NEW PROGRAMS ANNOUNCED!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the symposium "Defining American Art: Then and Now." For those who were unable to attend, a video recording of the event is available below.
Additionally, we are excited to share a whole new slate of programs for the spring and summer. From tours with curators (both in-person and virtual) to artist talks and demonstrations, there is something for everyone. Read on for details!
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.
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VIDEO: DEFINING AMERICAN ART: THEN AND NOW
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On Sunday, April 7, the Addison Gallery presented "Defining American Art: Then and Now," a two-part symposium examining the state of American Art. The program was part of Lunder Institute @, co-presented by the Lunder Institute for American Art, an initiative of the Colby Museum of Art.
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Scholars, curators, and artists looked to the Addison’s own formation as a case study to track evolving notions of American art over the last century and probed the challenges, considerations, and complexities of defining—and exhibiting—American art today.
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In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Abbot Academy and Phillips Academy becoming a single institution, Jennifer Cecere (Abbot 1969) has created two site-specific installations. Referencing and recontextualizing the humble lace ornament, an oversized and reflective doily will adorn the Addison’s façade, while one of the artist’s signature doily benches will enliven Abbot Circle.
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ADDISON LATE 'TIL 8
Friday, May 3, 5:00–8:00 pm
Join us for evening open hours at the Addison! Explore the exhibitions, make art with Edward E. Elson Artist-in-Residence Jennifer Cecere, and view her site-specific installation on the Addison’s façade. Free and open to the public, no registration required.
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GALLERY TOUR WITH THE CURATOR: Finding American Form: 20th-Century Selections from the Permanent Collection
Wednesday, May 8, 3:00 pm
Join Assistant Curator Rachel Vogel for an in-person tour and discussion of the exhibition, which explores the spirit of formal experimentation and range of artistic styles that characterized the 20th century. This free program is presented with Andover's Memorial Hall Library. Space is limited and registration is required.
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Wet Collodion Process
Saturday, May 18, 10:00 am–12:30 pm
In conjunction with the exhibition A Long Arc: Photography and the American South since 1845, artist Joni Sternbach will demonstrate the 19th-century wet plate collodion process. Using both contemporary and period equipment, Sternbach, who has been working in this medium for over 20 years, will show and discuss the immediate (but slow) art of this historic photographic technology.
This program will be hosted in the Addison’s Visiting Artist Studio. Part of the session will take place outdoors, weather permitting. Following the presentation, participants will be invited to walk or drive to the museum to explore the exhibition. Space is limited and registration is required.
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VIRTUAL TALK:
Artist-in-Residence Jennifer Cecere
Wednesday, May 22, 3:00 pm
Join Jennifer Cecere, the Addison Gallery of American Art’s Edward E. Elson Artist-in-Residence, on Zoom for a virtual tour and discussion of her body of work and her site-specific installations on campus this spring. This free program is organized with Andover’s Memorial Hall Library; registration is required.
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GALLERY TOUR: A Long Arc: Photography and the American South since 1845
Thursday, June 13, 3:00 pm
Join Gordon Wilkins, Robert M. Walker Curator at the Addison Gallery of American Art, for an in-person tour and discussion of the exhibition. This free program is organized with Andover’s Memorial Hall Library; registration is required.
Note: registration opens on May 13.
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Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955, organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, brings together the photographs that Robert Frank and Todd Webb created separately during their 1955 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowships, supporting cross-country surveys. Juxtaposing both projects for the first time, this exhibition reveals the impossibility of capturing a singular vision of “America.”
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Hale Woodruff, Picking Cotton, c. 1926, oil on Masonite, 36 x 72 inches, gift of Stefan Kaluzny, 2023.170; Winslow Homer, The West Wind (detail), 1891, oil on canvas, 30 x 44 inches, gift of anonymous donor, 1928.24; Jennifer Cecere, Women’s Work (digital rendering), 2024, laser cut aluminum on the exterior of the Addison Gallery of American Art; Addison Gallery at night, photo by Jeff Goldberg/Esto; Jacob Lawrence, Kibitzers, 1948, egg tempera on Masonite, 20 x 24 inches, gift from the Childe Hassam Fund of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1951.3; Joni Sternbach, Gordon Wilkins, 2018, ambrotype, 4 x 5 inches; Jennifer Cecere, Abbot Doily Bench (digital rendering), 2024, laser cut aluminum; Richard Misrach, Swamp and Pipeline, Geismar, Louisiana, 1998, printed 2012, pigmented inkjet print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, commissioned with funds from the H. B. and Doris Massey Charitable Trust, Lucinda W. Bunnen, and High Museum of Art Enhancement Fund for the Picturing the South series, 2012.7. © 1998 Richard Misrach / Courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery, Pace-MacGill Gallery and Marc Selwyn Fine Arts; Tommy Kha, Constellations (VIII), Prop Planet, Miami, 2017, pigmented inkjet print, 40 x 50 inches, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Holt Massey, by exchange, 2023.26; Todd Webb, Between Lovelock and Fernley, NV, 1956, printed 2023, inkjet print, courtesy of Todd Webb Archive. © Todd Webb Archive; George Inness, The Coming Storm, c. 1879, oil on canvas, 27 1/4 x 41 3/4 inches, gift of anonymous donor, 1928.25; Kay Sage, Untitled, c. 1940, oil on canvas, 15 x 22 inches, gift of the artist, 1965.36
Exhibition and program credits:
Generous support for Jennifer Cecere: Abbot & Andover at 50: Then, Now, Next is provided by the Abbot Academy Fund, continuing Abbot’s tradition of boldness, innovation, and caring.
A Long Arc: Photography and the American South since 1845 is organized by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta. Generous support for the Addison’s presentation of the exhibition has been provided by the Francesca S. Woodman Exhibitions Fund.
Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955 is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Todd Webb Archive, Portland, Maine. The Addison’s presentation is generously supported by the Mollie Bennett Lupe and Garland M. Lasater Exhibition Fund.
Generous support for Laying the Foundation: Exploring the Nucleus of the Addison’s Collection has been provided by the Bernard and Louise Palitz Exhibitions Fund and the John-Esther Art Fund.
Finding American Form: 20th-Century Selections from the Permanent Collection is generously supported by the Sidney R. Knafel Fund.
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