Landscape and Portrait paintings by Christopher Bagg are on exhibit now in the Grubbs Gallery through Jan. 30th. Stop in and see!
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Ali Moshiri Exhibits at Grubbs Gallery
Influences from Kandinsky, Miró, and Rothko can be seen in the colorful canvases that jump off the walls of the Grubbs Gallery, which now resembles a modern art gallery of the 1930s with Ali Moshiri’s Surrealist paintings.
Born in Iran, Moshiri was educated in the United States and England. He returned to Iran for medical school, completed his residency in Cincinnati, and then began working at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts in 1984. According to his website, as, “a young and untrained, but passionate, artist, Moshiri’s sketchbook was a constant companion in his spare time.”
Hidden/Private Part II Exhibits at Grubbs Gallery
As a recent guest curator at Easthampton City Arts, Williston Northampton art teacher Marcia Reed designed an exhibition, which highlighted the private side of artists.
“I do work that I never show to anyone, ever, and I have a lot of it,” said Reed. “I exhibit this, that, and the other thing, but I never show this private side, this hidden side.”
Grubbs Gallery Exhibits Bon Bons: Repurposed Manufactured Materials
Bon bons, meaning “bon, or good,” typically refers to small confectionery treats. The exhibit at Grubbs Gallery from March 2 to April 20, while not of confection, serves up a small sampling of how different manufactured materials can be re-purposed and made into art.
Suzan Shutan’s work straddles the worlds of two and three dimensions. Her art is driven by its materials, most of which come from manufactured products such as roofing paper, yarn, straws and beer can holders that have been manipulated to comment in part upon the accumulation of cultural debris.
Pat Bock Exhibits “Paper Thoughts” at Williston’s Grubbs Gallery
Artist Pat Bock will present “Paper Thoughts” at the Grubbs Gallery in the Reed Campus Center of The Williston Northampton School from January 5 through February 29.
In her recent mixed media compositions, Bock finds paper to be an accommodating medium as she puts it through its paces. Simple ideas such as seeds, slips, and scribbles are thoughtfully expressed through line, color, and texture.
Grubbs Gallery Exhibits Portraits and Figurative Sculptures by “Go Figure” Members
Members of Go Figure Sculpture Studios in Holyoke, MA, will present a group show of portraits and figurative sculptures in clay and bronze at the Grubbs Gallery in the Reed Campus Center of The Williston Northampton School from November 3 through December 30, 2011. An artists’ reception will be held on Sunday, November 6, 2:00-5:00 p.m. Participating artists are: Esthela Bergeron, Harriette Block, Elizabeth Caine, LeaAnn Cogswell, Cynthia Consentino, Viki Gable, Betty Gerich, Lee Hutt, Betsy Koscher, Christina Mastrangelo, and Lauren Mills.
Go Figure Sculpture Studios, a not-for-profit entity, is located in the Canal Gallery Building, an old paper mill that has been converted to artist studios. Founded by sculptor Lee Hutt, the studio exists to give artists and opportunity to work from life on a regular and affordable basis. While they do not offer formal classes, they are open to new members of all levels. Teaching is done informally as members are always available to advise one other. Studio members, who live locally and as far away as Boston and Burlington, CT, have been juried into national competitions and have won awards and recognition in various professional art venues.
The exhibit is free and open to the public. The gallery is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and selected Saturdays, 8:30 a.m. to noon. For more information, go to www.williston.com/grubbsgallery.
Grubbs Gallery Exhibits “Ultimate Antarctica” Photography
Dan Mead and Sally Eagle will exhibit “Ultimate Antarctica” at the Grubbs Gallery in the Reed Campus Center of The Williston Northampton School from September 6 through October 31, 2011. An artists’ reception will be held on Sunday, September 25, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
These photographs seek to capture the character and scale of the wildlife and landscapes of Antarctica, a place where Mead and Eagle spent twenty-four days in 2009. Although many of the species are threatened or endangered, the show is not a “photographic elegy,” says Jennifer Sahn, editor of Orion Magazine, but “a celebration of the great diversity of life to be found at the underside of the Earth.”
Dan Mead, a former educator turned psychotherapist, and Sally Eagle, entrepreneur and first Executive Director of the Berkshire-Taconic Community Foundation, have traveled extensively and studied with leading photographers such as David Muensch, Jack Dykinga, and John Shaw. Their photograph “Sand Sprinters” won a Highly Commended Award in a BBC/London Natural History Museum annual contest in 2008, and is now part of the Wild Planet exhibit sponsored by the Natural History Museum in London. Mead and Eagle have lived in western Massachusetts for 30 years. With this project, the husband and wife team celebrate their seventh continent visited and photographed together.
The exhibit is free and open to the public. The gallery is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and selected Saturdays, 8:30 a.m. to noon. For more information, go to www.williston.com/grubbsgallery.
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Williston Seniors Exhibit Photography Projects
Williston seniors who have completed a senior project or directed study in photography will show their work in the Grubbs Gallery and the nearby hallway of the Reed Campus Center from Tuesday, May 17 through Sunday, May 22. An opening reception will be held on Tuesday from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
The projects include landscapes, portraits, narrative, and still-life photography. Seniors exhibiting work are: Lindsey Dirats of Easthampton; Jill Grant of Southampton; Elizabeth Howard of East Chatham, NY; Ryan McGinnis of Southington, CT; and Susan Whitman of Greenwich, CT.
Lindsey Dirats presents a photographic narrative of what happened to the dish and the spoon after they ran away together in the rhyme “The Cat and the Fiddle.”
Past Exhibitions at the Grubbs Gallery 2005-2011
Joint Venture
Paintings by students of Riverside Industries
Curated by Williston art students in conjunction with Marcia Reed
April 12- 29, 2011
Eudora Welty: Photographs of the 1930s and 40s
Curated by Burns Maxey
February 27 – April 9, 2011