189 Alden Street
PO Box 2814
Duxbury, Massachusetts 02331
Phone: 781-934-6634
Charles Weyerhaeuser – Director
Sue Aygarn-Kowalski – Preparator
Craig Bloodgood – Contemporary Curator
Doris Collins – Community Coordinator
Julia Courtney – Collections Curator
Mary Curran – Operations Manager
Sally Dean-Mello – Education Coordinator
Kyle Turner – Assistant Collections Manager
Maureen Wengler – Collections Manager/Registrar
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Photographer Jim Hooper was able to get the local oyster farmers off the water long enough to take their picture. We put portraits together to with Evvy Eisen's from Drakes Bay, on the west coast.
📸 Jim Hooper:
"Jenny Mattern of Merry Oysters"
"Joe Grady, Matt Grady and Kyle Hallisey
of Blue Moon Oyster Farm"
"Kevin Thomson of Duxbury Oyster Co."
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Evvy Eisen’s photographs of oyster farmers from Drakes Bay, on the west coast, contrast Jim Hooper’s photos of oyster farmers working in the coastal towns of Boston’s South Shore and Cape Cod . Eisen spent two years documenting the closure at Drakes Bay, photographing the daily activities at the farm and creating portraits of the immigrant workers whose jobs and homes were threatened.
📸 Evvy Eisen,”Oysters Ready for Planting” from the series: “Oyster Farm The Working Farm”
📸 Evvy Eisen,”Guadalupe” from the series: “Oyster Farm Workers”
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Gallery shots of our Oyster Farm photo show in 2018 with work from Jim Hooper and Evvy Eisen. Evvy spent two years documenting the closure at Drakes Bay and the farmers whose jobs and homes were threatened. Jim shot the Duxbury, Kingston and Plymouth farmers at a makeshift studio at the Duxbury Bay Maritime School.
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Summerhouse get-away! Painter and printmaker Prilla Smith Brackett creates contemporary landscapes that explore ideas of home. Touchstone: Glimpses of Noon #2 is part of a series entitled Old House, that Brackett created as she prepared to move from her family home. The summerhouse acquired in 1916, saw many generations of her family. Its most compelling feature was the sleeping porch, which Brackett rendered in three planes: the porch, its outdoor view, and the interior space that overlooked it. Compositional elements like the angled windows, furniture, and porch rails lead viewers into the organic landscape outside.
#summerhouse #summer #SummerGetaway #vacation #family #home #prillasmithbrackett #outdoors #touchstone #glimpseofnoon #sleepingporch #contemporarylandscape #artcomplexmuseum
There's nothing like a summer sunset! American Impressionist Childe Hassam frequently painted scenes from the Isles of Shoals near Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The artist spent nearly thirty summers there from the late 1890s - 1900s, painting the seacoast and gardens on Appledore Island. He coveted the rocky coast, its rugged terrain and magnificent sunsets.
This small scene, painted on the back of a cigar box-top, demonstrates his expressive handling of paint. Hassam, who was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, painted a series of coastal scenes like this example, in which he thickly applied bands of color to small wood panels, often breaking the horizon with a sailboat or another vessel.
#Hassam #isleofshoals #sunset #blueclouds #americanimpressionism #appledoreisland #portsmouth #dorchester #paintsunset #ocean #beach #sailboat #sailing #artcomplexmuseum #MusuemFromHome
Looking back at Carol McSweeney’s “Sign Of The Times,” from 2018’s New England Watercolor Society Biennial North American Open, juried by Iain Stewart.
#theartcomplexmuseum #newenglandwatercolorsociety #iainstew7 #news #watercolor #watercolorpainting #carolmcsweeney
We couldn't be more excited about our new look! Designed by Linzi Clary (@linziclary), our new logo captures the museum's characteristic wave-mimicking roof and architecture. We hope you like it as much as we do!
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Need a break from the heat? This ocean scene by American Artist George Wesley Bellows, Green Sea, created in 1913 provides welcome visual refreshment. Bellows painted it while staying on Monhegan Island, Maine that summer. Between 1911 and 1913 the artist completed more than 100 canvases inspired by the powerful energy of the ocean.
When the painting underwent conservation in 2014, evidence of sea spray and salt was discovered in the pigment, indicating that the artist worked in close proximity to the water. A decision was made to leave the salt in place, as it confirms the authenticity and provenance of the painting.
#ocean #heatwave #georgebellows #monheganisland #artcomplexmuseum #enpleinair #canvas #oceaninspired #saltwater #beach #provenance #authenticity #mainebeaches
Looking back at Robert Noreika’s piece, “Cruising,” from 2018’s New England Watercolor Society Biennial North American Open, juried by Iain Stewart.
#theartcomplexmuseum #newenglandwatercolorsociety #iainstew7 #news #watercolorpainting #watercolor #worksonpapaer #robertnoreika #museumfromhome
Looking back at Beverly Hammerman’s “Art Student, Sienna,” from 2018’s New England Watercolor Society Biennial North American Open, juried by Iain Stewart.
#artcomplexmuseum #newenglandwatercolorsociety #iainstew7 #news #watercolorpainting #museumfromhome #watercolor #worksonpaper
