Thursday, December 05, 2013
WASHINGTON STREET ART CENTER GALLERY OPENING - December 7-28, 2013
Come by WSAC this Saturday from 7-10pm for the opening of our latest show, the fabric-based "Threadbare", by Lauren Leone, Marissa Falco, and Courtney McKenna.
If you are around earlier in the day, you can check out open studios at WSAC.
Lee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Washington Street Art Center
321 Washington Street
Somerville, MA 02143
617-623-5315
Gallery 321 @ The Washington Street Art Center Presents:
Threadbare: Recent works by Marissa Falco, Lauren Leone, and Courtney
McKenna
Washington Street Art Center
December 7–28
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, December 7, 7:00-10:00pm.
ON VIEW: December 7–28, Saturdays 12–4 pm, and by appointment
CONTACT:
For high-resolution photos and/or interviews, the press should contact
Lauren Leone, laurenleone.atr@gmail.com or (401) 864-6422.
SOMERVILLE, MA – Threadbare, an exhibit of new works by Marissa Falco,
Lauren Leone, and Courtney McKenna, will be on display at the Washington
Street Art Center from December 7–28, 2013.
Marissa Falco's most recent work reflects on the process of creating
communities and building connections between individuals. She uses the
medium of quilting to draw parallels between traditional quilting bees and
forms of relating in the present day. As a quilt is constructed of
different fabric patterns and textures, each member of a community brings
elements of their own experience and history to the circle of which they
are a part. Falco considers different ways in which she relates to various
groups, and how she and other participants create a shared history by
combining elements of their individual pasts. Forms inspired by geometry
speak to the structure and stability that community relationships may
provide to the individual.
Lauren Leone’s new work is a reflection on her recent health concerns and
the multitude of doctor’s appointments she has attended in an attempt to
find answers. By carefully rendering a portrait of each of her medical
providers, Leone successfully gets all the doctors together in one room - a
goal that a fragmented healthcare system makes virtually impossible. The
slow, deliberate process of embroidering provides a sense of control and
intimacy in the face of a system that often feels disempowering and
alienating, and can leave the patient feeling frustrated and afraid. Equal
parts tongue-in-cheek and careful reflection, Leone employs both humor and
the meditative properties of embroidery to find catharsis.
Courtney McKenna uses subtle and elegant embroidery to explore the
conceptual connections between the structure of a woman's body and the
homes they create. Quiet and suggestive, McKenna combines traditional
needlework techniques with naturally aged linens and unsophisticated
cotton. These materials bring forth thoughts of cloth close to the body,
and cloth close to the home. The artist's thousands of tiny, ornate
stitches construct in density into vivid anatomical and structural
illustrations. McKenna's work speaks to the energy and concentration we
commit to things beyond ourselves, and the way structure of the body and
home are manipulated.
Opening reception for Threadbare will be held December 7, 7:00–10:00 p.m.,
and will be on view to the public 12–4 p.m. on Saturdays in December at the
Washington Street Art Center - http://washingtonst.org.
The Washington Street Art Center houses Gallery 321; hosts studio space for
more than twenty visual artists; and presents exhibitions, concerts, film
series, and other art initiatives. The Center participates in Somerville
Open Studios each May and an annual open studios and craft fair in
December. The Washington Street Art Center is located between Union Square
and Beacon Street; a five-minute walk from Union Square and a ten-minute
walk from Harvard Square (two blocks from Beacon Street). The Center is
near, or on, the following bus routes: 83, 85, 86, 87, 91, and CT2.
Parking is free and ample.
If you are around earlier in the day, you can check out open studios at WSAC.
Lee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Washington Street Art Center
321 Washington Street
Somerville, MA 02143
617-623-5315
Gallery 321 @ The Washington Street Art Center Presents:
Threadbare: Recent works by Marissa Falco, Lauren Leone, and Courtney
McKenna
Washington Street Art Center
December 7–28
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, December 7, 7:00-10:00pm.
ON VIEW: December 7–28, Saturdays 12–4 pm, and by appointment
CONTACT:
For high-resolution photos and/or interviews, the press should contact
Lauren Leone, laurenleone.atr@gmail.com or (401) 864-6422.
SOMERVILLE, MA – Threadbare, an exhibit of new works by Marissa Falco,
Lauren Leone, and Courtney McKenna, will be on display at the Washington
Street Art Center from December 7–28, 2013.
Marissa Falco's most recent work reflects on the process of creating
communities and building connections between individuals. She uses the
medium of quilting to draw parallels between traditional quilting bees and
forms of relating in the present day. As a quilt is constructed of
different fabric patterns and textures, each member of a community brings
elements of their own experience and history to the circle of which they
are a part. Falco considers different ways in which she relates to various
groups, and how she and other participants create a shared history by
combining elements of their individual pasts. Forms inspired by geometry
speak to the structure and stability that community relationships may
provide to the individual.
Lauren Leone’s new work is a reflection on her recent health concerns and
the multitude of doctor’s appointments she has attended in an attempt to
find answers. By carefully rendering a portrait of each of her medical
providers, Leone successfully gets all the doctors together in one room - a
goal that a fragmented healthcare system makes virtually impossible. The
slow, deliberate process of embroidering provides a sense of control and
intimacy in the face of a system that often feels disempowering and
alienating, and can leave the patient feeling frustrated and afraid. Equal
parts tongue-in-cheek and careful reflection, Leone employs both humor and
the meditative properties of embroidery to find catharsis.
Courtney McKenna uses subtle and elegant embroidery to explore the
conceptual connections between the structure of a woman's body and the
homes they create. Quiet and suggestive, McKenna combines traditional
needlework techniques with naturally aged linens and unsophisticated
cotton. These materials bring forth thoughts of cloth close to the body,
and cloth close to the home. The artist's thousands of tiny, ornate
stitches construct in density into vivid anatomical and structural
illustrations. McKenna's work speaks to the energy and concentration we
commit to things beyond ourselves, and the way structure of the body and
home are manipulated.
Opening reception for Threadbare will be held December 7, 7:00–10:00 p.m.,
and will be on view to the public 12–4 p.m. on Saturdays in December at the
Washington Street Art Center - http://washingtonst.org.
The Washington Street Art Center houses Gallery 321; hosts studio space for
more than twenty visual artists; and presents exhibitions, concerts, film
series, and other art initiatives. The Center participates in Somerville
Open Studios each May and an annual open studios and craft fair in
December. The Washington Street Art Center is located between Union Square
and Beacon Street; a five-minute walk from Union Square and a ten-minute
walk from Harvard Square (two blocks from Beacon Street). The Center is
near, or on, the following bus routes: 83, 85, 86, 87, 91, and CT2.
Parking is free and ample.
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