CELEBRATE WITH US!
Our fall exhibitions are open and look spectacular! To celebrate this new season, the Addison will host an Opening Reception on Saturday, September 30, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. We hope you'll join us! Read on to find out more about these exhibitions and additional upcoming programs.
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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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.
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Conceived as a complement to Reggie Burrows Hodges' new work, this show brings together historic and contemporary 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 peril.
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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.
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FALL OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, September 30, 4:00–6:00 pm
Join us and artist Reggie Burrows Hodges for a festive evening to celebrate our new exhibitions! Free and open to the public.
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COMMUNITY CONVERSATION: Steering into the Future
Sunday, October 1, 1:30–2:30 pm
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How can technology enable us to reach out and touch a work of art? Hear from a local middle school robotics team who found inspiration in the Addison’s model ship collection to recreate their own 3D-printed version of the steamboat Clermont. The model, designed to engage visitors through touch and AI-generated audio descriptions, offers a glimpse into the potential of arts and technology collaborations. Free and open to the public.
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GALLERY TALK: Free Association: New Acquisitions in Context
Wednesday, October 18, 2:00 pm
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Curators Gordon Wilkins and Rachel Vogel will lead visitors through the galleries to discuss the themes and works presented in the exhibition. This free program has been organized with Andover’s Memorial Hall Library. Space is limited, registration is required.
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COMMUNITY CONVERSATION: Music and Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing #123
Sunday, November 5, 2:00 pm
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This fall, members of the Phillips Academy orchestra explored the intersection between minimal art and minimal music as they installed Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing #123 in the Addison’s Museum Learning Center. Join Assistant Curator Rachel Vogel, Music Instructor Christina Landolt, and members of the orchestra to learn more about the wall drawing, its creation, and its connection to composer Terry Riley’s In C. Light refreshments will be served. A performance of In C, along with a multimedia and interactive performance of Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Moussorgsky, will follow at 4:30 pm in Cochran Chapel, across the street from the Addison. Free and open to the public.
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Images:
Addison Gallery exterior, Addison staff; installation views of Hayes Prize 2023: Reggie Burrows Hodges, Turning a Big Ship, Sea Change, and Free Association: New Acquisitions in Context, Addison staff; Laurie Simmons, The Boxes (Ardis Vinklers) Gallery, 2005, flex print, 40 1/2 x 76 3/4 inches, gift of Sally and John Van Doren (PA 1980), 2022.125; H. Percy Ashley, Capt., Clermont, 1930, ship model, 20 x 40 1/2 inches, museum purchase, 1931.S11; Henry Payer, Ciiserec - Now Do You See It?, 2022, collage and mixed media on ledger paper, 19 x 31 1/2 inches, museum purchase, 2022.111; Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #123, 1972, black pencil, gift of the artist, Addison Art Drive, 1991.20.
Exhibition and program credits:
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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