Explore Expressions and Landscapes with Local Artist Julia von Metzsch Ramos
By Diane Kilgore
If all inspiration is considered divine, then surely 67 Newbury Street has been multiply blessed. No matter the door you use to enter the Gothic revival-style church building, the gift of art past and present, sacred and secular will surround you.
Airy Heights to Watery Depths
By Cate McQuaid
Cheryl Ann Thomas’s big, crumpling, airy, light-on-their-feet ceramics on view at Gallery NAGA spring from a long, arduous process. First, she builds a large vessel, 3 or 4 feet high, by laying one spaghetti-thin strand of porcelain clay over the next. She makes it top-heavy, so that when she fires it, the vessel slumps. She’ll fashion two or three of these, then fit one on top of the next like puzzle pieces, and put the whole thing in the kiln to fix it.
Breaking the Mold
On View Mar 31 2016 – Jun 12 2016
Cape Cod Museum of Art
The Cape Cod Museum of Art presents its first open national juried exhibition, titled, “Breaking the Mold: Inspired by Innovation,” to inaugurate their 35th Anniversary celebrations, opening on March 31, 2016.
Julia von Metzsch Ramos: Evaporating Landscapes
Cheryl Ann Thomas: Out of My Hands
March 4 – 26 at Gallery NAGA
In March, Gallery NAGA will present symbolic, sea-inspired paintings by Julia von Metzsch Ramos and intricate porcelain sculptures by Cheryl Ann Thomas.
Julia von Metzsch Ramos: Evaporating Landscapes and Cheryl Ann Thomas: Out of My Hands both run from March 4 to 26. A reception for the artists and public will be held on Friday, March 4 from 6 to 8 pm.
Using Art, Color, and Pattern to Update a Traditional Home
By Marni Elyse Katz
For designer Mally Skok, the result in one Concord project is “a happy house with incredible art.”
Some designers prefer to start with a blank slate, but Mally Skok encourages her clients to reuse. “I like people’s journeys,” says the Lincoln-based interior designer. “I think it’s important that interiors be anchored in the lives of the families who live there.” This project is a perfect example.
Sophia Ainslie: Pata Pata
John Eric Byers: Form is Function
September 8 – October 3 at Gallery NAGA
Gallery NAGA opens our 39th season with our first solo exhibition of paintings by South African-born Sophia Ainslie and the sixth solo exhibition of furniture by John Eric Byers.
Masako Kamiya: New Paintings
Tommy Simpson: Picnic in the Park
June 5 – July 10 at Gallery NAGA
Gallery NAGA concludes our 38th season with paintings by Masako Kamiya and furniture by Tommy Simpson.
Martin Kline: Dreams of Venice
May 1 – 30 at Gallery NAGA
Gallery NAGA is pleased to present the first solo gallery exhibition in Boston of paintings by Martin Kline, whose work has been the subject of major shows around the globe, but never in Boston.
Keira Kotler: Luminous
Bryan McFarlane: Stories in the Clouds
April 2 – 25 at Gallery NAGA
Gallery NAGA will welcome spring with color, when, from April 2 through April 25, two prominent artists show their work.
Meredyth Knows Ceramics
Contemporary Ceramics Selected by Meredyth Hyatt Moses
March 6 – 28 at Gallery NAGA
For this exhibition, Gallery NAGA turns to an old friend, Meredyth Hyatt Moses, now an independent art advisor and for twenty years the irresistible force of Clark Gallery in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Moses was invited to organize an exhibition around her love of all things clay; the result of her aesthetic enthusiasms are both exciting and unpredictable.
Alice Denison: MetaFlor
Ed Stitt: Fenway and Beyond
February 6 – 28 at Gallery NAGA
Alice Denison continues her exploration of flowers by merging still life with pattern painting. Each painting depicts a large pitcher or urn floating in the center covered by densely layered flora and filigree. In the past, the main characters were always the flowers. In this new body of work, the vessel is the focus with the flowers in the supporting roles.
Rick Fox: In the Thick
Jaclyn Kain: A Silent Rebellion
January 9 – 31 at Gallery NAGA
In January, Gallery NAGA presents two young artists, both of whom use surprising photographic and painting methods to explore identity and their relationships to the world around them.