By Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy
Ah, summer! For many of us, it’s time for road trips to the beach or mountains. With that in mind, we have gathered photography exhibits updated for August from galleries and museums throughout New England. Listed geographically for your planning convenience, we are including more venues, keeping our descriptions brief, and as always, providing images and links for all shows. Please feel free to check back periodically, as we will update throughout the summer.
SOWA – Boston’s South End Arts District
“Necker Cube” from the series The Mind of God by Fern L. Nesson, courtesy of the artist and Beacon Gallery, Boston.
Beacon Gallery – In Fern L. Nesson’s solo exhibit The Mind of God, photographic abstractions celebrate the elegance of mathematics and its confluence with spirituality. In unmanipulated photographs that capture the play and interplay of light, Nesson seeks to express moments when “mass becomes energy.” On view through August 22nd, 2021.
For information, go to: https://beacongallery.com/event-works.php?eventId=15934&event=The+Mind+of+God
“Renaitre” video still by Russell J. Chartier, courtesy of the artist and Fountain Street Fine Art, Boston.
Fountain Street Fine Art – All summer long, the gallery is hosting The Sidewalk Video Gallery of public video and digital media art. Exhibitions of short experimental work will be displayed on two 50” monitors facing out from gallery windows at sidewalk level. The rotating program promotes diversity and includes a broad array of artists, styles, thematic content and levels of experience. “Sound Pixel” by Meghan Quinn will be on view through August 14th, 2021. “Memories of the Present” by Beáta Kolbašovská + “Entangled” by Jack Williams will be viewable from August 15th- 28th, 2021.
For information and season schedule, go to: https://www.fsfaboston.com/the-sidewalk-video-gallery
BOSTON PROPER
“Patti Smith, New Orleans”
Annie Leibovitz (American, born in 1949)
1978
Photograph, chromogenic print
Gift of Jan Colombi and Jay Reeg
Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston – Treat yourself to Personal and Political: Women Photographers, 1965-1985, the newly installed rotation inside the Women Take the Floor show at the top of the Art of the Americas Wing. Representing a pivotal era in feminism, more than 30 works address themes ranging from the natural world to street photography to the domestic sphere and include renowned US photographers such as Diane Arbus, Sally Mann, Annie Leibovitz (above), Cindy Sherman and Ming Smith, as well as recently acquired works by under-recognized photographers from the Americas, such as Adriana Lestido.
To read our review, go to: https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/personal-and-political-women-photographers-1965-1985-at-mfa-boston/
For information, go to: https://www.mfa.org/exhibition/women-take-the-floor
“Boy with Pram”, ca. 1970, Gelatin Silver Photograph by Paul Ickovic, courtesy of Robert Klein Gallery, Boston.
Robert Klein Gallery – In conjunction with his solo retrospective show Paul Ickovic: In Transit at Bibliotheque national de France (BnF, Paris) on view through August 22nd, 2021, the gallery is presenting a selection of B&W street scenes and improvised portraits beginning in the 1960s. The BnF exhibit highlights the close bond the photographer forged with his contemporaries – Henri Cartier-Bresson (on exhibit in an adjoining gallery), Bruce Davidson, Louis Faurer, and Josef Koudelka. A 61-plate monograph entitled Ickovic, published in conjunction with the museum exhibition, is available for purchase from the gallery.
For information, go to: https://www.robertkleingallery.com/
“Nantucket” by Bijan Sabet, courtesy of the artist and Leica Gallery, Boston.
Leica Gallery Boston – Through the Eye of the Witness group photography exhibition highlights the distinctive styles of ten local Leica photographers: Bijan Sabet (above), Zeeshan Kahn, Kwesi Budu-Arthur, Susan Flaherty, Ben McCosh, Abdul Dremali, Juan Murray, Jean-Marie Detcher, Ellen Slotnick, and Vicki Windman. On view through August 2021, a gallery reception with the artists is planned for August 19th, 6pm to 9pm.
To Register (free), go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/through-the-eye-of-the-witness-gallery-reception-registration-163584061331
For information, go to: https://www.instagram.com/leicagalleryboston/
“Restive” by Judith Montminy, courtesy of the artist and Griffin Museum of Photography.
Griffin Museum at Lafayette City Center Passageway, Downtown Crossing – In the summer group show Splash, thirty-nine photographers offer their creative interpretations on the watery theme: Federica Armstrong, Jan Arrigo, Gary Beeber, Meg Birnbaum, Norm Borden, Sally Bousquet, Lora Brody, Joy Bush, Richard Alan Cohen, L. Aviva Diamond, Alex Djordjevic, Steven Edson, Miren Etcheverry, Kev Filmore, Jennifer Greenburg, Maureen Halderman, Carol Isaak, Leslie Jean-Bart, Roger Carl Johanson, Susan Lapides, Susan Lirakis, Joyce P. Lopez, Bruce Magnuson, Landry Major, Carol Mathieson, Meryl Meisler, Olga Merrill, Judith Montminy (above), Rita Nannini, Richard O’Neill, Jaye Phillips, Ann Rosen, Susan Rosenberg Jones, Russ Rowland, Sarah Schorr, Vicky Stromee, Neelakantan Sunder, Kiyomi Yatsuhashi and Dianne Yudelson. On view through August 29th, there will be an actual, in-person closing reception on Sunday, August 29th, 2021 from 4:00 – 7:00 pm.
For information, go to: https://griffinmuseum.org/show/splash/
“Fog, Concord River” by Suzanne Révy, courtesy of the artist and Panopticon Gallery, Boston.
Panopticon Gallery, Hotel Commonwealth in Kenmore Square – For a sublime journey through New England’s seasons, visit WWYR Associate Editor and photographer Suzanne Révy’s solo exhibition, A Murmur in the Trees, featuring her sweeping, meditative multi-panel landscapes. On view from August 5th through September, 2021, there will be an Opening Reception with the artist TOMORROW, Thursday, August 5th from 6:00 – 8:00 pm.
For more information, go to: https://www.panopticongallery.com/
A Yellow Rose Project can be viewed at Boston University.
Faye G. Jo and James Stone Gallery, Boston University – A Yellow Rose Project is a collaborative photographic effort to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote. Photographers Frances Jakubek and Meg Griffiths invited over one hundred women photographers to respond to the anniversary and reflect on the strength and resiliency of women. A gallery exhibit will be open to members of the Boston University community, but an ongoing slideshow will be featured in the gallery’s main window, along with an online component. On view through September 15th, 2021.
For a gallery tour, go to: https://www.bu.edu/art/a-yellow-rose-project/?fbclid=IwAR14AEf6QQbds2NRkyJXWxDF6ICCS4N-hb9JIzztSoAYVf7PYwo0p4LTJ-E
For more information: http://www.bu.edu/art/a-yellow-rose-project/
The Focused Eye: Our Unique Views outdoor photography exhibition at Fan Pier on the Public Green in Boston’s Seaport District, pictured with exhibit curator Emily Belz.
Boston Camera Club, outdoor exhibit at Fan Pier – Three cheers for more public art! Stroll the 250-foot long banner at Fan Pier in Boston’s Seaport District to enjoy The Focused Eye: Our Unique Views, 88 images curated by Boston photographer and educator Emily Belz, culled from members of the Boston Camera Club, (the second oldest of its kind in the country!) on view through November 2021.
For information, go to: https://bostoncameraclub.photos/?fbclid=IwAR1aUIQWa6ijWde7kcZ9CvJqJ10X4F9CeyjQb34CyIpxeffHJD0nrbB8hsk
CAMBRIDGE
“Women’s Hurdle, July 1996 Atlanta, GA USA Summer Olympics” © Lou Jones, courtesy of the artist and Bridge Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
Bridge Gallery – Faster, Higher, Stronger features highlights from photographer Lou Jones’ coverage of thirteen summer & winter Olympic Games, conveniently scheduled to coincide with this summer’s Tokyo Olympics. On view from July 24th – August 21st, 2021.
For more information, go to: https://www.bridge.photos/shows
THE BURBS
An Offering by Tokie Taylor, 2020, courtesy of the artist and the Griffin Museum of Photography.
Griffin Museum, Winchester, MA– Atlanta based gallerist Arnika Dawkins presents “Beauty as Refuge” in the 27th Annual Juried Members’ Exhibition featuring Arthur Griffin Legacy Award winner Tokie Taylor (above), Griffin Award winner Ralph Mercer and honorable mentions Meg Birnbaum, Steven Edson, Danielle Goldstein, Leslie Jean-Bart, Nadine Levin, Olga Merrill, Ellen Royalty, JP Terlizzi, Donna Tramontozzi and Nina Weinberg Doran, among others in the Main Gallery. In the Griffin Gallery, Vicky Stromee’s Envisioning Solitude and in the Atelier Gallery, Blue Morphs by Stephanie Timmerman round out the summer slate of offerings at the museum. All are on view through August 29th, 2021.
To see our review and many images from the show, go to: https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/beauty-as-refuge-27th-juried-exhibition-at-the-griffin-museum-of-photography-winchester-ma/
To read our lively, behind-the-scenes Curator’s Viewpoint interview with Arnika Dawkins, guest juror for the exhibition, go to: https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/curators-viewpoint-arnika-dawkins/
For more information about the exhibit and a schedule of online Artist Talks go to: https://griffinmuseum.org
The FENCE installation outside the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA, on view through September 6th, 2021. (Photo by Elin Spring)
Photoville’s 9th Edition of the Fence at Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA – Get your walking shoes! In collaboration with the Griffin Museum, Photoville’s The FENCE returns to downtown Winchester for the summer. The FENCE is an annual juried competition and the exhibit includes a national and regional selection of photographers, all within walking distance of the Griffin Museum. On view through September 6th, 2021.
To read our review: https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/photoville-fence-outdoor-photography-exhibition-in-winchester-ma/
For more information, go to: https://griffinmuseum.org/9th-edition-of-the-fence-2021-winchester/
Feature Image: “Family” 2019, by Cindy Weisbart, courtesy of the artist and the Photographic Resource Center.
The Photographic Resource Center – Worcester, MA– The Photographic Resource Center celebrates 25 years of their annual show, EXPOSURE, in the Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery, Ghosh Science & Tech Center at Worcester State University. Juried by artist and publisher Kris Graves, the show endeavors to convey a deeper understanding of an artist’s work by including 2-4 images from each of those selected: Hannah Altman, Norman Aragones, Becky Behar, Diane Bennett, Jo Ann Chaus (2nd Place, PRC Choice Award winner), Diana Cheren Nygren, Lee Day, Kristen Joy Emack, David Gardner (2nd Place, PRC Choice Award winner), Katie Golobic (1st Place, PRC Choice Award winner), Michael Joseph, Tira Khan, Elizabeth Libert and Cindy Weisbart. By appointment through August 20th, 2021.
To see our review, go to: https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/exposure-2021-25th-annual-prc-juried-exhibition-in-worcester-ma/
To read our Curator’s Viewpoint interview of photographer and editor Kris Graves, juror for the exhibit, go to: https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/curators-viewpoint-kris-graves/
For more information about the exhibit and associated online programming, go to: https://www.prcboston.org/exposure-2021/
Hallway to “Heavenly Bound” by Sonya Clark, installation photographed by Suzanne Révy
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA – Two shows incorporate photography among other media. What We Do In The Shadows features prints and photographs that explore places hidden in shadows where systems or governments can conceal something sinister, and artists seek to reveal it . The exhibit includes local luminaries such as Lou Jones, Barbara Norfleet and Laura McPhee. A second show, Sonya Clark: Heaven Bound includes six large scale vinyl print portraits of former enslaved Americans, such as Frederick Douglas and Sojourner Truth, among others. On view through September 12, 2021.
To read our review: https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-at-decordova-sculpture-park-and-museum-lincoln-ma/
For more information and to make reservations: https://thetrustees.org/program/decordova-exhibtions/
ROAD TRIP!
Massachusetts
From the series Blossom Blizzard by Valda Bailey, courtesy of the artist and Sohn Fine Art, Lennox, MA.
Sohn Fine Art, Lenox, MA– Valda Bailey’s solo exhibition of colorful and layered impressionistic landscapes, We May as Well Dance, will be on view from July 30th through October 10th, 2021.
For more information: https://www.sohnfineart.com
“Seeing you out there now” from the series Inside the Walls: An Intimate Look at the Elderly During COVID-19 by Melinda Reyes, courtesy of the artist.
Flora T. Little Art Gallery, Bridgewater, MA – Documentary photographer Melinda Reyes delves into the psycho-social issues surrounding aging with rare candor and sensitivity in a solo show featuring two of her most recent B&W series, Inside the Walls: An Intimate Look at the Elderly During COVID-19 and The Quiet World of Aging (also a Regional selection in Photoville’s The FENCE in Winchester, MA, see listing above). On view through August 31st, 2021, there will be an Artist Reception on Saturday, August 7th from Noon – 3:00pm.
For information, go to: https://www.bridgewaterpubliclibrary.org/flora-t-little-art-gallery
“Foam” from the Snail Drawing Series by Daniel Ranalli, courtesy of the artist, Preservation Hall, Wellfleet, MA and Schoolhouse Gallery Provincetown, MA.
Preservation Hall, Wellfleet, MA – Daniel Ranalli’s solo exhibition, Retro-Active, offers an enticing selection from six of his ongoing series made on Cape Cod over the past twenty years. A fusion of conceptual art and environmental photography, Ranalli’s imagery often flirts with the balance between control and chance, to enchanting effect. From mesmerizing Daily Observances to witty Snail Drawings (above), Ranalli’s droll epiphanies are visual delights. On view through August 22nd, 2021., there will be an Artist Reception on Friday, August 6th from 4:00 – 6:00pm.
For more information, go to: https://www.wellfleetpreservationhall.org/exhibitions/2021/7/17/dan-renali
“Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France” 2019 by Francis Olschafskie, courtesy of the artist, Schoolhouse Gallery and Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM), Provincetown, MA.
Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM), Provincetown, MA – In The Silent Side of A Shiver: Photographs by Francis Olschafskie, curator Breon Dunigan presents the artist’s literal and metaphorical reflections on his (pre-Covid) wanderings from Boston to Europe. On view through September 19th, 2021.
For more information, go to: https://galleryschoolhouse.com/francis-olschafskie-at-paam/
“Black on White, White on Black (Brian)” by Ruben Natal-San Miguel from the exhibition American Beauty, courtesy of the artist and Gary Marotta Fine Art, Provincetown, MA.
Gary Marotta Fine Art, Provincetown, MA – Ruben Natal-SanMiguel challenges notions of acceptable beauty in a series of environmental portraits in his solo show, American Beauty. Natal-San Miguel brings an empathetic eye to his sitters who he encounters on walks throughout New York City, and photographs them with clarity and honesty. Extended through August 31st, 2021, now by appointment or online viewing only.
For more information and to schedule a visit, go to: http://garymarottafineart.com/
Rhode Island
“Devon” by Tara Bogart from the series Modern Hair Study, courtesy of the artist and the Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI.
Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI – Celebrity can be fleeting, but photography permanently underscores the highlights of popularity. The museum mines its collections to bring out the stars in Fame, featuring pictures by Bill Jay, Carmel Vitullo, Stephan Brigidi, Donna Ferrato, Henry Horenstein, and Paris Visone, on view through August 22nd, 2021. Hair Stories is a splendid multimedia exhibit exploring cultural, religious and societal ideas intertwined with hair, featuring photographers Tara Bogart (above), María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Sean M. Johnson, Vivian Keulards, Zanele Muholi, Lorna Simpson and DM Witman among others. On view through October 31st, 2021, there will be an Exhibit Reception on Friday, August 8th from 5:00 – 7:00 pm.
For more information: https://newportartmuseum.org
Installation view of Eye to Eye by Mary Beth Meehan at WaterFire Arts Center in Providence, RI (photo by Matthew TW Huang).
WaterFire Arts Center (WFAC), Providence, RI – EYE TO EYE: Photographs and Projects by Mary Beth Meehan gathers images from large-scale photographic installations that the acclaimed photographer has made over the past twenty years as a part of community projects in her hometown of Brockton, MA, Providence, RI, Newnan, Georgia and Silicon Valley, California. Meehan’s engaging and empathetic multi-generational portraits of townspeople highlight individuality while underscoring the shared humanity of our diverse nation, sparking conversations through her riveting, oversized prints and building-scale banner installations. In conjunction with this exhibit, ANNYE RAYE PITTS: WITNESS takes a personal dive into American history through the imagery and ephemera of a Providence woman who moved north from Montgomery, Alabama as part of the Great Migration. A collaboration between Meehan and Jonathan Pitts-Wiley, photographer, storyteller and Ms.Pitts’ grandson, the exhibit is on display in the Visitor Center Gallery. Both exhibits will be on view through August 22nd, 2021.
For hours, directions and information about associated programming, go to: https://waterfire.org/about-the-waterfire-arts-center/exhibitions/related-programming-at-the-waterfire-arts-center/
“After the Rain, NYC” by Steve Sorensen, courtesy of the artist and RICPA, Providence, RI.
Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts (RICPA), Providence, RI – In a group exhibition juried by Kat Kiernan, Editor-in-Chief of Don’t Take Pictures photography magazine, A Fall of Rain explores the regenerative and destructive powers of precipitation. On view from August 19th – September 10th, 2021, there will be an Opening Reception on Thursday, August 19th from 5:00 – 8:00 pm.
For more information, go to: https://www.riphotocenter.org/a-fall-of-rain-kat-kiernan-juror/
Maine
“Painted Lobster Buoys, Stonington, Maine” 1971 by George Tice, Gift of Norton and Thelma Webber, Waterville, Maine, 1992, courtesy of the Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine.
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine – Here is a show we’d love to see: George Tice and Andrew Wyeth: Parallel Visions, the first exhibition to show Tice’s Maine work in the place that inspired it and the first to pair the two artists together, exploring the unique vision of each artist through their depictions of those evocative parallel worlds that capture both the myth of Maine and the reality its residents call home. On view through October 31st, 2021.
For more information, go to: https://www.farnsworthmuseum.org/exhibition/george-tice-and-andrew-wyeth-parallel-visions/
From the show Nor’east by SB Walker, courtesy of the artist and the Center for Maine Contemporary Art.
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, Maine – Since 2014, photographer SB Walker traveled hundreds of thousands of miles around the state of Maine to document its many corners, including farms, harbors and people at play, work and worship in Nor’east, on view through September 12th, 2021.
For more information: https://cmcanow.org/event/sb-walker-noreast/
Vermont
“Raindrops, Hawaiian Luau, Uncle Dave’s Birthday Party” 2012 by Melonie Bennett, gelatin silver print, courtesy of the artist and the Shelburne Museum.
Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT – New England Now: People is the second exhibition in a new biennial series featuring regional artists. This multi-media exhibition explores the cultures and traditions among diverse communities in contemporary New England, and includes the photographs of Melonie Bennett (above), Evie Lovett, Erik Williams and Annu Palakannathu Mathew, on view through October 17th, 2021.
For more information: https://shelburnemuseum.org/exhibition/new-england-now-people/
CALL FOR ENTRY
Through These Realities is an initiative spearheaded by neuroscientist and photographer Joshua Sariñana and poet Linsey Jayne, editor-in-chief of Spry Literary Journal, with support from the Somerville Arts Council. They seek to bring Somerville-based photographers and poets of color together through a juried process to unite images and poetry in conversation for an in-person and online exhibition this fall. It is free to enter, and the deadline for entry is August 15th, 2021. For more guidelines and information: https://www.throughreality.com
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