JOIN US!
Celebrate the Addison's new shows—Alison Elizabeth Taylor: The Sum of It, Women and Abstraction: 1741–Now, and Lavaughan Jenkins: Edward E. Elson Artist-in-Residence—at our opening reception this Saturday, February 18. Additional programs (in-person and virtual) offer opportunities to explore the exhibitions and collection further—find more details 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. We look forward to seeing you!
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OPENING RECEPTION FOR THE WINTER EXHIBITIONS
Saturday, February 18, 5:00–7:00 pm
Join us and artists Alison Elizabeth Taylor and Lavaughan Jenkins for a festive evening to celebrate the new exhibitions. Free and open to the public.
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VIRTUAL TALK
New Perspectives: The Collection in Dialogue
Part 2: Spirituality and Religion in American Art
Tuesday, February 21, 6:00 pm
For the second lecture in the series New Perspectives: The Collection in Dialogue hosted by Tanya Sheehan (PA 1994), Robert Cozzolino (Minneapolis Institute of Art) and Erika Doss (University of Notre Dame) will use works from the Addison’s collection as a springboard for discussion about spirituality and religion in American art. Free and open to the public.
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ARTIST TALK
Lavaughan Jenkins
Sunday, February 26, 2:00 pm
Lavaughan Jenkins will discuss his art and the work he created during his six months as an Edward E. Elson Artist-in-Residence at the Addison. The program will take place in the Museum Learning Center; light refreshments will be served. This program is free, but space is limited and registration is required.
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GALLERY TALK
Alison Elizabeth Taylor: The Sum of It
Tuesday, March 21, 2:00 pm
Addison Director and exhibition curator Allison Kemmerer will lead participants through the galleries to discuss the themes and works presented in the exhibition. 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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FRIENDS OF THE ADDISON VIRTUAL EVENT
New Acquisitions
Tuesday, April 4, 1:00 pm
How and why are objects added to the Addison's collection? Friends of the Addison are invited to join Addison Director Allison Kemmerer and Robert M. Walker Curator of American Art Gordon Wilkins to learn about this process and get a sneak peek at a selection of recently acquired works. To reserve your spot or to join Friends of the Addison, please contact Anna Gesing at agesing@andover.edu or 978.749.4023.
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Alison Elizabeth Taylor: The Sum of It (February 18–July 30) consists of 40 large-scale single panel works as well as a room-sized installation and traces the evolution of the artist’s practice. Known for her inventive fusion of marquetry, the centuries-old art of wood inlay, with gritty and provocative subject matter, Taylor tells tales that are unequivocally modern.
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Women and Abstraction: 1741–Now (through July 30) is comprised almost entirely of works from the collection, and 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.
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WELCOME OUR NEW STAFF MEMBERS!
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We're thrilled to introduce two new members of the Addison team!
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Rachel Vogel has been named Assistant Curator. A curator and historian of modern, contemporary, and American art, specializing in the art of the 1960s and 70s and the history of print, she has contributed to numerous exhibitions and publications at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute, and curated exhibitions at Art League Houston and Rice University’s Media Center Gallery, among others. She also is a PhD candidate in the
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Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University, where she received her MA. Her writing has been published in the Oxford Art Journal, Art Journal, and caa.reviews, and is forthcoming in American Art.
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Jennifer Hache, the Addison's new Preparator, most recently worked as an Assistant Preparator at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. She also has worked as an art handler at the Worcester Art Museum, as well as an art framer, auction assistant, and cake decorator. Jennifer has enjoyed visiting the Addison for the past decade and loves the atmosphere and incredible collection. She looks forward to working
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closely with the collection and discovering new treasures. In her free time she enjoys running, rock climbing, and baking.
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Images:
Addison Gallery exterior, Addison staff; Margaret Bourke-White, Looking Up Inside Sending Tower, N.B.C., Bellmore, L.I., 1933, gelatin silver print, 12 5/8 x 10 1/4 inches, museum purchase, 1934.51; Lavaughan Jenkins, Thought about you this morning, 2022, oil on panel, 30 1/8 x 22 5/8 x 2 1/2 inches, courtesy of the artist; Alison Elizabeth Taylor, The Breeder, 2010, marquetry: wood veneer and shellac, 56 x 45 inches, Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Purchased with funds from the Ellen Pray Maytag Madsen Sculpture Acquisition Fund, 2011.6, photo credit: Courtesy Alison Elizabeth Taylor and James Cohan Gallery, NY; Mark Tobey, Lines of the City, 1945, tempera on paper mounted on board, 17 7/8 x 21 3/4 inches, bequest of Edward Wales Root, 1957.36; Lavaughan Jenkins, You’re why I love tomorrow, 2022, oil on panel, 30 1/8 x 22 5/8 x 2 1/2 inches, courtesy of the artist; Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Anthony Cuts under the Wburg Bridge, Sunset, 2021, marquetry hybrid: wood veneer, oil, acrylic, pigment print, and shellac, 73 x 53 inches, The Seavest Collection, Rye, NY, Photo credit: Courtesy Alison Elizabeth Taylor and James Cohan Gallery, NY; Patty Chang, Losing Ground, 2000, SD video, museum purchase, 2022.56; installation views of Alison Elizabeth Taylor: The Sum of It, Women and Abstraction: 1741–Now, Lavaughan Jenkins: Edward E. Elson Artist-in-Residence, and Selections from the Permanent Collection, Addison staff; photos courtesy of Addison staff.
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.
Generous support for the "New Perspectives: The Collection in Dialogue" lecture series has been provided by the Lana Lobell Fund and the Alumni/Alumnae Lectureship Fund.
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