolph Scarlett, Sally Michel Avery, John Costigan, and others. Opening reception: February 9, 6–7:30 p.m.Through March 25: Paintings from the Collection: Including oils by Georgia O’Keeffe, Milton Avery, Thomas Hart Benton, and others.

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 February 5: 2006 New Members’ Exhibtion. Opening reception: January 8, 2–4 p.m. Judith Orseck Katz: Sea Level. Director’s Choice: Invitational Landscape Exhibition. February 12–March 12: Missy Savard: New Works. Nomi Silverman: The Mud Flat Drawings. Nina Bentley: Self Improvement. Director’s Choice: Gerald Saladyga: The View from Ganymede. March 19–April 20: Guild Group Exhibition. Director’s Choice: Alexander Razin.

Slater Memorial Museum
108 Crescent Street
Norwich, CT
(860)887-2506
www.norwichfreeacademy.com
T -F 9 -4,Sat -Sun 1 -4 February 26–April 6: 63rd Connecticut Artists Juried Exhibition. Opening reception: February 26, 1–3

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 February 10–March 8: Paintings: Richard L. Dana: An artist, independent curator, and arts administrator based in Washington, D.C., Dana’s exhibition features mixed-media paintings completed over the last ten years. Dana’s paintings are an amalgamation of painterly, atmospheric abstraction and representational, figurative imagery. Whether solitary statements or narrative sequences, his images speak to the human condition and are charged with color and contrast. Artist reception: February 18, 4–6 p.m. March 30–April 30: Rediscovered: Photography of Raymond Jacobs. Reception: April 1, 4–6 p.m.

Washington Art Association
4 Bryan Plaza
P.O. Box 173
Washington Depot, CT
(860)868-2878
M -Sat 10 -5,Sun 12 -5 January 7–January 29: Young Talent 2006: Kyle Bowman: abstract paintings; Brian Kiernan: landscape paintings; Jay Noble: drawings and paintings; Jennifer O’Connell: interior paintings; Amanda Rogers: figurative paintings; Nicole Salva: still life paintings; and Amber Scoon: graphic novel. Reception: January 7, 3–5 p.m. February 4–26: February Show: Bonner Chabot: drawings; Mary P Hawvermale: assemblages; and Flavia Bacarella: collages. Reception: February 4, 3–5 p.m.




Maine Exhibition Listings

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,Sat -Sun 1 -4,Th 1 -7

Portland Museum of Art
Seven Congress Square
Portland, ME
(207)775-6148
www.portlandmuseumofart.org
pma@maine.rr.com
T -Sun 10 -5,F 10 -9 February 11–June 11: The Maine Perspective: Architectural Drawings, Part III–Toward Modernism, 1925–1985. March 4–May 7: Between Plan and Elevation: The Work of George Lloyd. Through March 19: Accommodations of Desire: Surrealist Works on Paper Collected by Julien Levy.

Massachusetts Exhibition Listings
BOSTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS
Ross Saryan, Masks, at the ALMA Museum.
ALMA Museum
65 Main Street
Watertown Square
Watertown, MA
(617) 926-2562 or (617) 290-1682
www.AlmaInc.org
www.SaryanMuseum.com
Roubina@BoomerangSoftware.com
Th 6–9, F, Sat, Sun 1–5 February 26–March 12: Grandson of World Renowned Artist Saryan: Ross Saryan: Presenting dazzling paintings that are attractive, powerful, and brightly colored. You are invited to explore the artist’s creative new style. Distinctly unique, pleasant yet impressive works. Meet the artist, Ross Saryan, at the free opening reception: February 26, 2–5 p.m.


Alpha Gallery
14 Newbury Street
Boston, MA
(617)536-4465
www.alphagallery.com
February 4–March 1: Matt Brackett: New Paintings. Aaron Fink: Venus and Sundae: Works on Paper. March 4–29: Milton Avery.

Arden Gallery
129 Newbury Street
Boston, MA
(617)247-0610
www.ardengallery.com
ArdenGallery@aol.com
M-Sat 11-5:30 February 1–28: Bill Fisher: Large, bold, abstract works on panel. Utilizing sparse geometric shapes, Fisher playfully juxtaposes intense colors. His surfaces, made with oil and cold wax medium, feel at once industrial and ethereal. Opening reception: February 3, 5–7 p.m. March 1–29: Margaret Gerding: Fields and Mountains: Enchanting and intense paintings depicting expansive horizons, isolated trees, serpentine rivers, and soft velvet marshes found in New England’s landscape. Softly meditative, yet dramatically luminous panoramas transport the viewer to a place unaltered by human presence. Opening reception: March 3, 5–7 p.m.

Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University
700 Beacon Street
Boston, MA
(617)262-1223
www.aiboston.edu
700 Beacon Gallery: M–Sat 9–5, Sun 12–5 Call for Porter Square Gallery hours Through March 4: MFA Graduate Exhibition. January 30–March 19: Works by Ralph Steadman. Opening reception: February 2, 5–7 p.m. January 16–February 19: After the Hurricane: Photographs by Maria Arabbo and Alex Weber at the new AIB gallery in Porter Square (1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA). Opening reception: February 9, 5–7 p.m., AIB Porter Square Gallery. March 2–April 30: Porter Square Gallery: Marilene Phipps: An Other World. Opening reception: March 2, 5–7 p.m. AIB Porter Square Gallery. March 27–May 7: Artist in Residence: Kitty Wales. Opening reception: March 30, 5–7 p.m., AIB 700 Beacon Street Gallery.

Artspace Gallery
ArtSpace - Maynard Art Center
63 Summer Street
Maynard, MA
(978)897-9828
www.artspacemaynard.com
artspac63@aol.com
W-Sat 12-4 Through February 17: Shelters: An installation of four structures by Amy Robinson that allow for physical, interactive space in which to pause and experience being cared for. Opening reception: January 21, 2–4 p.m. March 15–April 14: ArtSpace Artists Invitational: Three outstanding ArtSpace artists, George Herman (painting), Kathleen Volp (mixed media,) and Leslie Zalensky (sculpture), were selected by the ArtSpace Gallery Committee for this exhibition. Opening reception: March 18, 2–4 p.m.

Barbara Krakow Gallery
10 Newbury Street
5th Floor,
Boston, MA
(617)262-4490
T -Sat 10 -5:30; January 28–March 15: Sol LeWitt: Sets 1971–1983. March 18–April 26: Barbara Broughel. April 29–June 7: Michael Mazur: New Works.

The Bernard Toale Gallery
450 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA
(617)482-2477
www.bernardtoalegallery.com
T -Sat 10:30 -5:30 February 15–March 25: New Paintings: Chris Martin. Recent Photography: Thomas Allen.

Berenberg Gallery
4 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA
(617)536-0800
www.berenberggallery.com
info@berenberggallery.com
T -Sat 11 -6 March 15–May 6: Gateway Arts.

Boston Sculptors Gallery
486 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA
www.BostonSculptors.com
(617)482-7781
T–Sat 12–6 February 7–March 11: Christopher Frost: Material Goods. Maggie Stark : Time-Shift: A light installation. Artist reception: February 11, 3–5 p.m. First Friday reception: March 3, 5–8 p.m. March 14–April 15: Laura Baring Gould: Installation in Beeswax, Bronze and Sound. Robert Schelling: Work in Bronze. Artist reception: March 18, 4–7 p.m. First Friday reception: April 7, 5–8 p.m. Artist talk: April 13, 7 p.m.

Boston University Art Gallery
855 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA
gallery@bu.edu
www.bu.edu/art
(617) 353-3329
T-F 1-5, Sat-Sun 1-5 February 10–April 2: A Photographic Portrait of Boston, 1840–1865: Featuring photographs from Boston’s four key photographic archives: The Boston Athenaeum, the Boston Public Library, Historic New England, and the Massachusetts Historical Society. The exhibition provides the opportunity to reassess this early period in photography and to exhibit some of its images publicly for the first time.

Brickbottom Gallery
1 Fitchburg Street
Somerville, MA
(617)776-3410
www.brickbottomartists.com
Th -Sat 12 -5 Through February 25: Offshoots: Artists and their Students: In conjunction with the CAA conference: Sarah Bapst, Gabrielle Barzaghi, Deborah Davidson, Jehanne-Marie Gavarini, Gina Kamentsky, Susan Schmidt, Jill Slosburg-Ackerman, Randal Thurston, John Tricomi, Debra Weisberg, and students of their choice. March 2–April 1: Under the Influence: Science: Brickbottom Members Exhibition. Opening reception: March 5, 4–6 p.m.

Bromfield Gallery
450 Harrison Street
Boston, MA
(617)451-3605
www.bromfieldartgallery.com
W -Sat 12 -5 February 1–25: In Gallery I: Jill Weber: New Paintings. In Gallery II: Laura Rollins: Velveetaland. Reception: February 3, 5:30–7:30 p.m. March 1–April 1: In Gallery I: Charles Goss: Eye Object. In Gallery II: Tim Nichols: High Wire. Reception: March 3, 5:30–7:30 p.m.

Brookline Arts Center
86 Monmouth Street
Brookline, MA
(617) 566-5715
www.brooklineartscenter.com
bac@brooklineartscenter.com
M–F 9–4:30 Open February 19, 11–4:30 February 1–March 3: Creating Paradise: Oil and Acrylic Paintings by Manika Srivastav: The artist has drawn upon her experiences in different countries to explore current issues from a woman’s point of view.

Cambridge Art Association
Kathryn Schultz Gallery
25 Lowell Street
Cambridge, MA
(617)876-0246
T -Sat 11 -5 February 8–28: Simple Gifts: A Members Juried Show: Juried by Michael Price. Reception: February 11, 12–2 p.m. Kathryn Schultz Gallery: March 14–April 13: The Way We Live. Reception: Friday March 17: 5:30–7 p.m. February 2–27: The Art of Love: Featuring the work of special needs children from twelve area schools. Reception: February 12, 2–4 p.m. University Place Gallery: March 2–28: Jane Hobbs, Steve Myers, and Michelle Gauthier: Small group show.

Carney Gallery at Regis College
235 College Fine Arts Center
Weston, MA
(781)768-7070
www.regiscollege.edu
M-F 10-4 or by appointment March 14–April 20: Drama of Scale: Prints from Mixit Studio: Presents a selection of prints from the extreme ends of the size scale, challenging the viewer to consider how the subject of the prints and their physical presence relate. The exhibition demonstrates how esthetic decisions about size stretch the limits of printmaking and successfully fulfill each artist’s vision. Mixit Print Studio is a professional monoprint/intaglio studio located in Somerville. Reception: March 31, 5:30–7:30 p.m.

Chase Gallery
129 Newbury Street
Boston, MA
(617)859-7222
www.chasegallery.com
M -Sat 10 -6 February 1–25: Dean Richardson. Artist reception: February 3, 5–7 p.m. March 1–31: Kathryn Frund. Artist reception: March 3, 5–7 p.m.

Clark Gallery
145 Lincoln Road
Box 339,
Lincoln, MA
(781)259-8303
www.clarkgallery.com
T -Sat 10 -5 January 31–February 23: Holly Farrell: New Paintings. Barbara Kassel: 135 Duane Street New Paintings: Canadian artist Holly Farrell debuts at Clark with new paintings. Kassel returns to Clark with new paintings. Reception: February 4, 4–6 p.m. February 2–March 23: Julie Levesque: Fork, Knife, or Spoon: A new installation. On Paper: Including works by Dawn Southworth, Grace DeGennaro, and Andrew Stevovich. Reception: March 4, 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 February 7–26: Members Juried II: Photography, Drawing, Crafts and Graphics Exhibit: Features work by member artists juried by James Hull, independent curator and founding director of Green Street Gallery. Reception: February 9, 6–8 p.m. Fourth Thursday Lecture Series: James Hull will present “Get Great Art and Support Local Artists: Collecting on a Budget”: February 23, 7 p.m. Free for members; $5 non-members. March 2–26: Roger Kizik: Equal Access: Abstractions and Book Portraits. Reception: March 2, 6–8 p.m.

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 April 8: Small Works: This popular exhibit will be on a quarterly refreshment year round in the Lower Gallery. Through February 4: New Members Show: A survey of the Society’s most recent members. February 9–March 4: Student Show: An exhibition of works by Co|So’s Student Artist Members. March 9–Arpil 8: Patron’s Choice. Co|So is the oldest nonprofit art association in the Unites States. We represent over 700 living artist members, ranging in style from tradtional 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 12-8, F-Sat 10-5, Sun 12-5 January 29–April 2: Boston Printmakers: The New Landscape, Alternative Approach. Through February 26: Grace Lin, Children’s Book Illustrator. February 2–28: Ed Segarra. February 15–March 19: New England Currents: Womankind. Reception: February 19, 3 p.m. Gallery talk: To be announced. March 2–30: Jodi Colella.

DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
51 Sandy Pond Road
Lincoln, MA
(781)259-8355
www.decordova.org
T–Sun 11–5, and selected Monday holidays Through April 16: James Surls: The Splendora Years, 1977–1997: Abstract sculptures informed by the forces, imagery, and materials of nature. Recent Print Acquisitions: The Workshop Portfolios: Contemporary woodcuts, engravings, etchings, and lithographs by Boston’s most innovative printmakers. Software Art: Computer-based interactive works. Through September 2006: Selections from the Permanent Collection in Great Buys: Museum Purchases.

Depot Square Gallery
1837 Massachusetts Avenue
Lexington, MA
(781)868-1597
T -Sat 10 -5:30,Sun 12 -4 January 31–February 26: Jeanne Borofsky: Get Out the Map. Reception: February 5, 3–5 p.m. February 28–March 26: Allan Dushman and Natalie Warshawer: Windows to Our World. Reception: March 5, 3–5 p.m.

Gallery NAGA
67 Newbury Street
Boston, MA
(617)267-9060
www.gallerynaga.com
T -Sat 10 -5:30 February 3–25: Morgan Cohen: Photographs. Terry Rose: Immaterial. Reception: February 3, 6–8 p.m. March 3–April 1: Richard Raiselis: New Paintings. Reception: March 3, 6–8 p.m.


Gateway Gallery
62 Harvard Street
Brookline, MA
(617)734-1577
www.gatewayarts.org
M–F 9–4, Sat 12–5 Through March 4: Will You Be My...: Working in varied mediums, the full spectrum of love is explored in this exhibition featuring Gateway’s outsider artists with disabilities.

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 February 24: Meanings and Matters: The Layered Print: Christiane Corcelle-Lippeveld (curator), Laurinda Bedingfield, Nancy Hall Brooks, Barbara Cone, and Charles Stillman. Reception: January 29, 1–3 p.m. March 3–31: Stitched/Unstitched: Contemporary fiber arts exhibit: Nancy Crasco (curator), Judy Becker, Barbara Crane, Sandra Donabed, Sylvia Einstein, and Carol Grotrain.

The Griffin Museum of Photography
67 Shore Road
Winchester, MA
(781) 729-1158
www.griffinmuseum.org
T, W, 11-5, Th 11-7, F 11-4, Sat-Sun 12-4 Admission is $5 for adults, $2 for seniors, Free admission Thursday Handicapped accessible and available parking on premises. Through December 30: Arthur Griffin: A Singular Vision (1929-1951). Through January 2: Widescreen Portraits by Peter Urban. Opening January 3: A Dream Half Remembered: Images by Ken Rosenthal. Opening January 12: The Body Familiar: Current Perspectives on the Nude.

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 February 17–March 11: Student Annual Exhibition: Juried, multimedia exhibition of current students’ work. Opening reception: February 16, 5–7 p.m. Meet the Jurors: February 22, 12:30 p.m. Gallery Talk: March 1, 12:30 p.m. February 18–March 19: SMFA Traveling Scholars: Work by the 2004 fifth year student and alumni Traveling Scholarship Award recipients at the Museum of Fine Arts. Artists’ talks: March 2 and 9, 11 a.m.

Hess Gallery Pine at Manor College
400 Heath Street
Chestnut Hill, MA
(617) 731-7157
www.pmc.edu
M-Thurs 8:30-10, F 8:30-5, Sat 12-5, Sun 2-10 February 1–March 3: Jim Lee: Prints and Drawings of Cape Breton and the Bay of Fundy: New drawings and color woodcut prints based on research done on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia and other parts of the Canadian Maritimes. March 8–April 22: Suzanne Hodes: Visions: From New York to Tuscany: Paintings and drawings inspired by the energy and light of modern NYC and Tuscany. Lecture: “Passion, Politics, and Paint”: April 5, 6:30 p.m., Founder’s Room. Reception: 7:30–9 p.m. in Hess Gallery. For hours during spring break March 4–12, visit our Web site.

Howard Yezerski Gallery

14 Newbury Street
Boston, MA
(617) 262-0550
www.howardyezerskigallery.com
T-Sat 10-5:30 Through February 7th: Paintings by Domingo Barreres: Scales of Spin. Photographs by Sue Yang: Butterfly Series. March 17–April 18: John O’Reilly: Verlaine/Rimbaud.

The Institute of Contemporary Art
955 Boylston Street
Boston, MA
(617)266-5152
www.icaboston.org
T W,F 12 -5,Th 12 -9,Sat -Sun 11 -5

Gentile Bellini, A Seated Scribe (detail),1479–81, 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 March 26: Gentile Bellini and the East: Explores Western fascination with the East—and vice versa—providing a new context for examining art in Renaissance Venice. March 10–12: Cultural Encounters in the Mediterranean: Symposium features lectures and a Sunday concert with the Boston Camerata and Sharq Arabic Ensemble. February & March: The Seasonal Courtyard features Jasmine trees, orchids, and calla lilies. February & March Wednesdays: “Landscape Visions”: Lectures explore garden traditions that influenced Isabella Gardner. February & March Sunday Concert Series weekly at 1:30 p.m.

Judi Rotenberg Gallery
130 Newbury Street
Boston, MA
(617) 437-1518
www.judirotenberg.com
T-Sat 10-6 February 2–25: Entwined: Anne Beresford. Opening reception with the artist: February 2, 6–8 p.m. March 2–April 1: The Many Layers of Zygmund Jankowski. Opening reception with the artist: March 2, 6–8 p.m.

Khaki Gallery
9 Crest Road
Wellesley, MA
(781) 237-1095
www.nahidkhaki.com
khakigallery@yahoo.com
M–Sat 10–6 Through February 28: Inscapes: Color photographs by Nahid Khaki. Reception: February 4, 6–8 p.m. March 3–April 14: Montage: Photography-based mixed media by Nahid Khaki. Reception: March 18, 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; January 31–February 25: Paper and Cement: Hilary Hutchison. Reception: February 3, 5–7:30 p.m. Center Gallery: Continuum: Line and Female: Noh Kyoung Park. February 28–April 1: Beloved: Hilary Tolan: Exhibit featuring installation work, sculpture, and drawing. Opening reception: March 3, 5–7:30 p.m.

Kniznick Gallery at the Women’s Studies
Research Center at Brandeis University

515 South Street
Waltham, MA
(781) 736-8102
www.brandeis.edu/centers/wsrc
lzaiger@brandeis.edu
M–F 9–5 Free Admission February 7–March 31: Vital Voices: Women’s Visions: A juried exhibition taking place in conjunction with the Boston conference for the National Women’s Caucus for Art, this multi-media show addresses issues related to the lives of women. It seeks to explore these topics through art in order to create dialogue, awareness, and activism around challenges faced by women. Opening reception: February 7.

Lillian Immig Gallery at Emmanuel College
Cardinal Cushing Library, 2nd Floor
Emmanuel College 400 The Fenway
Boston, MA
(617) 735-9992
www.emmanuel.edu
MBTA: Green line E Train Museum Stop M-Sat 10-4 Free and open to the public Wheelchair accessible April 5–May 20: Bitmapped: A solo show of work by Megumi Naitoh. Gallery talk: April 19, 5:30 p.m. Reception: Wednesday, April 19, 6–8 p.m.

Mount Ida College Galleries
777 Dedham Street
Newton, MA
(617) 928-4654
T–Sun 1–6, Th 6–8 Closed for Spring Break March 10–19 January 31–February 26: Architecture in Perspective 20: The 20th International Juried Exhibition of Architectural Illustration from the American Society of Architectural Illustrators: Approximately eighty extraordinary works include traditional media as well as digital and analog images. Reception: February 2, 4:30–7 p.m. Gallery talk: February 2: Frank Costantino. March 7–April 2: 365: AIGA Year in Design 26: The AIGA student group of Mount Ida College hosts an exhibition of communication design made in North America in 2004, juried in 2005 from the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Reception: March 8, 4:30–7 p.m. Gallery talk: March 8, 6 p.m.

Kate Ericson & Mel Zielger, Camoflaged History, at the MIT List Visual Arts Center.
MIT List Visual Arts Center
Wiesner Building
E15 20 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA
(617)253-4680
http://web.mit.edu/lvac
Daily 12-6 February 9–April 9: America Starts Here: Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler: This first retrospective exhibition of Ericson and Ziegler’s career provides a critical analysis of the artists’ still under-appreciated position in the history of twentieth-century art. During their decade-long collaboration, Ericson and Ziegler produced influential conceptual art projects, ranging from important public projects and site-specific installations to drawings and mixed-media sculptures.

New Art Center in Newton
61 Washington Park
Newton, MA
(617)964-3424
www.newartcenter.org
M -F 9 -5,Sun 1 -5, Through February 19: Networks and Intersections. March 6–April 7: Spothunters: Shepard Fairey, Greg “SP.ONE” Lamarche, Monster Project, and Caleb “SONIK” Neelon have used the streets of Boston and beyond as host to their street art and graffiti. Spothunters shows the interplay and timely cultural relationship between street art, publishing, and studio art. Opening reception: March 10, 6–8 p.m.Film screening: Andre the Giant Has a Posse, director Helen Stickler, and other Spothunter-related selections: March 16, 7 p.m. Gallery talk with curator Caleb Neelon: March 26, 2 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. February 2–27: In the Gallery: Random Rhythm: Elizabeth Mitsuye Horwitz: Japanese paper works. Main Hall: Tapping: Tallies: Julie Weiman: Mixedmedia works. Reception: February 2, 7:30 p.m. March 2–30: In the Gallery: Reflections: Woven Interpretations of the Urban Landscape: Linda Senechal. Reception: March 7, 7:30 p.m. Main Hall: Black and White Photographs: Daniel Jackson.

Nielsen Gallery
179 Newbury Street
Boston, MA
(617)266-4835
www.nielsengallery.com
T -Sat 10 -5:30January 21–February 25: Anne Harris: 86 Drawings. March 4–April 1: Dexter Lazenby: Sculptures. Porfirio DiDonna in the Viewing Room.

Society of Arts and Crafts
175 Newbury Street
Boston, MA
M–Sat 10–6, Sun 12–5 The Society of Art and Crafts is helping to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts. The exhibition will show work by twenty-eight artists chosen from over 270 applicants of alumni from Watershed. Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts is a residency/retreat which provides artists with time and space to create in clay. They serve artists from across the country and abroad. Watershed’s unique niche grows out of its small and intimate communal approach to a non-hierarchical, process-oriented environment for experimentation, exploration, collaboration, and growth.

Sherman Gallery at Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue, 2nd Floor
Boston, MA 02215
(617)358-0295
www.bu.edu/cfa/visual
lcooney@bu.edu
T-F 11-5, Sat-Sun 1-5 January 24–March 3: Chris Chou: Just a Dot: The Sherman Gallery presents an exhibition of new and recent work by Boston University School of Visual Arts Artist-in-Residence Chris Chou. Chou’s lively canvases and works on paper incorporate vibrant color, texture, and symbol to tell stories that are both personal and universal. Opening reception: January 26, 5:30–7:30 p.m.

Towne Art Gallery
at Wheelock College

180 The Riverway
Boston, MA
T–F 12–5 Closed February 18 February 7–March 4: Abstraction Through The Lens: Nicholas Johnson, Dorothy Simpson Krause, Toru Nakanishi, Lauren K. O’Neal. Artists reception: February 11, 2–4 p.m.

Tufts University Art Gallery
40R Talbot Avenue
Medford, MA
(617)627-3518
www.ase.tufts.edu/gallery
galleryinfo@tufts.edu
T–Sun 11–5, Th evenings until 8 All events are free and open to the public February 9–April 2: Cross-Currents in Recent Video. Installation: Water as Metaphor for Identity (Tisch). Diane Burko: Flow (Koppelman). Opening reception: February 9, 5:30–8:30 p.m. Through May 21: Remis Sculpture Court: Recent Gifts of Art to the University. New Media Wall: Juan Manuel Echavarría: Bocas del Ceniza.

Trustman Art Gallery at Simmons College
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA
(617) 521-2268
www.simmons.edu/trustman
M-F 10-4:30 February 6–March 3: Colleen Kiely: Recent Paintings. Reception: February 23, 4:30–7 p.m. March 15–April 21: Marilyn Levin: Transformations: Paintings about travel and the mysteries of time.


Victoria Munroe Fine Art
171 Newbury Street
Boston, MA
(617) 523-0661
www.victoriamunroefineart.com
info@victoriamunroefineart.com
T-Sat 10-5:30January 19–February 25: Patrick Cauley: Paintings and Menagerie: 18th c. Indian Natural History Paintings.



NORTH OF BOSTON

Addison Gallery of Art at Phillips Academy
180 Main Street
Andover, MA
(978)749-4015
www.addisongallery.org
T-Sat 10-5, Sun 1-5 Free admission December 23–March 26: Towards Abstraction. Through February 26: Raising Renee: Paintings by Beverly McIver. Portraits of a People: Picturing African Americans in the Nineteenth Century. January 28–April 9: Young America: The Daguerreotypes of Southworth and Hawes.

Art Studio Vision
250 Merrimack Street
Lawrence, MA
(978) 975-8843
Kathleentaussig@mac.com
W-Sun 12-6, April 1-May 28: New England’s Finest Sculptors Display their Works: Michio Ihara, Arthur Ganson, Milan Klic, Graham Lucks, Samuel Facella. Opening Reception April 1, 5-7 p.m.

Erlich Gallery
96 Washington Street
Marblehead, MA
(781)631-1202
T -Sat 10:30 -5:30,Sun 12 -5 February and March, 2006: Salon Show of Gallery Artists: Paintings, sculpture, prints, masterworks, and fine crafts by nationally and internationally recognized artists.

Essex Art Center
56 Island Street
Lawrence, MA
(978) 685-2343
www.essexartcenter.com
M, W 10–8:30, T, Th, F 10–5 Free admission Through February 24: Main Gallery: Monhegan and More: Ralph Bush, Kelly Haines, Mark Hayden. Elizabeth A. Beland Gallery: Objects: Alfredo Conde: Wall paintings and works on paper. March 3–April 7: Main Gallery: Being Female: Georgia Renfroe, Sally Russell and Thea Shapiro. Beland Gallery: Life-o-rama: Samantha Fields.


The Gallery at Barrington Center for the Arts at Gordon College
College 255 Grapevine Road
Wenham, MA
(978) 867-4414
www.gordon.edu/arts_music/gallery.htm
M- Sat 9- 7 March 18–April 14: Recent Work of Alumni Artists: Features current art of Gordon College alumni Michelle Arnold, Anthony Falcetta, Jon MacAdam, and Truitt Seitz. Opening reception: March 18, 4–6 p.m.

Lorica Artworks
90 Main Street
Andover, MA
(978) 470-1829
www.loricaartworks.com
T, W, Sat 10–5, Th 10–8, F 10–6, Sun 12–4 March 10–April 30: A Rich and Fair Land: Group show featuring new works by Irish artists. Opening reception: March 10, 6:30–9 p.m. All are welcome. Lorica Artworks specializes in original art from Ireland and America.

McCoy Gallery at Merrimack College
315 Turnpike Street
Salem, MA
(978)837-5255
M-F 9-5 February 5–March 10: Gayle Fichtinger: Firewood: Terracotta portraits. Gayle Fichtinger is a ceramic sculptor who lives and works in New London, New Hampshire, and teaches at Plymouth State University. Her most recent still-life objects of split logs exhibit a concern for realistic detail while emphasizing a kind of natural history. As sculptural objects, the logs are modeled from lifelike portraits. As in a portrait, history is revealed in each log by the accumulation of clues: bark patterns, growth rings, scars, saw cuts, lichens, moss, and the chewing marks left by insects.

Montserrat College of Art Galleries
Montserrat and Schlosberg Gallery

23 Essex Street
Beverly, MA
M -F 11 -7,Sat 12 -4
301 Gallery
301 Cabot Street
Beverly, MA
(978)922-9234
T -S 1 -4 and by appt.
www.montserrat.edu
gallery@montserrat.edu
Montserrat Gallery: Through February 11: Plastic Princess: Barbie as Art. Talk: Culture of Cute: Leika Akiyama: February 1, 11:30 a.m. Performance: Barbie Monologues: My Life in Barbie. Linda Carney-Goodrich: February 2, 8 p.m. Talks: Illegal Art: Copyrights and Trademarks in Contemporary Art. Susan Richey, copyright and trademark lawyer: February 7, 11:30 a.m. February 24–April 5: Ryan McGinness: Mildly Subversive. Artist talk: February 24, 5:30–7 p.m. Reception: February 24, 7–9 p.m. Schlosberg Gallery: February 6–March 1: Mark Schoening. Artist talk: February 28, 11:30 a.m. March 13–31: Yizhak Elyashiv. Artist talk: March 29, 11:30 a.m. 301 Gallery: February 2–11: Graphic Design Show. March 3–10: The Best of Montserrat. March 21–April 1: Illustration Thesis Shows.

The Rose Art Museum
at Brandeis University

415 South Street
Waltham, MA
(781) 736-3434
www.brandeis.edu/rose
T–Sun 12–4 Through April 9: Dana Schutz: Paintings 2002–2005. Post and After: Contemporary Art from the Brandeis Collection. Through March 4: Oliver Herring: On the Cusp. Inside View with director Michael Rush: February 4, 2 p.m. Free with admission. Food for Thought Luncheon: February 22, 11 a.m. Discount for members; $15 for non-members. Inside View with curator Raphaela Platow: March 4, 2 p.m. Free with admission. Meet the artist: Dana Schutz: March 15, 7 p.m. RSVP for events: 781-736-3432.

South Shore Art Center
119 Ripley Road
Cohasset, MA
(781)383-2787
www.ssac.org
info@ssac.org
M-Sat 10-4, Sun 12-4 Accessible to all, no admission Bancroft Gallery:Through February 19: Susan DeMichele Retrospective: A Life in Landscape. Dillon Gallery: Friends of Susan DeMichele: JoAnne Chittick, Kimberlee Alemian, Diana Rousseau, and Patricia Gray. Manning Lobby: Fifty Susan DeMichele unframed and unmatted pastels will be available for sale only during the first weekend of the retrospective.

University Gallery at UMass Lowell
McGauvran Student Union
First Floor 71 Wilder Street
Lowell, MA
(978)934-3491
(978) 934-3494
www.uml.edu/dept/art
T-F 9-4, Sat by appointment January 25–February 24: Doug Bell: Lowell Stack: Sweet Nothings and Hardware Supplies: An installation. Reception: February 1, 3–5 p.m. Artist talk: 3:15 p.m., O’Leary 222. March 1–April 7: It’s Still Photography: Photographs from the Collection of Arno Rafael and Sandra Hughes Minkkinen. Reception: March 1, 3–5 p.m. Gallery talk: 3:15 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 January 17–February 9: Mark Malloy: Dilettante. Reception: January 25, 2–3 p.m. February 14–March 9: Benjamin Gross: Familiar Faces. Reception: February 15, 6–8 p.m. March 21–April 13: Joanne Mattera: Ten Years of Encaustic Painting. Reception: March 22, 2–3 p.m. April 17–28: Salem State College Student Awards Exhibition. Reception: April 19, 6–8 p.m. May 1–15 and May 8–12: Salem State College Student Honors Exhibit: Corrine Merluzzi and Tim Legros. Receptions: May 3, 6–8 p.m. and May 10, 6–8 p.m.

SOUTH OF BOSTON

The Art Complex Museum
189 Alden Street
Duxbury ,MA
(781)934-6634
W -Sun 1 -4
www.artcomplex.org
February 5–April 9: On Their Own: Scott Hadfield. Opening reception: February 5, 1:30–3:30 p.m. February 5–April 30: New Acquisitions: The Duxbury Art Association Annual Winter Juried Show. Gala opening: February 4.

Cape Ann Historical Museum
27 Pleasant Street
Gloucester, MA
(978) 283-0455
www.capeannhistoricalmuseum.org
T–Sat 10–5, Sun 1–4 March 4–June 11: Intimate Portraits: New Work by Rob Amory: Meditative explorations on the human condition. Historically informed, existentially conceived, the artist’s highly enlarged images conjoin intimate exploration of an individual’s physical topology with intense yet compassionate observations of psychological interiority.

Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery
at Bristol Community College

777 Elsbree Street
Fall River, MA
(508) 678-2811
www.bristolcommunitycollege.edu/gallery/
khancock@bristol.mass.edu
M, W, Sat 1–4, T, Th, F 10–1 January 26–February 23: On 40 At 40: A National Juried Exhibition: As part of the celebrations to mark Bristol Community College’s 40th anniversary, the Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery is hosting a National Juried Exhibition about the number 40. March 9–April 5: I WITNESS Art in a Political Context: Works by Linda Bond, Tatana Kellner, and Lin Lisberger.

Wallace L. Anderson Gallery at Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater, MA
(508)531-1359
www.bridgew.edu/art
llennon@bridgew.edu
M-F 8-4 February 13–March 10: Beatrice St.Laurent: Through the Lens of a Photographer: St.Laurent is in the process of digitally archiving the Tangier American Legation Museum Collection of the works of Spanish photographer and Moroccan resident Paul Ruedi, 1910–1935. March 20–April 14: Mercedes Nuñez: FIRE+ICE: Road Haiku: An installation of artist books, photography, and mixed-media collage pieces that speak of the landscape–human, natural, and spiritual. Reception: March 21, 5–7 p.m.


WESTERN MASS

The Harrison Gallery
39 Spring Street
Williamstown, MA
(413) 458-1700
www.theharrisongallery.com
M–Sat 10–5:30, Sun 12–5 The Harrison Gallery specializes in fine and decorative arts, featuring contemporary landscapes from New England.

Herter Gallery at UMass Amherst
215 Herter Hall
Amherst, MA
(413) 545-0976
www.umass.edu/art
M–F 11–4, Sun 1–4 February 1–26: East Gallery: Will Eisner: A Drawing Retrospective. West Gallery: Small World 2005: An international juried exhibition of electron photomicrosopy, sponsored by NIKON Corp. Reception: February1, 4–6 p.m. March 7–April 7: West Gallery: Recent Paintings: Young Min Moon. Reception: 4–6 p.m. Center Gallery: Laura Letinsky: Recent Still-Life Photographs. Reception: 4–6 p.m. East Gallery: Dawn Clements: Selected Drawings. Reception: March 7, 4–6 p.m. 

Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
P.O. Box 5000
Amherst, MA
(413) 542-5123
www.amherst.edu/~mead
Through May 14: Some Assembly Required: Extreme Evolutions: June Aherns, Elisa D’Arrigo, Carol Hepper, Nene Humphrey, and Rebecca Smith: Explores the multi-faceted work of five contemporary artists, each of whom employs multiples of a single form in inventive ways that result in accumulated visions. Through August 30: Dutch Art from the Permanent Collection: Selections from the Mead’s holding of Renaissance through modern art from the Low Countries: Featuring paintings by Rubens, Snyders, Van Vliet, and prints by Rembrandt.

Norman Rockwell Museum
Route 183
Stockbridge, MA
(413)298-4100 open daily
www.nrm.org
Open dailyThrough May 31: National Geographic: The Art of Exploration: The National Geographic Society’s illustrators have taken readers to places beyond the reach of a camera’s lens on journeys of the imagination to destinations that can be seen only through the artist’s eye. This vivid and compelling exhibition celebrates more than one hundred years of National Geographic art. February 18–May 20: Dinotopia: The Fantastical Art of James Gurney: The author and illustrator’s award-winning Dinotopia books, which depict a fantastical world in which dinosaurs and humans live side by side, will be the subject of this exhibition. James Gurney’s luminous paintings, beautifully crafted drawings and hand-made models will be on view, bringing together the worlds of science and the imagination.

Smith College Museum of Art
Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
Northampton, MA
(413) 585-2760
www.smith.edu/artmuseum.
Lively changing exhibitions, American and Western European masterworks, traditional and contemporary works on paper, and growing collections of Asian and African art. Notable amenities: must-see artist-designed restrooms and gallery benches, Museum Shop, and Sam’s Café. Ending February 19: Too Much Bliss: Twenty Years of Granary Books. Begining February 3: A Genius for Place: American Landscapes of the Country Place Era. Beginning March 4: The Golden Age: Dutch Prints and Drawings from the Collection.

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 Closed through February 7 February 7–March 12: The Miraculous in the Everyday: This exhibition explores the work of three renowned conceptual and installation artists including Tom Friedman, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, and Gabriel Orozco, whose use of modest, humble materials celebrate the mundane in contemporary life. March 30–June 11: Avery Preesman.


WORCESTER


Iris and B.Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at College of the Holy Cross
O 'Kane Hall
1 College Street
Worcester, MA
(508)793-3356
www.holycross.edu/departments/cantor/ website/cantor.html
M -F 10 -5,Sat 2 -5 Closed March 4 and 11 February 22–April 13: Catholic Collecting: Catholic Reflection 1538–1850’s.

Worcester Art Museum
55 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA
(508)799-4406
www.worcesterart.org
W -Sun 11 -5,Th 11 -8, Sat 10 -5 Through February 12: Frontiers: Collecting the Art of Our Time: Contemporary works inspired by adventure, discovery and life’s uncertainties. Through April 16: New to View: Recent Acquisitions in Photography. Opening March 4: Mountain Harvest: Chinese Jades and Other Treasured Stones: View fine examples of stone perceived to be of magical qualities by the Chinese. Opening March 26: The Biographical Landscape: The photography of Stephen Shore: Large scale images of urban landscapes by the influential American photographer.


New Hampshire Exhibition Listings


Alva deMars Megan Chapel Art Center
at Saint Anselm College

100 Saint Anselm Drive
Manchester, NH
(603)641-7470
www.anselm.edu
T–Sat 10–4, Th evenings until 9 February 3–March 4: The Art of Representation/Figures: The exhibition focuses on the human figure to select and promote some of the most outstanding figural artists on the contemporary scene, alongside earlier masterful works. This exhibit, comprised of paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture, seeks to inspire a special regard for human form and presence.

Art Center in Hargate at St.Paul's School
325 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH
(603)229-4644
www.sps.edu
mgaudette@sps.edu
T -Sat 10 -4:30

The Art Gallery at University of New Hampshire
Paul Creative Arts Center
30 College Road
Durham, NH
(603) 862-3712
www.unh.edu/art-gallery
art.gallery@unh.edu
M–W 10–4, Th 10–8, Sat–Sun 1–5 Closed March 10–19 Free Admission January 19–April 12: The Art of Samuel Bak: Memory and Metaphor: Presents works based on Bak’s memories of the Holocaust. An Eye on Alumni: Elise Freda, Betsey Garand, and Martha Groome: Examines recent works by three University of New Hampshire alumni artists who explore organic and geometric abstraction.

AVA Gallery and Arts Center
11 Bank Street
Lebanon, NH
(603)448-3117
www.avagallery.org
T -Sat 11 -5,or by appt. Through February 11: Main Gallery: Gerald Auten: Recent Work. Charles Goodwin: Recent Paintings. Phil Lonergan: Recent Sculpture. Annex Gallery: Manuela Holban: Paintings and Drawings. Upstairs Gallery: Work from AVA’s Figure Drawing Classes. February 17–March 18: To Be Announced. Opening reception: February 17, 5–7 p.m. March 26–April 1: Main & Annex Galleries: Silent Auction Group Exhibition.

Currier Museum of Art
201 Myrtle Way
Manchester, NH
(603)669-6144, ext.102
www.currier.org
M,W,F,Sun 11 -5,Th 11 -8,Sat 10 -5 Free to members. March 10–June 26: Voces and Visiones: Highlights from El Museo del Barrio’s Permanent Collection: Drawn from the nation’s premier museum dedicated to Latin American, Puerto Rican, Caribbean, and Latino art, this engaging exhibition marks the first international tour of El Museo’s finest holdings.

Hood Museum of Art
at Dartmouth College

Hanover, N.H
(603) 646-2808
www.hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu
hood.museum@dartmouth.edu
Free admission T–Sat 10–5, W until 9, Sun 12–5 The Hood is wheelchair accessible. For further accessibility requests, please contact the museum. Oustanding collections of American, European, Ancient, Asian, African, Oceanic, Native American, and contemporary art. Through March 12: Past in Reverse: Contemporary Art of East Asia. April 1– September 17: Coaxing the Spirits to Dance: Art of Society in the Papuan Gulf. April 8–September 17: Rembrandt: Master of Light and Shadow: Etching from the Collection of the Hood Museum of Art.

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, W 12–8 February 1–March 4: Timothy Hutchings: Objects and Non-Objects: Through a combination of earnest quotation and outright deception, artist Timothy Hutchings creates artworks that play between the realms of historical object and contemporary art dialogue. Opening event: February 1, 4–6 p.m. March 1–April 9: Equal Rights: Reggae and Social Change: This exhibition presents social history through Jamaican art and music as a way to engage intellectual and community discourse on culture and social change. Silver Cultural Arts Center Lobby. Opening event: March 1, 4–6 p.m.

Lamont Gallery at Phillips Exeter Academy
Tan Lane
Exeter, NH
(603)777-3461
M 1-5, T-Sat 9-5 February 11–March 8: Eastern Views: Woodcuts and Monotypes by Keiji Shinohara. Opening reception: February 10, 6:30–8 p.m. Gallery talk: February 11, 10 a.m.

New England College Art Gallery
7 Main Street
Henniker, NH
www.jhodges@nec.edu
(603)428-2329
Through January 20: Martin Deschet: Faces From an American Dream: Black and White Photography of Post Industrial Cities and Towns. Galleries two and three: February 2–March 16: Revelations: Portrait and Self Portrait Photography by Thomas J. Petit, and Gary Briecle. Curated by Charlie Lemay. Reception: February 2. Gallery one: Lou Jones: Final Exposure: Photos from Death Row.

The Sharon Arts Gallery
30 Grove Street
Peterborough, NH
(603) 924-7676
M-Th and Sat 10-6, F 10-7, Sun 12-5 March 3–April 30: The Sharon Arts Juried Artists Exhibition: 120 of Sharon Arts Juried Members display their best works for the New Year. May 5–28: Children in the Arts Exhibition: A regional student exhibition held in conjunction with the Children and the Arts Festival.

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 gallery tours: Sundays, 3 p.m. Free admission Through February 26: The Biennial Keene State College Art Faculty Exhibition: Recent works in a variety of media by Keene State studio art and graphic design faculty members.

New York Exhibition Listings

Arnot Art Museum
235 Lake Street
Elmira, NY
(607) 734-3697
www.arnotartmuseum.org
T-Sat 10-5, Sun 1-5 Weekends: free admission Through February 19: 71st Regional Exhibition: Juried exhibition of works from throughout the Northeast United States. March 13–April 30: Anderson and Low: Athlete/Warrior: Photographs of cadets in United States Military Academies. June 16–September 3: Michael Bergt: Crossing the Lines: A 25-year retrospective of this New Mexican tempera painter. Ongoing exhibitions of selections from the collection of contemporary realism.

Tang Museum at Skidmore College
815 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY
(518)580-8080
www.skidmore.edu/tang
T-F 10-5, Sat-Sun 12-5 February 1–September 10: And Therefore I Am: Examines consciousness, thought, and the workings of the brain as represented by the arts and as understood by current neuroscience. Focusing on contemporary artworks that attempts to represent the first person experience of human consciousness through painting, sculptural, and video installations. March 11–June 4: Drawings: Brings together a selection of modern and contemporary drawings by approximately sixty artists, including mid-century stalwarts including Ellsworth Kelly and William de Kooning.

Rhode Island Exhibition Listings


Edward M.Bannister Gallery at Rhode Island College
Roberts Hall
124 600 Mt.Pleasant Avenue
Providence, RI
(401)456-9765
M -W,F 11 -5,Th 12 -9 p.m. Closed weekends and holidays Free and accessible February 9–March 2: On Collecting Art: One Man’s Vision: Walter Stone’s exhibit focuses on objects and material that he finds resonates with voice. March 9–30: Art of Couples: Exhibiting artist couples: Fo Wilson and Blue, Ida Scholuwitz and John Riedel, and Eric Gould and Rebecca Siemering examine relationships they share in making art.

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 January 28–March 8: Another View of Joseph Beuys: Multiples from New England Collections. March 18–April 2: Student Exhibition 2006.

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 Reilly Gallery: January 27–March 16: Another View of Joseph Beuys: From Private Collections: A threepart exhibition. Symposium: February 26, 11–5 p.m., Bell Gallery. Receptions: January 27, 5:30–7:30 p.m. and March 16, 5–9 p.m., Reilly Gallery. Hunt- Cavanagh Gallery: Through February 16: Vision Redux: Harriet Caldwell. Reception: January 26, 4–7 p.m. February 20–March 23: Vestigium: Ken Horii. Receptions: February 24, 5–8 p.m. March 16, 5–9 p.m.(Gallery Night Providence).

Krause Gallery at Moses Brown School
250 Lloyd Avenue
Providence, RI
(401)831-7350 x.174
M -F 8 -4 Evenings and holidays by appointment Through February 24: Americans Who Tell the Truth: Portraits by Robert Shetterly. Opening reception: January 6, 5–7 p.m. February 28–March 9: Moses Brown Student Portfolio Exhibit: March 28–April 23: Rhode Island Art Education Association Annual Juried Exhibit. Reception: April 23, 1–4 p.m. Awards presented 3–4 p.m.

Providence Art Club
11 Thomas Street
Providence, RI
(401)331-1114
www.providenceartclub.org
M-F 12-4, Sat-Sun 2-4 Galleries closed: February 20 February 5–24: Maxwell Mays Gallery: Something Old, Something New: James Allen, Carole P. Kenny and Gloria Merchant. Dodge House Gallery: microWORKS: Small works by members. Reception: February 5, 2–4 p.m. February 26–March 17: Maxwell Mays Gallery: Faces and Places: Ben Barros, Dorothy Fox, and Wilma Rosen. Dodge House Gallery: Helen Lee: Anechoic: 2006: Recipient of the E.P. Anderson Scholarship Award. Moite Gallery: Suzanne Dunkl: Photographs. Receptions: March 26, 2–4 p.m. and Gallery Night Providence: March 16, 5–9 p.m. March 19–31: Maxwell Mays Gallery: 8th Annual Fidelity Investments Ceramics and Jewelry Exhibition: Juried by Christina Bertoni, Diana Gaston, and Martina Windels. Dodge House Gallery: Morris Nathanson: Japonica. Reception: March 19, 2–4 p.m.

Rhode Island Watercolor Society
Slater Memorial Park
Armistice Blvd.
Pawtucket, RI
(401)726-1876
www.riws.org
T-Sat 10-4, Sun 1-5 Through February 16: New Artist Member Show: Featuring work of Artist Members accepted in 2005. February19-March 9: Watercolor Magic: Open Juried Show. March 12-30: Bill Lane, Joan Croce, and Mary Wojciechowski.

Wheeler Gallery
228 Angell Street
Providence, RI
(401) 421-9230
www.wheelergallery.org
T-Sat 12-5, Sun 3-5 February 16–March 8: Secretive: Annette Cyr: A body of work exemplifying classic motif with bravura painting. Public opening reception for the artist: February 16, 5–7 p.m.

Vermont Exhibition Listings

Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
10 Vernon Street
Brattleboro, VT
(802) 257-0124
www.brattleboromuseum.org
Six galleries open daily 11-5 Closed Tuesdays

Francisco Goya (left) and Michael Mazur (right), at the Robert Hull Fleming Museum.

The Robert Hull Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont
61 Colchester Avenue
Burlington, VT
(802)656-0750
January 17–June 4: Artist’s Books: A selection from University of Vermont’s Special Collections. February 16–May 15: Francisco Goya: Los Caprichos: One of the most celebrated graphic works in western history, Los Capichos comprises eighty captioned, black-and-white prints satirizing the follies of late- 18th-century Spanish society. February 16–May 15: The Inferno of Dante: by Michael Mazur: An exceptional suite of forty-one black-and-white prints illustrating American Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky’s acclaimed translation of Dante Alighieri’s Inferno.

The Firehouse Gallery
135 Church Street
Burlington, VT
(802)865-7166
www.BurlingtonCityArts.com
Tu-Sun 12-5 February 3–March 5: Josh Reiman: The Vermontbased artist explores themes of race, class, popular culture, and heroism in his satirical and exquisite photographs. Reception: February 3, 5–7 p.m. March 10–April 30: Another Side of In: Mike Gordon and Marjorie Minkin: Minkin created her abstract, Lexan pieces to visually represent Gordon’s ambient audio textures. The audio is imbedded in the pieces, then triggered by viewer’s movements in the gallery to create a continually shifting soundscape. Reception: March 10, 5–8 p.m.

Deidre Scherer, Weavers Hands, at Gallery North Star.
Gallery North Star
151 Townshend Road
Grafton, VT
(802) 843-2465
www.gnsgrafton.com
gallerynorthstar@adelphia.net
M–Sun 10–5 February 18–March 5: Deidre Scherer Figurative Works In Fabric And Thread: Utilizing fabric as paint and creating solely with scissors and machine, Scherer brings forth initimate portrayals of her subjects. Her images evoke strong emotions and draw the viewer into the the landscape of our humanity. Artist’s reception: February 18, 5:30–7:30 p.m.

Pegasus Gallery
3479 Woodstock Road Rte 4 at Exit 1 off I-89 (Next to Quechee Mobile)
Quechee, VT
(802)296-7693
info@pegasusgalleryvt.com
F-Sun, 10-5 p.m., M-Th by chance or appointment February 9–March 5: Upper Valley Women: A benefit for WISE, Women’s Information Service, featuring work by women artists in the Upper Connecticut River Valley. Includes work by Aline Ordman, Charlet Davenport, Margaret Kannenstine, Deborah Frankel Reese, Andrea Doughty, Mary Jane Morse, Rita Malone, Rebecca Gottesman, Annette Compton, and other women from both Vermont and New Hampshire. Opening reception: February 14, 5–8 p.m.

Spheris Gallery
59 the Square
Bellows Falls, VT
(802)463-2220
www.spherisgallery.com
January 14–March 29: Spheris Gallery will be running a group show: Featuring Cyrille Allannic, Azariah Aker, Molly Briggs, Ron Buffington, Linda cares, David Gloman, Peggy Hemphill, John Isherwood, Duncan Johnson, Amanda Knowles, Tricia Rose Burt, Adele Shaw, Laurie Sloan, Kathy Stark, Millicent Young, and Carleen Zimbalatti.

 
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