David H. Wells, a freelance documentary photographer who specializes in multimedia productions and photo-essays, will present the next in the Photographers’ Lecture Series on April 21.
Mr. Wells, who is affiliated with the outdoor photography distribution company Aurora Photos, specializes in intercultural communication and visual narratives.
On his blog and podcast site, “The Wells Point,” Mr. Wells explains that creating exceptional photographers requires the photographer to go above and beyond in their preparations.
The Cuban-born artist Abelardo Morell uses some of the oldest known photography methods to illuminate new perspectives about the familiar, the new, and the now.
On Tuesday, April 14, Mr. Morell will present the second in this year’s Photographers’ Lecture Series at 6:30 p.m. in the Dodge Room, Reed Campus Center. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Mr. Morell, whose work has been shown in the Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Art Museum in New York, and The Boston Museum of Fine Art, among others, uses camera obscura and tent cameras to illuminate a unique view of the world.
On Display: March 25 – May 7
Reception: Saturday, April 11 from 1.30 – 3.30 p.m.
Amanda Barrow POD, 1992 hand-woven cotton 46″ x 40″
Three artists whose work focuses on abstraction and the cycle of life will have a group show in the Grubbs Gallery through the month of April. Amanda Barrow, Sharon Ligorner, and Laurie Goddard use handwoven tapestries, wax based paint, and works on paper to explore themes of impermanence, regeneration, and growth. Their group show “Parallels” will explore these themes in their art.
In her artist’s statement, Ms. Barrow noted that she looks for ways to portray in her art what she describes as the “indigenous spiritual ambiance of the East” and that she draws inspiration from her travels, from forms in architecture, and from the human body.
Sharon Ligorner Lucky Charms
“The work shown here represents tapestries that were handwoven during my Fulbright research grant in India in 1992,” she wrote. “The images present a broad range of abstractions that draw from nature, architecture, and the human body as primary sources of inspiration.”
On Display: March 3-6
Reception: Thursday, March 5 from 5-6:30 p.m.
Work by Arts Intensive students will be featured in displays in the Grubbs Gallery as part of the spring Arts Walk. All installations are created and curated by students. This and all other Arts Walk events are open to the wider community.
On Display: January 7 – 30
Reception: Saturday, Jan. 10, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Karen Iglehart is inspired by the relationships of form and color, the sense of space and scale, and most of all how all of those elements relate to landscapes. Having lived in Southwest, the South, Nova Scotia, and New England, she notes that she’s retained an artistic memory of those places.
“I want the viewer to find his/her own space in my paintings; to experience a sense of personal place not defined or explained for them,” she writes in a personal statement about her work.
Ms. Iglehart’s work has been shown in professional galleries in Boston, New Orleans, Taos, Denver, San Francisco and has been included in juried and invitational shows.
A critically acclaimed violist, composer, and director of the Williston Northampton String Ensemble will give a recital in the Reed Campus Center tonight, December 10, at 7:00 p.m.
Scott Slapin’s perfomances have been praised by American Record Guide, Fanfare, Mundo Clásico, Musical Opinion, and Strad, while his compositions have been performed by violists across the United States and Europe. He has written two albums of viola-centric recital music: All Viola, All the Time and Reflection. Mr. Slapin is also the first person to have recorded the complete cycle of J.S. Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas on viola.
“An unaccompanied viola recital is a rare event,” Mr. Slapin noted in his artist statement. “One unaccompanied piece on a recital with piano is normal enough, but an entire concert of nothing but you, me, and the viola doesn’t happen every day.”
David Marshall, Invader, 11 x 8, oil on muslin panel, 2011
A slate of painters and artists who draw inspiration from the land and the air, from architectural forms and memories of childhood, will fill the Grubbs Gallery for the 2014-15 season.
The nine shows this season will include work by Marlene Rye, Lise Lemeland, David Marshall, Karen Iglehart, Rhys Davies, and Amanda Barrow and Co.
“It is going to be a year of very impressive exhibitions because they are all so talented with such distinctive styles,” noted Natania Hume, Grubbs Gallery director and curator, in an email about the upcoming season.
“Each year I curate artists whose work complements each other’s and exhibits that provide continuity for our students and our community,” wrote Ms. Hume, who also teaches ceramics, design, and drawing at the school.
As part of the selection process for Grubbs, Ms. Hume said she looked for artists who not only had exemplary work, but who could teach Williston students about techniques, materials, and the creative process. All six artists give gallery talks to students in the Advanced Studio Art course, a new offering at Williston, or students in the arts intensive after-school program.
Talks in the fall by Marlene Rye and Lise Lemeland, for example, would cover how each artist conveyed a sense of dynamic movement, Ms. Hume noted. Ms. Rye’s vibrant landscapes relate to dancers, while Ms. Lemeland’s draws upon her experiences as a pilot.
“Although the Grubbs Gallery artists are mostly painters this year, they all get inspiration from very specific subjects and will all give very interesting gallery talks to our advanced students, who ask a many questions and are avid to learn about each artist’s life and experiences,” wrote Ms. Hume.
Grubbs Gallery Shows 2014-15
September 1 – 29: Marlene Rye, “Circle Dance.”
Reception: Saturday, Sept. 20 from 1:30-3:30 p.m.
October 1-30: Lise Lemeland
Reception: Saturday, Oct. 4 from 1:30-3:30 p.m.
November 1 – Dec. 18: David Marshall
Reception: Saturday, November 15 from 1:30-3:30 p.m.
January 7 – 30: Karen Iglehart
Reception: Saturday, Jan. 10 from 1:30-3:30 p.m.
February 3-27: Rhys Davies
Reception Saturday, Feb. 21 from 1:30-3:30 p.m.
March 3-6: Williston Arts Intensive show / Williston Artwalk.
Reception: Thursday, March 5 from 5-6:30 p.m.
My senior project, based on Middlebury College’s “How Did You Get Here?” is a collection of interviews with a Williston teacher, student, parent, and alumna. My goal for this project was to create a forum which students and teachers of the community could listen to the stories of their peers. I’d like to express my gratitude and my belief that every person in the Williston community has been essential to the experience I’ve had during my three years at Williston. Hopefully, by viewing my project, students will gain a sense of appreciation and pride for their school. Although the sample size of the community seen in this project is small, the enthusiasm that gleams from the interviews gives an insight to the greater unity of the Williston Northampton School Community.
The Williston Dance Ensemble knew that their spring dance concert would get the blood pumping. It features 13 new pieces, including a mixed media improvisation and a call for younger members of the audience to participate. So it’s no wonder that when it came time to name their concert, the title they chose was “Adrenaline Rush.”
“Adrenaline Rush,” which will take place on May 16 and 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the Williston Theatre, will feature three faculty pieces, one children’s dance, five group pieces, and four solo dances. The hour and a half-long show includes pieces by seven student choreographers: Jessie Schuhlen ’18, Gabby Record ’17, Calvin Ticknor-Swanson ’16, Henry Lombino ’14, Brittany Collins ’14, and Meredith Westover ’14, with a special guest performance by Tory Kolbjornsen ’14.
Two guest artists—the sister team of Marlene Rye and Beth Znosko—will bring an inventive spin to the show. Ms. Rye, a local painter, and Ms. Znosko, artistic director of Clark Dance Theatre, have created a piece that showcases both of their passions of painting and dance.
A photojournalist whose foreign coverage has included everything from doomed dam projects to assassinations will present the third and final talk in the 2014 Photographers’ Lecture Series on April 29 at 6:30 p.m. in the Dodge Room, Reed Campus Center. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Ben Brody has covered the American military at war as both a soldier and as a civilian. While enlisted in the U.S. Army as a combat journalist, he photographed for more than two years in Iraq, covering Baghdad’s descent into sectarian chaos and 2007’s troop surge. Since leaving the Army in 2008, he has worked primarily for GlobalPost in Afghanistan, photographing and writing in the restive southern provinces.
For more information on this or other events in the series, contact Ed Hing at ehing@williston.com or Traci Wolfe at twolfe@williston.com or at (413) 529-3311.
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