We've enjoyed seeing many of you in the galleries and online this spring. We invite you to discover more about the Addison's current shows, collection, and featured artists through recordings of recent talks as well as media coverage, below.
The Addison is free and open to the public, Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, and Sunday, 1:00 to 5:00 pm.
Please note: this weekend (June 9–11) Phillips Academy will host reunions, and getting onto campus may be difficult. All current exhibitions will be open through July 30, so there is still plenty of time for a visit!
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The works assembled in this exhibition chronicle Alison Elizabeth Taylor's steady mastery of marquetry, the centuries-old art of wood inlay, and reveal her talent as an extraordinary storyteller and chronicler of 21st-century American culture. On view through July 30.
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| VIDEO: Artist Talk by Alison Elizabeth Taylor
On May 21, Taylor visited the Addison to talk about the evolution of her artistic practice, the themes she has explored throughout her career, and her exhibition at the Addison.
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Review of Alison Elizabeth Taylor: The Sum of It in The Brooklyn Rail
In the June issue, Taylor's work is described as bearing "a presumed if ambiguous narrative or setting, but also a thousand intricate decisions that the artist has made with regards to the medium and the variety of woods and the distinctions from section to section, from whorl to knot to grain."
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Comprised almost entirely of works from the collection, this exhibition explores how women have deployed the visual language and universal formal concerns of abstraction—color, line, form, shape, contrast, pattern, and texture—to create works of art across a wide variety of media from the 18th century to the present day. On view through July 30.
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Review of Women and Abstraction in Art New England
The May/June issue of the magazine includes a Spotlight Review of the exhibition, characterizing it as a "freshly nuanced narrative" that "pushes to the forefront voices that have existed sparingly until now."
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This installation provides a glimpse into the impressive body of work that Boston-based artist Lavaughan Jenkins produced as an artist-in-residence at the Addison. These exciting new works build on the artist’s ongoing quest to redefine painting and pay homage to the Black women who have made an impact on him personally as well as the larger world. On view through July 30.
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| VIDEO: Lavaughan Jenkins on
Open Studio with Jared Bowen
Jared Bowen talks with Lavaughan Jenkins about the artists who have inspired Jenkins and the new work he created during his residency at the Addison.
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With the museum's collection numbering more than 25,000 objects and growing, the Addison is committed to displaying a range of works for discovery and appreciation by all visitors. This season, we present a selection of paintings from the permanent collection from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. On view through July 30.
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GALLERY TALK
Alison Elizabeth Taylor: The Sum of It
Wednesday, June 21, 2:00 pm
Addison Director and exhibition curator Allison Kemmerer will lead participants through the galleries to discuss the themes and works presented. This event, organized with Andover's Memorial Hall Library, is free, but space is limited; register online or call 978.623.8430.
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YOUTH ART WORKSHOPS: Color Explorations
July 24–27
9:00 am–12:00 pm (ages 5–8);
1:00 pm–4:00 pm (ages 9–13)
$180
Explore media and styles and lose yourself in the world of color. With instructor Nikky Garcia at the Essex Art Center, students will gain an understanding of the relationship between colors, its science, and art of application by engaging with a range of art forms at the Addison Gallery of American Art. Classes take place at the Essex Art Center in Lawrence and include busing for a visit to the Addison.
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Angela Parker has joined the Addison Education Department as the Educator for Academy Engagement. In this role, she will collaborate with Phillips Academy faculty to create engaging, interdisciplinary learning experiences in the gallery. Angela is an educator and art historian with over ten years of experience teaching in schools and museums. She will receive an MA in Teaching from Mount Holyoke College this spring and
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previously earned an MA in Art History from Virginia Commonwealth University. In her free time, she enjoys weaving and performing in improv comedy shows.
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Images:
Addison Gallery exterior, Addison staff; screenshots of programs and magazine articles, Addison staff; installation views of Selections from the Permanent Collection, Addison staff; Alison Elizabeth Taylor, The Kitchen, 2014, marquetry hybrid: wood veneer, oil, acrylic, and shellac, 92 x 116 inches, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, purchased with funds given in memory of Larry Thompson by his children and grandchildren, 2014.22. Photo credit: Courtesy Alison Elizabeth Taylor and James Cohan Gallery, NY; Perle Fine, Magnetic Fields, 1943, gouache on paper, 16 x 13 1/2 inches, gift of Maud Morgan, Addison Art Drive, 1992.9; photo by Jessie Wallner.
Exhibition and program credits:
Alison Elizabeth Taylor: The Sum of It is generously supported by the Sidney R. Knafel Fund and the Sherrill Collection of American Art Foundation. The accompanying publication has been generously supported by David and Pamela Hornik and the Michael and Fiona Scharf Publications Fund.
Generous support for Women and Abstraction: 1741–Now has been provided by the Mollie Bennett Lupe and Garland M. Lasater Exhibition Fund and the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation.
Generous support for Lavaughan Jenkins: Edward E. Elson Artist-in-Residence has been provided by the Edward E. Elson Artist-in-Residence Fund.
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