MSAE Thesis Exhibition

2011 Thesis Show PostcardA multi-media exhibition of works by the MSAE 2011 graduates

August 4-26, 2011
Arnheim Gallery
& Doran Gallery

Reception:
Monday August 15, 5-7pm

MassArt’s Graduate Program in Art Education is pleased to announce a multi-media showcase of works by the Masters of Science in Art Education 2011 graduates.  The show features new painting, drawing, print-making, sculpture, installation, and photography

LOCATIONS:
Arnheim Gallery, 621 Huntington Avenue, South Building, Ground Floor
Mon.-Sat. 12–6, Wed. 12–8

Patricia Doran Graduate Gallery, 600 Huntington Avenue, Ground Floor
Sun.-Sat. 10–5

Featured artists:

Darren Buck
Joanna Chase
Bree Curtis
Darlene Gillan
Annie Kane O’Connor
Sheryl Pace
Jeremiah Stevenson

About the Artists

Darren Buck‘s work envisions a world where the fading commercial signs of the past articulate their estrangement from society with poetic fragments, rendered in a rich vernacular of fluid scripts, insistent italics, and bold block letters. These “visual orphans” reach out to the viewers in a gallery, passersby on the street, and even their fellow signs.

Johanna Chase explores landscape and the figure in landscape. Her images often deal with an instant in time: a figure caught mid-stride or a landscape caught in a light that is changing before one’s eyes. Her oil paintings represent observed moments that have captured her attention, sometimes seemingly insignificant moments that are pregnant with place or time

Bree Curtis explores the use of memory as a catalyst for art making. Drawing upon imagery related to places she has visited or lived, her work reflects an interest in abstracting natural elements through the printmaking process to highlight their simplicity and beauty while simultaneously recognizing the memory once more on the paper’s surface.

Darlene Gillan’s work provides witness to the physical and emotional impact of violence aimed against women, particularly the abuse that can occur in dysfunctional domestic relationships. The sculptural vessel forms and their contents are inspired by actual stories. They act as metaphors for the private domestic space and the violence that is perpetrated within—hidden from public view—and how that violence manifests itself in broader contexts

Responding to both personal history and the current phenomenon of displacement in contemporary society, Annie Kane O’Connor’s work investigates the relationships that develop between humans and the places where they live and explores how the disruption of these relationships through forced movement effects the individual.

Sheryl Pace examines feminism and womanhood by documenting the practice of extended breastfeeding in American culture. Extended breastfeeding has long been known to evoke strong opinions amongst advocates as well as opponents of this style of parenting. These rousing images explore who is practicing extended breastfeeding and why they choose to do so. Sheryl uses her own documentary photographs to serve as visual data and to share stories of different women exercising their right to do what is best for the development of their children.

Jeremiah Stevenson’s artwork explores a personal and powerful experience with illness and surgery. Through an abstract painting approach, he confronts and reflects on something that was uncomfortable and unpleasant but important for the lessons learned.  During the research process, he’s come to realize this work is also about healing, rebuilding and moving on.

Image Gallery

Download information about the artists and lesson plans based on the exhibitions here.