Call of the Ancestors:
Jan McKeachie Johnston, Irina Okula, Jill Solomon, Heather McGrath
Show Dates: October 23-November 29, 2015
Lexicon Gallery, 15 Lexington Ave.#1, Magnolia, MA
http://www.lexicongallery.com/?page_id=26
Japanese Anagama Wood Fired Sculpture of Jan McKeachie Johnston, Saggar Fired Bowls and Shard Pots of Irina Okula, and Saggar Fired Iconic Forms, Platters and Wall Pieces of Jill Solomon call to mind geologic formations and traces of civilizations gone by. Complemented by Heather McGrath’s photographic organic sets of human in relationship to the natural world. Lexicon Gallery hours are fri-sun 12-5pm or for appt email SeyrelWilliams@gmail.com
Jan McKeachie Johnston, Irina Okula and Jill Solomon use organic processes to create a form that is imbued with a sense of the history of humans in relationship to the natural world. Jan’s textured and curvacious sculptural pieces are wood-fired in a Japanese Style Anagama Kiln with multiple chambers over a period of many days. The results are gorgeous red and orange tones flecked with ash deposits in golden hues calling to mind ancient fires of cultures and civilizations gone by. Irina and Jill fire in saggars, (clay containers), surrounding their pieces with straw, sawdust and other organic materials that have been soaked in oxides. During the firing these materials combust and dance upon the clay, leaving random marks and patterns evocative of geologic formations and the fiery chaos of nature. Irina throws large open bowls and uses them as a canvas. She also makes shard pots, broken and re-formed to create an integrated elegant and beautiful whole. Jill’s Iconic Forms, platters and wall pieces are a tribute to the strong women who raised her as a child in South Africa and reflect the colors and lines of these early roots. Photographer Heather McGrath’s raw organic sets of human in landscape are the perfect complement.
ROCKY NECK ART COLONY WELCOMES ENDICOTT COLLEGE
Synthesis III: Endicott Faculty and Student Art Exhibit
October 22 – November 15, 2015
Artist Reception: Sunday, October 25, 2:00-4:00 pm
The Cultural Center Gallery, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
Gallery hours, Thurs-Sun, 12:00-4:00 pm
Rocky Neck Art Colony and Endicott College are pleased to present the Student and Faculty art exhibition Synthesis III at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck on Wonson Street in Gloucester from Thursday, October 22 – Sunday, November 15, 2015. The gallery is open to the public on Thursday through Sunday at noon to 4:00 pm.
Synthesis III includes works by 9 faculty and 9 students from Endicott College’s School of Visual and Performing Arts. Each of the nine faculty members was asked to invite a student from their major to participate in this exhibition. Faculty exhibiting are: Kathy Desmond, Sandy Farrier, Steven Liss, Barbara Burgess Maier, Michael Miller, Carol Pelletier, Cynthia Roberts, Mark Towner, and Larry Volk. Students exhibiting are: Lauren Gallagher, Jessica Gray, Emily Leis, Angelina Lupini, Emily Mulvey, Stephanie Alvarado Ross, Andrew Schwartz, and Kaitlin Smith. The many media included will be drawings, paintings, photography and installation. According to Dean Mark Towner: “There is a long history of exhibiting art by students alongside their professors’ art. The process reveals interesting patterns of media, style, and subject, and the end result provides multiple actions and dynamic reactions, to form a more complex picture: A synthesis most worthy of examination and the titling of this exhibit.”
Suzanne Gilbert Lee, Director at the Rocky Neck Art Colony states, “The art colony has enjoyed the benefit of working with student interns from Endicott who devote a semester to gain “real world” experience by working with arts organizations and various art related businesses. This is an opportunity for them to experience the process of mounting exhibitions—from planning to execution. The recent summer intern, Angelina Lupini, joins with other faculty and student artists to showcase the work produced at the School of Visual and Performing Arts at Endicott College, and bring her recent experience at Rocky Neck full circle.”
Please join us on Sunday, October 25 from 2:00–4:00 pm as we celebrate with a gallery reception. Many of the students and faculty in the exhibition will be in attendance and light refreshment will be served. If you have any questions regarding the exhibition and Endicott College, please contact Kathleen Moore at 978-232-2655, or kmoore@endicott.edu. For information on the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, please contact Suzanne Gilbert Lee, director@rockyneckartcolony.org.
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