So Percussion field trip with Fitchburg Arts Academy students

Jana Morgan Art Exhbit

Jana Morgan's exhibit of fiber art entitled "What to Wear in the Naked City" was a great hit on Tuesday, September 15th. The exhibit is still up now so if you haven't gotten a chance to check it out in the Hammond Art Gallery, make sure you do.

This is the artist's statement:

The French theorist Guy Debord coined the term psychogeography as "the study of the precise laws and specific effects of the geographical environment, consciously organized or not, on the emotions and behavior of individuals."

Jana Morgan is a fiber artist whose work is a feminist response to the psychogeographic writings and maps of Debord. Her work synthesizes personal narrative, memory and interactions with place. Morgan received her MFA in studio art from CalArts and has been shown on the west coast and in the southeast. This will be her first solo exhibit in New England.

Regarding the exhibition, she writes: “This work is a psychogeographic exploration of three cities where I’ve recently lived: Los Angeles, CA; Knoxville, TN and Fitchburg, MA.

These pieces include clothing built of found objects from each location, reconstructed maps tracing my footprint /tireprint through the cities and stitched aerials baring the emotional content of my experiences with each region.”

And here are photos from the opening:

09-10 Events Added to Website!

Check it out here.

Returning members can begin purchasing tickets on August 10.
New members can begin buying tickets on August 24.
The box office opens at 12:30pm on September 2.

We are all looking forward to a great upcoming season!
Hope to see you often!

Objects for Living

Tuesday March 24 at 6:30 PM was the official opening of the Craig Lupien exhibit, Objects for Living. The exhibit contained works that were interactive with objects such as horns and mirophones. There were pieces that turned into murals that took over entire walls of the gallery. Craig's talk was very informative into the inspiration for this series of work. His work is completely out of the box and wonderfully colorful. Please make sure to check out this exhibit.

Objects for Living will be in place until April 14.

Below is a slideshow of photo taken at the opening:

And here's what the curators had to say about this fascinating exhibit:

"Working with Craig Lupien was a really great experience. By far the most laid back artist I have worked with so far as a curator. He was really interested in working as a whole while setting up the show instead of letting us know where he wanted things and just doing it. The mural was an awesome experience and something I definitely feel should carry over into future showings (and adjusted accordingly to each artist's medium). As a painter myself it was great to be able to work in such large scale, and working along side other artists and getting a good creative vibe going is always fun. Craig's work really needs to be seen in person. The three dimensional elements to his piece really give them personality. My favorite thing about his work though was his color palette, often muted colors that ranged from pinks to greens yet always harmonized incredibly well with each other. If you haven't seen his work yet, do yourself a favor and change that."
-Adam LoRusso

"Craig Lupien's artwork is unique. His paintings incorporate some interesting objects, such as bike horns and baby monitors. Being able to paint the walls around his paintings brought new life to the gallery; making the space more interactive with the viewer. It also allowed Craig to personalize the space and make it his own. "
-Heather Mastriani

CeU performance has been canceled!

Due to unforeseen economic conditions, the U.S. tour by Brazilian artist CeU has
been canceled. Ticket holders can contact Jacklynn Taylor at 978.665.3177 for
refund information.

A.M. Lilly Video

Didn't get to see A.M. Lilly's gallery talk?


Well here's a video of it:
http://www.fsc.edu/cultural/video/kineticsculpture/
Please watch the video and comment with your toughts.

We will continue to do videos for all of our gallery talks so stay tuned for more!

Off the Beaten Path: A Jazz & Tap Odyssey

On Friday, February 27th the Jazz & Tap Odyssey company will be performing their production, Off the Beaten Path, at Fitchburg State College. Here's what Debra Cash, a dance writer from Boston, has to say about their upcoming performance.

"American jazz tap is a quintessentially urban form –a dance vocabulary that developed on street corners and in nightclubs, on asphalt and wooden floors, and performed in hard soled, metal-shod shoes.

Yet in separate interviews this past week, Drika Overton and Brenda Bufalino, two of the tap performer/choreographers behind the upcoming “Off the Beaten Path: A Jazz/Tap Odyssey,” each mentioned experiences in nature are what really feed their souls. That is part of why they decided to focus on the legacy of environmental pioneer Rachel Carson, whose centennial is being celebrated this year.

Drika noted that she grew up reading the Carson classic “Silent Spring” which was one of the first books to publicize the danger of pesticides on the natural world. Today, Drika lives near acres of marshland in Kittery, Maine where a wildlife refuge is named in Carson’s honor. And Brenda noted that although she loves the city, she finds her sensitivity to rhythm – the calling card of a great tap artist – is enhanced by the quiet of the natural world.

I’ll be talking about these influences, and the other unusual aspects of this unexpected “odyssey” at
a free pre-performance talk at 7:15 Friday, Feb. 27 in the Weston Auditorium. Looking forward to seeing you there!"
-Debra Cash

Below is a slideshow of photos of the performance:



If you haven't purchased your tickets for this performance yet, click here to do so. We hope to see you there!