OPENING JUNE 5

The Shape of Things

Juried by: Adria Arch

Exhibition Dates: June 5 - July 13

Opening Reception: Sunday, June 8, 5pm-7pm

Lecture: Wednesday, June 25, 7pm
The Shape of Abstraction: Tracing a Visual Revolution
presented by Adria Arch

Gallery Hours: Thursday-Sunday, 12pm-5pm

Laura Menucci: excerpt of La Traverse

The Shape of Things, juried by Adria Arch, showcases the work of 17 artists from the Greater Boston area: Mary Bablitch, Steven Cabral, Cyrille Conan, Monica DeSalvo, Carin Doben, Barbe Ennis, Bette Frank Leahy, Roberta Nigro Hall, Nancy Harrod, L. Marie Lamarche, Ellen Liner, David McCoy, Laura Menucci, Kimberly Quint, Allison Tanenhaus, Amantha Tsaros, and Leslie Zelamsky.

The exhibition features 47 works—ranging from painting and mixed media to sculpture and video—all united by their innovative use of shape as a central element of design.

About the Juror
Adria Arch is a Boston-based sculptor, painter, and installation artist who has been awarded residencies at Vermont Studio Center, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sanskriti Foundation in Delhi, and in Auvillar, France. Her work is included in many private and public collections including the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Danforth Art, and the Fitchburg Art Museum, as well as Fidelity Corporation, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. In 2019 her work was featured at the Fitchburg Art Museum, and in 2020 at the Cahoon Museum of American Art. Most recently, Arch was commissioned by Google to create a permanent room-sized installation. Arch has shown at the Boston Sculptors Gallery, Brattleboro Art Museum in Vermont and the Danforth Museum in Framingham, MA. This year, she will present solo exhibitions at Lake George Arts Project and at San Luis Obispo Art Museum in California. Arch taught at Montserrat College of Art, Endicott College and Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She has lectured at the Danforth Museum, the Weston Arts and Innovation Center Women in Installation series, and the Boston Sculptors Gallery.