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the life of the artist matters
REGULAR HOURS:
Wednesday through Saturday, 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
We have Public Receptions 2nd Fridays of each month , 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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Self-identity is made of determined will, but will can be determined by life circumstances, and life circumstances are often the result of social pressure and inheritance. Words are important. Their meanings are determined by common understanding. Titles like "artist" and "mentally ill" bring crucial social determinants on self-identity. What we do is more often viewed socially as the expression of who we are seen to be. If what we create is seen as mentally ill art, while it can be rewarding in some marketing spheres, it can equally be oppressing in light of social status. Because life gave me the opportunity, I used my privilege to open a space for creatives to redefine their studio lives by what they do well rather than by how they are labeled. Labels define surfaces but are blind to the spirits that move beneath. Art need not be an escape; it can be freedom. This is what our studio platform is meant to support. What came of that is another thing to speak about.
Tillyer Interview, FRIDAY January 3, 9:45 am - 10:00 am, on ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis at WHMP 101.5FM & 1400AM
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Direct and pleasurable, Dahlqvist evokes her home, "My hilltown environment inspires my work; each weaving symbolizes a specific place or feeling. Often, an image will come to me while I’m meditating, or I will have a general idea of an image when I start weaving, and it continues to develop while I work. I wish my work to be calming and healing for the observer."
Amidst her wall art exhibit, she is installing new paintings and sculptures from her husband, David Moriarty. |
Leslie Dahlqvist Tapestry
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David Moriarty Painted Carved Wood
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Finger Paintings
Andrew Magee Raised in an academically accomplished family, Magee had an enriched artistic childhood. He focused on zoological subjects. His avian illustrations were included in a bird identification manual published by a Massachusetts Wildlife agency. Later in life, he settled on making large action paintings with organic references. He makes these with thick oil paints applied with his fingers in latex gloves. |
Peter Mishkin
Ways of Seeing Selecting what to represent in a painting is a defining act. What an painter sees is specific to that person. Mishkin chooses limited details rendered in color harmony. His abstract paintings are presented along side of still life canvases. |
Our Mission
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Read about the museum, its founders, and its purpose here→
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CURATOR OPPORTUNITY
New England Visionary Artists Museum is offers two-month slots for curator projects. Preferred projects offer a talk and exhibit presenting self-trained New England artists living or deceased who work outside the academic tradition. Applicants will include documented credentials: Vitas, articles and images, and references. Apply online or on-site. CLICK IMAGE→ |
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Regular exhibits feature regional art from established and self-taught artists and an extensive array of objects and artifacts from the hands of creatives who traveled the difficult path of the visionary.
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