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Bakalar & Paine GalleriesJuly 2012 - June 2013

Cover images, clockwise from top left: A young visitor Family Day particpant and her father

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Cover images, clockwise from left: Visitors engage in a Family Day activity; MassArt students discuss the work of Luis Camnitzer during the opening for Passing Time; A Looking to Learn group led by Curator of Education India Clark and Gallery Educator Katie Loesel visits Earth & Alchemy. This page: Installation view, Earth & Alchemy.

The Gal leries at a Glance 5 2012-2013 Highl ights 7 Exhibit ions Zandra Rhodes: A Lifelong Love Affair 10-11 with Texti les Earth & Alchemy: Contemporary Ceramic 12-13 Sculpture Passing Time 14-15 Graphic Advocacy: International Posters for the 16-17 Digital Age 2001-2012 Ell ipses: Alumni Works in 3D 18-19 Publ ic & Community Vis it ing Artists 22-23 Looking to Learn 24-25 Family Day 26-27 ArtLinks 28-29

Academic & Campus Professional Training for Students Gal lery Attendants 32-33 Vis it ing Museum Educator 34-35 Exhibit ion Instal lat ion Crew 36 Internships 37 Academic Connections Academic Col laborations 38-40 Faci l i tated Gal lery Visits 41 Campus Gal leries Liaison 42 Connection with Artward Bound 43 Gal lery Guides and Other Resources 44-45

Staff & Volunteers 46-47Professional Development 49Support & Contributions 51

Exhibit ions and Curatorial Programming 1 long-term partnership with an outside museum 5 exhibit ions, professional ly curated and instal led 6 v is it ing art ist lectures 9 col laborations with campus departments 8,275 total vis itors through our doors

Gallery Education Programming 1 v is it ing museum educator and publ ic panel discussion 2 long-term course col laborations 16 new ArtLinks partnerships 504 Looking to Learn students, 4th-12th grade 649 youth and adult vis itors via ArtLinks partnerships 875 Family Day part ic ipants 2,028 total vis itors with faci l i tated gal lery experiences Pre-professional Training for Students 3 student interns 7 graduate assistantships 12 student gal lery attendants 25 student exhibit ion instal lers 65 students in courses taught by Bakalar & Paine Gal leries staff 105 students receive substantial pre-professional training

Staff Statistics 5 ful l -t ime staff 70 members of the Bakalar & Paine Gal leries team

The Galleries at a Glance

The Galleries at a Glance | p. 5

Visitors celebrate at “An Evening with Zandra Rhodes,” which included a fashion show, dinner, and conversation with Zandra Rhodes.

Top: From left, Director and Curator Lisa Tung with Stephen Alpert, Megumi Naitoh, Emily Zilber, and Mark Cooper at the opening for Earth & Alchemy. Bottom: MassArt President Dawn Barrett with fashion designer Zandra Rhodes.

2012-2013 Highlights

2012-2013 Highlights | p. 7

I t has been another year of growth for the Bakalar & Paine Gal leries, having launched some of our most ambit ious exhibit ions to date and increased our offerings for youth, community, and MassArt students and faculty. We are pleased to announce an 18% increase in gal lery attendance from 2011-2012, s ignal ing our continued popularity within the Boston community and beyond as a destination for contemporary art.

The coverage for our exhibit ions has also been phenomenal , with reviews in the Boston Globe for al l our shows, as wel l as coverage in ArtScope , Boston Common , Boston Magazine , Boston Phoenix , Ceramics Art and Perception Magazine , Improper Bostonian Magazine , Where Magazine , and Women’s Wear Dai ly .

This year we celebrated two firsts for museum education. In October, together with the Art Education department, we welcomed our inaugural vis it ing museum educator, Rika Burnham. Addit ional ly, this spring marked the completion of the f irst yearlong Gal lery Attendant program, which has increased vis itor engagement in the gal leries and has trained students to work in a professional art gal lery sett ing. We are also excited to report that the number of vis itors receiving a faci l i tated and interactive gal lery vis it rose to over 2000 people. We would l ike to thank the many art ists, v is itors, students, faculty, staff, organizational partners, and f inancial supporters whose col laborative efforts made our work possible and meaningful .

Clockwise from top left: Installation view of Shahzia Sikander: the exploding company man and other abstractions; Edifice Amiss: Constructing New Perspectives; Paula Hayes, TerrariumClockwise from top left: Installation view, Passing Time; Installation view, Earth & Alchemy; Installation view, Graphic Advocacy: International Posters for the Digital Age 2001-2012; Installation view, Zandra Rhodes: A Lifelong Love Affair with Textiles.

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Zandra RhodesA LiFeLonG LoVe AFFAiR With textiLes

September 12 - Dececember 1 , 2012Sandra and David Bakalar Gal lery

Since her f irst solo col lection debuted in 1969, international ly renowned Brit ish fashion designer Zandra Rhodes has created bri l l iant and imaginative fabrics and clothing. This retrospective, her f irst solo exhibit ion on the East Coast, presented a selection of her texti les and more than 40 high-fashion garments.

A Lifelong Love Affair with Texti les chronicled designs from the 1960s through the 1980s and revealed the designer ’s process; her approach to shape, color, technique, and her worldwide influences. A veritable Who’s Who have donned her fashions, including Diana, Princess of Wales; Debbie Harry; Freddie Mercury; Jacquel ine Onassis ; Joan Rivers; and El izabeth Taylor. Rhodes’ work is included in many museum col lections, among them the Victoria & Albert, New York’s Metropol itan Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian Inst itute.

This exhibit ion was made possible by a generous gift from the Poss Family Foundation.

The Zandra Rhodes exhibit ion al lowed the gal ler ies to col laborate once again with MassArt’s Fashion Design Department. Faculty members Sondra Grace, Jayne Avery, James Mason, and Jennifer Varekamp and a small team of dedicated Fashion and Fibers students helped Curatorial staff uncrate, iron, dress, repair and instal l this ambit ious and breathtaking show comprised of over thirty vintage gowns. The exhibit ion’s curator Chetna Bhatt was also present and students were able to talk frankly with her about the iconic designer and her atel ier, and the business s ide of fashion.

This exhibit ion was also the backdrop for the President’s Inauguration Week, which featured a gala, fashion show, and conversation between Zandra and former Vogue editor André Leon Tal ley. Our student gal lery attendants gave special tours during the night, helped backstage with the fashion show, and acted as general ambassadors for the glamorous evening.

Exhibitions | p. 11

Clockwise from top left: Installation view, Zandra Rhodes: A Lifelong Love Affair with Textiles; Visitors look closely together at theintricate beading of a vintage Zandra Rhodes garment; Zandra Rhodes, Dress (style 85/96), 1985.

September 24 - November 24, 2012Sandra and David Bakalar Gal lery

Yo Akiyama, Susannah Biondo-Gemmell , Syd Carpenter, Sam Chung, Mark Cooper, Laurent Craste, Bean Finneran, Klara Kristalova, Kate MacDowell , Warren Mather, Naoko Matsumoto, J.J. McCracken, Megumi Naitoh, Valéria Nascimento, Kamio Ogata, El izabeth Orleans, Annabeth Rosen, Takayuki Sakiyama, Linda Swanson, Paul Swenbeck, Akio Takamori , Xavier Toubes, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, Jason Walker, Kurt Weiser

Earth & Alchemy celebrated contemporary ceramic sculpture and showcased a cross-generational selection of over two dozen influential art ists. Exploring a range of ideas encompassing conceptual ism, social act ivism, material ity, and humor, this exhibit ion presented a survey of approaches to ceramics that often push the boundaries of one of the world’s oldest media. Whether through expansive sculptures, extraterrestr ial instal lat ions, or fantastical vessels, the art ists included in the exhibit ion have developed novel techniques—such as using oven-baked backyard clay covered with house paints, layering sl ip over glaze to create r ichly textured and encrusted surfaces, or s i lk-screening digital imagery onto porcelain. Earth & Alchemy examined the depth and range of ceramic practice today—a macrocosm of clay.

Curated by Lisa Tung, assisted by Darci Hanna.

Opposite: Installation views, Earth & Alchemy.

In conjunction with the exhibit ion, an evening panel discussion featured art ists Annabeth Rosen, Syd Carpenter, and MassArt alumnus Paul Swenbeck ( ‘91) ; MFA Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts Emily Zi lber ; and Professor Janna Longacre as moderator. The auditorium was packed with the MassArt community and other col lege ceramics departments, as wel l as numerous New England-area col lectors, gal ler ists, and curators.

MassArt students also had the opportunity to work directly with several of the art ists. They helped instal l and de- instal l Bean Finneran, J.J. McCracken, and Kate MacDowell ’s complex instal lat ion pieces and a dedicated tr io of Ceramics student volunteers learned how to uncrate, condit ion, and instal l the works alongside gal lery staff. Several of the art ists, including Jason Walker and Paul Swenbeck, also attended classes and spoke with students during the run of the exhibit ion.

Earth & AlchemyConteMPoRARY CeRAMiC sCULPtURe

Exhibitions | p. 13

January 22 - March 2, 2013Sandra & David Bakalar Gal lery

Jonathan Cal lan, Matthew Buckingham, Luis Camnitzer, Rineke Di jkstra, Ken Fandel l , Shaun Gladwell , Fél ix González-Torres, Leandro Katz, Katrin Korfmann, Phi l ipp Lachenmann, Stefana McClure, Su-Mei Tse, Siebren Versteeg

Passing Time , a mult imedia exhibit ion featuring the recent work of thirteen international art ists, both wel l -known and emerging, explored the mult iple and converging meanings of the phrase “passing t ime.” Some art ists turn to sport, dance, or music to explore concepts of t ime-short term, long term, and terminating; others refer to nature and its rhythms or partner with t ime itself in their making of art.

Passing Time is organized by the Ezra and Ceci le Zi lkha Gal lery, Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut and is curated by Ginger Duggan and Judith Hoos Fox of curatorsquared.

Passing Time

Clockwise from top left: Young visitors interact with a Su-Mei Tse video projection; A visitor contemplates the work of Katrin Korfmann; Installation view, Passing Time.

This exhibit ion dovetai led nicely with Studio Foundation’s spring curriculum with its shared thematic interest in t ime and t ime-based media. Many professors from MassArt and other col leges brought in classes and received informative tours from our student gal lery attendants.

Curator Judy Fox talked with Artward Bound about the logist ics of curating. Assistant Director Chloe Zaug and Curator of Education India Clark faci l i tated an URBANO Young Curators vis it that introduced curatorial practice and ways to see and interpret art.

Exhibitions | p. 15

Graphic AdvocacyinteRnAtionAL PosteRs FoR the DiGitAL AGe 2001-2012

January 15 - March 2, 2013Sandra and David Bakalar Gal lery

The third exhibit ion in a tr i logy focusing on social ly conscious posters, Graphic Advocacy featured 120 works from 32 countries including Bol ivia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Israel , Kuwait, Russia, and Singapore. As a medium for social change, posters record our struggles for peace, social just ice, environmental defense, and l iberation from oppression. From the confrontational and pol it ical to the promotional , persuasive, and educational , the poster in al l i ts forms has persisted as a vehicle for the publ ic dissemination of ideas, information, and opinion. Ready access to broadband and mobi le communications and to digital production technologies has expanded the poster ’s role beyond the printed surface, creating a contemporary tool for support and protest that is st i l l a cornerstone of 21st century advocacy.

This exhibit ion was curated by El izabeth Resnick, MassArt Professor and Chair of Graphic Design.

Exhibitions | p. 17Top: Visitors engage in a Family Day activity. Bottom: Installation view, Graphic Advocacy: International Posters for the Digital Age, 2001-2012.

MassArt Graphic Design students designed the signage, logotype, and catalog, and helped with the layout of the exhibit ion. Professor El izabeth Resnick had a website created; a virtual version of the exhibit ion is avai lable at http://graphicadvocacyposters.org

Graphic Advocacy inteRnAtionAL PosteRs FoR the DiGitAL AGe 2001-2012

EllipsesALUMNI WORKS IN 3D

Over 150 vis itors attended the Ell ipses reception; alumni, students, faculty, staff and external supporters mingled and reconnected. Bonhomie, networking, and celebration were paramount. As with the previous alumni show (Flourish: Alumni Works on Paper) a beautiful v irtual catalog ( issuu.com/massartgraduateprograms) was produced.

Exhibitions | p. 19

June 10 - July 13, 2013Sandra and David Bakalar Gal lery

Elizabeth Alexander ‘04, Juan Barboza-Gubo ‘08, Mal lory Biggins ‘ 10, Keith Cerone ‘06, Nicole Chesney ‘97, Anthony Dodds ‘95, Steven Haszonics M’79, Arthur Henderson ‘07, Sidney Hutter M’79, Janet Kawada ‘92, Cai l igh MacDonald ‘ 12, Cait lyn Marsh ‘06, Jul ie Martini M’03, Sal ly Moore M’00, Abigai l Newbold ‘02, Judy Pearson-Wright ‘84, Al ia Pialtos ‘ 10, Erin Ri ley ‘07 , Isabel Ri ley ‘92, Sean Ri ley ‘99, Stel l Shevis ‘37, Caterina Urrata ‘ 12, Floor van de Velde ‘ 12, Evan Voelbel ‘ 10, Andy Zimmermann M’03.

Ell ipses: Alumni Works in 3D was the second biennial jur ied alumni exhibit ion held in the Bakalar Gal lery showcasing the breadth of talent and excel lence embodied by MassArt’s alumni. Ell ipses featured 25 art ists working in a range of three-dimensional discipl ines—including sculpture, glass, s ite-specif ic instal lat ion, ceramics, f ibers, and more.

MassArt was honored to have Dan Dai ley, Professor Emeritus and founder of the col lege’s Glass Department; Chris Rifkin, Founding Chair of CRAFTBOSTON; and Emily Zi lber, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston’s Ronald L. and Anita C. Wornick Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts; to serve as our selection committee. Director and Curator Lisa Tung organized the exhibit ion, which debuted three site-specif ic instal lat ions for the Bakalar Gal lery.

Ellipses ALUMNI WORKS IN 3D

Top: Installation view, Ellipses: Alumni Works in 3D. Bottom: A visitor looks closely at the work of Julie Martini ‘03.

P U b L i C A n D Co M M U n i t Y

Clockwise from top left: A Looking to Learn group from Lawrence High School visits Earth & Alchemy; A Family Day visitor participates in an activity lead by a MassArt Art Education student; Trained by Gallery Education staff, Artward Bound leads a group discussion with students in the Bridge Partnership Program; A Looking to Learn student experiments with clay during a classroom visit.

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In 2012-2013 we invited four international ly renowned art ists to give lectures to the MassArt community and publ ic . Now in our third year of partnership, MassArt col laborated with deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum to present a lecture, given this year by acclaimed publ ic art ist Jaume Plensa , who took his audience on a virtual tr ip around the world to see his arresting publ ic instal lat ions. Painter Inka Essenhigh talked about her art ist ic process and mythologies surrounding her narratives. As part of the esteemed Adderley Lecture series, sculptor Alison Saar came in February to preview her work and talk about inspiration for her travel ing eponymous exhibit ion on view at MassArt in spring 2014. The Adderley Lecture highl ights art ists of color and their accomplishments. Venerated instal lat ion art ist Ann Hamilton also vis ited the col lege in Apri l to share her recent projects with a packed house.

In addit ion to art ist lectures, the Bakalar & Paine Gal leries also hosted a ceramics panel discussion in conjunction with its Earth & Alchemy exhibit ion. E&A art ists Syd Carpenter , Annabeth Rosen , and Paul Swenbeck ( ’9 1) , a long with MFA Boston contemporary decorative arts curator Emily Zilber and MassArt ceramics professor Janna Longacre , pondered the state of contemporary ceramics, how the f ield has changed in the past decades, and answered students’ questions about graduate school , balancing work and studio, and what to expect as a professional practit ioner in ceramics. Lastly, deCordova Rappaport Prize winner Suara Welitoff and designer/curator/col lector Manuel de Santaren had a frank conversation about photography, video, and Suara’s experience as a late-blooming but successful art ist.

Visiting Artists

Public and Community | p. 23

Clockwise from left above: Suara Welitoff, Here Comes the Sun (video still); Jaume Plensa, Humming; Inka Essenhigh, Lower East Side; Alison Saar, Weight.Opposite page: Ann Hamilton speaks in the Pozen Center as part of the Bakalar & Paine Galleries visiting artist lecture series.


18 Years in Partnership with Boston Public Schools

This was an excit ing year for Looking to Learn as we continued to offer gal lery learning experiences and exposure to contemporary art for 4th-12th grade students from Boston Publ ic Schools and beyond, with a focus on strengthening our exist ing partnerships.

This year, the Looking to Learn team was comprised of seven teachers – our largest teaching cohort yet – which included one faculty member, two yearlong interns, one Art Education undergraduate, and three Gal lery Education staff who worked together on research, curriculum development, material preparation, and team teaching. Weekly meetings al lowed us to gather together as a group and reflect upon our teaching and col laborative practices.

The addit ion of two yearlong interns to the Looking to Learn team was instrumental for our success this year. We found that through this extended commitment (from one semester to two) we were able to create a unique and more meaningful learning experience for Art Education students that was mutual ly beneficial to the Gal lery Education staff, who were able to continue expanding their reach and impact.

2012-2013 ParticiPating SchoolS and organizationS

Artward Bound, Massachusetts Col lege of Art and DesignBoston Col legiate Charter School , DorchesterBoston Latin Academy, DorchesterCondon Elementary School , South BostonHennigan Elementary School , Jamaica PlainJosiah Quincy Elementary School , ChinatownLawrence High School , LawrenceMather Elementary School , DorchesterMedfield High School , Medfield McKay K-8 School , East Boston

total nUMBEr oF StUdEntS Who ParticiPatEdin looKing to lEarn : 504

Looking to Learn

Clockwise from top left: Looking to Learn teacher Sarah Arcotta and students from Lawrence High School during a gallery visit to Earth & Alchemy; India Clark, Curator of Education during a Looking to Learn Orientation Visit; A Looking to Learn student makes art inspired by the exhibition Earth & Alchemy.

“Al l of the students expressed that they were surprised by their visual awareness, and how their abi l i ty to careful ly observe grew with each activity.”

Art Teacher, Revere High School

Connecting with the Community

An invaluable resource, Family Day continues to del ight chi ldren and adults from MassArt and its surrounding community. As the col lege’s only publ ic offering for kids younger than ten, Family Day presents faculty, staff, students, and art enthusiasts with a dynamic opportunity to experience the MassArt campus, i ts community and resources. As vis itors new and old to MassArt engage with contemporary art, ideas, and each other, our Art Education students also benefit by teaching activit ies that they’ve designed themselves. Each semester, more than 40 people (students, faculty, staff and volunteers) work together to orchestrate this event hosted by the Bakalar & Paine Gal leries in col laboration with the Art Education Department.

This spring’s Family Day brought vis itors ranging in age from one to 83, with famil ies travel ing from many Boston area neighborhoods and as far away as Vermont. Refreshments were provided at a generously discounted rate by Haley House, a Boston-based nonprofit organization that uses food as a vehicle to help al leviate suffering, bui ld new ski l ls, and bring communit ies together. The response from visitors was overwhelmingly posit ive.

Family Day at the Bakalar & Paine Gal leries was made possible by support from the Mabel Louise Ri ley Foundation and the Sovereign Bank Foundation.

ANNUAL NUMBER OF FAMILY DAY VISITORS: 875

Family Day


Steve Tourlentes, MassArt faculty member and Studio Manager, with his son at Family Day.

A parent and child have fun participating in Family Day activities.

A young visitor participates in Family Day.An Art Education student guides a visitor in an activity she designed.


Growing ArtLinks

Launched in January 2012, ArtLinks was designed to connect the Bakalar & Paine Gal leries with groups of youth and community already vis it ing the col lege through other departments. In our f irst year with ArtLinks, we discovered a high demand for faci l i tated gal lery vis its. We formed 16 new partnerships, with groups coming from as far away as Maine. To accommodate a higher volume of gal lery vis its, this spring we have begun to uti l ize the expertise of our Gal lery Attendants and Education Interns to faci l i tate ArtLinks groups.

Concurrent with this init iat ive was the formation of a new “Program Links” Committee, comprised of representatives from Bakalar & Paine Gal leries, PCE, CACP, Art Education, Admissions, Academic Compass Program, and Inst itutional Advancement, which has revealed the synergist ic potential of increasing mutual awareness of departmental calendars, priorit ies, and resources.

Year-end assessment and reflection on ArtLinks i l luminated a need to clarify program goals and guidel ines, which has al lowed for a concise new program plan for FY14 to f it our Gal lery Education’s current staff and resource capacity.

TOTAL NUMBER OF YOUTH AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS SERVED THROUGH ARTLINKS PARTNERSHIPS: 649

ArtLinks

“As a group we talked about the show again the week after our visit, and students clearly remembered specific works and had a lot to say about their visual and storytelling qualities. I am really looking forward to finding out how this research will inform their visual work later in the semester.”

Teacher, The Urbano Project

Opposite page: A group of ArtLlinks students participate in a group discussion with curator Elizabeth Resnick.Above: ArtLinks students discuss the posters in Graphic Advocacy: International Posters for the Digital Age, 2001-2012.

ACA D e M i C A n D CA M P U s

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Clockwise from top left: A member of the installation crew examines Zandra Rhodes’ vintage garments; J.J McCracken talks with installation crew; Christina Kolozsvary, Installation view, Like a Specter Rise... MFA Thesis show; Gallery Attendants talk with Bean Finneran as she installs her work.

Clockwise from top left: Gallery attendant Marissa London talks with visitors; Gallery attendants on a tour at the MFA contemporary wing; To prepare for the Zandra Rhodes exhibit, Professor of Fashion Design Jennifer Varekamp talks with attendants.

Gallery Attendants

A Yearlong Program for Students

The 2012-2013 academic year marked a milestone for the Gal lery Education staff as we pi loted a new student Gal lery Attendant program, a re-conceptual ized yearlong opportunity informed by our research and evaluation f indings during FY12. This year, we clarif ied and refined our program goals into three dist inct categories that include a) professional training in museum education pedagogy and practices for MassArt students, b) an improved vis itor experience for our gal leries’ audiences, and c) the continued safety of the artworks we display.

Some FY13 highl ights include:

• The recruitment of a 2012-2013 Gal lery Attendant cohort through a new and r igorous appl ication process• A weeklong, summer intensive training during which Gal lery Attendants vis ited Boston area museums, met with museum professionals, and part ic ipated in a wide array of individual and group experiences with contemporary art• Ongoing support for Gal lery Attendants throughout the academic year through monthly enrichment sessions, led by the Gal lery Education staff• A col laboration between MassArt Student Gal lery Attendants and the Urbano Project’s Young Curators though a 2-hour vis itor engagement workshop• A new Summer Educator posit ion created in partnership with the Inst itute of Contemporary Art, Boston for selected MassArt student Gal lery Attendants• Continued and improved-upon methods of evaluation and assessment, which have begun to inform our plans for the program’s second operating year

In FY14 we look forward to welcoming six returning Gal lery Attendants plus seven new members!

Academic and Campus | p. 33

Rika Burnham

In the fal l of 2012, the Bakalar & Paine Gal leries and the Art Education Department welcomed our f irst vis it ing museum educator, Rika Burnham. A celebrated and deeply respected professional in the f ield of Museum Education, Burnham is Head of Education at the Frick Col lection in New York and co-author of Teaching in the Art Museum: Interpretation as Experience.

Burnham joined the MassArt community in an exploration of dialogue-based interpretation of contemporary art. Using artworks exhibited in Earth & Alchemy, Burnham conducted guided gal lery experiences with Art Education students and faculty, Gal lery Education staff and interns, and our student Gal lery Attendants. The experiences led by Burnham left a last ing impression on many, as evidenced by the MassArt students who continue to cite how powerful and memorable their encounters with Burnham were throughout her two-day stay at MassArt.

Visiting Museum Educator

“...An enormous majority of my graduate and undergraduate students have expressed powerful learning from their time with Rika Burnham last week...I just wanted you to know the ripples of influence that have immediately emerged.”

Professor Laura Reeder, Art Education Department

In concert with Burnham’s vis it , the Gal lery Education staff hosted a publ ic panel discussion. Monica Garza, Director of Education at the Inst itute of Contmeporary Art, Boston and Art Education Associate Professor Steve Locke joined Burnham as guest panel ists for “Interpreting the Contemporary,” an afternoon conversation considering the paral lels and differences between guided group dialogue and studio crit iques. Free and open to the publ ic, we welcomed 55 attendees from MassArt, The Inst itute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Isabel la Stewart Gardner Museum; deCordova Museum and Sclupture Park; and Harvard Art Museums, among others. “ Interpreting the Contemporary” was moderated by Curator of Education India Clark.


Student artwork from a gallery activity led by Rika Burnham.

Rika Burnham leads a dialogue with a group of Art Education students, staff, and Art education Professor Lois Hetland.

“Seeing Rika in action, i t was clear that she is an expert . . .The exercises we did with her were very intuit ive and student-driven, which made it feel more l ike an experience as opposed to a lesson or info-session.”

Jul ia , Gal lery Attendant

Exhibition Installation Crew

Professional Instal lation Practice

The exhibit ion instal l crew is comprised of graduate, undergraduate, and freelance workers. Students are trained in the design/bui ld fundamentals of instal l ing an art exhibit ion, preparing artwork for instal lat ion, and the construction methods used in producing exhibit ions. Students have the opportunity to learn ski l ls that can be appl ied to preparing and instal l ing their own artwork or others in professional sett ings. Working alongside professional carpenters and art handlers, students are taught how to use hardware and tools through construction, fabrication, and art instal lat ion. Students learn about sustainable materials, shipping, l ighting, and basic A/V instal lat ion. They are exposed to the processes of exhibit ion design, curation, and registrarial practice.

After working in the Bakalar and Paine Gal leries, many students are hired by museums and gal leries across the United States in preparatory posit ions as art handlers and carpenters. The gal leries provide an opportunity for student art ists to view and experience the professional world they aspire to enter.

Members of the 2013 instal lat ion team have gone on to work at Grey Gal lery, NYU; Guggenheim Mueum, NY; Barbara Krakow Gal lery; MOMA, NY; Murray Dewart Studio; Samsøn Projects; School of the Museum of Fine Arts; Whitney Museum, NY; and PaceWildenstein Gal lery, NY.

Exhibition Installation Crew

Professional Gal lery Experience

Curatorial InternshipInterns have the opportunity to gain valuable behind-the-scenes experience in museum work, and work as members of the Curatorial Programs team.

Education Internship In this yearlong credit-bearing internship, students with an interest in museum and gal lery education are selected to teach with Looking to Learn. The interns part ic ipate in al l areas of the Looking to Learn program, from planning curriculum to preparing materials, and co-teaching with professional gal lery education staff. Throughout the year, there are various addit ional opportunit ies to teach custom gal lery vis its, assist with Family Days, and to init iate their own projects. This spring, interns planned and implemented vis its with Rosie’s Place and the ABCD Parker Hi l l/Fenway Senior Center, organizations that serve low-income adults in Boston.

Internships


Gallery education intern Ashlyn Gomes leads a Looking to Learn group in dialogue.

Left: Kate MacDowell’s clay pigeons arrive at the gallery. Right: With artist Mark Cooper, the installation crew installs the armature for his ceramic pieces.

Art Education Professor Aimée Debose (right) and Curator of Education India Clark (left) talk with Pre-practicum I students about Family Day.

Academic Collaborations

Ongoing Partnership with Art Education

This was the 7th consecutive semester of col laboration between Gal lery Education and the Art Education course Pre-Practicum I . For f ive weeks of the semester, professor Aimée DeBose and Curator of Education India Clark team taught Pre-Practicum I which is comprised of graduate and undergraduate students, introducing museum education theory and pedagogy to prepare students to faci l i tate activit ies at Family Day in the Bakalar & Paine Gal leries.

“Col laborating with India and the gal lery staff is an essential part of the Family Day project. Both the students and myself have benefitted greatly from these interactions.”

Professor Aimée Debose, Art Education Department

Graduate Program Partnership

The Bakalar & Paine Gal leries feature four exhibit ions annual ly showcasing the work of professional art ists. In addit ion, the gal leries host the graduating MFA Thesis shows every Apri l – May, debuting MFA thesis candidates as professional art ists.

In preparation for the exhibit ion, the students have mult iple meetings with Director of the Bakalar & Paine Gal leries, Lisa Tung, who conducts studio vis its with al l part ic ipating students and begins a conversation of what to show. From these conversations the exhibit ion is curated to best feature each art ist’s work. Chief Preparator Rob Gainfort assists this process by conducting workshops designed specif ical ly to help each art ist prepare for his/her instal lat ion, giving them the opportunity to have one-on-one conversations to address unique exhibit ion needs and concerns. Instal lat ions can range from hanging tradit ional 2D paintings or photographs to site-specif ic, large-scale, and interactive sculpture.

Assistant Director Chloé Zaug and Curatorial Associate Darci Hanna advise the grads on professional practices such as craft ing art ist statements, writ ing press releases and marketing, pricing of work, exhibit ion signage and labels, the web presence, and other related exhibit ion needs. Once the exhibit ion layout is set, the graduate students instal l their work with help from the gal leries’ professional and student art handl ing team.

In 2013 a unique chal lenge was presented due to the Boston Marathon bombings, which required students and staff to come together to instal l the f irst thesis show on a very t ight deadl ine (due to the city lockdown). However, because of careful preparation and a close relat ionship with gal lery staff, the process remained smooth and the exhibit ion was very wel l received.

The Bakalar & Paine Gal leries team bel ieves in the MFA Thesis exhibit ion process as a vital step in professional preparation, giving students an introduction in how to prepare their artwork for display, work with curatorial guidance, and begin their careers as exhibit ing art ists.


Facilitated Gallery VisitsAND COLLEGE CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS

Custom Gallery Visits

Gallery Education staff are eager to accommodate curriculum connections for courses of al l discipl ines and to model museum pedagogy for Art Education. Faculty from MassArt and other col leges are welcome to contact us for guided vis its tai lored to their course objectives.

The fol lowing MassArt departments have received facil itated gallery visits:Art EducationFashion DesignFi lm/Video Fine Arts 3D - FibersLiberal ArtsStudio for Interrelated MediaStudio Foundation

Total number of facil itated gallery visits for MassArt courses: 11Total number of college classroom presentations: 10

Other Colleges served in 2012-2013:Art Inst itute of Boston Emerson Col lege Framingham State Col lege School of the Museum of Fine Arts Suffolk University Wentworth Inst itute of Technology

Methods and Design in Art Exhibit ions and Instal lations

This past year, Chief Preparator Rob Gainfort taught a course offered through the Studio for Interrelated Media (SIM). The course was designed to address the need for aspir ing student art ists to learn the logist ics of professional exhibit production. The course took place both in classroom and gal lery sett ings. Students were taught the basic design/bui ld fundamentals of preparing and instal l ing an art exhibit ion, such as construction methods, fabrication, shipping logist ics, registrarial practices, and mult i -media instal lat ion procedures. They were then given a chance to curate and instal l a student show in the Godine Gal lery on campus.

In addit ion, students vis ited with professionals at the ICA and Barbara Krakow Gal lery and were able to get a behind-the-scenes look at the practices and methods used in exhibit production and maintenance in a museum and commercial gal lery sett ing. The opportunity to see the process al lowed the emerging art ists to better understand the career opportunit ies before them. Students were also given a chance to speak with working art ists in the f ield and were able to ask questions about the everyday real it ies of being a professional exhibit ing art ist.

Academic and Campus | p. 41Freelance installer Joey Tipton demonstrates the process of inlaying sculpture within a custom-built wall for students in Rob Gainfort’s

Methods and Design in Art Exhibtions and Installations class.

Campus Galleries Liaison

Highlighting the Campus Galleries

This year we hired a Campus Gal lery Liaison whose role is to compile information about current exhibit ions in the various gal leries around campus and disseminate that information to vis itors and the MassArt Community through a weekly f lyer.

This publ ication highl ights student and professional exhibit ions in the Arnheim Gal lery, Bakalar & Paine Gal leries, Brant Gal lery, Godine Family Gal lery, Student Life Gal lery, and President’s Gal lery. This document has become an important tool for Gal lery Attendants and other staff at the col lege, al lowing for improved vis itor experience and cross-promotion of events.


Connection with Artward Bound

Curatorial Programs & Artward Bound

In addit ion to our relat ionship with Artward Bound through Looking to Learn, the Bakalar & Paine Gal leries staff helps to support the exhibit ions curated by Artward Bound students and instal led in the Student Life Gal lery. This spring, Director and Curator Lisa Tung and Chief Preparator Rob Gainfort met with Artward Bound to pass on their professional insights.

“Your lessons were very thoughtful ly planned. Thanks for the wonderful experiences!”

Carolyn Lewenberg, Teacher, Artward Bound

Director Lisa Tung visits with Artward Bound students.

The Bakalar & Paine Gal leries staff developed a variety of resources to faci l i tate understanding and connection with the 2012-2013 exhibit ions, including gal lery guides for Zandra Rhodes: A Lifelong Love Affair with Texti les and Earth & Alchemy: Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture, as wel l as an exhibit ion information packet for Passing Time. These resources were made avai lable in the gal leries, as wel l as onl ine for students and faculty uti l iz ing exhibit ions for course-related study.

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Gallery GuidesAND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Full-Time STaFF

India Clark, Curator of EducationRob Gainfort, Chief PreparatorDarci Hanna, Curatorial AssociateLisa Tung, Director and CuratorChloé Zaug, Assistant Director

ParT-Time STaFF

Gallery educatorsDiana ClarkeKatie Loesel

Gallery teachersSarah ArcottaAimée DeBose

Gallery attendantsEmma Brightbi l lCharlotte ChapmanJul ia Emil ianiSarah ArcottaKaleigh HeinholdJessica Khamarj iMarissa LondonBridget O’HaireSara SimonAnna SwansonAlexandra FordStacy Friedman

curatorial internMaura Ful ler

education internsEmma Cantrel lAshlyn Gomes

Graduate assistantsMairikke DauZachary HerrmannLi l l ian HardenNicholas Hul l ibargerCl ive MoloneyDaniel SchisslerKarina TovarFabiola Menchel l i TejedaShea Mizuno installation crewHaley AhlAndrew BoitErik BornemannJoanna CoreaLuke Di l lonAlyssa EriksonMatthew HartyAsia JonesLaura PenneyRenée Si lvaZivi le Siuti laiteAnna StablerBritton StipeticDaniel le ThibeaultKasey Walko Joseph WightCharl ine Xu

Staff and Volunteers

Curatorial VolunteersJerome MehrmanBrad Wil l isLucy WhitePriyanka AggarwalRay RodriguezTory Lesl ieSarah Burke

eduCation VolunteersLaura Lee BradyTaylor GarmanMia Rosenberg

FreelanCe PreParatorsLaisa Bel lomo-JohnsonKevin KleinAnthony MontuoriJeremy RobyDavid ThackerJoey TiptonJessica VogelMichael Zachary

CamPus Galleries liaisonSarah ArcottaJul ia Emil iani

PhotoGraPhers and VideoGraPhersSarah ArcottaAlessandra Bisalt iAustin CarrierLi la DebasKevin KleinFabiola Menchel l i TejedaEric RubyJoseph Wight

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Installation view, Earth & Alchemy.

2012-2013 professional development endeavors undertaken by bakalar and paine galleries staff:

“Afternoon at the Gardner : Year One at the Expanded Museum,” Museum Educators Roundtable. Hosted by the Isabel la Stewart Gardner Museum (Emma Cantrel l , India Clark)

Custom education workshop organized by India Clark in col laboration with Jul ie Bernson, deCordova Sculpture Park ( India Clark, Diana Clarke, Katie Loesel)

“Evaluation and Assessment,” three-part workshop faci l i tated by Dan Serig ( India Clark, Diana Clarke, Aimée Debose, Katie Loesel , Lisa Tung, Chloé Zaug)

Interpretive Writ ing Workshop and Writers Group, led by Gardener Museum Educator in Residence, Kris Wetterlund. Hosted by the Isabel la Stewart Gardner Museum (Diana Clarke)

“Museum Leadership Conference 2013,” Hosted by Drexel University of Phi ladelphia (Lisa Tung)

“Play and Museums,” Greater Boston Museum Educators Roundtable.Hosted by the Concord Museum (Diana Clarke, Sarah Arcotta, Aimée DeBose)

Custom education workshop organized by India Clark in col laboration with Mariani Lefas-Tetenes, RISD Museum (India Clark, Diana Clarke, Aimée DeBose, Katie Loesel)

“Teaching Museums in the Twenty-first Century,” Hosted by the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth Col lege ( India Clark)

Professional Development

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MassArt staff, faculty, students, and guests celebrate at an exhibition opening.

Gallery Education was made possible in

2012-2013 by the fol lowing supporters:

Mabel Louise Ri ley Foundation

Massachusetts Cultural Counci l

Massachusetts Department of Higher Education

Poss Family Foundation

Sovereign Bank Foundation

&

Generous and invaluable individual donors

Thank you!

To learn more please contact Mel issa Gal l in(mgal l [email protected] or 617-879-7013) .

Support and Contributions

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