Now on Display
Please Approach the Bench
May 18, 2022 – Ongoing
Five artists have made seating for our new Woodland Path, part of the museum’s newly landscaped grounds. Our open “call for seating” received responses from sculptors all over New England. We choose designs by Leah Woods, Jacob Kulin, Nancy Selvage, Mark DelGuidice, and Mitch Ryerson.
Shown: Triangular Bench, 2021, Leah Woods, Western red cedar, stain
The Blue Notebooks
September 18 – December 4, 2022
Reception: Sunday, October 9, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Artist and Guest Curator, Anne Plaisance, has assembled a group of artists who are working with what she calls, “their vision of the day after tomorrow.” Responding to contemporary issues and citing research reports from both the United Nations and Harvard University on looming problems like climate change, rising sea levels and extreme weather, Plaisance believes artists can focus on leaving the best legacy they possibly can, through art and culture, for whatever comes next.
She says, “This exhibition is a requiem for humanity, an homage to creativity and beauty, a ‘chapeau bas’ to love and generosity, an adieu to memories, a last embrace of our cherished ones.”
Artists in the exhibition include: Susan Denniston, Kelly Knight, Michel Morelli, Baudouin Mouanda, Sarah Pettitt, Anne Plaisance, Stephanie Todhunter, and Robin Whiteman.
Shown: What Lies Between, 2019, Susan Denniston, monotype
Rotations: That 70’s Print Show
September 18 – December 4, 2022
Reception: Sunday, October 9, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
The 1960s and 1970s were a turning point in American printmaking, with the rise of communal studios that provided creative and technical exchanges between artists. This exhibit examines printmakers working in the 1970s through works from the collection of the Art Complex Museum and artist’s contributions to the contemporary art form.
Shown: Poseidon’s Pocket, Vivian Berman, collagraph 2017.24
Sarah Meyers Brent: Out Growth
September 25 – November 27, 2022
Reception: Sunday, October 9, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Brent’s mixed media works take discarded items from her house, community, and town transfer station to create sculptures and alternative landscapes that embody the craziness of motherhood and environmental chaos.
The mix of old kids’ clothes, paint globs, toys, and rags, incorporated with dirt and other natural elements, look as if they are simultaneously growing and decaying. They express the weight of raising children in environmental disorder while juggling our lives and trying to maintain a sense of self and balance. Paintings incorporating decaying flowers and plants drip and wilt. Referencing the overuse of stuff in our lives and the mental load that women carry around, piles of trash take on a second, organic life. Brent works through the mess of life to try to find order in chaos and beauty in the reality of imperfection.
Shown: Feet, 2021, Upcycled objects and mixed media
Upcoming Exhibitions
Joan Collins:
Cadence – The Surf and Bark of Kauai
December 4, 2022 – February 12, 2023
Reception: Sunday, December 18, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Duxbury photographer Joan Collins has spent the last thirty years capturing what she calls, “the dramatic rhythm, permanence, and transience,” of the water in the waves off the coast of Kauai in Hawaii. More recently she has found the island’s giant eucalyptus trees and isolated jungle groves of rainbow eucalyptus, discovering that the curves and bark textures of these ancient trees mimic the fluidity and variety of the ocean’s surf.
In this exhibition we pair what she has captured from her twin muses.
Shown: Kuilau Trail Blaze, 2019, photograph
Duxbury Art Association
Winter Juried Show
December 18, 2022 – March 12, 2023
Reception: Sunday, December 18, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Our annual winter exhibition is one of our most popular, showcasing works in all media from artists far and wide.
Artists enter online and guest curators create a show that is a real time survey of the art that is being created by contemporary artists today. As well as choosing the works to be included, jurors award monetary prizes in a wide number of categories including “Best in Show.”
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Opening Sunday, September 25, 2022 is "Out Growth," a new exhibit by Sarah Meyers Brent. Using discarded items from a variety of sources, Brent creates sculptures that embody the craziness of motherhood and environmental chaos.
Below: Sarah Meyers Brent, Birdsong II, 2022
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Join us for our final Japanese Tea Ceremony of the season and learn about the traditions of this ceremony.
Sunday, September 25, 2022, from 2:00-3:30. All are welcome to this free event.
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In continued celebration of the Art Complex Museum's 50th anniversary, "That 70's Print Show" features works on paper from the museum's permanent collection. Created during the 1970's, these works include large-scale prints in saturated colors, and examples of new methods of printmaking that artists were exploring at the time.
Opening Sunday, September 18, 2022, 1:00-4:00pm.
Shown: John Wesley, "What's Going on in the Hall?", 1971, serigraph
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Opening on Sunday, September 18, 2022 is our new exhibition, "The Blue Notebooks." Guest-curated by Anne Plaisance, this show includes the work of eight artists, responding to a world that is changing in unprecedented ways: Susan Denniston, Kelly Knight, Michel Morelli, Baudouin Mouanda, Sarah Pettitt, Anne Plaisance, Stephanie Todhunter, and Robin Whiteman.
Shown: Say Her Name (detail), by Anne Plaisance, 2022, mixed media on canvas
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We invite you to a gallery talk on Saturday, Sept 17 at 1:00pm, when sculptor Gillian Christy speaks about her show, "Tabernacle Tableau," which ends Sept. 18. After the talk, she will participate in a "Tabernacle Workshop" in our Alden Studio. Families welcome!
(Participation is free; registration is required. See artcomplex.org/product/workshop_tabernacle/)
Below: Detail of "The Birth" Tabernacle by Gillian Christy
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These red leaves are telling us that change is in the air!
With three new exhibitions opening in September and a calendar full of events and activities, we hope you’ll add the Art Complex Museum to your fall plans.
See artcomplex.org/events/ for details.
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We're in the final weeks of our anniversary exhibition, "ACM@50+1," and collage exhibit "Complex Muses."
Come see treasures from our permanent collection as well as the collage works they inspired, such as "Shipyard" by George Bellows (left) and "Onsite: Homage to 'The Shipyard'" by Ginnie Gardiner (right).
Both shows are open through Sunday, September 4, 2022.
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Can you see yourself in our beautiful lobby, surrounded by artwork?
We rely on our wonderful volunteers to welcome visitors and provide them with info about exhibits and events. With a fall calendar full of programming, we're looking for more individuals. Most volunteers are here one day per month, during the hours of 1:00-4:00pm.
To learn more, please contact our Community Coordinator, Dottie Collins, at dotcol03@gmail.com. She'd love to talk with you!
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Have that back-to-school feeling? Enroll in a workshop at the Art Complex Museum this fall.
Find your creative voice! Take up oil painting! Learn collage! And more!
See our website for details: artcomplex.org/programs/classes-workshops/
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Oooohh that big printer workshop looks amazing!!!
Attention history buffs! The former home of Major Judah Alden is on the grounds of the Art Complex Museum. Judah was an officer in George Washington's army, and was the great-great-grandson of John and Priscilla Alden, who travelled here on the Mayflower.
The home now houses our Alden Studio and Gallery, where we have these upcoming FREE events:
Friday, August 5th, 1:00 - 4:00 pm: Tour the Judah Alden House
Sunday, August 7th, 1:00 - 4:00 pm: Exhibit of artwork by Gretchen Moran
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