Opening reception: Saturday, October 4th | 3-5pm

This theme considers how public environments can contain deeply personal experiences, and how private spaces are often shaped by public forces—social norms, political structures, surveillance, or shared memory. Artists are encouraged to examine questions of access, autonomy, intimacy, and exposure within the context of physical, digital, and psychological space.

Public Places, Private Spaces also includes Lowell’s Eleventh Annual Poetry Convergence. On October 4, as part of the opening, local poets will create and present poems inspired by works in the exhibit.

Juror: Paige Roehrig

Opening Reception: Friday, February 20, 6:30–8pm

Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:30am–4:30pm, and during performances

The McCoy Art Gallery is proud to present Western Avenue: Artists at Work, an exhibition celebrating the vibrant and diverse creative community of Western Avenue Studios & Lofts. Featuring works by over 50 talented artists who call this extraordinary artistic hub home.

We invite you to experience the creativity, collaboration and passion that define Western Avenue Studios, as its artists showcase their work and their community at the McCoy Gallery at Merrimack College. Together, we celebrate the art of the handmade, the spirit of collaboration and the joy of discovery.

Galatea Fine Art
460B Harrison Ave, #B-6
Boston, MA 02118 
774-551-6824

Gallery Hours: Thu-Sun, 12-4 pm, and by appointment

October 3–27, 2024

Opening Reception:
Friday, October 4, 6–8pm (during SoWa First Friday event)
Artist Talk:
Sunday, October 20, 1–3pm (along with 2 other exhibiting artists)

This October, please come see my recent show of paintings, Beyond Repair, at Galatea Fine Art. I've been continuing my MRI series, related to my father's Alzheimer's disease.

I began the series three years ago as a way to process what was happening to my father. I started out wanting to precisely render my dad’s MRIs at a large scale so I could understand where the disease was in his brain, and to maybe communicate how big this problem felt.

As his illness has progressed, the work and my approach has shifted. In the current exhibit, pieces of my father's hardware collection are attached to the canvas, and completed canvases are torn with structural stretcher bars exposed, showing the invisible and inevitable activity of disease.

Included within the exhibition is a space for visitors to share their own narratives of individuals affected by brain-related illness. Viewers can add their handwritten post-its to a wall to create a communal art piece. This has been an especially meaningful part of previous exhibitions and I am looking forward to it again.

I hope you can make it to the opening, artist talk, or any time the gallery is open. Let me know and I can meet you there.

For more details on the exhibit and the First Friday reception, visit www.galateafineart.com or www.dianazipeto.com.

Inner Workings

APRIL 27 – JUNE 8, 2024
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, May 4, 1–3pm
CLOSING RECEPTION: Saturday, June 1, 1–3pm

Artist Talk at 2pm both days during Open Studios

WESTERN AVENUE STUDIOS

2nd Floor Mini Gallery (near studio 241)
122 Western Avenue
Lowell, MA 01851
www.westernavenuestudios.com
Hours: Open Daily, 10–4pm

The large paintings in this series are based on the MRI scans that led to my father’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Painted in black, white, and silver, they are larger-than-life renderings that offer an impossible view inside my father’s brain. Attached to the paintings with magnets are torn strips of canvas and pieces of my father’s hardware collection, which he saved and used over many years to repair our family home. These jars of metal pieces fascinated me as a child and hint at both the wonder and care that parents provide for their children.

Disease without cure can make us want to do something, even when there is nothing to be done. Finding a way to sit with the person, the disease, and our feelings without pushing any of it away is a challenge. I believe that looking closely, collectively grieving, and acknowledging our helplessness can help us move towards a place of acceptance. Opening ourselves up to the deep brokenness and deterioration that happens in a human life can be, in the end, what repairs us.

Opening Reception: Friday, Dec. 9, 6–8pm
Closing Reception: Friday, Jan 6, 6–8pm
Meet the Artist: Sunday, Dec 11 & 18, 12–4pm

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An MRI machine creates images by sending out signals that the body's cells respond to. The map of these responses offers an impossible view, allowing doctors and scientists to see, diagnose and understand the body. 

The paintings in this exhibit are based on the MRI scans that led to my father's Alzheimer's diagnosis. This ongoing project has given me an opportunity to learn from scientists and neurologists about Alzheimer's and MRI, and provided a way for me to try to navigate this disease that profoundly affects so many families, now including my own.

The ability of science to look inside for answers and the wish to do so is something my father, as a scientist and engineer, has always believed in. As an artist and creator, I have believed in something similar. The view you get will not provide all the answers or necessary cures, but hopefully there is a beauty in the asking. - Diana Zipeto

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Roe v. Wade Overturned: Artists Respond is an exhibition with over thirty artists bringing together a variety of styles with work in photography, painting, mixed media, digital art and sculpture; shown in four Mini Galleries on the second floor, third, fourth, and fifth floors of Western Avenue Studios. The art addresses the loss of rights and autonomy for women through a wide range of imagery and emotion.

Curators: Michele Boll and Becky Kisabeth Gibbs

Participating Artists: Deb Arsenault, Deb Banerjee, Katie Blue, Peggie Bouvier, Deb Bretton-Robinson, Shoshana Burgett, Karen Chistianson, Katren Cleo, Gwen Corey, Sharon Cox, May DeViney, Margaret Emerson, Hope Greene, Arlene Hammel, Nan Hockenbury, Suzanne Hodge, Wendy James, Joshua Kennedy, Tracy Levesque, Nancy Lesofsky, Kes Maro, Dina Mordeno, Anne Plaisance, Barbara Poole, Laurie Simko, Lee Viliesis, Bruce Wood, Diana Zipeto.

Covid-19 Guidelines:
– Face coverings/masks are not required but recommended since some studios and businesses may require them for admission into their space.
– Guests who are experiencing Covid-19 symptoms or have been instructed to quarantine by a medical professional should not attend.
– We will have hand sanitation stations throughout the building.There is no charge for this event. This event is dog-friendly. We just ask that you keep your pup on a leash.

Located in both the 2nd floor, 3rd floor, 4th floor and 5th floor mini galleries.

Group exhibit
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Exhibit Reception: Saturday, September 18, 5-7 pm, VIP Preview 4-5pm
Artist Talk: 6pm

Come see paintings from The Liberty Series at a pop-up exhibit September 6th through the 30th in the former Flower Mill building in Lowell, MA. Located at 183 Dutton Street, the show is viewable 24 hours a day from Dutton and Market streets. The gallery will be open on Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m. and by appointment.

An exhibition reception will take place on Saturday, September 18th from 5-7 p.m., with a VIP preview from 4-5 pm. Appetizers will be provided by Olive & Fig. The public is invited to attend. A virtual exhibit will also be available at www.dianazipeto.com.

The exhibition uses our shared familiarity with the Statue of Liberty to explore questions about our country's identity. What are the truths and myths we hide behind? Who is really welcome here? What do we have in common in a polarized society?

On Saturdays during the exhibit, I'll be working on a new Liberty painting. Visitors can stop in to view the exhibit and talk with me. Progress updates will be posted on social media, and the painting will be for sale at the end of the month.

My aim is for the exhibit to be one of the many public art efforts in Lowell. Art can help people cope during the darkest of times. Whether it is providing relief from current events, or expressing the shared experience of them, art is a tool of hope.

All marketing strategy, promotion and photos for this exhibit are by Henry Marte, Marte Media. Virtual exhibit by Draft Studios.

This exhibition and program is supported in part by a grant from the Lowell Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

GALATEA FINE ART is a contemporary artist-run gallery in the heart of Boston’s SoWa District. Our 39 members include painters, sculptors, photographers and mixed media artists, both emerging and established. 

THE JUROR: Grace Ryder-O’Malley is the Chief Operating Officer at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM), as well as the Grant Officer for the Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Grant for under-recognized American painters aged 45+ with financial need.

RECEPTION: 
Friday, August 6, 2021, from 6 – 8pm 

We are looking forward to an in-house reception with lots of attendees, but our plans will depend upon the state COVID restrictions for that date. 

VIRTUE SIGNALING
February 5 - 28, 2021

First Friday Reception: February 5, 6-8pm
Zoom Artist Conversations 6–7pm
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"For the century that the Statue of Liberty has stood in New York Harbor, it has meant many things to the people who see it – hope, compassion, a promise for justice, a declaration of freedom. While these are qualities that we strive for as a country, they can also operate as myths that we hide behind, broadcasting them as true even when they are not.

The paintings in this series use our shared familiarity with the Statue to explore questions about our country’s identity and its contradictions. The images use folded paper and transparency to fragment the Statue, rendering the flat image into 3 dimensions. The folding allows a look at both the surface and what might be underneath, altering an image we know so well."

- Diana Zipeto

Note Due to the ongoing caution regarding COVID-19, the following precautions will be taken:

• All visitors and employees will remain 6 feet apart

• All visitors and employees will be required to wear a mask. One will be provided to you if you don't have one.

• Sanitation stations will be set up around the gallery and surfaces will be sanitized regularly.

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GALATEA FINE ART

460B Harrison Ave., #B-6

Boston, MA 02118

(617) 542-1500

www.galateafineart.com

Temporary Hours: Sat-Sun, 12-4pm

and by appointment

Contact: Marjorie Kaye

Director@galateafineart.com

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New England Regional Juried Show
"RED, WHITE, & BLUE"  
In conjunction with the Sixth Annual Poetry  Convergence
 In this month preceding the national election, The Loading Dock  Gallery is posing the question “What do the colors red, white, and blue represent  to you?” Artists, using a variety of media, will be revealing what the colors evoke in them. This show may include memories, celebrations, symbols, ideals, perceptions of duty, democracy, elements of our Constitution or history, or the opportunities provided by this “Great Experiment” (pro and con) entitled the American Dream. Let us connect to what is true and authentic about our views of Red, White and Blue.

Sixth Annual Poetry Convergence
LDG has invited area poets to preview the exhibit and create poems for the work that evokes a response in them.  The poems will be recited in the gallery and recorded for the gallery website. This is a much-loved reading of newly written poetry inspired by the art of The Loading Dock Gallery.

A Group Show and Public Art Series Curated by Indira Cesarine. Presented by The Untitled Space in Collaboration with SaveArtSpace and Art4Equality

OPENING RECEPTION: September 26, 2020

Press Preview 1pm – 3pm // Opening Reception 3pm – 8pm 

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Forbes Magazine article

The Untitled Space is pleased to present a group exhibition and public art series “Art4Equality x Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness” presented in collaboration with SaveArtSpaceand Art4Equality.  The two-part exhibition features an empowering public art series of 10 billboards each by different artists launching week of September 21, 2020 in a variety of locations throughout New York City, to coincide with a gallery exhibition opening on Saturday, September 26, 2020 at The Untitled Space featuring the work of over 50 contemporary artists. Revolving around the theme of “Art4Equality x Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness” the public art series and group exhibition is curated by Indira Cesarine, founder of The Untitled Space and Art4Equality. The gallery will feature the unique artworks displayed on the billboards (presented by SaveArtSpace) along with an exhibition of many additional works in a variety of mediums including painting, drawing, photography, video, and sculpture inspired by the words “Equality,” “Life,” “Liberty,” and “The Pursuit of Happiness,” which will be on view at the gallery through October 17, 2020. The Untitled Space is honored to collaborate with non-profit SaveArtSpace and support the programming of Art4Equality, an initiative that supports the creation of empowering equality themed exhibitions and public art.

Light From Above: Emerging Out of Isolation
September 4 - October 31, 2020

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Galatea returns with 38 artists exhibiting work done during the isolation of the pandemic. Each week of the exhibition, we will highlight a number of artists and relay our experiences in isolation. We come together to compare these experiences and reunite.

Opening Reception: Friday, January 3, 6–8 PM
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This exhibition is one of the oldest juried exhibitions in New England. This annual summer tradition at the Fitchburg Art Museum strives to discover, encourage, and celebrate the artists and crafters of our region. (Text courtesy of Fitchburg Art Museum)

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Opening Reception: Thursday, April 11, 2019, 6:30 p.m.

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Freedom means something different to every person, yet its value is a common bond between Americans. In these polarized times, Freedom: Art as the Messenger aims to provide a unifying platform of civility and creativity. Artists from across the country–in a wide range of media–share innovative and thought-provoking perspectives on freedom and the enduring need for its protection.

The Cato Institute presents its inaugural art exhibition, Freedom: Art as the Messenger. The exhibition is free and open to the public from April 11 to June 14, 2019.

Opening Reception: Friday, April 5, 2019 6-7:30 PM
Live music and refreshments

in the Conant Gallery (entrance on Rt. 40)

Gallery open Monday-Friday 9 AM-4 PM
Saturday and Sunday 12-4 PM

Image:
Left – Of Life (Oil on Panel 36x24), Laurie Simko
Right – Kara (Kara Walker) (Acrylic on Canvas 36x36), Diana Zipeto

Liberty Series images on display at during Women’s History Month

Paintings by Ed Porzio and Diana Zipeto
Exhibit: November 6-December 1, 2018
Reception: Saturday, November 10, 6–8pm
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Color Play/Paper Folds: Lowell Exhibit Celebrates Two Painters at Play
On Display from Nov. 6–Dec. 1 at UnchARTed Gallery, Lowell

“Color Play/Paper Folds,” an art exhibition by painters Ed Porzio and Diana Zipeto will be held Nov. 6-Dec. 1 at the UnchARTed Gallery at 103 Market St. in Lowell, MA. The exhibition highlights the notion of play in paintings by two Lowell-based artists. The gallery is open for viewing Tuesday through Saturday from 11:30am to 1am. An Opening Reception will be on Saturday, November 10 from 6-8 p.m. and the public is invited to attend.

Children’s television legend Mr. Rogers once said, “Play is serious learning.” The goal of this exhibit is to present two painters who use play as a tool for exploration in creating art. Their work plays with color, materials, and techniques to find new forms and expressions.

Ed Porzio’s bright paintings play with form and abstraction, “My work is whimsical, colorful, somewhat humorous and childlike, yet with attention focused on design and composition.” Diana Zipeto uses paper folding techniques to create imagery for her bold, large-scale paintings, “Exploring different ideas with paper gives me a chance to loosen up and let something exciting happen by chance, then pounce on it and use it in a painting.”

Both artists use play in their work to explore complex ideas. Ed, originally from East Boston, uses his training as an architect to bring structure and balance to his abstractions,  “I am interested in revealing depth in the seemingly ordinary.  I am able to grasp a nebulous idea, and apply thoughts and observations to concrete forms.” Diana Zipeto, Andover native and a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, addresses themes of gender equality and social justice in her work, “Starting with paper photographs of women, I fold and cut the images to give them a new 3rd dimension. I make large paintings of the fragile paper constructions to capture throw-away moments in a solid form.”

The locally and nationally recognized artists have exhibited their work in galleries across New England and the United States. They work (and play) at Western Avenue Studios and Lofts in Lowell.

For more information on the exhibit and reception, please call 978-323-9040 or visit www.unchartedgallery.com

About UnchARTed
UnchARTed Gallery (www.unchartedgallery.com) is a multimedia art space that offers the public a fresh and innovative approach to art. In recognizing the positive power of artists, we heed the call for change in the mundane and overdone. Our gallery, located at 103 Market St., serves as an exhibition and performance space for local artists, guest curators, ambitious musicians, and creative minds alike.

Color Play/Paper Folds Image/Caption:
“Castle Towers,” oil on canvas, 24”x36”, by Ed Porzio (2015) and “Louise (Louise Nevelson)”, acrylic on canvas, 36”x36”, by Diana Zipeto (2017) are on display as part of “Color Play/Paper Folds” exhibition at the UnchARTed Gallery from Nov. 6 to Dec. 1, 2018

This exhibition is one of the oldest juried exhibitions in New England. This annual summer tradition at the Fitchburg Art Museum strives to discover, encourage, and celebrate the artists and crafters of our region. (Image and text courtesy of Fitchburg Art Museum)

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A thematic exploration of what gives America's northeast corner its identity, as seen through the eyes of the artists strongly connected to this beautiful part of our country. (From Arts League of Lowell)

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Exhibit Dates: Wednesday, May 23–Saturday, June 29
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 2, 5–7pm

WOMEN LOOKING AT WOMEN 2018

An exhibit by Lowell-based women artists who use the female image in their work.
The show explores women as both subjects and creators of culture.

Artists include: Angela Alés, Mary Hart, Sally Twickler Johnston, Ilene Richard, Laurie Simko, Janet Wolahan, and Diana Zipeto. Collectively, they have exhibited in hundreds of galleries and exhibits across New England, the United States, and South America.

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Exhibit: Feb 28-Mar 25, 2018
Reception: Saturday, March 10, 2–4pm

Solo show at Newburyport's Firehouse Center for the Arts.
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Exhibit Dates: November 7–December 2, 2017
Opening reception: Friday, November 17, 6–9 pm

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The Archetype: in Jungian psychology, archetypes are defined as “a collectively inherited unconscious idea, pattern of thought, image, etc., universally present in individual psyches.”

The various archetypes of the feminine have long been a rich and varied subject in art.  Marilyn Monroe, Mother Teresa, the Virgin Mary, Cleopatra, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bonnie Parker, the list goes on and on throughout history. These archetypes have played an enormous role in how we perceive (conscious or unconscious) and characterize the feminine of today.

The exhibit’s proposed goal is to bring these archetypes (the mother, slut, saint, victim, seductress, goddess) into the public eye in an informative, powerful, and creative manner.

Show Dates: October 4, 2017 thru October 29, 2017
Gallery Reception:  October 7, 5-7 PM
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Boxers or briefs? G-string or full coverage? Boyshort? Bikini? Commando? What do you wear . . . . under there? What are you trying to hide? And what does that reveal about you? What can you disclose and what is truly unmentionable? What is your innerwear? 

This October, during Breast Cancer Awareness month, the Loading Dock Gallery will be getting intimate with Unmentionables. The juried show features 2-D and 3-D creations in all mediums as New England artists translate their visions of undergarments into provocative works of art. 

Jurors for Unmentionablesare Staci Layne Wilson,  Hollywood journalist and award-winning filmmaker, and her mother, Nancy “Buni” Bacon, a former pin-up model, actress, and author whose latest memoir “Legends and Lipstick: My Scandalous Stories of Hollywood’s Golden Era,” was released earlier this year.    

Please join us for a reception for the artists on Saturday, October 7, 2017 from 5 to 7 PM, following ARToberfest at Western Avenue Open Studios from Noon to 5. Unmentionables will be on display from October 4 through October 29. 

The Loading Dock Gallery, a part of Loading Dock Arts, Inc., a 501c3, is open Wednesday through Saturday from Noon to 5:30 PM, and Sunday from Noon to 4 PM. For more information, call 978-656-1687 or visit www.theloadingdockgallery.com.

21st Annual NO DEAD ARTISTS
International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art
August 30 - September 30, 2017
First Saturday Gallery Openings ||| 2 September, 6-9PM

2017 Jurors:
Helen Toomer (New York, NY) – Director of PULSE Contemporary Art Fair; Professor at Sotheby’s New York
Gia Hamilton (New Orleans, LA) – Director of Joan Mitchell Center, Independent Curator (Atlanta Biennial 2016)
Bettina Stiewe (San Francisco/Bay Area, CA) – Co-Founder of Upstart Modern Art Consulting and Artist Management Firm

Photo courtesy of the JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY, New Orleans

Show Dates: August 2-27, 2017
Reception and Trading Event: Thursday, August 3 2017 from 6:00-8:00pm
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Has anyone pushed your buttons lately? Activism is in the air and regional artists have responded by creating 50 wearable and collectable ‘hot buttons’ designs for the upcoming Hot Buttons! exhibit at the Loading Dock Gallery. 
 
Merriam Webster defines ‘hot button’ as an emotional and usually controversial issue that triggers an immediate intense reaction. The ‘hot button’ designs in this show encompass a range from the political, social, and environmental, to other topics sure to pique public interest.
 
Hot Buttons! runs from August 2-27, but the main event takes place on Thursday, August 3, 2017 from 6:00-8:00 pm. The public will see the display of 50 collectable pinback buttons and may purchase one or more bags of 6 randomly selected buttons for $5. To get the buttons you want to collect, you must trade, cajole, buy, or beg someone who has the pinback button you want. It will be a very lively, fun, and socially interactive event.
 
The Loading Dock Gallery, a part of Loading Dock Arts, Inc., a 501c3, is open Wednesday through Saturday from Noon to 5:30 PM, and Sunday from Noon to 4 PM. For more information, call 978-656-1687 or visit www.theloadingdockgallery.com.

ON VIEW: August 2 - 27, 2017
Reception: Friday, August 4, 2017 6-8pm
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The NEW ENGLAND COLLECTIVE VIII: 8th Annual Juried Exhibition

Galatea Fine Art announces the "NEW ENGLAND COLLECTIVE VIII" 8th Annual Juried Exhibition. 

Juror: Charles Giuliano is the publisher/ editor of the on line site Berkshire Fine Arts. For many years he was a columnist and contributing editor to Art New England and Boston correspondent for Art News. He held staff positions as a critic for the daily Boston Herald Traveler and Boston After Dark/ Phoenix. In addition to teaching art history and humanities for Suffolk University/New England School of Art & Design, he ran its gallery program focused on Boston and New England artists. He has organized exhibitions for museums and universities. He has written numerous catalogue essays as well as for the books, Pioneers from Provincetown: The Roots of Figurative Expressionism, curated by Adam Zucker, I00 Boston Painters by Chawky Frenn and Jean Gibran’s Love Made Visible about the Boston sculptor, Kahlil Gibran. Since June, 2014 he has published three books of gonzo poetry with a fourth due this summer. In 1970 he coined the word gonzo.

Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Sandra and David Bakalar Gallery
Exhibition Dates: June 15‒July 15, 2017
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 15, 2017, 6:00‒8:00 p.m.
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Massachusetts College of Art and Design is pleased to announce the 4th Biennial Juried Alumni Exhibition entitled Habitat/ion: works that find their inspiration from the themes of habitat and/or habitation. The exhibition will be on view in the Sandra and David Bakalar Gallery from June 15 – July 15, 2017.

The esteemed jurors for the 4th Biennial Juried Alumni Exhibition are:

Dina Deitsch
John R. and Barbara Robinson Family Interim Director
of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University

Abigail Newbold '02
Director of Exhibitions
The Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston

Sam Toabe '11
Gallery Curator
University Hall Gallery
Art Department
University of Massachusetts Boston

SHOW DATE: June 1—June 30, 2017
Reception: June 1, 6:00—9:30 pm

The term monochrome describes paintings, drawings, design, or photographs in one color or values of one color. The work in this show explores not only the range of tones of black and white, but also explore the range of a single color.

Cover image by Dan Shehan - Coastal Sunset at Mile Rock Beach, San Francisco 2015
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