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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 7, 2015
Exhibition Title: 34 Exhibition Dates: July 22 – August 16, 2015 Artists’ Reception: July 26 from 3 – 5 pm SOWA First Friday Reception: August 7 from 5 – 8 pm Gallery Hours: Wed. – Sun. from 12 – 6 pm
(Boston, MA): As a part of the Isles Arts Initiative, a summer long public art series on the Boston Harbor Islands and in venues across Boston, the Boston Sculptors Gallery proudly hosts “34,” a group exhibition curated by Liz Devlin of FLUX. Boston Sculptors Gallery will showcase work inspired by the intrinsic beauty and divergent tales of the Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park.
“34” is a group exhibition that includes 34 regional artists each responding to one of the 34 Boston Harbor Islands. Each imaginative work will be accompanied by a placard, featuring text from Chris Klein’s Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands, which outlines a brief history of the particular island and will provide additional context for the work itself.
The exhibition serves as a physical beacon on land that will be in conversation with the artwork on the harbor. Artists’ work will educate and inspire visitors, sharing unique perspectives and visionary iconography that will demonstrate why the islands’ history is among the most fascinating in our region.
About Boston Sculptors: Founded in 1992, Boston Sculptors Gallery is an artist-run organization that presents and promotes innovative, challenging sculpture and installations. It is the only sculptors organization in the United States that maintains its own exhibition space. The organization has presented exhibitions of its sculptors in other venues and countries and occasionally invites Curators to present exhibitions in its gallery in Boston’s South End. The gallery is honored to work with Liz Devlin of FLUX Boston on “34.”
About the Isles Arts Initiative: This summer, in coordination with the Boston Harbor Island Alliance, FLUX. Boston, National Park Service, Department of Conservation and Recreation, Greenovate Boston, and the Boston Art Commission, the Isles Arts Initiative (IAI) will transform the Boston Harbor Islands into a
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canvas primed for artistic activation and social engagement. Taking shape across two islands andfeaturing an accompanying gallery exhibition at Boston Sculptors Gallery, IAI encourages visitors to reconnect with Boston Harbor, creating intimate connections to the water while also raising awareness of climate change through excellent artistic installations.
“34” List of Participating Artists and Island Affiliations
Christopher Abrams Grape Island Kenji Nakayama Lovells Island Elizabeth Alexander Shag Rocks Andrew Neumann Hangman Island Clint Baclawski Spectacle Island Steven Pestana Green Island Matt Brackett The Graves Christina Pitsch Outer Brewster Island Allison Cekala Snake Island Nikki Rosato World's End Beth Dacey Long Island Jennifer Lewis Raccoon Island Rosalyn Driscoll Moon Island Hanna Rose Shell Bumpkin Island Caitlin & Nicole Duennebier Button Island, Charley Saint Lewis Nixes Mate Langlee Island, Ragged Island, and Sarah Island Nick Schietromo Thompson Island Christopher Frost Slate Island Candice Smith Corby Great Brewster Island Mags Harries Sheep Island Jessica Straus (with Antionette Winters) Nut Island Steve Hollinger Peddocks Island Andrea Thompson Middle Brewster Island Alison Kotin Gallops Island Hannah Verlin Rainsford Island Cassandra Long Calf Island Antoinette Winters (with Jessica Straus) Nut Island Scott Listfield Deer Island Carrie Witherell Little Calf Island Megan & Murray McMillan Georges Island Bahar Yurukoglu Little Brewster Island Christina Zwart Webb Memorial Park
For more information: Jean Mineo Liz Devlin Gallery Director Curator [email protected] [email protected] IAI2015.greenovateboston.org