Hess Gallery Exhibits Work of Local & Global Artists
by Carole Rabe, Assistant Professor of Visual Arts and
Director, Hess Gallery
 Fall
2001
The Hess Gallery opened the academic year in early October with an
exhibit of three artists—Candace Walters, M.J. Viano Crowe, and
John Crowe, entitled “Sharing Space.” Walters, an assistant
professor at Stonehill College, describes her work as “putting
together a puzzle,” attaching old photographs and torn, recycled
drawings to her paintings. Viano Crowe, also an assistant professor
at Stonehill College, begins her work with photography, then adds fragments
of journals or letters, old photographs, or ilustrations from discarded
publications to create mixed media works. John Crowe’s small-scale
works on paper belie their intense questioning of nature. The size of
the work is determined by the size of his pockets—being created
on “small bundles of pages” that accompany him everywhere.
He is an assistant professor at the Massachusetts College of Art.
 The
Gallery was fortunate to have Eiko Shima, a visiting artist from Japan,
display her artwork from the middle of October through the end of November.
Shima’s exhibition, “Color and Shape: Moments from Forest
and Sea,” featured large abstractions that combined contemporary
and traditional Japanese methods and materials. The works are a tranquil
and elegant homage to nature. Shima also gave a calligraphy workshop,
a Haiku poetry seminar, a lecture on her own artwork and her creative
process, and a seminar discussing Japanese folktales. She and her daughter,
Himi, who is currently studying to be an artist, resided on campus during
the exhibition and were active participants on the Pine Manor campus.
 PMC
students had an opportunity to show off their talents when the Gallery
was turned over to Guest Director, senior Katy Atchison, for an exhibition
titled “Unbound and Unencumbered,” featuring works by PMC
students. Atchison was in charge of selecting the artwork, producing
the announcement card and flyers, and installing the artwork in the
gallery, with help from other students. This exhibit was on display
from the middle of December through the beginning of spring semester
2002.
Spring 2002
Jane Goldman, an award-winning watercolorist, will be showing “Twenty
Years of Watercolors” in the Hess Gallery during the month of February.
Goldman showed her work more than 20 years ago in the Hess Gallery,
and it should prove instructive to view the journey that she has made
in her work since then. She will also be the Nicholson lecturer for
the Visual Arts Department, discussing her personal and her public art.
Goldman was the designer of the 35,000-square-foot terrazzo floors for
the walkways in Logan Airport.
 Susan
Butler, Assistant Professor of Photography at Pine Manor College, will
be showing her photographs of liquid reflections, shadows, and ebbing
surf, in the spring (dates to come). Butler has been on the faculty
of Pine Manor College for many years, and this will be a great opportunity
for students and faculty to see her very personal photos.
The Visions of Green Community, Brookline/ GreenSpace Alliance, a local
organization that supports green spaces for Brookline, will be back
for their annual spring art exhibition dedicated to nature. This exhibit
is curated by Joanna Wexler, features local artists in a variety of
media, and will run from April 14 through May 7.
Finally, the academic year will end with the “Senior Thesis Exhibition,”
when our own seniors show their senior thesis projects, which they have
worked on all semester. The work displayed is a culmination of their
years of study in the visual arts, offering an opportunity for the students
to explore their own ideas. The exhibition will be mounted at the end
of April, and remains on display through Alumnae Reunion/Commencement
Weekend in May.
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