Recent Exhibitions

Sumner Winebaum, The Wall, 2002, bronze,
14' x 4 1/2" x 17", collection of the Museum of Art, UNH, 2007.8

Working Model: Figurative Drawings and Sculptures
from the Collection
October 27 – December 9, 2012

This exhibition featured figurative drawings and sculptures from the Museum’s permanent collection to examine the many and varied ways artists have represented the human form from the early 20th century to the present.

Approximately 18 works of art were selected to illuminate different approaches to working from a live model.

Barbara Swan: Portraits and Still Lifes

Barbara Swan (1922-2003), a well-known Boston artist whose still lifes were widely exhibited and collected beginning in the mid 1960s began her career in the late 1940s as a student of noted Boston Expressionist, Karl Zerbe. This exhibition provided a historical overview of Swan’s artistic career, tracing her early work from the late 1940s, her expressive paintings as a new mother and drawings of her friends and fellow artists in the 1960s, to the subject that would dominate her later work: objects transformed through water-filled bottles.

Barbara Swan images: Bottles and Keys,1985,oil on linen, 40” x 30”, courtesy of Alpha Gallery; Red House, n.d.,oil on linen, 42” x 50”; Bottles and Spoons, 1973,
watercolor, 20" x 15". Collection of the Museum of Art, UNH, 1975.504

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Multiple Perspectives: New Work by Peter Milton and Douglas Prince
August 28 – October 14, 2012

This exhibition paired the work of two artists, sympathetic in their interests, working independently, each of whom creates digital collages based upon historical, often autobiographical, events and people. Their work, richly layered, offered multiple perspectives of entirely new worlds created from past events, those imagined, and those that may yet be. For more information on Peter Milton, visit http://www.petermilton.com, for more information on Douglas Prince, visit http://www.douglasprince.com/

Doug Prince image


      Images: Top: Douglas Prince, Picture Plane 04, 2011, digital print, 14" x 11", courtesy of the artist; Douglas Prince, Picture Plane 07, 2011, digital print, 20 x 16, courtesy of the artist; Douglas Prince, Picture Plane 05, 2011, digital print, 14" x 11", courtesy of the artist. Bottom: Peter Milton, The Studio, 2012, digital print, 32” x 44”, Courtesy of McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH.

Jennifer Moses, Bitter Lake, 2011, oil on wood panel, 9" x 11"

Art Faculty Review:
Benjamin S. Cariens, Craig Hood, Michael McConnell, and Jennifer Moses

This special exhibition highlighted work by studio art faculty members
in the Department of Art and Art History, UNH, who are new or returning
from sabbatical leave. It features work by Benjamin S. Cariens (sculpture),
Craig Hood (painting), and Jennifer Moses (painting). It included models
and plans of Michael McConnell’s sculptures to be installed on the grounds
of The Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics.

Benjamin Cariens has served as an assistant professor of sculpture and drawing at UNH since 2002. He is a graduate of The College of William and Mary (B.A., 1991), Boston University, School for the Arts (M.F.A., 1993), and Harvard University Divinity School (Master of Theological Studies, 1999).

Craig Hood is a graduate of Boston University (B.A., 1975), Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1979), and Indiana University (M.F.A., 1981). A professor of painting and drawing at UNH since 1981, Hood's work examines the role of the human figure as a narrative image within a fragmented landscape.

Jennifer Moses lives and paints in Boston Massachusetts. Moses received her BFA degree from Tyler School of Art and her MFA degree from Indiana University. She is currently represented by the Clark Gallery and the Kingston Gallery in Boston and she has exhibited throughout New England. Moses’ work has been reviewed in Art New England Magazine, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, and Sculpture Magazine. Her work is included in the 2011 Northeast edition of New American Paintings. She has recently returned home from a yearlong Artist Residency in Roswell New Mexico. She is also the recipient of a Residency at Yaddo in 2012. Moses is an Associate Professor of Art and Chair of the Department of Art and Art History at the University on New Hampshire where she has taught for twenty-two years.

Craig Hood image Craig Hood, Living by the River, 2012, pencil and powdered graphite on paper, 24” x 46”,courtesy Beaux-arts des Ameriques, Montreal, Canada

2012 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition II
May, 2012

Jesse James Thomas, Things Fall Apart, 2011,
oil on canvas, 24" x 20"

Jesse James Thomas of Yellow Springs, OH and Liz Wilson, of Gilford, NH, candidates for the Master of Fine Art degree in painting from the Department of Art and Art History, UNH, present recent works which represent the culmination of their two-year intensive study.

Jesse James Thomas’s work reflects his interest in the landscape and wilderness. Working on location in the Packers Falls area of Durham, NH, he creates abstract views of the natural world, using heavy applicationsof paint to build-up complex, color-strewn forms. Alternatively, Liz Wilson uses thin layers of paint to create ethereal transparencies in which the clarity of an image dissolves into a fleetingly recognizable impression of a passing moment, then withdrawn.

2012 Senior B.A. and B.F.A. Exhibition
April 14 - May 18, 2012

This annual exhibition celebrated the achievements of Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Art degree candidates from the Department of Art and Art History, UNH. Bachelor of Fine Arts candidates include: Tara Appleton, Kathryn Archambault, Monica Bancroft, Margo Belisle, Katherine Blanchette, Annie Grace Couvillion, Taylor Maroney, and Sarah A. Nelson.

Tara Appleton uses black outlines most typically found in drawings to enhance and delineate objects, drawing attention to their shapes and their relationship to the surrounding environment. Kathryn M. Archambault’s small canvases allow her to explore the subtle shifts in colors found within the flora and fauna of the plant structures on which she focuses. Charcoal and expressive mark making in the prints of Monica Bancroft capture a distinct moment in time in which the inner personality of her subject is subtley reflected. Clay as a medium to unearth visual elements and to capture the interconnection between the model, the artist, and the viewer is emphasized in the expressive sculpture of Margo Belisle. Katherine Blanchette’s etchings are soft, sketch-like images of everyday life, scenes which are generally taken for granted, yet essential parts of our daily experiences. Annie Grace Couvillion’s digital images explore the natural environment, taking into consideration the results of man-made decision versus natural growth and development on the world in which we live. Finding the balance between stark geometrical man-made architecture and the subtle structure of the human form is the focus of the autobiographical oil paintings of Taylor Maroney. Exterior landscapes, abstractly rendered in the paintings of Sarah A. Nelson, create memory-evoking connectionsbetween structures which unconsciously blend into the landscape, blurring their lines of distinction.

Bachelor of Arts degree candidates whose works will be on display include: Leah Akey; Tyler Beaudoin; Amy Bergeron; Erica Cole; Korrena Cowing; Carly DeLeeuw; Samantha Gates Freese; Samantha McCarthy; Kathryn Michalovic; Jacqueline A. Murphy; Brynn Potter; Carly Rickarby; and Alexia Valhouli.

Lennie Mullaney, Yellow Truck, 2012, oil on canvas, 2'8" x 4'

2012 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition I
April 14-29, 2012

Clara Coleman of Dayton, OH and Lennie Mullaney of Portsmouth, NH, candidates for the University of New Hampshire's Master of Fine Arts degree in painting program, presented recent works which represented the culmination of their two-year intensive study program.

Clara Coleman’s work was drawn loosely from direct observation, focusing primarily on portraits of women and the female figure. Often presenting her models within complex background patterns, she invites the viewer to explore the essence of the character of the subject, captured at a particular moment in time. Lennie Mullaney’s paintings focused on the architectural structure of the Memorial Bridge located between Portsmouth, NH and Kittery, ME. Capturing the real-time deconstruction of the bridge, she seeks to capture this historical moment in time, and to present a portrayal of a familiar structure which has taken on a human-like personality of its own. She captured the decline of the 90-year old structure, its decay and decomposition, all while maintaining its grandeur, and nobleness.

Chris Jordan: Running the Numbers
January 28 – April 4, 2012

Chris Jordan is an internationally acclaimed artist and cultural activist based in Seattle. His work explores contemporary mass culture from a variety of photographic and conceptual perspectives, connecting the viewer viscerally to the enormity and power of humanity’s collective will. Edge-walking the lines between art and activism, beauty and horror, abstraction and representation, the near and the far, the visible and the invisible, his work asks us to consider our own multi-layered roles in becoming more conscious stewards of our complex and embattled world. Jordan’s works are exhibited and published worldwide.

In conjunction with Chris Jordan: Running the Numbers, the Museum of Art and the UNH Sustainability Academy announced that Bobbby Lambert and Jessica Daigle were the winners of the UNH Student Image and Video Contest: What Sustainability Means to Me. The goal of the contest was to create a collection of thought-provoking videos and images showcasing the sustainability commitment and actions UNH students are undertaking and to make these videos and images available to the public. Video winner Bobby Lambert, of Portsmouth, used home-grown animation in his video “Sustainability through Knowledge.” “The basis for a sustainable lifestyle is a sound education,” he said. “From this, environmental awareness and the knowledge to act accordingly create a better world for all. Educated actions have the ability to inspire others to do the same. This collection of sustainable decisions we make can amount to something monumental." Lambert, who holds a B.S. in environmental resource economics from UNH, is pursuing a graduate certificate in sustainability politics and policy.

Of her winning image Windmill, Jessica Daigle, from Allenstown, said, “I traveled to California and spent about a week on a conservation island. I took this shot after hiking the hills of the island. As I finished my hike, approaching the nearby ocean, I came upon this windmill and felt blessed have found such a beautiful sight.” Daigle is majoring in elementary education and studio arts with a concentration in photography.

Chris Jordan: Running the Numbers was co-sponsored by the UNH Sustainability Academy and the Museum of Art, with additional support from the S. Melvin and Mary Jo Rines Art Exhibition Fund, The Carsey Institute, The Office of Inclusive Excellence Initiatives, The Office of the Provost, and The Center for the Humanities, UNH. All works were courtesy of Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles.

What's New: Recent Additions to the Collection
January 28 – April 4, 2012 (closed March 9 – 18)
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What’s New: Recent Additions to the Collection showcase 19 drawings, paintings, prints, and sculpture, by renowned regional and national artists such as Sigmund Abeles, Ben Aronson, Christopher Barnes, Todd Bartel, Ilya Bolotowsky, Larry Dinkin, Audrey Flack, Johnny Friedlander, Avra Leordas, Marilyn Levin, John Matos, Maud Cabot Morgan, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Alfred Potter, Louis C. Rosenberg, Ernest P. Roth, Daniel K. Tennant, Victor Vasarely, and Karl Zerbe.

Felice Beato: Photographer in Nineteenth-Century Japan
October 29 – December 12, 2011

Images by Felice Beato: Top Row: Mode of Shampooing [massage], 1867-68, Hand-colored, 7 3/8 x 10 3/4; The First Corean Junk Bringing Despatches, May 30, 1871, 7 3/8 x 9 3/8; The Bronze State of Dai-Bouts, near Kamakura, about 1867-68, 8 5/16 x 11 1/16; All images courtesy of theTom Burnett Collection.

A British subject of Italian ancestry, Felice Beato (1832-1909) was one of the most successful early photographers in Japan, which was newly opened to Westerners in the 1850s. Arriving in Yokohama in 1863, Beato quickly established the model for commercial photography in terms of subjects, style, and marketing to a Western audience. The first in the United States devoted exclusively to Beato’s photographs of feudal Japan, this special exhibition features nearly 100 albumen photographs, many of which were hand painted by Japanese artists. Beato’s subjects include geisha, samurai, landscape views, and historic sites.

The exhibition featured photographs from the private collection of Tom Burnett, New York City. Guest curator was Eleanor M. Hight, Professor of Art History at the University of New Hampshire. She is the author of Capturing Japan in Nineteenth-Century New England Photography Collections (Ashgate, 2011), Picturing Modernism: Moholy-Nagy and Photography in Weimar Germany (MIT Press, 1995), and the co-editor of Colonialist Photography: Imag(in)ing Race and Place (Routledge, 2004).

Felice Beato: Photographer in Nineteenth- Century Japan,(Intro. by Eleanor M. Hight, and contributions by Tom Burnett and Terry Bennett) a 64-page catalogue is available for purchase in the Museum of Art shop, or by calling 603/862-3712. $18.75 each ($15 for Friends of the Museum of Art and students).

John Wissemann: Postmodern Constructs, Japanese-Style
October 29 – December 12, 2011

John Wissemann, Warriors, 2007, colored pencil 38" x 50", and John Wissemann, Actors, 2006, colored pencil, 49" x 38"

This exquisite exhibition featured large and colorful drawings that, while faithful to the style of nineteenth-century Japanese woodcuts, short-circuit their iconography and placed these images in the postmodern lexicon of stylistic appropriation: image bereft of the cultural meaning with which they have been historically rife. The result was a visual explosion of exotic figures, geometry, and color. Placed between narrative and design, these works presented a colorful conundrum, one that was supported by several nineteenth-century Japanese woodcut prints, drawn from the Museum of Art's permanent collection, for comparison and contrast. Courtesy of Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, Maine.

The exhibition afforded visitors an opportunity to respond to the large colored drawings in the form of original haikus which were then posted next to the original works of art. John-Albert Michael, Portsmouth Poet Laureate, responded in-kind with his own original haiku. To view the haiku and responses, click here.

Full Circle: Dahlov Ipcar's Circle Paintings, with a Round of Marguerite and William Zorach
September 10 – October 19, 2011

Dahlov Ipcar (American, born 1917) is a noted painter, sculptor, illustrator and author. This exhibition featured a series of her colorful, animal/ecology-related paintings that she executed from 1988-2010. In addition, the exhibition featured examples of work by her parents, the modernist artists Marguerite and William Zorach, on loan from the artist and from the Currier Art Museum in Manchester, NH. Dahlov Ipcar's work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Brooklyn Museum, as well as other museums and private collections around the country. At 93 years young, the artist still paints every day.

This exhibition was made possible through the generosity of several private collectors, the Currier Museum of Art, Frost Gully Gallery, and the artist Dahlov Ipcar.

RECENT REVIEW

Full Circle: Dahlov Ipcar's Circle Paintings, with a Round of Marguerite and William Zorach was recently reviewed by Greg Morell and appears in the current issue of artscope magazine (Sept.- Oct. 2011):

It has always been my contention that when one reaches the tender age of 80, one can basically get away with murder. As with children under the age of seven, octogenarians cannot be held responsible for their actions.

However, I have not formulated a workable perspective of nonagenarians--those rare individuals staring the sisters of fate directly in the eye and challenging them to do their worst.

Dahlov (that’s “olive” with a “D”) Ipgar will be 94 on November 15th. Hearty, strong-willed, lucid as daylight, and painting at the height of her power, Ipgar is the featured artist at the University of New Hampshire’s Art Museum in a special exhibition that opened on the 9th of September and runs through October 19th. The exhibition is entitled “Full Circle.” The title is derived from the fifteen 34” x 34’’ circle paintings that chronicle her major artistic forays of the past 35 years.

Identical in format and geometry, they offer the discerning viewer a rich visual feast, an experience full of zest, color, and magical imagery that conjures the spirits of the animal world. It is a world of balance, a veritable cornucopia of visual motifs that celebrate the weave of life. From the subterranean worlds of the ocean to the winged creatures of the air, all are collaged with colorful exuberance in a beating matrix of interlocking creatures, great and small.

Her latest effort (2011) is entitled, “Blue Moon Circle” and is my personal favorite of those that I was able to preview in late August.
Here two blue Siberian Tigers circumnavigate the moon accompanied by a black and white jaguar and an iridescent green bat. The four corners of the work feature an ibis in a constellation of burning stars, comets, and lunar eclipses. Diametrically across a march hare cavorts in the orange and black stripes of the Bengal tiger. Tightly compacted in the opposing corners are a flight of wild pigs and a cabal of salamanders. Between the center and the four corners flux a convolution of beasts.

On one opposing side a male spear hunter corners a horned antelope. On the contrasting side a black African female accompanied by her white spirit guide paddles a canoe through mystic waters. Her boat is cradled by an enormous mythic alligator encapsulating the boat and its adventurers.

Taking the visual journey through these circle paintings reminded me of getting psychically lost in the interlocking images of a Tibetan Scroll painting emanating out from a central seated Buddha.

Dahlov Ipgar, born in 1917, is the child of Marguerite and William Zorach. Her father was a sculptor and her mother a painter, both were
favored with distinguished careers in the New York art world. Dahlov was her father’s muse and served as the principal model for both her father and his coterie of art students. Dahlov was plagued with hours of posing and she confided to me that she dreaded the idea of marriage to another artist fearing yet more tedious hours of posing.

Three works by her parents are included in the UNH exhibition along with a showcase of selected works from members of the Boston Sculptors Gallery which are featured on the lower level of the Museum’s gallery.

When I queried Dahlov on the secret of her amazing health, longevity, and productivity, she responded: “I credit my luck with my diet---heavy cream, rich butter and eggs, Jersey whole milk and lots of beef and pork.”

Bagenal, Caroline Bagenal, House of Words, 2010,
newspaper and book, 13" x 13" x 13"

Selected Works from the Boston Sculptors Gallery
September 10 – October 19, 2011

Sculpture, by its nature, is three-dimensional. This exhibition, installed both inside the Museum of Art and outside in the adjacent courtyard, featured 38 works of art by 18 artists who are members of the landmark cooperative, The Boston Sculptors Gallery. The co-op was founded in 1992, and has become Boston's premier venue for sculpture. Whether on the walls or in the round, inside or out, come and discover the realms of contemporary sculpture. And why Nick Capasso, Associate Curator of the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, states, “The Boston Sculptors Gallery, one of the few cooperative sculpture galleries in the country, is among the most stimulating venues for 3-D contemporary art in the Northeast.”

Artists featured in the exhibition included: B. Amore, Castleton, VT; Caroline Bagenal, Newburyport, MA; Kim Bernard, North Berwick, ME; Benjamin Cariens, Somerville, MA; Gillian Christy, Providence, RI; Murray Dewart, Brookline, MA; Donna Dodson, Jamaica Plain, MA; Sally S. Fine, Boston, MA; Mags Harries, Cambridge, MA; Sarah Hutt, Boston, MA; Peter Lipsitt, Brookline, MA; Andy Moerlein, Bow, NH; Julia Shepley, Somerville, MA; Margaret Swan, Melrose, MA; Marilu Swett, Jamaica Plain, MA; Hannah Verlin, Somerville, MA; Ellen Wetmore, Fitchburg, MA; and Dan Wills, Marshfield, MA. Curated by Carol Seitchik, in association with the Boston Sculptors Gallery.

2011 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition
April 16 - May 20, 2011

Three candidates for the Master of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Department of Art and Art History, UNH, Nicole Weber, Troy, NY; Mark Soderling, Dover, NH; and Youngsheen Ahn Jhe, Lexington, MA presented work representing the culmination of their two-year graduate program.

Youngshee Ahn Jhe examined the relationships between fact and fiction, real and man-made. She often depicted mannequins in her work, using them to question contradictions, perspectives, and perceived realities. Mark Soderling worked with the motifs of still life, figure, landscapes, and interior spaces, using light and color to create abstract reflections of his observed subjects. Nicole Weber's exterior landscape paintings were originally drawn from direct observation, then adjusted to create more abstract depictions of fallen branches, withered logs, and washed-up debris.

2011 B.F.A. degree candidates
Elizabeth M. Beaudoin, Katharine W. Austin, Heather N. Hall, Joshua M. Torbick, and Shayna Bicknell

2011 Senior B. A. and B.F.A. Exhibition
April 16 - May 20, 2011 (closed April 23-24)

This annual exhibition celebrated the artistic achievements of degree candidates graduating from the Department of Art and Art History, UNH. Bachelor of Fine Art degree candidates included: Katharine Wheeler Austin Norfolk, MA; Elizabeth Marie Beaudoin, Derry, NH; Shayna Kate Bicknell, Manchester, NH; Heather Nicole Hall, Litchfield, NH; and Joshua Mullaney Torbick, Portsmouth, NH.

Katharine Austin's paintings focused on the relationships built between the figure and its surrounding environment. Her composed interior spaces are complex menageries of objects and activity, causing the viewer to search their way through the spaces. Shayna Bicknell used exaggerated colors to create her fragmented, atmospheric landscape environments, while Heather H. Hall's broad brush strokes highlighted her interest in the passage of light and the contradictions found in everyday objects and spaces. As a furniture artist, Joshua Torbick created sculptures that function as habitable environments, drawing inspiration from the natural environment as well as man-made constructions.

Bachelor of Arts degree candidates from the University of New Hampshire's Art and Art History Department, whose work were also on view, included: Erin Alvarez, Dover; Christopher Baldwin, Dover; Kelli Brosnahan, Deerfield; Rachel Dennis, Exeter; Alex Estee, Dover; Helen-Ann Ireland, Wilton; Shannon Malley, Lee; Sara Louise McGrath, Dover; Megan North, Durham; Rosilind O'Connor, Methuen, MA; Beth Palmatier, Durham; Morgan Paré, Durham; Katrina Reid, Nashua; Brittni Ross, Durham; Peter Striffolino, Dover; and Brittany Verville, Bow.

These two Arts for Life signature events were supported by the Department of Art and Art History, UNH. Arts for Life: Embracing the Past, Enhancing the Future was a year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the building of the Paul Creative Arts Center in collaboration with the Department of Art and Art History, Celebrity Series, Department of Music, and the Department of Theatre and Dance. The celebration featured a variety of exhibitions, programs, concerts, performances, and special events which recognized the alumni, donors, faculty, staff, students, and supporters who have made the Paul Creative Arts Center a renowned fine and performing arts center where creativity thrives and dreams are realized.

All Museum of Art exhibitions and programs are supported in part by the Friends of the Museum of Art.

Legacy: Works by Distinguished Former Faculty
January 29 - April 6, 2011

Works by former studio faculty members of the Department of Art and Art History, UNH, including Sigmund Abeles, Arthur Balderacchi, Christopher Cook, Richard Merritt, Daniel Valenza, and Melvin Zabarsky were featured in this special exhibition.

Arthur Balderacchi, At the Edge of the Marsh, 2010, ink on paper, 11" x 29 3/8"

Roger Goldenberg, Gallopations of Forsythius, 2010
oil on canvas with rope, thread, and other fabrics

ReView: Recent Work by UNH Alumni
January 29 - April 6, 2011

To view the installation shots of ReView: Recent Work by UNH Alumni, click here.

This juried exhibition featured recent works by University of New Hampshire alumni, including Gary Ambrose (Denmark, ME); Brad Archambault (Derry, NH); Jamie Bowman (Boston, MA); Sarah Meyers Brent (Cambridge, MA); Sarah Burns (New Durham, NH); Sam Cady (Friendship, ME); Trisha Coates (Newmarket, NH); Diane Jackson Cole (Pembroke, NH); Suzie Dittenber (Portsmouth, NH); Christopher Dolan (Washington, D.C.); Judith Doughty (West Nottingham, NH); Aaron Drew (Tuscaloosa, AL); Dara Engler (Monroe, LA); Elise Freda (Callicoon, NY); Brett Gamache (Londonderry, NH); Thomas Park Glover (Rochester, NH); Roger Goldenberg (Portsmouth, NH); Christopher Gowell (Eliot, ME); Elizabeth A. Hallett (Brooklyn, NY); Don Hirst (Seattle, WA); Sean Hurley (Gloucester, MA); Andrea Jacobson (Nashville, TN); Mathew Kelly (Pella, IA); Emily Leonard Trenholm (Cambridge, MA); Jesse Lindenberger-Schutz (New York, NY); Graham Loper (Baltimore, MD); Beverly Lussier (Center Barnstead, NH); Erin McKenny (North Bennington, VT); Tara Misenheimer (Exeter, NH); K.Lee Mock (Portsmouth, NH); James Mullen (Brunswick, ME); Catherine Nash (Tucson, AZ); Dustin O'Hara (Stephens City, VA); Sherry Palmer (Rochester, NH); Adam Pearson (Barrington, NH); Gregory Poulin (Dover, NH); Janvier Rollande (Orr's Island, ME); Alan Rushing (Newmarket, NH); Deborah Russell (Center Strafford, NH); Nicole McCormick Santiago (Williamsburg, VA); Elizabeth Strasser (Sherborn, MA); and Nathan Webster (Stratham, NH).

Jurors for the exhibition were New Hampshire artists and UNH alumn James Aponovich and Gary Haven Smith.

John W. Hatch, Isabel Paul

Fusion: Merging the Arts in PCAC
Dates: November 6 - December 16, 2010

This interdisciplinary installation followed 50 years of the development of the fine and performing arts in the Paul Creative Arts Center, and highlighted past presentations by the Museum of Art, and the Departments of Art and Art History, Music, and Theatre and Dance. A special exhibition focusing on the donors and supporters of the Paul Memorial Arts Center, including Isabel Paul, was included.

This Arts for Life signature event was supported in part by the Paul Memorial Library, Newfields, NH, the Departments of Music, Theater and Dance, Art & Art History, and the Friends of the Museum of Art.

Carol Aronson-Shore, Early Morning Light Star Island
2008, oil on canvas, 24" x 30"

The Shape of Color: Carol Aronson-Shore
Dates: November 6 - December 16, 2010

The Shape of Color presented recent paintings by Carol Aronson-Shore featuring two New England locations, Strawbery Banke in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Monhegan Island, Maine.

Ms. Aronson-Shore, professor emerita of the University of New Hampshire and resident of Portsmouth began her exploration of the relationship of color and light in a series of architectural landscapes painted on Monhegan Island over the past several years. More recently, her landscape painting has moved closer to home. The museum village of Strawbery Banke provided compelling views for her primary subject-the way color shapes pictorial light and space. In these paintings, color captures and defines those privileged moments during the day when light first appears or disappears, creating in these scenes an experience of time, place and memory.

Her work has been exhibited in over one hundred and fifty one-woman and group shows and is in numerous private, public and corporate collections. The White House Historical Association selected Ms. Aronson-Shore to represent the state of New Hampshire by commissioning a painting for the 2000 bicentennial celebration of the White House. This painting is part of the permanent collection and is frequently on view in Washington , D.C. Reproductions of her work are included in New Hampshire: The Spirit of America, Responsive Drawing (Third Edition) and in Painting Portsmouth: A Brush with the Past. The Shape of Color: The Paintings of Carol Aronson-Shore, has been published this year to accompany the exhibition.

The exhibition consisted of over fifty paintings by Ms. Aronson-Shore, including smaller gouache color studies for the larger oil paintings.

This Arts for Life signature event was supported by the Friends of the Museum of Art, UNH, and by the Banks Gallery, Portsmouth, NH.

Art of China: An Inaugural Exhibition of the Confucius Institute at UNH
October 26 - 31, 2010

LIU Suihai, Sunset, 1988, oil on canvasThis special exhibition was organized as part of the celebration for the founding of the Confucius Institute at the University of New Hampshire, and features nearly one hundred works of art, in both fine art and folk traditions. Most of the works, such as paintings by young artists, the famous " shu-jin " (Sichuan silk) known for its unique pattern and colors, and embroidery of the Miao (an ethnic minority), hail from Sichuan Province in western China. The exhibition also included works of calligraphy and paintings by two Chinese brush-painting masters.

This exhibition was supported by Chengdu University of Chengdu, Sichuan, China, the Edward and Diane Federman Endowed Fund, and the Friends of the Museum of Art.

The Artists Revealed: 2010 Studio Art Faculty Exhibition
September 11 - October 17, 2010

Suzanne SchiresonThe Artists Revealed: 2010 Studio Art Faculty Exhibition presented recent work by 13 studio faculty members of the Department of Art and Art History, UNH. Revealing the breadth and range of the Department's studio art program, it featured drawing, ceramics, furniture design, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture.

Studio faculty members exhibiting in The Artists Revealed: 2010 Studio Faculty Exhibition included: Benjamin S. Cariens (sculpture), Brian Chu (painting), Grant Drumheller (painting), Richard Fox (painting), Julee Holcombe (photography) , Craig Hood (drawing and painting), Maryse Searls McConnell (ceramics), Michael McConnell (sculpture), Jennifer Moses (painting), Suzanne Schireson (drawing and painting), Scott Schnepf (printmaking and painting), Don Williams (ceramics), and Leah Woods (woodworking and furniture design).

A 30-page catalog accompanies the exhibition and is available for sale in the Museum of Art Shop, UNH. To order a copy, contact Cynthia Farrell.

The Artists Revealed: 2010 Studio Faculty Exhibition and all accompanying programs were open to the public free of charge, and are part of Arts for Life: Embracing the Past, Enriching the Future , a year-long celebration of the fine and performing arts in the Paul Creative Arts Center at the University of New Hampshire.

The Artists Revealed: 2010 Studio Faculty Exhibition was supported by the Office of the President of the University of New Hampshire, Office of the Provost, Office of the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, and University Advancement. The Friends of the Museum of Art and the Class of 1936 Endowment for Cultural Enrichment also helped to fund this PCAC 50 th Anniversary project.

2010 Senior B.A. & B.F.A. Exhibition
April 17 - May 21, 2010
(Special hours Friday, May 21, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.)

This annual exhibition celebrated the achievements of graduating art students from the UNH Department of Art and Art History, including Bachelor of Art degree candidates Cara Cabral (painting), Grace Cunniff (painting), Finnian Donovan (woodworking), Maggie Green (painting), Julie Hamel (photography), Michael Mackail (painting), and Alyssa Ribitzki (painting).

After an intense program of study, the students enrolled in the B.F.A. program draw upon their own experiences and interests to develop a strong body of work to showcase in this annual exhibition. Through both abstract and representational means, they examine the visual relationships between light, shape, texture, and color. Their works encompass a range of subject matter, from still-life and the human figure, to interior spaces and landscapes. Drawn from direct observation or the imagination, these works reflect each artist's vision, style, and technique.

2010 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition
April 17 - May 21, 2010
(Special hours Friday, May 21, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.)

Three candidates for the Master of Fine Art degree in painting, Suzanne Dittenber, Dustin O'Hara, and Alan Rushing showcased work representing the culmination of their two-year program.

War and Remembrance
January 30 - April 8, 2010

Sigmund Abeles War and Remembrance challenged our notion of warfare and spotlights the injustices humans inflict upon one another during conflict. From historical documentation to graphic records of the horrors of war, these works draw the viewer in - at times as a neutral observer and at others, an uncomfortable witness to acts of human destruction. Varying in medium from collage, drawings, paintings, photographs, and prints, these works depicted various stages of warfare engagement - from the first preparations for battle to the devastating aftermath.

The highlight of War and Remembrance was facsimiles of Pablo Picasso's preliminary sketches for his monumental work, Guernica. The limited edition printing of these important sketches allowed viewers, for the first time, insight into the artist's creative process as he expressed outrage and anguish over the 1937 bombing of Guernica, a non-military target in Basque Country on the Spanish border. The spontaneity of his drawings and the passionate rendition of figures, both real and from his imagination, clearly depicted his profound sense of grief and compassion.

Over the years, Guernica has become one of the most highly recognized reminders of the tragedies of war, and has served as a symbolic plea for peace. A half-size mural replicating Picasso's final work, created by artist Rose Viviano for the Syracuse Peace Council, was on view as well, offering viewers the ability to draw a comparison between Picasso's sketches and the completed work.

Images in the exhibition were drawn from conflicts around the world, including: World War I, World War II, Vietnam War, and the current Iraqi War. Artists featured included James Montgomery Flagg, Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Utagawa Hiroshige, Winslow Homer, Käthe Kollwitz, Pablo Picasso, Sadahide, and Margot Zemach, as well as contemporary artists Sigmund Abeles, Tom Hall, Mauricio Lasansky, Tom Paiement, Betye Saar, and Nathan Webster.

Acts and Memory: Paintings by Langdon Quin, 1990-2010
January 30 - April 8, 2010

Langdon Quin Langdon Quin retired from teaching at the University of New Hampshire in 2008. We celebrated his efforts as an artist and teacher with this exhibition of works which straddled the millennium. From the early 1990s to the early 2000s, including recent work executed in Italy in 2009, this exhibition featured his colorfully rendered landscapes, figure studies, and still life arrangements, in honor of his service to the University and its students.For a copy of the complete press release, click here.

To order a copy of the exhibition catalogue ($15 per copy),
please email Cindy Farrell or call 603/862-3712.

Alice Spencer, Fabricating Time: Paintings and Collected Textiles
October 31 - December 14, 2009

Alice Spencer Textiles are one of the oldest forms of material culture, and convey important ideas about human history, social values, and personal identity. Having collected examples of textiles from different culture groups around the world, Alice Spencer used these rich colors, textures, and histories as a springboard for her own paintings. This exhibition was conceived of as a dialogue between the paintings and the source of their inspiration, and both were viewed in a dynamic visual relationship that celebrated the beauty of each art form.

Artists Collect
October 31 - December 14, 2009
work by John Hatch drawing

We all know that artists make art; but how many of them collect art? And what do they choose to collect? In conjunction with the exhibition in the Scudder Gallery, Alice Spencer, Fabricating Time: Paintings and Collected Textiles, which focused on textiles which an artist collected and then used as inspiration for her paintings, we took a look through our permanent collection to select work that was collected by other artists and then donated to the Museum.

Highlighted in this special exhibition were works by many regionally know artists who donated, as well as works donated by them, such as: Sigmund Abeles and William Eickhorst; Beverly Hallam and Utagawa Hiroshige; John Hatch and Yasuo Kuniyoshi; John Laurent and Robert Laurent; Elyot Henderson and Bernard Karfiol; Winifred Clark Shaw and Janvier Rollande; Mary and Edwin Scheier, and Henry Varnum Poor and Peter Voulkos; Hebert Waters and Barry Moser; and David Kupferman and Lawrence Kupferman.

Sidney Hurwitz: Five Decades
September 12 - October 21, 2009

Sidney Hurwitz, Abandoned Factory, 1982, watercolor and aquatint
18 3/4" x 24 1/2"

The exhibition Sidney Hurwitz: Five Decades spaned 50 years of the artist's production, from his early woodcuts and figure studies to his intricately rendered etchings of industrial architecture.

Boston University School of Visual Arts Professor Emeritus, Sidney Hurwitz taught at the School of Visual Arts , Boston University , from 1965 until 1999, and held the position of Director from 1969 to 1975. He also served as director of Boston University Art Gallery from 1968 to 1969 and curated several important exhibitions during his tenure.

Hurwitz has been making prints since his student days at the School of the Worcester Art Museum in the early 1950s. There he became acquainted with various printmaking methods, studying etching with Carl Pickhardt and, later, woodcut techniques with internationally acclaimed artist Leonard Baskin. Hurwitz went on to receive his BFA in 1956 from Brandeis University and his MFA in 1959 from Boston University , where he continued to push the boundaries of the printmaking medium.

The exhibition was organized by Boston University School of Visual Arts and Boston University Art Gallery in celebration of Professor Emeritus Hurwitz, who taught at BU from 1965 until his retirement in 1999. This exhibition is sponsored at UNH in part by the Friends of the Museum of Art.

For a copy of the press release, click here.

What's New? Recent Additions to the Collection
September 12 - October 21, 2009

Elyot Henderson, Cape Neddick River, 1967 Leonard Edmondson Figures of Reflection
Elyot Henderson, Cape Neddick River, 1967; Leonard Edmondson, Figures of Reflection, 1953.

What's New? Recent Additions to the Collection highlighted new acquisitions to the Museum of Art's permanent collection, which includes over 1,500 paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and works on paper used for teaching, research, and exhibition. Through gifts by generous donors and purchases through the Edmund G. Miller Art Collection Fund, a number of important works of art have recently been added. Included in this exhibition were works by a variety of distinguished artists, including Sam Cady, Leonard Edmondson, Janet Fish, Sam Gilliam, Elyot Henderson, Rockwell Kent, Paul Landacre, Joseph Lindon Smith, Don Lent, Bridget Lynch, Judy Pfaff, Sarony, Major and Knapp, Kara Walker, Andy Warhol, and Melvin Zabarsky.

Focus Gallery

In the first exhibition in this new space in the Museum of Art, four works from the Museum ethnographic collection, as well as one modern piece were highlighted. Different culture groups from different continents were represented: Mesoamerica (prehistoric western Mexico ), Africa, and the United States.

2009 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition (II)
May 9 - 23, 2009

Graham Loper image Major Oak
Graham Loper, Major Oak, 2008, oil on panel

Erin Murray image
Erin Murray, (Mother Ginger) Your Daughters will Dance
for You, 2008, oil on canvas

Two candidates for the University of New Hampshire's Master of Fine Arts degree in painting program, Graham Loper and Erin Murray, showcased work representing the culmination of their two-year program.

Graham Loper studied at the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland, and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore , MD in 2006. His interest in the struggle to preserve history and identity has resulted in paintings that address over-development, mortality, destruction, paradise, and decay. He constructs paintings that embody the uniqueness of his subjects, countering the intrusiveness of progress with expressions of nature, imagination, and reflection.

Erin Murray studied at the Beverley Street Studio School in Staunton VA, and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg , VA in 2006.

Her narrative paintings reflect a conscious transition from direct observation to a more imaginative and conceptual examination of the female figure. Her work embodies bold, severe mark-making, gestural lines, scale shifts, and unpredictable color choices. By examining the rituals created and perpetuated by women, her reflective works highlight the boundary between artifice and reality.

The exhibition was f unded in part by the Department of Art and Art History and by the Friends of the Museum of Art, UNH.

For a copy of the complete news release, click here.

tion celebrated the achievements of graduating art students from the University of New Hampshire's Department of Art and Art History, including Maura L. Carignan, Jameson Davis Copp, Jessica Engel, Ryan Howell, Bob Jones, Kelsey Keenan, and Amber Tozzie.

Bachelor of Arts degree candidates who also exhibited their works included: Erin Anderson, Lee Avallone, Molly Baechtold, Amy Denham, Alex Evangelou, Katherine Genevieve, Brittany Gomes, Joetta Gonzalez, Ruth A. Hayden, Will Johnson, Joanna A. Karambelas, Krysta Kincaid, Kayleigh J. Lemieux, Kathleen Littleton, Nicholas H. Mastrostefano, Adrianna K. Neefus, Tiffany Nye, Jennifer Paquin, Britt Peterson, Carly Popovich, Emily Laurelle Silfies, Jaime Van Leuven, and Samantha Wakely.

2009 University of New Hampshire Bachelor of Fine Arts degree candidates
Jessica Engel, Bob Jones, Ryan Howell, Jameson Davis Copp, Kelsey Keenan,
Maura L. Carignan, and Amber Tozzie present their work.

2009 Senior B.A. and B.F.A. Exhibition
April 18 - May 23, 2009

This annual exhibition featured 2009 University of New Hampshire Bachelor of Fine Arts degree candidates Jessica Engel, Bob Jones, Ryan Howell, Jameson Davis Copp, Kelsey Keenan, Maura L. Carignan, and Amber Tozzie.

2009 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition (I)
April 18 - May 4, 2009

Two candidates for the University of New Hampshire's Master of Fine Arts degree in painting program, Christopher Dolan and Gregory Poulin, showcased work representing the culmination of their two-year program.

Paulus Potter, Bulls in Field, 17th c.
graphite, 16' x 20", Collection of the Museum of Art, UNHDrawing the Line
January 24 - April 8, 2009
(closed March 13-22)

This exhibition invites viewers to take a closer look at drawings. It examines the range of media, techniques, subjects, and styles that can be found in drawings from the 18th to the late 20th centuries. From representational to abstract, the selected images demonstrate the artists' mastery in the use of materials such as graphite, charcoal, Conté crayon, pastel, ink, and paint.

Drawn entirely from the collection of the Museum of Art at UNH, the exhibition features works by artists as diverse as Sigmund Abeles, Anna Held Audette, Samuel Bak, Leonard Baskin, Bernard Chaet, Russell Cowles, Frederick Trap Friis, Joyce Reopel, Sidney Tillim, Jerome P. Witkin, Charles Woodbury, and Larry Rivers. Also included are works attributed to Annibale Carraci, Carpion, Domenico Zampieri Domenichino, and Paulus Potter, as well as from the School of Caravaggio, and Carlo Dolci, Zuccari.

The exhibition was curated by Debbie Disston, director of the McIninch Gallery at Southern NH University.

Terence Gravett, Tivoli Bust, 2006
Screenprint, Belfast Print Workshop Renewal: Printmakers from the New Northern Ireland
January 24 - April 8, 2009 (closed March 13-22)

A decade after the end of sectarian violence, this exhibition highlights the work of eighteen contemporary printmakers and defines the unusual circumstances of the current cultural and economic renaissance in Northern Ireland. Selected from the Belfast Print Workshop and the Seacourt Print Workshop, the works are diverse and deeply personal expressions by artists who have indeed contributed to the cultural renewal of their country.

The exhibition tour is organized by International Arts & Artists, Washington, D.C., in conjunction with Belfast Print Workshop, Seacourt Print Workshop, and The Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Its showing in Durham is funded in part by the S. Melvin and Mary Jo Rines Art Exhibition Fund and contributions from the Friends of the Museum of Art.

For a copy of the press release on Drawing the Line and Renewal: Printmakers from the New Northern Ireland, click here.

Carl Chiarenza, Peace Warrior (Don Quixote) 188
2003, gelatin silver print, 35 1/2" x 45"

Peace Warriors and Solitudes: Recent Photographs by Carl Chiarenza
November 1 – December 15, 2008

The preeminent American photographer Carl Chiarenza (b. 1935) has influenced not only the practice of art but also the study and promotion of photography inside academia and beyond. This exhibition featured 24 photographs from two recent series of abstract works-Peace Warriors (2003) and Solitudes (2004)-inspired in part by the artist's reactions to the war in Iraq.

This exhibition was organized and circulated by the University of Richmond Museums, VA.

For a copy of the press release for Peace Warriors and Solitudes: Recent Photographs by Carl Chiarenza, click here.

Gabriel Laderman, This HappensGabriel Laderman: Unconventional Realist
November 1 – December 15, 2008

Gabriel Laderman, a founding father of post-modern figuration, is one of the outstanding painters of the last half-century. Influential both as a painter and an educator, Laderman drew his visual language from diverse cultural sources-modernism, art of the early Renaissance, seventeenth-century realism, Asian art-and joined them through the process of perceptual painting. This exhibition examined four decades of his work in still life, landscape, portraiture, the nude, and narrative.

The exhibition premiered at the University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, VA, from August 15 - October 12, 2008. It will travel to four other locations: the Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (November 1 - December 15, 2008); the Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO (January 23 - March 15, 2009); the New York Academy of Art, New York, NY (March 31 - April 28, 2009); and the Louisiana State University Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA (September 4 - October 25, 2009).

Jointly organized and circulated by the University of Virginia Art Museum and the Museum of Art at UNH. The exhibition and catalogue were made possible by generous gifts from Allison and Donald Innes, Ruth Cross, Richard and Melissa Spurzem, an anonymous donor, and the Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco. Its showing at the University of New Hampshire is supported in part by a grant from The FEDCO Charitable Foundation and contributions from the Friends of the Museum of Art.

For a copy of the press release for Gabriel Laderman: Unconventional Realist, click here.

Conley Harris, Bright Crimsom Skies, 2006-7
oil on canvas, 56" x 56", courtesy of the artist
and Victoria Munroe Fine Art, Boston

Conley Harris: Lyrical Tableaux
September 6 – October 22, 2008

Conley Harris, a Boston artist and former University of New Hampshire art faculty member, has long been known for his lush paintings of the landscape. The twenty works in this exhibition revealed the artist's interest in Persian and Indian miniatures.

Theatrical sensibility provides Harris's works with an intensity and power that transcend time and place. Using the lively color and dramatic staging of Hindu court narrative as a springboard, he gives voice to his own passion for a lush, imagined landscape. By incorporating the conventional poses and gestures of Hindu deities and dancers into this exploration of landscape, the formal gardens of the distant past are animated-bringing them into the present for our consideration.

Beginning his career as chief scene painter for the Santa Fe Opera Company during the 1970s, Harris is a former faculty member of the Department of Art and Art History at UNH. He is well-known for his lyrical landscapes of New England and the American West. Upon traveling to the Japan and India, he began collecting antique Rajput, Pahari, and Mughal drawings used as preparatory studies for miniature paintings which he used as a source of inspiration. His drawings from the 17 th - and 18-th century courts and kingdoms of the Indian sub-continent now serve as a source of inspiration for his paintings and drawings. Writing about his work, Harris has stated: "In these fantastical landscapes, I have altered, enlarged, and restaged details from favorite miniatures. A playful energy gathers as figures spring into action-whether it be dancing late into the night, archers pursuing their daring ambitions, or horsemen exploring the rolling landscape. These figures are personal to me, drawn from the past and now part of an imagined world that I find compelling."

Conley Harris: Lyrical Tableaux was organized and circulated by the Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, Mass. Following its showing at the Museum of Art, UNH, Durham, New Hampshire, it will travel to the University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery in Knoxville, TN (November 21 - December 19, 2008).

For a copy of the news release for Conley Harris: Lyrical Tableaux click here.

Craig Hood, Chiminea, 2008, oil on canvas 40" x 54"

Art Faculty Review: Benjamin Cariens, Brian Chu, Craig Hood, and Maryse Searls McConnell
September 6 – October 22, 2008

Each year the Museum of Art highlights work by the studio art faculty members in the Department of Art and Art History who are new or returning from sabbatical leave. This exhibition featured recent work by Benjamin Cariens (sculpture), Brian Chu (painting), Craig Hood (painting and drawing), and Maryse Searls McConnell (sculpture and drawing).

An associate professor of drawing and painting at UNH, Brian Chu is a graduate of Queens College (B.F.A., 1971; M.F.A., 1973). His paintings focus on differences found in color, surface, light, and space. As a result of his exploring these differences, his images become understated references, rather than realistic representation of his subjects.

Craig Hood is a graduate of Boston University (B.A., 1975), Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1979), and Indiana University (M.F.A., 1981). A professor of painting and drawing at UNH since 1981, Hood's work examines the role of the human figure as a narrative image within a fragmented landscape.

Maryse Searls McConnell, a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art (B.F.A., 1971) and Alfred University (M.F.A., 1973), has served as an associate professor of art at UNH since 1973. Her works showcase the dichotomy of the creative process she employs-in her work in clay, she intuitively builds complex, non-representational studies and reliefs, while in her abstract drawings, she develops dream-like content and symbolism from man-made and natural images.

For a copy of the news release for Art Faculty Review: Benjamin Cariens, Brian Chu, Craig Hood, and Maryse Searls McConnell click here.

Kathi Smith, Silhouettes

2008 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition
May 8 – May 24, 2008

Works by M.F.A. degree candidates Erik Geoffrey Johnson and Kathi Smith were featured.

For a press release on the 2008 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, click here.

K.Lee Mock, Late Night, 2008, acrylic on canvas 2008 Senior B.A. and B.F.A. Exhibition
April 19 – May 24, 2008

Works by B.A. and B.F.A. degree candidates, including Lindsay Bezich, Shawn Burke, Kimberly DeCicco, Alissa Lynn Feller, Lily Finnigan-Allen, Sean Hurley, Lauri E. Lannan, Cailin Mateleska, K.Lee Mock, Colleen Murphy, and Lindsay Forrest Wraga were featured.

For a press release on the 2008 Senior B.A. and B.F.A. Exhibition and the 2008 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition (I), click here.

candidates Denise Jansson and Rebecca M. Kallem were featured

Rebecca M. Kallem, Still Life with Bird, 2007
oil on canvas, 12" x 12" 2008 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition (II)
April 19 – May 4, 2008

Works by M.F.A. degree candidates.

For a press release on the 2008 Senior B.A. and B.F.A. Exhibition and the 2008 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, click here.

Richard Meryman, Monadnock Winter, 1926, oil on canvas
35" x 71.25", Thorne-Sagendorph Museum of Art, Dublin Art Colony CollectionOn Gilded Pond: The Life and Times
of the Dublin Art Colony
January 24 – April 9, 2008
(Closed March 14-23)

Organized by the Thorne-Sagendorph Museum of Art at Keene State College, this exhibition explored the art historical significance of the Dublin Art Colony and the Gilded Age that made it possible.

Included in the exhibition were works by Gifford Beal, Frank W. Benson, George de Forest Brush, Elise Pumpelly Cabot, William L. Dannat, Amos E. Dolbear, Barry Faulkner, Gouri Ivanov-Rinov, Alexander R. James, Rockwell Kent, Charles Kendall Mason, Richard S. Meryman, William Preston Phelps, Jessie Pollock, Albert Quigley, Onni Saari, Joseph Lindon Smith, Annetta J. St. Gaudens, Edmund Charles Tarbell, Abbott H. Thayer, Gerald H. Thayer, and Asa Coolidge Warren.

In addition to work by the visual artists who were associated with the Colony, information about other noteworthy people was included. The Colonists' recreational activities (theatre and tableaus) and their less well-known accomplishments (the development of camouflage, for example) were highlighted. The exhibition was co-curated by Thorne-Sagendorph Museum of Art director Maureen Ahern and Pamela Russell, independent curator and art historian. It was supported in part by a grant from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. Its showing in Durham was supported in part by the S. Melvin and Mary Jo Rines Art Exhibition Fund.

Samuel Bak, American (b. Poland, 1933)

What's New? Recent Additions to the Collection
January 24 – April 9, 2008
(Closed March 14-23)

The Museum of Art's permanent collection-approximately 1,500 paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and works on paper-is used for teaching, research, and exhibition. Through gifts by generous donors and purchases through our Edmund G. Miller Art Collection Fund, a number of important works have been added to the Museum of Art's permanent art collection. This exhibition included recent additions include works by James Aponovich, David Aronson, Samuel Bak, Arthur Danto, Philip Evergood, John Hatch, Alberto Giacometti, Winifred Clark Shaw, May Stevens, and Sumner Winebaum.

For a copy of the On Gilded Pond: The Life and Times of the Dublin Art Colony and What's New? Recent Additions to the Collection news release, click here.

Christopher Barnes, Hospital DoorShadow and Memory: Ellis Island's Unrestored Buildings: The Photographs of Christopher Barnes
October 30 – December 17, 2007

Since he first visited Ellis Island in the 1980s, Maine photographer Christopher Barnes began documenting the thirty buildings-abandoned since the island closed in 1954-that had been the largest U.S. Public Health Service hospital in the early 20th century. Drawn to the silent but powerful spaces, Barnes began a photographic odyssey that continues today, as these buildings are stabilized, cleaned, and prepared for restoration, a project undertaken by Save Ellis Island Inc., the National Park Service partner for the adaptive re-use of these structures. Interspersed among the contemporary photographs were historic images of the hospital in operation, where 1.2 million immigrants were inspected for disease and treated for illnesses.

Shadow and Memory was organized and loaned to the University of New Hampshire by Save Ellis Island, Inc. It was presented in Durham with generous support from Thomas W. Haas.

In Residence: Artists and the MacDowell Colony Experience
October 30 – December 17, 2007

As part of the national celebration of the 100th anniversary of the MacDowell Colony, Thorne-Sagendorph Museum of Art at Keene State College and the Museum of Art at the University of New Hampshire co-organized this exhibition featuring work by nine New England visual artists who have been in residency at the MacDowell Colony since 1980. In addition to more recent work, each artist included at least one work that was either created at the Colony or directly influenced by the MacDowell experience. Accompanying the works, artists' statements reflected upon how the MacDowell experience affected and influenced their work.

Featured artists included: Rosemarie Bernardi (Keene , NH), Tom Chapin (Phippsburg, ME), Jim Coates (Lyndeborough NH, http://www.nh.gov/nharts/artsandartists/Lifetime%20Fellows/jamescoates.htm), Roberta Delaney (Sherborn , MA, http://www.dac.neu.edu/printmaking/intaglio.htm), Grant Drumheller (New Castle, NH, www.grantdrumheller.com), Beth Galston (Carlisle, MA, www.bethgalston.com), Olivia Parker (Manchester, MA, http://www.oliviaparker.com/newindex.php), Susan Schwalb (Watertown, MA, www.susanschwalb.com), and Judith Stone (Burlington, VT, http://www.caelumgallery.com/).

The exhibition was supported in part by a grant from The FEDCO Charitable Foundation. For further information on the MacDowell Colony and its 100th anniversary celebration, visit http://www.macdowellcolony.org/centennial/index.html.

For a pdf version of the news release for Shadow and Memory: Ellis Island's Unrestored Buildings: The Photographs of Christopher Barnes and In Residence: Artists and the MacDowell Colony Experience, click here.

Leah Woods
Vanity with Chair (front view), 2007
walnut, Australian walnut, brass
African satinwood

Art Faculty Review: Rebecca Litt, Shiao-Ping Wang, and Leah Woods
September 8 – October 17, 2007

Each year the Museum of Art highlights work by the studio art faculty members in the Department of Art and Art History who are new or returning from sabbatical leave. This exhibition featured recent work by Rebecca Litt (painting and drawing), Shiao-Ping Wang (painting and drawing), and Leah Woods (woodworking/furniture design).

Teresa Taylor
Gourd Teapot

League of N.H. Craftsmen: 25th Biennial Members' Juried Exhibition
September 8 – October 17, 2007

Founded in 1932, the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen is one of the oldest and most prestigious craft organizations in the country. It was formed during the years of the Depression to help New Hampshire craftspeople make a living through difficult financial times, through education and by building an audience and market for fine handmade craft. The League continues this mission today. This exhibition, part of the 75th anniversary celebration of the League of N.H. Craftsmen, showcases the artistry of many juried and supporting members of the League. It features fine hand craft in basketry, clay, fiber, glass, jewelry, mixed media, printmaking, and furniture. Additional information about the League's 75th anniversary celebration can be found on the League of NH Craftsmen website.

The League of N.H. Craftsmen: 25th Biennial Members' Juried Exhibition Lead sponsor is Swenson Granite, with additional Program Sponsorship by Amica Insurance, Hannaford Supermarkets, Ocean National Bank and Sullivan Creative.

Edwin Scheier plate
Edwin Scheier, Plate, mid 20th c.
ceramics, Museum of Art, UNH,
David Campbell Memorial Collection,
gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Scheier
Ceramics by Edwin and Mary Scheier: The Durham Years
September 8 – October 17, 2007

This exhibition features the work of Edwin and Mary Scheier, consummate potters who were important figures in the early development of both the League of N.H. Craftsmen and the UNH Department of the Arts. Focusing on the University's collection of Scheier works, this exhibition is presented in memory of Mary Scheier, who passed away in May at the age of 99.

For a pdf copy of the news release for Art Faculty Review: Rebecca Litt, Shiao-Ping Wang, and Leah Woods, League of N.H. Craftsmen: 25th Biennial Members' Juried Exhibition, and Ceramics by Edwin and Mary Scheier: The Durham Years, click here.

Jamie Bowman,
Portrait Series: Claire, 2007
oil on linen, 7" x 5"

2007 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition (II)
May 8 - May 19, 2007

Each of two final candidates for the Master of Fine Arts degree in painting, Michelle Arnold and Jamie Bowman, presented a cohesive body of work in this thesis exhibition.

This exhibition was cosponsored by the Department of Art and Art History.

For a copy of the complete press release for the 2007 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition (II), click here .

Maggie Cedarstrom, Jeans, 2006
oil on canvas, 60” x 54” 2007 Senior B.A. and B.F.A. Exhibition
April 21 - May 19, 2007

This annual exhibition celebrated the achievements of graduating art students from the UNH Department of Art and Art History. Works by six candidates for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree were featured, including: Jason P. Bombaci, Maggie Cedarstrom, Chris Hobbs, Ryan Murphy, and Nathaniel Raymond.

James Rohal
Tiffany in Wingback Chair, 2006
graphite on paper, 36” x 34”

2007 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition (I)
April 21 - May 2, 2007

Two candidates for the Master of Fine Arts degree in painting,
Sarah Meyers and James Rohal, presented their work that
represented the culmination of their two-year program.

This exhibition was cosponsored by the Department of Art and Art History.

For a copy of the complete press release for the 2007 Senior B.A. and B.F.A. Exhibition and the 2007 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition (I), click here.

Francisco de Goya, Con razon ó sin ella. (Rightly or wrongly.)
from The Disasters of War, 1810-14, etching, 5 15/16" x 8 1/8" (plate)
Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia,
gift of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Anderson

The Disasters of War by Goya:
Selections from the Georgia Museum
of Art
January 20 - April 7, 2007
Francisco de Goya's series of etchings, The Disasters of War, documented the brutality of the Peninsular War (1808-1814) between Spanish guerrilla forces and occupying French troops in Spain and Portugal. Goya (Spanish, 1794-1828) recorded the death and destruction he observed on the battlefields in numerous drawings and small paintings. From those sketches, he created the plates that comprise The Disasters of War. These etchings were among the many works that Goya created as political statements in support of peace. He completed the series around 1810-1814, but the prints were not published until 1863, thirty-five years after his death.

The exhibition, organized by the Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, was supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. The Council is a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Christopher Otte, Light Spill, 2005
giclée print, 36" x 24"
Recipient of the Currier Museum of Art Award
New Hampshire Art Association 59th Annual Exhibition
January 20 - April 7, 2007

Presented in conjunction with the Currier Museum of Art and the New Hampshire Art Association, this exhibition featured work by many of New Hampshire's most accomplished artists. Through a wide variety of media-painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, and watercolor-the exhibition highlighted the state's vibrant contemporary art community. The New Hampshire Art Association receives funding from the NH State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

This year's prize winners were the: Currier Museum of Art Award to Christopher Otte of Hollis for Light Spill; Forrest D. McKerley Award for Sculpture to John M. Weidman of Brookline for Solstice; TFMoran Award to Margaret C. Schoene of Exeter for Over Appledore; Ezekiel A. Straw Memorial Award to Jessie Pollock of Peterborough for Nesting; Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc. Award for Art on Paper to Deb Giles of Brentwood for Strawberry, Pear, Blueberry; Dr. Paul and Duddy Costello Memorial Award to Ann Trainor Domingue of Goffstown for Moving in Another Direction; James and Eugenia Georgopoulos Memorial Award for Drawing to Grace Youngren of Rochester for Three Pears; Friel Award for Originality to Jennifer Benn of Stratham for U.N. Finished Aluminum Phantom F4; Rosmond deKalb Memorial Award to Finley (Paul Gavin) of Brookline for I Come To You To Be Strange; and Lincoln Financial Award to Arthur R. DiMambro of Durham for Bird Feeder.

To view a pdf file of this year's award-winning works, click here.

Other participants selected for the New Hampshire Art Association 59th Annual Exhibition were: Jayne Adams of Alton; Joanne Balcom of Center Barnstead; Ed Blake of Nashua; Annick Bouvron-Gromek of Nottingham; Martin Cannata of Hooksett; Bill Childs of Exeter; Debra Claffey of New Boston; Rosemary G. Conroy of Weare; Theresann D'Angelo of Kittery Point, ME; Jack Davis of Dover; Cheri Dennett of Portsmouth; Betsy Derrick of Hanover; Terri Ellen Donsker of North Hampton; Anne Dubois of Eliot, ME; Victoria Elbroch of Kittery, ME; Rosalind Fedeli of York, ME; Michele Fennell of Kensington; Bill Finney of Great Diamond Island, ME; Dick Fischer of Amherst; Ellen Friel of Amherst; Robin Frisella of Manchester; Dannielle Genovese of Kingston; Adeline Goldminc-Tronzo of Eliot, ME; Joan S. Harlow of Epping; Kate Higley of Wolfeboro; Ethel Hills of Hampton; Linda J. Hirsch of Wayland, MA; Sharleene P. Hurst of Hampton; Nancy Davis Johnson of Durham; Jane Kaufmann of Durham; Jim Kociuba of Auburn; Fran Mallon of New Castle; Shaune McCarthy of Somersworth; Claudia Michael of Manchester; Patricia Dooly Murphy of Dunbarton; Susan Lirakis Nicolay of Sandwich; Jack Pollard of Concord; Stephen L. Previte of Hollis; Wen Redmond of Strafford; C. Reid of Jaffrey; Claudia Rippee of Manchester; Rebecca Robinson of Concord; Monique Sakellarios of Merrimack; Marilene Sawaf of Nashua; Patricia Elliott Schappler of Bedford; William Scolere of Gorham; Edna Morris Smith of Rochester; David Watson Sobel of Portsmouth; Natacha Villamia Sochat of Amherst; Ron St. Jean of Rollinsford; Jane Sydney of Portsmouth; Audrey V. Sylvester of Bradford; Pamela R. Tarbell of Concord; Rose Sielian Theriault of Rochester; Robert Thoresen of Portsmouth; JoAn Tierney of Wilton; Ann Tolson of Portsmouth; Paul Wainwright of Atkinson; Len and Joan Weinstock of Durham; and Suzanne d. Whittaker of Bedford.

For a copy of the press release for The Disasters of War by Goya: Selections from the Georgia Museum of Art and New Hampshire Art Association 59th Annual Exhibition
click here.

For more information on the New Hampshire Art Association, click here.

Julee Holcombe, Feast of the Newlyweds
2005, Chromogenic print, 25” x 21”

Art Faculty Review:
Julee Holcombe, Craig Hood, and Scott Schnepf
October 28 - December 11, 2006

Each year the Museum of Art highlights work by the studio art faculty members in the Department of Art and Art History who are new or returning from sabbatical leave. This exhibition featured recent work by Julee Holcombe (photography), Craig Hood (painting), and Scott Schnepf (printmaking).

Lewis Cohen, Descent, 2005
plaster, 10" x 8" x 8.5" Lewis Cohen: Five Decades
Drawings and Sculptures
A Retrospective 1951-2006
October 28 - December 11, 2006

This retrospective exhibition of Lewis Cohen's work represented work completed over a period of fifty years. Lewis Cohen's work is deeply rooted in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century sculpture—specifically the tradition of clay modeling. The works of Rodin, Dalou, and Carpeaux have been important to him.

Though he is attracted to and intrigued by other sculptural approaches and technologies, clay modeling is fundamental to his expression. Cohen has always had a powerful need to use the figure as a vehicle for artistic expression, and from an early age, he had an equally powerful need to model in clay. These two components of his artistic life are undeniable and run through all of his work.

The exhibition was organized by the Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. Its UNH showing has been supported in part by the S. Melvin and Mary Jo Rines Art Exhibition Fund and the Friends of the Museum of Art.

For a copy of the press release for Faculty Review: Julee Holcombe, Craig Hood, and Scott Schnepf and Lewis Cohen: Five Decades: Drawings and Sculptures, A Retrospective 1951-2006 click here.

Anonymous, after Leonardo da Vinci
Knot Pattern, 1490s, engraving
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
Providence Museum Works of Art Fund The Simple Art:
Printed Images in an Age of Magnificence
September 6 - October 18, 2006

This special exhibition featured 64 works by sixteenth-century Italian printmakers borrowed from nine New England public collections. The sixteenth century was crucial in the development of Italian art and printmaking (engraving, etching, and woodcut) was mature enough to absorb the visual ideas increasingly in demand across Italy and even Europe, yet also young enough to do so flexibly. The prints themselves were associated with artists as well known as Raphael, Leonardo, and Michelangelo. Guest curator for the exhibition was Patricia Emison, UNH Professor of Art History and the Humanities.

The exhibition and catalogue were supported in part by grants from the FEDCO Charitable Foundation and the International Fine Print Dealers Association, with additional funding from the Friends of the Museum of Art, the Winthrop S. Carter, Jr., Fund for Special Exhibitions, Professor Emeritus Edmund G. Miller, and the John W. Hatch Art Faculty Development Fund. The accompanying series of interdisciplinary lectures, After the Invention of the Printed Image: Lectures on Art, Music, and Literature, was supported by a grant from the UNH Class of 1954 Academic Enrichment Fund, with additional funds from the UNH Center for the Humanities.

An illustrated, 100-page catalogue is available for purchase ($25 plus shipping and handling). To order a copy, contact the Museum of Art at 603/862-3712 or e-mail Museum.of.Art@unh.edu.

Norman Ackroyd, From Farne Islands, 2005
etching, 16/90, 7 1/2 x 12 1/2", private collection Painting with Acid:
The Prints of Norman Ackroyd, R.A.
September 6 - October 18, 2006

The British artist Norman Ackroyd, R. A.
(b. 1938), deserves to be better known in this country. He has been described as “a truly remarkable artist who is to etching what Turner was to watercolour” (William Packer). Over the past several decades, Ackroyd has devoted his artistic energy to picturing the various coastal regions of England. His etchings are distinguished not only by his mastery of methods and materials, but by his adventurous experimentation, pushing the medium to new limits of visual expression.

The artist presented a public lecture, Myself and My Heroes, on Tuesday, October 3, 2006,
4:00 p.m., Room A219, Paul Creative Arts Center.

For a copy of the press release for The Simple Art: Printed Images in an Age of Magnificence and Painting with Acid:The Prints of Norman Ackroyd, R.A. click here.

Andrea Hagy, The Bedroom, 2006
oil on canvas, 28" x 32" 2006 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition (II)
May 10 - May 20, 2006

Two final candidates for the Master of Fine Arts degree in painting, Andrea Hagy and Eun-Shin Kim, presented work that represented the culmination of their two-year program.

The 2006 MFA Thesis Exhibition (II) was funded in part by the Department of Art and Art History.

Justin Augspurg, Pipe Dream, 2006
oil on canvas, 44" x 33" 2006 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition (I)
April 22 – May 3, 2006

Two candidates for the Master of Fine Arts degree in painting, Justin Augspurg and Julie Lucca, presented work that represented the culmination of their two-year program.

The 2006 MFA Thesis Exhibition (I) was funded in part by the Department of Art and Art History. Both graduate and undergraduate exhibitions were funded in part by the Friends of the Museum of Art.

Toby M. Schreier, Butterfly Knot, 2005,
drypoint, 12" x 12" 2006 Senior B.A. and B.F.A. Exhibition
April 22 – May 20, 2006

This annual show celebrates the achievements of graduating art students from the UNH Department of Art and Art History. Works by five candidates for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree were featured, including: Thomas C. Call of Windham, NH; Sofie H. Larsen of Durham, NH; Kathryn Niboli of Newport, NH; Toby M. Schreier of Portsmouth, NH; and Rebecca Simpson of Dover, NH.

In addition, the exhibition showcased the work of candidates for the Bachelor of Art degree in studio art, including: Tenner Bradley, Shane Chick, Adam D. Getz, Rachel Huckins, Sara Korpi, Bethany Lowe, Kathleen McCaffery, Alexis McConnell, Erin Elizabeth Miley, Kate E. Muckenhirn, Rebecca O'Brien Pani, and Brandy Reeves.

Elise Freda, Leaves, 2005, encaustic & oil on wood,
9” x 24”, diptych, Collection of Paul Vazquez & Lisette Berry An Eye on Alumni: Elise Freda,
Betsey Garand, and Martha Groome
January 19 – April 12, 2006

From among our art alumni, three accomplished artists were invited to show their recent work—Elise Freda (BFA ’81), Betsey Garand (BFA ’81), and Martha Groome (BA ‘67). As professional artists, each has developed a unique artistic vision. Their work is linked by their use of an abstract language to reveal the minimal, essential qualities of their subjects.

Samuel Bak, Close Up, 2003,
oil on canvas, 63 1/4" X 51 1/2"The Art of Samuel Bak: Memory and Metaphor
January 19 – April 12, 2006

Throughout his prolific artistic career, Samuel Bak has developed a rich body of work based on his early childhood memories of the Holocaust. His paintings and drawings utilize the power of symbols and metaphors to relate the pain caused by war and human destruction, the loss of childhood, traditions, and loved ones.

The exhibition, The Art of Samuel Bak: Memory and Metaphor, was organized in conjunction with the Pucker Gallery, Boston. The exhibition was funded in part by grants from the FEDCO Charitable Foundation, the UNH Center for the Humanities, and the Greater Seacoast United Jewish Appeal, with additional support from the UNH Endowed Fund for Holocaust Education, the Friends of the Museum of Art, the Dean’s Office of the UNH College of Liberal Arts, and the S. Melvin and Mary Jo Rines Art Exhibition Fund.

An illustrated catalogue of the exhibition is available for purchase.

A copy of the News Release is available here. The Art of Samuel Bak: Memory and Metaphor and An Eye on Alumni: Elise Freda, Betsey Garand, and Martha Groome.

EsméThompson, Ornametum I, 2004 Networks and Intersections: Finding Meaning through Complexity
November 3 - December 12, 2005

acrylic on canvas

In nature and in art, complex structures are often made from the repetition of simple patterns. Four artists were featured: sculptor and installation artist Elizabeth Duffy, print, drawing, and pastel artist Louise Hamlin, sculptor Duncan Johnson, and painter Esmé Thompson. Collectively, their works involve patterned visual systems—webs of line, repetition of marks, woven grids.

Francisco Toledo, Conje, Iguana y Sapo,
1976, etching with roulette and dry point,
Collection of Museum of Latin American Art,
Long Beach, Calif. Latin American Graphics: The Evolution of Identity from the Mythical to the Personal
November 3 - December 12, 2005

From artists early in the 20th century who used traditional imagery to define national identity to contemporary Latin American artists who utilize new technologies and media to express more universal themes, this exhibition offered valuable insight into Latin America’s significant accomplishments in the field of printmaking.

The exhibition was organized by the Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, and circulated by Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions (CATE), Pasadena.

A copy of the News Release, is available here. Networks and Intersections: Finding Meaning through Complexity and Latin American Graphics: The Evolution of Identity from the Mythical to the Personal.

Jennifer Moses, Giotto's Hair, 2004
oil on panel, 11" x 11" The Artists Revealed: 2005 Studio Art Program Exhibition
September 7 - October 23, 2005

This exhibition presented recent work by the artists who teach and work in the UNH Department of Art and Art History. Revealing the breadth and range of the department's studio art program, the exhibition featured paintings, ceramics, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, furniture design, and photography.

Included in the exhibition were works by UNH faculty members Niels Burger, Benjamin S. Cariens, Brian Chu, Grant Drumheller, Craig Hood, Maryse Searls McConnell, Michael McConnell, Jennifer Moses, Langdon Quin, Scott Schnepf, Lynn Szymanski, and Andrew M. K. Warren.

The Artists Revealed was part of a statewide series of exhibitions, New Hampshire: The State of Art, which showcased Granite State art and artists at 26 museums and galleries throughout the state, from September through December 2005. Exhibitions ranged from important masterworks and historic decorative artifacts to the latest artworks in ceramics, paint, multimedia, quilts, and even clothing—all created by New Hampshire artists. The series was a collaborative project of the NH Visual Arts Coalition, presented in partnership with the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and generously sponsored by Ocean National Bank, Public Service of New Hampshire, and US Trust Company, NA.

For a copy of the news release, click here.

Cait Cedarstrom, Blue Interior, 2004
oil on masonite, 8" x 12" 2005 Senior B.A. and B.F.A. Exhibition
April 30 - May 21, 2005

This annual exhibition celebrates the artistic achievements of seniors graduating from the UNH Department of Art and Art History.The results of the "research" done by these students takes form as two- and three-dimensional works of art. A wide range of styles, subject matter, and media was featured, including paintings, ceramics, sculpture, photography, drawing, printmaking, and furniture design. Along with numerous students who received a B.A. in studio art, there were twelve students in this year's B.F.A.program: Charles Bryon, Cait Cedarstrom, Trisha Coates, Louise Osborne Criss, Haven Leask, Emily Leonard, Kate Maltais, Nicholas Park, Meghan Samson, S. Whitney Shaw, Jared Tuveson, and Mihee Yeom.

The preview reception was presented as part of the Festival of Culture and Creativity and co-sponsored by the Undergraduate Research Conference.

Rob Colvin 2005 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition
March 22 - April 20, 2005

Three candidates for the Master of Fine Arts degree in painting -- Rob Colvin, Brett Gamache, and Jennifer Hostler -- presented work representing the culmination of their two-year graduate program.

The exhibition was co-sponsored by the Department of Art & Art History.

Focus on the Collection: New Additions
March 22 - April 20, 2005

Newt Washburn, Basket
brown ash
Gift in memory of Mel Sandler Works recently donated to the Museum of Art ’s permanent collection were highlighted in this special exhibition. Included were paintings by Old Lyme Art Colony painters George Matthew Bruestle and William S. Robinson, as well as UNH alumni Jerry MacMichael; 19th-century prints by Corot, Devéria, Hiroshige, and Winslow Homer; 20th-century prints by Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Dirk Bach, Richard Upton, and Scott Schnepf, UNH's professor of printmaking. Works by two Portsmouth artists also were featured -- a drawing by Arthur Balderacchi and a photograph by Richard Haynes. Also on view was a finely crafted brown-ash basket by acclaimed New Hampshire artisan Newt Washburn.

Robert Owen, Cruise Ship, Cooling, 1998
gelatin silver photograph, 20" x 16" Prospect of Light: Images from Pinhole and Plastic Cameras
January 20 - April 20, 2005

This exhibition featured "low-tech" photographic images made with pinhole cameras (primitive, lens-less cameras) and plastic cameras ($2 plastic Diana or Holga cameras). The works, made by photographers from throughout the U.S. and one from France, represented a range of visionary style. While these artists may choose to shoot with primitive equipment, their printing choices span a range of very sophisticated techniques. The exhibition was organized by the University of Maine Museum of Art, with guest co-curator Jonathan Bailey.

George Nick,
1928 Bugatti Type 35 B Works Car, 1999
oil on linen, 41" x 32"

George Nick: An Artist's Conscience
January 20 - March 10, 2005

Nationally recognized as one of New England's premier realist painters, George Nick has sought to find and capture the "truthfulness" in the world around him. His images of urban architecture, the landscape, and classic automobiles reflect his direct and immediate approach to painting.

George Nick: An Artist's Conscience was organized by the Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, with the support of Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA, and Fischbach Gallery, New York. Its UNH showing is funded in part by the S. Melvin and Mary Jo Rines Art Exhibition Fund.

Lindy Carroll, Castel Trosino, 2003
oil on paper
View from Italy: UNH Artists in Ascoli-Piceno
October 30 - December 13, 2004

For the past two summers, the Department of Art & Art History has offered a summer program in Ascoli Piceno, a beautiful and culturally rich city in central northern Italy. Works from the program by students and faculty members explore the visual splendor of the Italian landscape.

Andre Masson, Conversation in Blue and Pink,
1968, lithograph (186/200), 22 1/4" x 15"
A Singular Vision: Selections from Two New England Collections
October 30 - December 13, 2004

Two private collectors from New England--an artist and an art patron--have amassed distinguished art collections that, in the future, will become a single entity: the Surf Point Foundation Collection. This exhibition of works on paper from the 20th century features prints, drawings, and photographs by artists from Europe and America. Luminaries such as Picasso, André Masson, Claes Oldenburg, and Sam Francis are represented, as well as other acclaimed artists with connections to New England: Leonard Baskin, Peter Milton, Beverly Hallam, Alan Magee, and John Laurent./p>

Zhang Minjie
Turning I, (from the series Modern Toys), 2001
Color reduction
Collection of the Artist
Realized in Wood: Contemporary Prints from China September 8 - October 20, 2004

This exhibition highlighted the work of four master woodblock artists from China's Hebei Province. Representing two generations of artists with common origins in Social Realism, the works expressed the outlook and concerns of Chinese people today while showing a range of personal expression and a diversity of imagery. The exhibition was curated by Renee Covalucci, printmaker and adjunct assistant professor at the Art Institute of Boston.

William Bailey,
Terranouva, 2002
oil on canvas, 30" x 36"
Courtesy of Robert Miller Gallery

Tabletop Arenas: Still Life Paintings by Zeuxis
September 8 - October 20, 2004

The painters of Zeuxis and their guests exhibited works that focused on the tabletop as an "arena for meditation." Highlighting the table's surface as an altar, stage, or depiction of domestic life, this thought-provoking exhibition made that familiar surface distinctive, memorable, or wonderfully strange.

Erik Scheuring
Entry Table, 2004
Bolivian rosewood
Collection of the Artist 2004 Senior B.A. and B.F.A. Exhibition
April 24 - May 22, 2004

This annual show celebrated the achievements of graduating art students from the University of New Hampshire's Department of Art and Art History.

B.F.A. artists included Alexis Carter, Lee, NH; Mary Emerson, Rockport, ME; Dara Engler, Midlothian, VA; Carolyn McColgran, York, ME; Jennifer Meanley, Wolfeboro, NH; Erik Scheuring, Mont Vernon, NH; and Tim Smith, Lee, NH.

B. Lynch
Wishes Take Flight, 1999
mixed media and wishbone
26"x24"x5.5"
Collection of the Artist
Chain Of Fools: Hogarth Reinterpreted By B. Lynch
January 22 - April 14, 2004

Boston-based artist B. Lynch explored the human penchant for folly, and the often chosen path from innocence to self-destruction. Through this multi-media exhibition of sculpture, painting, and video, Lynch's work was paired with William Hogarth's series of 18th-century engravings, The Rake's Progress, for a lively "conversation" between artists separated by over two centuries. The result was a reminder that Hogarth's themes of human foibles, greed, and questionable ethics are relevant in today's world.

Käthe Kollwitz
The Call of Death, 1934
lithograph, 14"x14.5"
Collection purchase,
Syracuse University Art Collection
Impassioned Images: German Expressionist Prints
January 22 - March 11, 2004

he prints of the German Expressionist artists are marked by their bold, aggressive, and innovative use of the media and their effect on the development of modern art is undeniable. Artists who were members of the Brücke (Kirchner, Schmidt-Rottluff, Pechstein, and Nolde), as well as the Blaue Reiter (Kandinsky and Beckmann) explored religious, moral, political, social, and artistic issues with an energy seldom seen in the art academies of the day.

Organized by the Syracuse University Art Collection, the exhibition was shown at UNH through support from the S. Melvin and Mary Jo Rines Art Exhibition Fund.

Brian Kiernan
Pumpkin Patch, 2003
oil on canvas
Collection of the Artist

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2004 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition
March 23 - April 14, 2004

Five candidates for the Master of Fine Arts degree in painting presented their thesis work: Elizabeth Doherty, Andrea Jacobson, Brian Kiernan, Jessie Lindenberger-Schutz, and Jennifer O'Connell.

Our exhibitions and programs are supported in part by the Friends of the Museum of Art.

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