Ferrin Gallery Features WOMEN: Portrait + Figure
Part of Berkshire Women in the Arts Festival
By: Leslie Ferrin - Feb 22, 2009
WOMEN: Portrait + Figure
Group Show of Sculpture, Painting, Mixed Media and Photography
Ferrin Gallery
437 North Street
413 442 1622
February 28 - April 18, 2009
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In conjunction with a county wide focus of Women in the Arts Women at the Clark Ferrin Gallery is presenting a group show of sculpture, painting, mixed media and photography. The concept of the show is to present images of women by both men and women and explore the idea of artist's gender and the role/non role it plays on the portrayal of women.
Group Show of Sculpture, Painting, Mixed Media and Photography, February 28 - April 18, 2009. Reception: Saturday, 2/28/09, 4-6 p.m. Storefront Artists Salon: Does Gender Matter? Wednesday, March 11th, 6:30 - 8:00. An informal discussion of the issues of the role of gender in the visual arts. Location: Ferrin Gallery, Moderator: Leslie Ferrin with the artists Jane Lund, Smith College, and Sandy Winters, School of Visual Arts. No fee, donations for the bar supports Storefront Artist Project Salon Series.
Sketch Salon: Deconstructing Gender. Interractive Life Drawing with models Jessica Hess and Justin Delsignore. March 6, 8 - 10:00 p.m. Fee - $10 per person to draw, photography by special arrangement. Donations for the bar supports Copperworks. Seating Limited, arrive by 7:45 p.m. to assure availability. Bring drawing boards, supplies, easels welcome. Location: Ferrin Gallery.
Coinciding with WOMEN: Portrait + Figure is a solo show of functional pottery and works for the wall by Brooke Noble. The Eighth Annual International Women's Day Conference/The Power of Women in the Arts.,Saturday, March 7, 2009, Daniel Arts Center, Bard College, at Simon's Rock
We organized this show WOMEN: Portrait + Figure and the accompanying salon programs in response to the Berkshire Festival of Women in the Arts. Our gallery represents both men and women artists who use portraiture of women to reveal autobiographical or narrative content. Initially there was resistance from the artists to identify themselves professionally solely on a gender basis. We responded by organizing a show of paintings, works on paper, photography and sculpture by both men and women and present the artwork with no visible names to identify the artist. Viewers can explore the show without knowing the gender of the artist using a numbered guide and then guess the gender, match names and provide comments.
Since this show features several local and regional artists, many of them are presenting portraits of themselves or recognizable members of their community. Through this show and the resulting series of portraits the viewer gets a glimpse into the lively art scene in the Berkshires at this point in time. It is interesting to consider this aspect of documentation of an artist community and compare our show to the others taking place throughout the county, in particular to the scenes of the lives and community of women portrayed in the Toulouse-Lautrec and Paris exhibition at The Clark by Lautrec and his colleagues. Clark Toulouse-Lautrec review
Chris Antemann, Scott Barrow,* Jessica Calderwood, Cynthia Consentino, *Wayne Duffy, *Lucy Feller,?Debra Fritts, Paul Graubard *Julie Heffernan, Jessica Hess, *Jason Houston, *Sergei Isupov, *Lisa Krivacka ,*Maggie Mailer, *Susan Mikula, *Steranie Motta, * Brooke Noble, Anita Powell, Michael Rousseau, * Katy Rush, Diane Savino, * Kevin Sprague, * Elizabeth Stone, * Mara Superior ,* Mark Tomasi ,* Ben Tritt, * Shannon Trudell, Tabitha Vevers, Nanny Vonnegut, * Rebecca Weinman ,* Kurt Weiser and Michael Zelehoski.*
*'d artist names are those from Western Massachusetts
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