News from the Addison | July 2023

LAST CHANCE!

Less than two weeks left to see our current exhibitions—these four spectacular shows will close on Sunday, July 30, at 5:00 pm.

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.

NOTE: The museum will be closed for the month of August as we reinstall our galleries. We look forward to seeing you again in the fall with all new exhibitions!

ON VIEW THROUGH JULY 30

Hayes Prize 2023: Reggie Burrows Hodges, Turning a Big Ship

This exhibition presents new work by Reggie Burrows Hodges, the inaugural recipient of the Bartlett H. Hayes, Jr. Prize. Centered on the motifs of the sloop and the sea captain, these compositions engage with and expand the tradition of maritime painting as Hodges contemplates the notion of turning a big ship—of marshalling collective will and labor to resist a powerful current.

Sea Change

Presented as a complement to Reggie Burrows Hodges' new work, this show brings together selections from the Addison’s rich collection of seascapes, maritime art, and model ships to explore the ocean and its shores as spaces of labor, leisure, passage, and danger.

Free Association: New Acquisitions in Context

Occupying the entirety of the Addison’s second level, this exhibition demonstrates how recently acquired works complement the museum’s extant holdings and help us to see the collection in novel ways, drawing out new narratives, juxtapositions, and conversations across time and media.

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.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Thank you to all our friends who made generous contributions to the Addison this past fiscal year, ending June 30.

Your support has sustained the museum during this extraordinary year, making it possible for us to offer a dynamic and varied roster of exhibitions, engaging programs, and events; to care for and grow our renowned collection; to expand our digital resources and provide virtual and in-person educational programs for students at Phillips Academy and local K-12 schools; and to welcome all visitors free of charge.

Images:
Addison Gallery exterior, Addison staff; Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Fremont, 2014, marquetry hybrid: wood veneer, acrylic, and shellac, 57x 52 inches, courtesy of the artist. Photo credit: Courtesy Alison Elizabeth Taylor and James Cohan Gallery, NY; Alma Thomas, Ruth Kainen's Amaryllis, 1976, acrylic on canvas, 40 1/4 x 35 inches, bequest of Ruth Kainen, 2010.109; Lavaughan Jenkins, Australian Open, 2022, oil on panel, 30 1/8 x 22 5/8 x 2 1/2 inches, courtesy of the artist; Alvan Fisher, Covered Wagons in the Rockies, 1837, oil on canvas, 30 x 25 inches, museum purchase, 1959.11; Reggie Burrows Hodges, Sloop: Refuge, 2022, sea pastel on linen, 49 3/4 x 60 1/2 inches, © Reggie Burrows Hodges. Courtesy the artist and Karma; Marsden Hartley, Jotham's Island (now Fox), Off Indian Point, Georgetown, Maine., 1937, oil on board, 22 13/16 x 28 13/16 inches, museum purchase, 1938.41; Vivian Maier, Chicago, 1956, gelatin silver print, 12 x 12 inches, W. Dean Eastman Family Collection, 2023.100; Dolia Lorian, Flowers, c. 1940s, 30 x 25 inches, oil on canvas, gift of the Committee for Dolia Lorian, 1953.2; Mickalene Thomas, Portrait of Lyfe, 2020, archival pigment print, 60 x 48 inches, purchased as the gift of Katherine D. and Stephen C. Sherrill, (PA 1971, and P 2005, 2007, 2010), 2021.137

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.

Hayes Prize 2023: Reggie Burrows Hodges, Turning a Big Ship is sponsored by the Addison Artist Council and AAC Founders Alison Beaumont Hoeven ’83, Nicholas ’94 and Sasha Olney, and Sarah ‘83 and Nathanael ‘83 Worley; the Winton Family Fund; and the Edward E. Elson Artist-in-Residence Fund.

Sea Change is generously supported by the Sidney R. Knafel Fund.

Generous support for Free Association: New Acquisitions in Context has been provided by the Elizabeth and Anthony Enders Exhibitions Fund and the Mollie Bennett Lupe and Garland M. Lasater Exhibition Fund.

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OPENING SEPTEMBER 1

Fall programs to be announced soon!