Art New England

Contemporary Art and Culture Magazine

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Richard Morris Hunt (American, 1827-1895), Richard Morris Hunt's sketchbook of a European trip in 1874, July to December 1874, graphite and watercolor on paper. Courtesy of the Hunt Collection in the AIA/AAF Collection, Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. At Newport Mansions.
Exhibition May/June 2025 Rhode Island Exhibition 

Newport Mansions

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Through January 12: Wild Imagination: Art and Animals in the Gilded Age. During the Gilded Age (1865–1914), Americans’ relationship with animals transformed in lasting ways. Wild Imagination explores how this exciting, tumultuous era shaped our modern attitudes towards animals, from pampered pups to wondrous sea creatures. A broad range of artworks, photographs, scientific specimens, and other objects reflect vital period developments including the dawn of the animal rights movement, the surge in pet keeping, the popularization of natural history pursuits like birdwatching, and the golden era of zoos and circuses. They also reveal the stories and experiences of individual creatures who continue to capture our imagination.

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Rustem Skybin, Egg, 2024, clay and glaze, Kyiv region 6.5". At Fuller Craft Museum.
Exhibition Massachusetts Exhibition May/June 2025 

Fuller Craft Museum

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Opening June 28: Soul of a Nation: Voices of Resilience in Ukrainian Folk Art. Ongoing: A Shared Legacy: Gifts from the Robyn and John Horn Collection. Ongoing: Art Evolved, Intertwined. Ongoing: Cicely Carew: BeLOVEd. Ongoing: Everybody’s Bolos. Ongoing: Waste Not, Want Not: Craft in the Anthropocene. Ongoing: Small Wonders: Beauty, Alchemy, and the Art of Enameling. Fuller Craft Museum’s wide-ranging exhibitions and outdoor sculpture showcase the finest contemporary craft in a spectacular organic modernist building and woodland setting. All are welcome.

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Pamela Day, ceramic vase. At Mad River Valley Arts.
Exhibition May/June 2025 Vermont Exhibition 

Mad River Valley Arts

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Opening May 29: Earthen. An interactive show about the material of clay, form and culture. Clay is sustainable, natural and useful. Its potential purpose in domestic interior design, medicine, architecture and as a construction material is astounding. It’s integral technologically to our present and future lives. In this show, artists push their practices into experimentation and conceptual expansion with clay as material, inspired by a deep dive into its origins. Reception: Thursday, June 5, 5–7 p.m.

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Barbara Owen, Cut Lines with Red Necklace, 2024, acrylic and ink on paper, wooden dowels. At ECOCA.
Connecticut Exhibition Exhibition May/June 2025 

ECOCA

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May 4–June 22: Old In Art School: Colleen Coleman, Howard el-Yasin, Sarah Heinemann, Amos Paul Kennedy Jr, Mary Lesser, Susan Luss, Barbara Marks, Barbara Owen, Nell Painter, Gina Palacios, Allison Pasquesi, Carl Patow. Opening May 25: Fethi Meghelli & Fabiana Comas Risquez, Kasey Ramirez, Michelle Young Lee. Reception: Sunday, May 4, 1–4:30 p.m. with panel discussion Sharon Louden’s Last Artist Standing book tour.

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Sarah L. Fisher, Rocking the Boat, oil on canvas, 16 x 20". Courtesy of Maine Farmland Trust. At Maine Art Gallery.
Exhibition Maine Exhibition May/June 2025 

Maine Art Gallery

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15 Warren St., Wiscasset, ME
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May–June 15: Whimsy: Flights of Fancy. Reception: Saturday, May 10. Juried exhibit showcasing works that are fanciful, humorous and playful, including works of Maine humorist Tim Sample. Opening June 19: Fiore at 100: Maine Observed. Centenary retrospective of former Black Mountain and NYC 10th St. galleries artist Joseph Fiore (1925–2008). From his summer studio in Jefferson, Maine, Fiore created work depicting his love of the Maine landscape in various perspectives from empirical to abstract and symbolic. Includes companion show of Members’ work. Reception: Saturday, June 21.

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Exhibition Massachusetts Exhibition May/June 2025 

The Umbrella Arts Center

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Ongoing: Weaving an Address, expansive indoor/outdoor exhibition at The Umbrella and Brister’s Hill commemorating colonial and revolutionary Black inhabitants of Walden Woods as part of Concord250. Artists Ifé Franklin, Stephen Hamilton, Whitney Harris, Ekua Holmes, Perla Mabel, Marla McLeod, Kimberly Love Radcliffe, Anthony Peyton Young. Curator tours: Saturdays, May 24, 4 p.m. & June 14, 3:30 p.m.; procession by Ifé Franklin, Saturday, June 14, 1 p.m. May 3–4: Umbrella Open Studios and Ceramics Studio Sale. May 17, 3 p.m.: Concord Triptych, short films: Margaret Lothrop and the Wayside; Ellen Garrison: Scenes from an Activist Life; Women of the Old Manse (World Premiere).

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Exhibition Massachusetts Exhibition May/June 2025 

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Opening June 6: Repetitious Insecurity, a solo exhibition by Persian-American painter, activist, and 2025 Guggenheim Fellow Maryam Safajoo. Through narrative paintings, Safajoo illuminates the post-1979 persecution of Iran’s Baha’i community. Using a journalistic approach, she interviews those connected to the events—some currently imprisoned—to verify each detail. Her work is both deeply personal and political, raising awareness about ongoing oppression. As Safajoo says, “the pain of one is the pain of all.” Opening reception: Friday,
June 6, 5–8 p.m.

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Connecticut Exhibition Exhibition March/April 2025 

Hotchkiss School Tremaine Gallery

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Through April 6: The Art of Joy Brown, a retrospective tracing Brown’s work, from tiny clay figures to clay-headed puppets, to small statues and wall tiles, to the monumental work found in public spaces. Hear Joy Brown speak, along with documentary filmmaker Eduardo Montes Bradley who is completing a film about Brown, Thursday, March 6, 7 p.m. Free and open to the public.

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Exhibition March/April 2025 New Hampshire Exhibition 

the corner gallery

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April 4–May 21: Travels, mixed media paintings of Tom Arsenault. Deftly merging paint and historical artifact, Arsenault creates ethereal scenes that evoke curiosity and emotion. Blending objects of art from both Eastern and Western traditions, his work seemingly transcends time and place, instead drawing the viewer into a mysterious dreamscape of rich color and surprising depth. Reception: Friday, April 4, 5:30 p.m.

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Exhibition Massachusetts Exhibition November / December 2024 

Clark Art Institute

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Winter is the ideal time to visit the Clark! A renowned collection of paintings, works on paper, sculpture, and decorative arts fills the galleries. Outside, the walking trails wind through a serene wintry landscape. Borrow a free pair of snowshoes to explore the campus. Opening November 23: Abelardo Morell: In the Company of Monet and Constable. Opening December 14: Wall Power! Modern French Tapestry from the Mobilier national, Paris.

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