WOMEN: Portrait + Figure

Group Show of Sculpture, Painting, Mixed Media and Photography

February 28 - April 18, 2009

 show overview

WOMEN: Portrait + Figure
Group Show of Sculpture, Painting, Mixed Media and Photography
February 28 - April 18, 2009
Reception: Saturday, 2/28/09 4-6 p.m

In conjunction with a county wide focus of Women in the Arts, Ferrin Gallery is presenting WOMEN: Portrait + Figure, a group show of sculpture, painting, mixed media and photography. The concept of the show is to present images of women by both men and women and explore the idea of artist's gender and the role/non role it plays on the portrayal of women.

Moderator: Leslie Ferrin with artists and Jane Lund, Smith College and Sandy Winters, School of Visual Arts.
No fee, donations for the bar supports Storefront Artist Project Salon Series.

Coinciding with WOMEN: Portrait + Figure is a solo show of functional pottery and works for the wall by Brooke Noble.

Click Here for link to Brooke Noble

Click here for a link to Michael Rousseau

Click here for more information on:
Berkshire Festival of Women in the Arts

Click here for more information on:
The Eighth Annual International Women's Day Conference
The Power of Women in the Arts
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Daniel Arts Center
Bard College at Simon's Rock

"We organized this show WOMEN: Portrait + Figure and the accompanying salon programs in response to the Berkshire Festival of Women in the Arts. Our gallery represents both men and women artists who use portraiture of women to reveal autobiographical or narrative content. Initially there was resistance from the artists to identify themselves professionally solely on a gender basis. We responded by organizing a show of paintings, works on paper, photography and sculpture by both men and women and present the artwork with no visible names to identify the artist. Viewers can explore the show without knowing the gender of the artist using a numbered guide and then guess the gender, match names and provide comments.

Since this show features several local and regional artists, many of them are presenting portraits of themselves or recognizable members of their community. Through this show and the resulting series of portraits the viewer gets a glimpse into the lively art scene in the Berkshires at this point in time. It is interesting to consider this aspect of documentation of an artist community and compare our show to the others taking place throughout the county, in particular to the scenes of the lives and community of women portrayed in the Toulouse-Lautrec and Paris exhibition at The Clark by Lautrec and his colleagues."

Chris Antemann
Scott Barrow *
Jessica Calderwood
Cynthia Consentino *
Wayne Duffy *
Lucy Feller
Debra Fritts
Paul Graubard *
Julie Heffernan
Jessica Hess *
Jason Houston *
Sergei Isupov *
Lisa Krivacka *
Maggie Mailer *
Susan Mikula *
Steranie Motta *
Brooke Noble
Anita Powell
Michael Rousseau *
Katy Rush
Diane Savino *
Kevin Sprague *
Elizabeth Stone *
Mara Superior *
Mark Tomasi *
Ben Tritt *
Shannon Trudell
Tabitha Vevers
Nanny Vonnegut *
Rebecca Weinman *
Kurt Weiser
Michael Zelehoski *

*'d artist names are those from Western Massachusetts

Photos provided in high resolution on request.