Suffolk University Gallery

We are pleased to be presenting Dreaming Flora: Artists and Flowers, June 11 - July 22, 2024
Opening reception Thursday, June 13, 5:30pm

Flowers are evocative for cultures around the world. They remind us of both joy and mourning, of human frailty, of death. One thinks about the 17th century Dutch obsession with tulips, beautiful paintings of flowers as warnings of Vanitas. They have a rich cultural history as symbols and motifs through many genres of art, including as still lifes and botanical studies.
The artists in the exhibition work in a variety of medium and often evoke earlier response to the natural world.

Participating artists:
Mary Kocol
Vaughn Sills
Robin Reynolds
Kirstin Lamb
Amy Laskin

Suffolk University Gallery is pleased to present Artist/Curator/Curator/Artist, January 22 – March 8, 2024. On Thursday, February 1, there will be a gallery talk with the artists in the exhibit at 5:00pm, followed by a reception at 5:30pm.

What is an artist curator? An artist-curator is a practicing artist who also curates shows or runs not-for-profit spaces from which they exhibit their art and that of other artists. For some artist-curators, it is the freedom to create art, control its output and have a say in how it is exhibited that appeals, for others it is a means of survival, a way of gaining exposure for the art that they and others do. Tate.org.UK

Like musicians who produce albums or conduct orchestras, actors who write screenplays and direct movies, many visual artists also curate exhibitions in gallery or academic settings, in addition to their own art practice. The artists in this exhibit maintain both these activities, one often informing the other. The act of curating parallels the activity in the studio, i.e., an idea is expressed and manifested materially.

Image - detail of Kathleen O'Hara's installation Shrine.

Participating artists:

Andrew Witkin – Krakow Witkin Gallery
https://jamesharrisgallery.com/artists/andrew-witkin
https://www.krakowwitkingallery.com

Danielle Krcmar – Curator, RSM Art Gallery, Bentley College
https://www.bentley.edu/library/in-the-know/welcoming-danielle-krcmar-new-curator-rsm-art-gallery
https://www.somervilleopenstudios.org/web/artists/artist_profile/2198
https://www.bentley.edu/library/in-the-know/tags/danielle-krcmar

Andrew Mroczek – Director, Lunder Gallery, Lesley University
https://www.andrewmroczek.com/about
https://lesley.edu/stories/andrew-mroczek

Candice Smith Corby - Gallery Director, Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College
https://www.candicesmithcorby.com/about-2
https://www.candicesmithcorby.com/portfolio

Boriana Kantcheva – Director of Visual Arts, Mosesian Center for the Arts
https://www.borianakantcheva.com
https://www.borianakantcheva.com/about
John Guthrie – Director, Gallery Very
https://www.thejohnguthrie.com
http://www.galleryvery.com

Kathleen O’Hara - Co-director, Drive - By Projects
https://kathleenjohara.com
https://kathleenjohara.com/curatorial-independent-curator/

Deborah Davidson – Director, Suffolk University Gallery
https://www.deborahdavidson.net
https://www.suffolk.edu/cas/centers-institutes/art-gallery/our-director #