BOSTON, Mass.- United South
End Settlements announces its annual Community Colors exhibit on display at the
Harriet Tubman Gallery December 6, 2012 – January 9, 2013. This collaborative
exhibition will kick off with an opening reception on Thursday December 6 from
6:00 – 8:00 PM which features over 40 pieces in a variety of 2D medium. This
event is free and open to the public, light refreshments will be served.
What
is so unique about this exhibition is the opportunity for the South End and
Lower Roxbury community to display work alongside professional artists,
colleagues and participants of all ages. An 8.5 X 11” drawing of president
Barack Obama hangs with the description “Crayon on Paper” while glass fused figures
entitled “Hip Hop Swag” are delicately positioned beside.
Long
time community resident and artist JoAnn Rothschild has been volunteering with
USES’ Early Childhood Education afternoon arts enrichment classes. She reflects
on her experiences: “[Teaching painting]
At Pine Street Inn I saw a lot of people for whom a lot of damage had been
done. So coming [to the Children’s Art Centre], I wanted to remind myself of
how growing takes place and to see if I could encourage it. It’s surprising to
me every day.” Four year olds sat around Rothschild captivated by her
abstract application of colors, line and shape as they identified repetition
and movement of each element. Using tempera paint, each preschooler had the
opportunity to use expressive mark making on their own canvas, imitating the
harmony and balanced composition of their exemplar. These works hang side by
side in the Community Colors exhibit as an allegory for artistic expression
that defies age and reflects solely on raw emotion and aesthetic.
Innovative
works by interdisciplinary artist Miranda Aisling incorporates hand knitted
yarn as a surface, which is then gessoed and painted with oils to create
brilliantly abstract pieces that cross boundaries of female - male dominated
roles. When Aisling is not “throwing
down” paint as she describes the process, she is inspiring others through
gestural storytelling and playing guitar, known not only known for her multi-media techniques,
but also multi-talents.
Please,
be our guest and visit the Harriet Tubman Gallery to view these works and more
that interweave our diverse community and variety of mediums such as
needlepoint, oil on canvas, watercolor, photographs, collage, encaustics,
monoprints among others! To learn more about the artists featured in this exhibit,
‘like’ us today on our facebook page www.facebook.com/unitedsouthend or RSVP to the
event by visiting our website at www.uses.org.
