Jamaica Plain Arts Council Annual Juried Exhibition
June 19 - July 12, 2010
Maliotis Cultural Center Helenic College
50 Goddard St, Brookline, MA 02445
Gala Reception and Silent Auction
Saturday, June 19th, 7:00 - 9:00pm
Special Preview Party June 19th 6-7:00pm - Silent auction will feature the works of Stephanie Cramer, Thomas Durand, Rob Festa, Barny Levitt, Dawn Nelson, Rachel Paxton, Eileen Wagner and more along with many exciting services.
Featuring donations from JP's best restaurants, culinary treats prepared live by personal Chef Lester Esser,and the music of The Duprey-Hawthorne Duo.
The Artists
Kasey Appleman, Laurie Bloom, Maggie Carberry, April Clay, David Coen, Rob Festa, Erik Gehring, Amy Joyce, Annie LeMonde, Nancy Marks, Marilyn Mase, Matt McKee, Paula Mecalf Lazar, Karen A. V. O'Brien, Jeremy Ogusky, Robin Radin, Juergen Roth, Sloat Shaw, Ann Turley, Richard Youngstrom.
Green is everywhere these days – in the news, politics, fashion, and pop culture. More than ever, products and services are touting their eco-consciousness, foods are organic or natural, and companies are staking claims that they support sustainability.
In plain terms, Green is simply a color found in minerals, chemicals, and plants. Green also has broad and sometimes contradictory cultural implications – symbolizing hope and wealth on the one hand, or sickness and envy on the other. It has been adopted symbolically to represent political and environmental movements at home, and it plays a prominent role in many flags of the Islamic world.
Jamaica Plain, often referred to in the 19th century as “the Eden of America,” is literally one of the greenest neighborhoods in the city of Boston. Residents have access to over 800 acres of green space at their doorstep around Jamaica Pond, and at the Arnold Arboretum, Franklin Park, Olmsted Park, and the Forest Hills Cemetery.
But what else does Green mean to Jamaica Plain artists who have access to extensive public transportation and two major bicycle paths, New England’s first urban curbside recycling program, and one of the city’s most renowned Irish pubs?
This exhibition provides an opportunity to reflect and reconsider what green means to each of us in the context of Jamaica Plain.
Guest Juror
Randi Hopkins is associate curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, where she has been on staff since fall 2008. Prior to that, she was a co-founder and co-director of Allston Skirt Gallery in Boston, where she organized and presented an ongoing program of exhibitions and related events from April 1999 through June 2008. She wrote a weekly “Museums & Galleries” arts column for the Boston Phoenix, from fall 1999 - fall 2008, and has contributed essays to publications on artists Danica Phelps and Vaughn Bell. Independent curatorial activities include “Project for a New American Century” at the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, September 2008, and “And the fair Moon rejoices,” at the Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, June 2009.
About the Exhibition
From 2006 – 2008, the Jamaica Plain Arts Council sponsored a juried
exhibition of art from among Jamaica Plain Open Studios registered artists. In 2009, the organization experienced a leadership transition and took the opportunity to revitalize the exhibition. Instead of hosting the exhibition in the fall, JPAC moved the exhibition to the spring in an effort to expand the pool of applicants to any artist affiliated with the Jamaica Plain Art Scene, and selected a theme to create a coherent and strong exhibition.
The theme is broadly defined to allow for creative interpretations across multiple artistic disciplines.
Location
The Maliotis Cultural Center at Hellenic College will host this exhibition for the fourth time. The show is held in their Foyer, a dramatic, two story, light filled space. Directions online at http://maliotis.org/
