Michael Frassinelli Director, Dana Hall Art Gallery
Introduction and Acknowledgments
The Dana Hall Art Gallery, established in 1975 by Gene Scattergood (aka G.A. Scattergood-Moore, but known affectionately to his many colleagues and former students by his nickname “Scatt”) has been a fixture in the culture of the Dana Hall School for 50 years. It has been host to scores of exhibits, featuring hundreds of artists, and visited by thousands of students and campus visitors. It has featured every genre of art, from painting, drawing, and photography, to contemporary craft and digital art, to sculpture and installation. The artists who have exhibited here range from alumnae, faculty, and student artists, to campus children, Bostonbased and regional artists, to nationally and, in some cases internationally, known contemporary artists. It has been graced by poets, musicians, dancers, writers, makers, and scientists. It has had two physical spaces; first in an under-used and oddly shaped former middle-school snack room that blossomed over the course of decades with each passing exhibit, to its current location, a bright, windowed, modern space in the recently renovated Classroom Building. It has spanned two different centuries, and has occasionally expanded its exhibits into other campus spaces, including the hallways, the library, the greenhouse, courtyard, and elsewhere. It has witnessed and reflected the changing artistic styles, culture, population, and technology during those 50 years, displaying the creative journey, the countless studio hours, and the diverse personal inspiration of the many artists who have placed their artwork within its walls.
This catalog project, chronicling the 50-year history of the art gallery, began in the midst of a global pandemic and continued during the literal destruction and rebirth of the gallery itself; it was a way to continue the mission of the gallery during a time without access to a physical exhibition space. This undertaking would not be possible without the institutional historical perspective and inspiration of G.A. Scattergood-Moore, whose extensive donations of gallery postcards, press articles, posters, photographs, and other materials make up the bulk of the early history of the gallery. In addition, many thanks go to current Dana Hall Archivist Dorothy DeSimone (as well as former archivist Pam Kaplan) for giving me access to and guidance in the Archives. Thanks as well go to Mary Ann McQuillan, who has not only contributed to some of the writing found in this catalog, but who has been both an occasional curator and exhibiting artist of the gallery over the course of her three decades at Dana Hall as an educator, scholar, and champion of the arts. I would like to acknowledge all of the artists who have shared their work in the gallery over the years, and the countless visitors who took time out of their days and nights to be inspired,
entertained, moved, amused and occasionally confused and challenged by the diverse work found in the gallery. Thanks, of course, to the school and its many departments, and especially Katherine Bradley, our current Head of School, for her continued support of the program and her work on the Classroom Building renovation project which has helped create a new home for the gallery for at least the next 50 years.
“Thank you for supporting the arts!”
Michael Frassinelli
Director, Dana Hall Art Gallery (2006-present)
Chair, Department of Visual Arts, Dana Hall School
Clockwise from left: Hanging some of my own work in the old gallery for the Faculty Art Show, October, 2017; the new gallery featuring faculty and staff work, October, 2024; my wife Katie Frassinelli and Scatt at the opening of the new building and gallery, April, 2023; with Katherine Bradley and Yu Chang with a piece bought for the school collection after her residency, September, 2024
A
History of the Dana Art Gallery
G.A. Scattergood-Moore, Founder
When Edith Blakeslee Phelps (Head of Dana Hall School, 1963-1973) hired me for the position of Chair of the Art Department in 1968, one of her goals was to strengthen the school’s visual art program and increase its visibility within the Dana community and beyond. “Edie” Phelps brought her relaxed atmosphere to Dana, her (determination to empower?) love for young women, high standards of education, and a progressive concern for current and world events. Martin Luther King Jr had recently been assassinated-actually the day before my job interview with Edie--and the East Coast was in the mist of student protests against the war in Vietnam. During her tenure she made many changes to the school, including doing away with required school uniforms and daily morning chapel.
Ms. Phelps wanted me—her newest and youngest male member of the faculty and administration— to create a program of art education with a criteria for the visual arts that would allow the newly formed department to be integrated into Dana’s academic curriculum. One of her goals was to strengthen the curriculum of the department and create an educational sequence of classes in art instruction with an emphasis on fine arts: drawing, painting, graphics, and art history, with the potential of adding classes in photography and film-making. Before 1968, the visual and the performing arts were perceived as extracurricular activities with little, if any, educational value.
When I arrived at Dana in 1968 I spent a major amount of this time visiting and gathering information from other art departments in the area; I also viewed an oddly-shaped space adjacent to the art studio, on the second floor of the classroom building, which was used to provide middle school students a place where they could gather for milk and cookies during morning breaks. The following year (1969), I turned this underused space into a place for exhibiting student art and class projects.
In 1975, a financial gift from the 25th reunion Class of 1949 allowed for the establishment of a non-profit art gallery. The alumnae gift provided for a security gate at the gallery entrance — allowing the room to evolve into a secure exhibition space — with the expectation of attracting professional artists, crafts-people and professionals in visual occupations: i.e., designers, architects, illustrators, etc. Later gifts and funds provided for carpeted floors, large white display panels, track lighting, and a budget for postcard announcements, mailings, and opening reception refreshments.
The gallery, now named the Dana Art Gallery, quickly became an attractive and secure exhibition space and a new educational resource for the school community and Metro-west. The major goals of the ‘gallery program’ were:
• to provide the visual arts a prominent and interactive role within the Dana community.
• to publicize the school’s art programs and establish ties with the greater educational and artistic communities beyond the school.
• to share the creative endeavors of Dana students, faculty, parents/grandparents and alumnae.
• to provide positive role models for Dana students through an organized program of major exhibitions—especially those emphasizing the art created by professional women artists and reflecting feminist/social themes.
The gallery was described in a Boston Globe article as being “One of the hidden treasures of the western suburbs. . . a launching platform for several artists who have built widespread reputations.” (Boston Sunday Globe, April 16, 1995)
Selected exhibits in the Dana Gallery
Many exhibitions emphasized career opportunities in the visual arts: photojournalism, scientific illustration, graphic design, architectural rendering, fiber, crafts and fine arts—providing role-models for our students.
Among the more popular exhibits featured the fine art of quilting and fiber arts by such distinguished artists as Linda Behar, Nancy Crasco, Radka Donnell, Sylvia Einstein, Sarah Gindel, Carol Anne Grotrian, Nancy Halpern, and Molly Upton ‘71. During the 1970s there were few venues for exhibiting “art quilts” and the art of women in general. The Dana Art Gallery was committed from its beginning to exhibiting quality creative work by as many women artists as possible.
Past shows of note have included scientific illustrations by Turid Holldobler and Sue Simon; photographs by Tia Giovan ‘78, Janice Levy ‘74, Susan Lirakis Nicolay ‘70, Jim Stone, Mark Morelli, and prints by Eadweard Muybridge from “The Human Form in Motion”; sculpture and drawings by Lloyd Lillie; root sculptures by James Rodrigues P’00; labyrinths and sacred sites by Marty Cain; computer graphic art by Dorothy Simpson Krause; books and collaborations by Holly Ewald ‘72; silkscreen prints for “Endangered Species,” by The Graphic Workshop; prints and drawings by Sigmund Abeles; paintings by Lee Garrison ‘45, Anne Leone ‘77, Meg Brown Payson ‘72; Islamic calligraphy and tiles by Zuhal Karamanli, and African tribal art from the Tim Hamill Gallery.
I am particularly proud of organizing and curating a major exhibition of the extraordinary woodcuts of Helen West Heller in the Dana Art Gallery from January 13 to February 7, 2003. This was the most significant exhibition of Heller’s art work since her death in 1955. Over fifty woodcuts (executed from 1924 to 1953) plus illustrated books, a painting and a copper relief were on display.
A major exhibition of the quilts by Molly Upton ‘71 (1953-1977) was held in the Dana Art Gallery and the Dana Hall Library during January 2000. I organized the exhibition with the participation of Molly’s parents. Molly’s quilted tapestry, “Torrid Dwelling”—named among the 20th Century’s Best American Quilts—was included in the exhibition. She was an art student of mine and graduated from Dana Hall in 1971. Molly attended college at Macalester and UNH, but quit before graduating to begin quilting with her friend, Susan Hoffman, in their studio in Cambridge, MA.
There they met the established contemporary quilt-maker, Radka Donnell. During 1976, Radka, Molly and Susan exhibited their art quilts together at MIT. During the last five years of her life, Molly Upton designed and stitched together as many as two dozen quilts and tapestries. We remained close friends until her untimely death in 1977.
Radka Donnell (1928-2013) was an extraordinary quilter and feminist. Radka and her husband, Dolf Vogt, were close friends who I had the privilege to have known through Radka’s daughter, Julie, a student of mine at Dana Hall School 1974. I was honored to be the first art gallery director to represent her work to the public. The first one-woman exhibition in the United States of quilts was held in the newly created Dana Art Gallery during 1975. During the
spring term she instructed a quilting workshop for Dana students. After her death in 2013, the magazine The Art of the Quilt stated:
“Radka Donnell, who died on February 13, 2013, was one of the most important and influential quilt-makers of the past fifty years. A pioneer of modern quilt-making, She began making quilts in 1965 and continued to produce remarkable work until shortly before her death. She was one of the first academically trained artists to adopt the quilt as her medium, and she pioneered in exploring what quilts can mean and look like, challenging both traditional quilt-makers and the fine arts establishment with her visually powerful and emotionally expressive work.”
Exhibitions of the artwork by distinguished Dana Hall alumnae, parents, grandparents, faculty and staff are included in the gallery schedule on an annual basis. The final gallery exhibitions of the academic year most often showcase the work of Dana Hall art students in the senior class and Alumnae Weekend features an exhibit of alumnae art works.
I am very thankful I was given the opportunity to create and direct an art gallery of some professional and educational value for the Dana Hall School. Since the age of 4-and-a-half I developed an interest for libraries and art exhibitions. Over the years this interest developed into a passion for creating exhibits, especially for the entire Dana community: for parents and alumnae, for my colleagues, and for the many wonderful, talented students - both the ones interested in art and for non-art students. I am thankful to my years of working with Suzette Jones (former instructor and Art Department Head) and for her support gallery, the wonderful art she created, and the many shows she exhibit in. Many, many thanks go to Mary Ann McQuillan for her long term support. Thanks as well to my colleagues in the faculty, for the assistance of the Maintenance and Dining Center staff, and for the Development Office for publicity and announcements, and many others who helped make the gallery program a reality. My list of gallery supporters and enthusiasts is long and varied, and reflects my 31 years of navigating the gallery program. Finally, I am thankful and appreciative to Michael Frassinelli for taking on the gallery program, and for all his hard work, creativity, and the care he has brought to the process to forward the goals of the gallery with his vision.
G.A. Scattergood-Moore taught at the Dana Hall School from 1968-2006, serving as Art Department Head from 1968-1978. In addition to founding the Gallery, he curated numerous shows at other Boston-Area galleries, created and exhibited his own work, and inspired nearly 40 years of student artists at Dana. He continues to be a presence on campus during the annual Alumnae Art Show, was the inspiration for the G.A. Scattergood-Moore Artist-in-Residence program and is currently preparing for another major exhibition of work by Helen West Heller.
Dana Art Gallery, 2nd Floor Classroom Building, 1975-2022
Dana Art Gallery, 2nd Floor Classroom Building, Re-opened March, 2024
“Thank you for supporting the Arts.”
Gallery Notes:
Former Head of School Edie Phelps, with G. A. Scattergood-Moore (and Dorrie Farmer, faculty 1944-1990)
Caroline Erisman with artist Dianna Vosberg
Blair Jenkins at an art opening in 2009
Above: Katherine Bradley with artists Michelle and Kay
Right: work by Ms. Bradley for the 2024 Faculty Staff Art show in the new Art Gallery
Gallery visitors Matt McCracken (left) and long-time Social Studies teacher Mary Cameron (above)
Early Days 1972-1990
Beginnings: 1972-1975
Gallery Notes:
“In 1975, while Scatt (G. A. Scattergood-Moore)was Head of the Art Department, the Dana Art Gallery was established with a gift from class of 1949 during their 25th reunion. The Gallery allowed the visual arts, with the emphasis on women’s art, to have a prominent role at Dana Hall.”
Creating a Legacy 1991-2006
Why Curatorship Matters: G.A. Scattergood Makes his Mark
Mary Ann McQuillan
Many great works of art strive to cross, blur, or render fluid the line between art and life. That is why art has the power to transform us, give us solace, and move us to tears. A Boston Globe reviewer once referred to the Dana Gallery under G.A. Scattergood’s directorship as a “hidden treasure of the western suburbs.” While indeed a treasure, the Dana Gallery has been far from hidden. For over 40 years the Dana Gallery has presented challenging exhibits year in and year out with vastly different themes, ambitions, aesthetics, and participating artists. It is thanks to G.A. Scattergood’s vision and hard work that Dana founded and then has maintained this thriving gallery program of exhibitions, lectures and visiting artist workshops.
Just as a librarian makes her mark on the collection of an institution’s holdings, so does a curator leave a mark on the memories of all those who view the exhibits that he organizes. Curatorship is an art as distinctive as mark-making itself. It is one more way to think about art, put art in new contexts, and support the work of artists. An exhibit can be organized around a single idea, a single artist, an open question, or an ideal. It can bring together in one room artwork that has never been in the same room together before. Even works by the same artist that are dispersed all over the country or world in various private collections may be brought together in a kind of reunion or conversation, and then dispersed again, perhaps never to be in the same room again. Exhibits create conversations. Exhibits pose questions. Exhibits teach us how to look at a group of artworks that are carefully brought together for a reason. Exhibits help our students mediate the complex world that we live in. Exhibits bring us the work of artists who are using their art to do
the mediating of that complex world. This is why temporary exhibits are so special. Presenting the work of artists centered on a theme can bring new ideas and approaches to art to the studio and the classroom. G.A. Scattergood took that responsibility very seriously.
Whenever new work was installed in the gallery Scattergood was very aware that the public needed some guidance, but not handholding; he would provide contextual information but not a didactic sermon. Viewers were encouraged to explore on their own, slow down and look, and make their own observations and conclusions. Viewers were encouraged to start their own conversations. Scatt recently told me he actually saw himself as a “conductor” more than a “curator” to emphasize the improvisation that happens between artworks and viewers when they are brought together. Thanks for conducting the gallery, Scatt, and for showing us how to bring people and art together.
(Excerpt from an essay in the 2016 gallery catalog Scatt: Teacher, Artist, Curator)
Mary Ann McQuillan with G.A. Scattergood-Moore at the opening reception of her exhibit Fossils in 2003
Mary Ann McQuillan has taught photography at Dana Hall for over 30 years. She teaches AP Art History and is the faculty advisor for the Mirage, Dana Hall’s award-winning art and literary magazine. She has had numerous exhibits of her own work on display in the gallery, including An Archive of Memory (2009) and Mining the Museum (2013) and has curated multiple exhibitions including Mass Art Photographers (2011) and A Sense of Place (2017)
20th Anniversary Dana Bulletin Article
by G. A. Scattergood-Moore
2000-2001
2001-2002
Gallery Notes:
The attacks on America on September 11th, 2001 was a shock to everyone. In response there was an exhibit of prayer flags created by the community.
2002-2003
Dana Hall Art Faculty, 2002-2006.
Pictured from left: Michael Frassinelli, (Middle School Art) GA Scattergood-Moore (Drawing, Design, and AP Studio Art, Gallery Director) Nancy Shulman (Ceramics), Suzette Jones (Painting, Visual Arts Department Head) Mary Ann McQuillan (Photography)
2003-2004
Gallery Notes:
2005-2006
Dana Hall Art Faculty, 2002-2006. Pictured from left: Michael Frassinelli, (Middle School Art) GA ScattergoodMoore (Drawing, Design, and AP Studio Art, Gallery Director) Nancy Shulman (Ceramics), Suzette Jones (Painting, Visual Arts Department Head) Mary Ann McQuillan (Photography)
Passing the Torch 2006-2025
Passing the Torch: Gallery notes 2006-2025
When I came to Dana Hall in the fall of 2002 to join the Art Department, one of the things that struck me as particularly wonderful about the school, was that it had well-supported gallery program. So I was excited when, in the fall of 2006, I was honored to take on the program as Gallery Director. Gene Scattergood had founded the gallery in 1975, and for the years we worked together in the Visual Arts Department, I was able to see him in action as a teacher, mentor, and curator of the gallery. I saw the kinds of shows that he brought to the gallery, how he worked with alumnae, but most importantly, I witnessed firsthand his dedication to the idea of the Gallery. Curating along with me that first year was Mary Ann McQuillan, and together we put together a strong first season, a combination of student exhibits, work by professional artists from Boston, a Scatt retrospective, and our first artistin-residence. That first ‘unofficial’ artist-in-residence, fiber-artist and mixedmedia artist Denise Driscoll, occupied the space, created work with students and really created energy and excitement in the gallery she created a viewer participation text/fiber piece woven from the words of Dana students and other members of the community, and built a huge tapestry which now hangs in the Helen Temple Cook library.
That weaving together of various elements was the kind of the approach that I took in the gallery for the years that I have been the director. I believe art can be made by everyone: from the most rudimentary children’s art, to folk art, crafts, and handmade objects to conceptual installations, video, and new media to all of the traditional and contemporary styles of painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, and drawing. I believe it is important to show the students not only the variety of things that are out there, but also the variety of things that might be in them.
Some of the shows that I am most proud of from nearly 20 years of running the art gallery include many of the community-activated shows (No Pictures Please, Portrait of Dana Hall) and the gallery installations, including Cardboard, and the ultimate installation, Artfunhouse: a floor-to-ceiling colorfully painted abstract wonderland created by nearly every student in the school during the last season in the old gallery space. The post-COVID installation included a functional swing and slide, with color literally everywhere and an oasis (and a bit of a mental health refuge) for students who needed a break from the pandemicaffected world.
Other favorite shows include The New Weird America; kinetic sculpture by artist David Lang; RetroObsolescence (a display of outdated technology and vintage advertising); Not Just Us, an exhibit of the work of social justice artists from the Boston area and beyond; and a series of “Maker” shows where staff and faculty who work in every medium from hand-carved wooden bowls, to cigarbox guitars, to sculpture, quilts, and clothing brought their creativity to the gallery.
In addition to the above-mentioned individual shows, the establishment in 2017 of the Scattergood-Moore Artist-in-Residence Program was an important addition to the gallery program. Established with the donation of funds by alumnae artist Anne Leone ’77, and further developed each year, the program has helped to bring a diverse group of artists to our community, often living on campus, working with students, and contributing work to the school. Those included: our first artist, Mae Beatty; multi-media artist Alia Ali; painter and installation artist Dinora Justice; mural painter Mattaya Fitts; and our most recent resident artist, painter Yu Cheng. Although each artist was memorable in their own way, Mattaya Fitts stands out for the fact that, not only did she create—with the help of students and other members of the community— three substantial murals in February of 2020 (a permanent dance-inspired work in the Shipley Center Dance Studio, a large canvas promoting student activism, and a beautiful butterfly mural for the greenhouse), but she did it all before the approaching pandemic shut down the school and changed our world in an instant.
As the Gallery celebrates its 50th Anniversary, I hope that visitors to the gallery (and through this catalog) can enjoy the legacy of this labor of love and will continue to support its mission to bring beauty, creativity, and thought-provoking work to the Dana Hall community for years to come.
Michael Frassinelli
Director, Dana Hall Art Gallery
Chair, Department of Visual Arts, Dana Hall School
2006-2007
Gallery Notes:
This was the first gallery season after Scatt’s retirement. Mary Ann McQuillan and I split curator duties for the season with those big shoes to fill...
The newly assembled Visual Art Faculty took the first show, Mary Ann brought the sculpture show The Figure Explored (which had recently had a run in Boston) and the photographer Justin Kirchoff. Denise Driscoll with her fiberart gallery installation was our first unofficial artist-in-residence, engaging students and creating a fiber and text piece that has been on display in the library ever since.
We mounted a student exhibit from the elective classes in December and continued the tradition of a Senior Art Show in April. The Alumnae Show was a retrospective of none other than G. A Scattergood-Moore, featuring 50 years of his art and part one of a documentary of his life and work.
Coming up this week in the Dana Hall Gallery S t u d e n t A r t S h o w
December 4th-15th, 2006
Opening Reception: Thursday morning, Dec. 7th
9:50-10:15 (during break)
Join us for some snacks, music and Art
Work on display from Trimester I in Painting, Drawing, Photography, Design, Architecture, Ceramics, AP Studio Art, Independent Studies, and more…
Featuring:
Alex Meredith
Jasmine Chang
Laura Edelman
Julia Nett
Soo Jin Han
Zöe Stanley-Lockman
Emily Soukas
Carolyn (Charlie) Chan
Lillian Yan
Kara McCarthy
Katherine Figueroa
Taylor Barrett
Esther Hur
Vanessa Brown
Kelsey Corrigan
Courtney Mitchell
Anne Howard
Ning Wan
Chelsea Parker
Melinda Higgons
Beth Hawley
Mariana Ley
Caty Rodriguez
Jane Lee
Jackie Maggiore
Jane Ro
Emily Choi
Monica Matsumura
Martha Quintero
Casey Bowser
Caroline Washburne
Jackie Nett
Helen Somes
Brittany Luby
Mayo Hirabayshi
Tatiana Barros
Jda Gayle
Robin Watts
Catherine Lafferty
Kate Fiori
Claire Klemmer
Kat MacDonald
Anna Digisi
Lea Tzigizis
Margaret Harpin
Jessica Haynsworth
Belle Tenaglia
Andi Wang
Ali Wang
Renee Wong
2007-2008
Dana Art Gallery • 2007-2008 Exhibitions
Anne Leone ’77 backward/forward: 30 Years of Paintings
September 17-October 12, 2007
Opening Reception: September 18th, 5:00-6:30 pm
Rick Fox: Drawings
October 22-November 16, 2007
Opening Reception: October 23rd, 5:00-6:30 pm
Student Installation: No Pictures Please December 3-December 14
Opening Reception: TBA
Abstraction/Attraction Work by
Karin Stanley, P’10 - Sculpture • Chris Gaffney, P’09 - Photography
Heather Hobler-Keene, P’09 – Painting
January 7-February 8, 2008
Opening Reception: January 8th, 5:00-6:00 pm
Lauren Sleat: Paintings and other Works
February 12-March 7 th, 2008
Opening Reception: February 13th, 5:00-6:00 pm
Senior Show
April 7-April 25 th, 2008
Opening Reception: TBA
Helen Morse‘72: Photographs
May 5-June 14, 2008
Opening Reception: May 6, Alumnae Reception: June 14
Tuesday, September 18th, 5:00-7:00 pm
Rick Fox: Drawings
Just A Few Ideas for the installation…
Typography
We use different fonts everyday in our writing lives and it is good to remember that someone designed each of those letters by hand.
Graffiti and TAGS
Shape Poetry
(also known as concrete poetry)
Shape is one of the main things that separates prose and poetry. Poetry can take on many formats, but one of the most inventive forms is for the poem to take on the shape of its subject. In the example to the left, the subjects of the poem are ideas and light, so the poem takes the shape of a light bulb.
Word Art
Over the years Graffiti has evolved from simple acts of mark-making in public spaces (building and trains) to an art form in its own right. A Tag is a stylized symbol of the graffiti artist’s name, that often takes the form a new kind of calligraphy.
children’s writing
As children learn to write, the forms of their letters evolve into the symbols that we recognize to form words
In the example to the right, words are used as lines and textures to create an image, in this case a chair.
Islamic Calligraphy
Islamic calligraphy artists have created images made up of stylized words and letters for hundreds of years
Foreign Languages and characters
Each language has it’s own “look” and many have their own letterforms, from asian characters and cyrillic letters, to letter accents in Spanish, French, German and other languages
Photographs of letter shapes
Objects in the man-made and natural world sometimes take the shape of letters
Helen Morse ‘72
Nelson With Tulips 1995
2008-2009
Dana Art Gallery • 2008-2009 Exhibitions
Faculty Show
September 15 th -October 12 th, 2008
Opening Reception: Tuesday, September 16th, 5:00-7:30 pm
Virginia Fitzgerald: The Dress Project
October 20th-November 21st, 2008
Opening Reception: Tuesday, October 21st, 5:00-7:30 pm
Portraits of Dana Hall
A Community Show of Who We Are
December 8 th -December 18 th, 2008
Opening Reception: TBA
Facing East
Work by Contemporary Asian Artists
Yuya Shiratori,- Sculpture and video
John Chang– Drawing and Painting
Myung Sook Kim, P’09 - Painting
January 12th-February 6 th, 2009
Opening Reception: January 20th, 5:00-7:30 pm
Mary Ann McQuillan
Archive of Memory: New Photographs
February 9th-March 7 th, 2009
Opening Reception: February 24th, 5:00-7:30 pm
Senior Show
April 13 th -May 1 st, 2009
Opening Reception: TBA
Alumnae Show
May 12-June 13, 2009
Opening Reception: May 13, Alumnae Reception: June 13
Senior Art Show 2009
Daniela Baquerizo
Micha Beckmann
Kyle Bowser
Heather Cabot
Carrie Cecil
Kate Fiori
Stephanie Fox
Michela Gaffney
Anne Howard
Alexandra Howland
Catie Hoyt
Esther Hur
Elizabeth Kelman
Shin-Young Lee
Brittany Luby
Margaux MacNeil
Pooja Matta
Carly McCall
Ashley Morton
Juliana Pepper
Maddie Renner
Molly Richard
Amanda Rosen
Anna Segar
Hye Won Shin
Caroline Sykes
Sadie Williams
Ning Wan
YuJia Zhu
Dana Art Gallery
April 13 - May 1, 2009
Mary Ann McQuillan An Archive of Memory: A Photographic Installation
2009-2010
Dana Art Gallery • 2009-2010 Exhibitions
Kassie Teng Drawings
September 14 th -October 16 th, 2009
Opening Reception: Tuesday, September 22nd, 5:00-7:30 pm
David Lang Kinetic Sculptures
October 20 th -November 24 th, 2009
Opening Reception: Tuesday, October 20 th, 5:00-7:30 pm
Nancy Rich Afloat on the Tide: Northeast Coast Photographs
December 1-8, 2009
Book Signing: Wednesday, December 2, 2:15-4:00
Closing Reception: Tuesday, December 8, 5:00-7:30
Paper!
A viewer-created installation using recycled paper
December 9th -December 18 th, 2009
Opening Reception: TBA
Dianna Vosburg Cosmologies New Paintings
January 5 th -February 5 th, 2010
Opening Reception: Tuesday, January 12th, 5:00-7:30 pm
The New, Weird America
Neil Bender - Drawing and Painting Brent Fogt – Drawing Matt Krawcheck – Mixed-media and Machines
Sean McCarthy – Drawing
February 8 th -March 12th 2010
Opening Reception: Tuesday, March 9th, 5:00-7:30 pm
Senior Show
April 13 th -May 7 th, 2010
Opening Reception: TBA
Alumnae Show ’70 Turning 60
May 17 th -June 18 th, 2010
Opening Reception: May 18th, Alumnae Reception: June 18 Time: 4:00-6:00
December 9–18, 2009
Nancy Rich: Afloat on the Tide Photographs from the Northeast Coast
The Dana Art Gallery is proud to present:
Forward to the catalog for the exhibit The New Weird America, February 8 - March 12, 2010
Forward
New. Weird. America.
Depending on who you talk to, these words don’t have as much meaning as they used to. In this Digital Age, something thought of as new holds that title for a few weeks at best, until with lightning speed, the “new, new” overtakes it. With virtually every bizarre image available on the internet, the concept of weird has also gone through a bit of a change. What was once thought of as outlandish/ radical/outrageous/offensive, whether it be in art, fashion or music (or politics, for that matter) can, in a matter of years or even months, become acceptable, fashionable, and eventually passé. With a changing demographic, fluctuating values, behavior-altering technology and a steadily mutating popular culture, America in 2010 is certainly not the place mom and dad remember as kids. Often it appears to be less like a melting pot and more like some kind of hybrid pressure-cooker/atom-smasher that is in the middle of creating a new form of matter/country/experience entirely.
The inspiration for this exhibit came about from this idea of suddenly waking up, looking around at the changing cultural landscape and saying, “You know what, I think we are living in some strange future.” It was put together as homage to/rip off of the wonderful touring art exhibit entitled The Old, Weird, America, recently held at the DeCordova Museum.1 While the artists in that exhibit found common themes looking back at the peculiar American past, the artists in The New, Weird America find
1. The title was taken from the title of Greil Marcus book about Bob Dylan and the various inspirations and parallels found in the Basement tape recordings of 1967
2009-2010
Poet Alexandra Mattraw, Brent Fogt, Erica Plouffe Lazure, Matt Krawcheck, Neil Bender and Sean McCarthy
themselves looking ahead, looking behind, and looking around at this brave, new world we suddenly live in. Their inspirations are varied, their approaches to art-making different. The things they share are some serious surrealist tendencies, a dash of obsessive/compulsive work methods and an intense, personal vision that allows them to create engaging work in a highly, personal style. And, for the most part, the “average person” (Jane Q. Public, your uncle, Joe the Plumber, take your pick) would probably look at their work and say, “That’s interesting... but a little weird.”
(As it happens, after I chose the title, The New, Weird America I soon found out that the phrase had already been coined years earlier--specifically by David Keenan in the August 2003 issue of British avant guard music magazine, The Wire. The article was about the Brattleboro Free Folk Music Festival, in Brattleboro, Vermont, where a new psychedelic folk (or “freak folk”) movement was bubbling up.2 Coincidentally, I was introduced to the artists in this exhibit--Neil Bender, Brent Fogt, Sean McCarthy and Matt Krawcheck--when we all met just up the road from Brattleboro in Johnson, Vermont as artists-in-residence at the Vermont Studio Center, in the summer of 2009. Isn’t that weird?)
I’d like to thank the artists for their help in creating this exhibit and also to fellow VSC writers/ artists-in-residence Erica Plouffe Lazure (for contributing her thoughtful essay), Alexandra Mattdraw (for her wonderful poems, which are interspersed among these catalogue pages), and Pat Cassidy Mollach (for allowing us to include her portraits of the artists and several other photographs.) I’d also like to thank the Vermont Studio Center, the Dana Hall School for continuing to support the gallery program and a final thanks to Mr. Al Gore for inventing the internet. Without e-mail, web searches, on-line servers and Facebook communications this exhibit and catalog--and the world as we know it--would not exist.
Michael
Curator
Frassinelli
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Weird_America
From: Michael Frassinelli
The Dana Art Gallery proudly presents: Dianna Vosburg Cosmologies New Oil Paintings
Now on display through February 5th
Please join us for an Opening Reception for the artist
Tuesday, January 12th 5:00-7:30
Thank you for supporting the arts
Senior Art Show 2010
Photography
Allie Balter
Allie Stanislas
Courtney Campion
Isabel Farrington
Peyton Knisley
Jessie Kuenzel
Kelsey Munger
Lesley Suen
Marissa Apstein
Paloma Urquijo
3D-Art /Fashion/ Ceramics
Abby Tekeisan
Alys Howland
Luisa Alvarez
Monica Matsumura
Architecture
Adrianne Wurzl
Mariah Prescott
Pink Pattana-Anek
2-D Art
Angela Choi
Ashley Ruano
Atiyyah Sabir
Belle Tenaglia
Elyssa Carlson
Eun-Ah Kim
Heather Kim
Julia Nett
Kara McCarthy
Kayla Naismith
Nina Suarez
YunHwa Chang
Zoe Stanley-Lockman
Ms. Vosburg lives and has her studio in Holliston, MA and holds an MFA in painting from the Art Institute of Boston. Her large oil paintings, inspired by Baroque music and astrophysics, create otherworldly scenes using centuries old traditional painting techniques.
Click Here for a recent article about the show in the Holliston Tab
2010-2011
Dana Art Gallery • 2010-2011 Exhibitions
Faculty Biennial
September 13 th -October 10 th, 2010
Opening Reception: Tuesday, September 14nd, 5:00-7:30 pm
Resa Blatman Paintings
October 18 th -November 23 th, 2010
Opening Reception: Tuesday, October 19 th, 5:00-7:30 pm
S.T.E.A.M: A hands-on exploration of Science, Technology, Engineering, ART and Math
December 1th -December 16 th, 2010
Opening Reception: TBA
Photography Show
Guest Curated by Mary-Ann McQuillan
January 4 th -February 4 th, 2011
Opening Reception: Tuesday, January 11th, 5:00-7:30 pm
Lindsay Schubart Paintings
February 14 th -March 10th 2011
Opening Reception: Tuesday, February 15th, 5:00-7:30 pm
Senior Show
April 11 th -May 7 th, 2011
Opening Reception: TBA
Women Artists for Women of the Congo
May 10 th -June 12 th, 2011
Opening Reception: May 11th, 5:00-7:30
Alumnae Reception: June 10, 4:00-6:00
Resa Blatman Paintings
S.T.E.A.M. SHOW 2010
SCIENCETECHNOLOGYENGINEERINGARTMATH
Math-inspired origami
Alex Soukas
Astronomy-inspired oil painting
Dianna Vosberg
Kinetic sculpture
David Lang
DNA-inspired quilts
Beverly St. Clair
Digital animations based on biological phenomena
David Teng Olsen
Professor of Digital Media at Wellesley College
Five intersecting cubes
Matt Enlow
Demonstration of chaotic movement
Steve Kunek
Geodesic sphere
Michael Frassinelli
Virtual Models, from the Architecture II class
Chutiporn ( Neuy ) Buranasiri
Lindsay Davis, Jordan Green
Spirograph designs and diagrams of art machines
Studio Art students
Video of various inventions
Gizmo
Video of transfer of motion
The Way Things Go
Video of technology-inspired art from Art:21
Digital music compositions Songwriter’s Experience students
Margaret Efthim, Kelsey Mullaney
2011-2012
Dana Art Gallery • 2011-2012 Exhibitions
Courtney Jordan: Constraints & Constructs
Drawing, Painting and Mixed Media
September 12 th -October 9 th, 2011
Opening Reception: Tuesday, September 13th, 5:00-7:30 pm
Michael Frassinelli
Sabbatical Show
October 17 th -November 23 th, 2011
Opening Reception: Tuesday, October 18 th, 5:00-7:30 pm
Student Installation
December 1th -December 16 th, 2011
Opening Reception: TBA
Afghan Stories: Photographs by Paula Lerner
Curated by Mary-Ann McQuillan
January 4 th -February 3 th, 2012
Opening Reception: Tuesday, January 10th, 5:00-7:30 pm
Elizabeth Alexander: Still life: a Fabricator’s Banquet
Sculpture and Installation
February 13 th -March 10th 2012
Opening Reception: Tuesday, February 21sth, 5:00-7:30 pm
Senior Show
April 11 th -May 4th, 2012
Opening Reception: TBA
Alumnae show
May 14 th -June 10 th, 2012
Opening Reception: May 15th, 5:00-7:30
Alumnae Reception: June 9, 4:00-7:00
Architecture Projects
Dana Art Gallery December 2011
Architecture II: Art House Gallery installation
Over the past few years, the Dana Art Gallery has had a three-week period scheduled in December for a variety of short term shows, such as student installations and themed shows that are open to community participation.
This year the Architecture II class had the space available to create an installation of architectural structures. Normally students come up with designs through sketching, computer design and model-building, but don’t get a chance to see their designs created in real space. This installation allowed them the opportunity to build a full-scale model of some of their designs.
They were given a blank floor plan and were told to change the space in some interesting way. The elements of the final design were developed from aspects of four small-scale “rough” models and chosen based on visual interest and feasibility of construction (given the short amount of time and small size of budget available) Many good ideas were left unbuilt because of these constraints. The process included everything from creating preliminary sketches, floor plan drawings and models, to taking a trip to the Home Depot to choose and load materials, and incorporating recycled materials (scenic elements from the Performing Arts Department), to learning some basic construction techniques and painting (and a little construction help by Mr. Frassinelli). The project was just a small insight into how architectural structures go from the idea stage to the “real world”.
(Even though these structures will only be on display today (!), they will return as part of the Senior Art Show in the spring.)
Thanks to Peter Watson and members of the Maintenance crew for their help with this project.
Elizabeth Alexander Still Life: A Fabricator's Banquet
AFGHAN STORIES
Senior Art Show • 2012
April 11-May 4
Dana Art Gallery
Olivia Anton
Caitlin Barros
Kelly Billings
Raquel Broehm
Ariel Carlin
Michelle Cleveland
Cailin Edgar
Kehinde Ellis
Kaitlyn Fitzgerald
Rui Fu
Eliza Geremia
Rachael Hamilton
Katherine Higgons
Momo Hirabayashi
Taylor Houston
Ellie Jahrling
Jahyun (Jennie) Kim
JinAh Kim
Rachel Lindholm
Mary Loomis
Steffi Mehlman
Karunya Nathan
Shunjia (Molly) Mao
Caiti Pina
Anastasia Putri
JooHyun (Esther) Yu
Katie Zack
PhotographybyPaulaLerner
2012-2013
Dana Art Gallery • 2012-2013 Exhibitions
Mark Campbell: Illustration
September 10 th -October 5 th, 2012
Opening Reception: Tuesday, September 18th, 5:00-7:30 pm
BIRDS of a Feather
Bird themed Painting and Sculpture by Suzette Jones • G.A. Scattergood-Moore Donna Dodson • Andy Moerlein
October 15 th -November 20 th, 2012
Opening Reception: Tuesday, October 16 th, 5:00-7:30 pm
Clay Sculptor Goce Davidov
Artist-in-Residence:
December 4th -December 21 th, 2012
Opening Reception: TBA
Photography Exhibit: A Girl in Her Room Curated by Mary-Ann McQuillan
January 7th -February 8 th, 2013
Opening Reception: Tuesday, January 15th, 5:00-7:30 pm
Fashion and Fiberarts
Sculpture and Installation
February 11 th -March 15th 2013
Opening Reception: Tuesday, February 12h, 5:00-7:30 pm
Senior Show
April 15 th -May 6th, 2013
Opening Reception: TBA
Alumnae Show
May 13 th -June 7 th, 2013
Opening Reception: May 14th, 5:00-7:30 Alumnae Reception: June 14
Birds of a Feather Art Exhibit
By Natasha Hampton
December 29, 2012
The Dana Hall campus is full of wildlife. From the mischievous squirrels to the honking geese, life can be found wherever you go. The Dana Hall Art Gallery, however, was focused in November on just one of the creatures that we see here everyday: birds. The Birds of a Feather exhibit opened on Tuesday, October 16th 2012 to present the work of four artists from the Boston area whose interests lie in the life and death of nature. Suzette Jones and G. A. Scattergood-Moore are former Dana Hall Visual Arts faculty, both of whom taught here for 18 and 38 years. Scattergood is also the founder of the Dana Hall Art Gallery. Donna Dodson and Andy Moerlein have exhibited in many exhibitions, both together and separately, in the Boston area. Many of their exhibitions have displayed their work with birds as well as other wildlife... Whether they reflect real life experiences or the natural cycle of life, all of the pieces in the Birds of a Feather exhibit were created with very different sources of inspiration. Although Dana Hall’s campus has a wide variety of wildlife, this exhibit proves that an individual’s personal experience of nature colors their interpretation. Imagination has its own way of seeing.
Donna Dodson with Natasha Hampton ‘13
Little Red Riding Hood in the Helen Temple Cooke Library stands guard since 2012
The
Dana Art Gallery
proudly presents:
A Girl And Her Room
Photographs by Rania Matar
January 7 ~ February 8, 2013
OPENING RECEPTION
Tuesday, January 15, 5:00-7:30 pm
Please join us for art, food and conversation and a chance to meet the artist.
FASHION and Fiberarts
Visiting artist Virginia Fitzgerald working with students on a fashion project in the gallery.
Sara Campbell
Virginia Fitzgerald
Merill Comeau
Tia Pinney
Dana Art Gallery
February 11th ~ March 15th, 2013
Framed: Paintings by Victoria Camargo Wyndham, '63
Dana Art Gallery
Alumnae Art Show 2013 May 13th -June 15th
2013-2014
Dana Art Gallery • 2013-2014 Exhibitions
Student Installation
September 9 th -October 4 th, 2013
Opening Reception: TBA
Paintings by Anne Harvey and Ceramic Sculpture by Eileen Braun
October 14 th -November 19 th, 2013
Opening Reception: Tuesday, October 15 th, 5:00-7:30 pm
MAKERS: A Show of Hand-Crafted Objects
December 3th -December 20 th, 2013
Opening Reception: TBA
Mining the Museum:
Photographs and Films by Mary Ann McQuillan
January 6th -February 7 th, 2014
Opening Reception: Tuesday, January 14th, 5:00-7:30 pm
Art of the Book
Sculpture and Installation
February 10 th -March 14th 2014
Opening Reception: Tuesday, February 17h, 5:00-7:30 pm
Senior Art Show
April 14 th -May 9th, 2014
Opening Reception: TBA
Alumnae Art Show
May 12 th -June 14 th, 2014
Alumnae Reception: TBA
The Maker Movement
In garages, basements, empty warehouses, and backyards, human beings are re-learning the art of making things. They are teaching themselves, seeking out mentors, relearning “lost” arts, and using tools they may have never used before to build the things they want to build. These are people who are comfortable with dirt, with the heat of a welding gun or a soldering iron, with the acrid stink of hide glue or scorched wood, with the cuts that come from working too closely with a rasp, a sharpening stone, or an obsidian flake.
Whether you attribute this upsurge in making to the same social and economic forces that gave birth to the 19th century Arts and Crafts movement, or as a reaction to a contemporary economy where it sometimes seems impossible to find anything with a “Made in America” label, it is fair to say that the current Maker Movement was outed in 2005 when Dale Dougherty began publishing Make magazine. Dougherty, who also created the first commercial website in 1993 and coined the phrase “Web 2.0,” recognized that hackers, tinkerers, seamstresses, woodworkers, coders, engineers, electricians, mechanics, in short, all manner of craftspeople, were beginning to collaborate on making new things. They were doing so on the internet, in hackerspaces, and in libraries that loan out drills along with books. Dougherty gathered these people under the umbrella term “makers,” and celebrated the vibrantly social and cross-pollinating activities of these groups by creating the first Maker Faire in 2006.
I prefer to imagine that the urge to make never left us, and that what is occurring now is just a reemergence of a deep tradition of making that extends from now back to the first tool makers, to those moments when we humans started to discover our hands. Indeed, in the short film, We Are Makers, Alan Chochinov of The School of Visual Arts attributes our current compulsion to make as “a return to the hand:”
I think making really dovetails with a fundamental idea, really a wish, of a return to the hand. I think across sort of much of … western culture, we’ve killed a lot of the shop classes, and art classes, [and] music classes in our schools. You know, people are just very good at swiping devices now. Product designers are really complicit in this because they’ve sealed everything up. You literally can’t open your phone. You can’t even change the battery in a lot of phones. Car designers have sealed up the engine so even if you wanted to tinker in your car, you couldn’t… So, we are really sort of feeling, again, a loss of the hand.
If, then, in the early morning of the 21st century, you feel your fingers itch, if a skein of wool, a circuit board, a whorl of wood grain, or an impossible shape buried in a stone calls out to you, pick it up. Turn it in your hands, and listen to what it says to you. Make beginner’s mistakes, re-work your ideas, tear it all apart and start over. Let these materials imbue you with their truths, let them help you discover what you value, let them transform you as you transform them. Go make!
~ Fred Lindstrom, Dana Hall English teacher, writer, maker, December 2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
Gallery Notes:
The 40th anniversary of the Art Gallery brought an immersive architectural installation by students, a collaboration with the Oprah Winfrey School, another Maker Show (with live music from the Dana Hall Jug Band), another artist-in-residence, another show organized by “Guest Curator” Mary Ann McQuillan, alum show, senior show, and much more for the students to contribute to and experience.
Dana Art Gallery • 2014-2015 Exhibitions
Columns Transforming Space:
A Student Architectural Installation
September 8 th -October 3 th, 2014
Opening Reception: TBA
Art from the Oprah Winfrey School, Johannesburg, South Africa
October 14 th -November 21 th, 2014
Opening Reception: TBA
MAKERS 2: The Sequel
Women’s Work: Yet Another Show of Handmade Objects
December 2th -December 19 th, 2014
Opening Reception: TBA
Painting
Curated by Mary Ann McQuillan
January 6th -February 6th, 2015
Opening Reception: TBA
Artist-in-Residence:
Figurative Work by Brigitte Grenier
Sculpture and Installation
February 9 th -March 6th 2015
Opening Reception: TBA
Alumnae Art Show
April 6 th -April 26th, 2015
Opening Reception: TBA
Senior Art Show
May1 st –June 7 th, 2015
Alumnae Reception: TBA
Note: Where possible, Opening Receptions will coincide with Community Dinners, scheduled on Tuesday evenings throughout the year. Final dates will be posted soon.
Gallery Installation by architecture students Alex Naddaff ‘16, Sofia Vegas Goetz ‘15, and Nicole Chan ‘15
Brigitte Grenier
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Brigitte Grenier February 12-March 6
Closing Reception: Tuesday, March 3
2015-2016
Gallery Notes:
It was a year of many shows, featuring faculty, local artists, those with ties to community programs, art colleagues from other schools, MFA students, makers, painters, craftspeople, and culminated with the Senior Art Show and a special Alumnae Exhibit featuring the work and legacy of Dana Hall Art Gallery founder and long-time teacher G. A. Scattergood-Moore and several of the student-artists he inspired through the years.
Dana Art Gallery • 2015-2016 Exhibitions
The Nature of Beauty / The Beauty of Nature: Ceramics by Elizabeth Cohen and Paintings by Laurie Leavitt
August 31 – October 2, 2015
Opening Reception: Tuesday, September 15, 5:00-7:30pm
Faculty Art Show
October 12 – November 21, 2015
Opening Reception: Tuesday, October 27, 5:00-7:30pm
MAKERS 3: Be the Maker
December 4 – December 18, 2015
Closing Reception: Tuesday, December 16, 5:00-7:30pm
Refreshments provided Live Music by The Dana Hall Faculty Jug Band
Portrait of Hope: Images of The Woman’s Lunch Place of Boston
Photography by Jeff Adams
January 4 – February 6, 2016
Opening Reception: Tuesday, January 12, 5:00-7:30pm
Creative Colleagues:
Work by the Art Faculty at Beaver Country Day School
February 8 – March 6, 2016
Opening Reception: Tuesday, February 9, 5:00-7:30pm
Mediated By Culture: Art from SMFA Students
March 7-11, 2016
Senior Art Show
April 5 – April 29, 2016
Closing Reception: Grandparent’s Day, April 29
Alumnae Art Show:
SCATT: Teacher, Artist, Curator
Work by G.A. Scattergood-Moore and his Students
May 3 – June 11, 2016
Opening Reception: May 3, 5:00-7:30pm
Alumnae Reception: June 11
Art Faculty members Mary Ann McQuillan, Lindsey Hendricks, Kassie Teng, and Michael Frassinelli at the Opening Reception of their exhibit for Family Weekend
Creating Community
January 4th - February 5th, 2016
Dana Hall Art Gallery
A portrait of The Woman’s Lunch Place of Boston
Photography by Jeff Adams
Faculty of Beaver Country Day School
Elizabeth Farnsworth 1962-2017
Lisa Courtney Class of 1971, Rest in Peace
G. A. Scattergood-Moore at the opening reception June, 2017
The G. A. Scattergood-Moore
Artist-in-Residency Program
The G. A. Scattergood-Moore Artist-in-Residency Program
In 2016, a year before my 40th class reunion, I met with Michael Frassinelli and Gene ScattergoodMoore for lunch. Their enthusiasm for Dana Hall got me thinking… how can I contribute to the ongoing legacy of tremendous educational experiences that they have created for the women of Dana Hall over the years?
Reflecting on my own experience, it is clear that the classroom instruction, advice and mentorship I received from the dedicated artists/faculty was transformational. Additionally, I participated in a program that sponsored a year-long apprenticeship in Boston where I was able to meet and work with dozens of successful artists in my senior year. These skills and experiences gave me a profound step forward in my journey to art school, graduate school, and in developing my own professional art practice.
With this in mind, the Scattergood-Moore Artist in Residency Program was developed to expand the classroom experience to give students personal and up-close interactions with professional artists from diverse backgrounds. By inviting contemporary artists in different stages of their careers into the Dana Hall community, students have the opportunity to see an artist’s process, from concept to completion, in various ways; through public talks, exhibitions, classroom visits and critiques, workshops, and collaborations. It is my hope that, like my own experience many years ago, this program has helped students to move forwardtowards careers in the arts if they choose, or to develop a rich and full appreciation of art in and culture in our society.
Anne Leone ‘77, Supporting Founder, G.A. Scattergood-Moore Artist-in-Residence Program
Anne Leone ‘77 with Scatt in 2016 and in the gallery during her 2007 show
Anne Leone, with Scatt in 2007 and in the gallery with Scatt and fellow alums Tria Giovan ‘78 and Holly Ewald ‘72 at 2016 show Scatt: Teacher, Artist, Curator
2016-2017
Gallery Notes:
A new class called “ArtLAB” was created to allow students to pursue more personal themes and work on series related to social justice and identity, and experiment with materials in a way that explored sculpture and installation art. They took over the gallery to create an exhibition of objects and images inspired by found object and image materials found in the storage spaces and old closets of the school.
Dana Art Gallery • 2016–2017 Exhibitions (Draft)
ArtLAB: Ideas Taking Shape
A Student Installation
September 6th-October 1st, 2016
Reception: TBA
Art from the Class of 1956
October 5th and 6th, 2016
Biormorphic Alchemy
Kay Hartung, Painting - Michelle Lougee, Sculpture
October 17th–November 18th, 2016
Opening Reception: Tuesday, October 18, 5:00-7:30
Freakshow: Comic Art and Illustration by Tyler Samardick and Kent Archer
November 20-December 20, 2016
Opening Reception: December 6th, 5:00-7:30
Scattergood-Moore Artist-in-Residence Program:
May Beattie: Sculpture and Installation
January 4th–February 3rd, 2017
Opening Reception: TBA
Photography Exhibit: A Sense of Place
Curated by Mary Ann McQuillan
February 13th–March 10th, 2017
Opening Reception: TBA
Alumnae Art Show
April 10th–April 30th, 2017
Alumnae Reception: Saturday, April 29, 6-7 p.m.
Senior Art Show
May 8th–June 10th, 2017
Alumnae Reception: TBA
Note: Where possible, Opening Receptions will coincide with Community Dinners, scheduled on Tuesday evenings throughout the year. Final dates will be posted soon.
First ‘official’ Scattergood-Moore Artist-in-Residence Mae Beatty came to the gallery in January of 2017. She lived on campus (in Morrill) worked with students and on her own work.
Clockwise from left: with former art faculty and gallery director G. A. Scattergood-Moore; Beatty working in the gallery; discussing her work and student work with members of the ArtLAB class; with one of the completed works from the residency.
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A SENSE OF PLACE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY STEFANIE KLAVENS, SARAH MALAKOFF AND REMI THORNTON
The Dana Hall Art Gallery at The Dana Hall School in Wellesley, MA presents an exhibition, , running Feb. 15–March 9. The show features the work of photographers Stefanie Klavens, Sarah Malakoff and Remi Thornton An opening reception will be held tonight, Feb. 23, from 5–7 p.m.
brings together the work of three Boston-area photographers whose images of interior spaces and exterior landscapes are charged with illuminating details and psychological content With their meticulous approaches to picture-making, their artistic similarities and differences offer us a rich visual dialogue. All three artists explore notions of identity, both cultural and personal, while intentionally eschewing any inclusion of the human figure. All three artists are exquisite colorists who use the objective lens of the camera to explore subjectivity and point of view. The subject matter depicted in the selected photographs is grounded in the real world, and yet the resulting images create magical narratives that are open to interpretation.
I have always been drawn to photographic work that straddles the line between documentar y and fine art. All three of these artists do that for me. There is also a distinct painterly quality about all of the photographs that I selected for the exhibition To me, this means that the artists are working with a found color palette, responding to the effects of both artificial and available light Through their artistic choices of framing certain objects and details in our lived and constructed environments, they give us an “art directed” version of the truth They are not really “fictive truths” as some other photographer might manipulate domestic and suburban reality, like Gregor y Crewdson, but they are portraits of places I see the photographs as kinds of portraits of interior and exterior spaces
In addition, all three artists seem to me to be interested in conjuring up the presence of people who live and work in these spaces that they photograph. This is even a stated goal. Un-peopled spaces Presence through absence A certain feeling of alienation and familiarity. Klavens, Malakoff and Thornton all create photographs which engage all of the senses
The Dana Hall Art Gallery at The Dana Hall School in Wellesley, MA presents an exhibition, , running Feb. 15–March 9. The show features the work of photographers Stefanie Klavens, Sarah Malakoff and Remi Thornton An opening reception will be held tonight, Feb. 23, from 5–7 p.m.
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brings together the work of three Boston-area photographers whose images of interior spaces and exterior landscapes are charged with illuminating details and
As a galler y in a school, one of our goals is to present work to our students that poses questions and speaks to our times Photographs by Stefanie Klavens, Sarah Malakoff and Remi Thornton do just that Stefanie Klavens is “inspired by the seemingly banal; the mundane that hides subtle clues and hints about how our species lives The everyday object possesses a talisman-like quality and forms the narrative of the human experience ”
The final Dana Hall Art Gallery exhibit of the 2016–17 school year is the Senior Art Show. The show features drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, installation art, video, illustration, fashion design, collage and ceramics.
“The Senior Art Show is an annual exhibit showcasing work from the graduating senior class,” said Michael Frassinelli, Visual Arts Department Chair and director of the Dana Art Galley. “This year includes work by students in a wide range of mediums from traditional drawing and painting to mixed media sculpture, architectural design, animated drawing fashion design and more.”
Highlights include a large-scale installation collaboration by A. Novako and M. Walsh-Serpico. “Reflection Chamber” is a large PVC pipe and mirrored mylar booth with flashing LED lights and a figurative sculpture made out of wire and plastic sheets of microfiche, reclaimed from the Nina Heald Webber ’49 Archives. Also on display is a large mural designed by A.Youssef and created with the help of students as part of the recent Community Day of Learning Art workshop, “Art and Activism.” The mural, featuring an updated version of Rosie the Riveter in the style of political posters of the past, invites visitors to add their own slogan to the painted phrase, BE KIND, MAKE ART.
The show will run through June 10 to showcase the many talents of the Class of 2017.
Alumnae Art Show
DANA HALL
A Farewell to Senior Artists Hallmanac, 5/30/2017
2017-2018
Gallery Notes:
Another student installation entitled Cardboard! kicked off the gallery season with piles of cardboard from the school’s recycling bins and local bike shops. The Architecture and Design classes created work for the show as well as the ArtLAB class. In the case of ArtLAB, the recently created Makerspace in the basement of the school was used to create much of the exhibit, utilizing the laser cutter to produce hundreds of parts designed to be reassembled into sculptural objects. Sophia Barros ‘18 (pictured below with hands raised) built cardboard boots that walked up the walls of the gallery and Caroline Johnson ‘18 used the laser cutter to cut out letters from a Plato quote that would focus sunlight on the gallery floor and which would move throughout the day.
Just as it is by the light of the sun that the visible is made apparent to the eye, so it is by the light of truth and being... (in contrast to the twilight of becoming and perishing – that the nature of reality is made apprehensible to the soul.)
Dana Art Gallery • 2017–2018 Exhibitions (Updated draft 11-15-17)
Cardboard!
A Student Installation of Art and Architecture
September 4th-October 31st, 2017
Reception: TBA
Faculty Art Show
Featuring the work of Michael Frassinelli, Mary Ann McQuillan, Kassie Teng, and Lindsey Nov 8 - Dec 8th, 2017
Opening Reception: TBA
RETRO-OBSOLEXCELLENCE:
A Brief and Incomplete History of Design and Technology
December 9th-January 19th, 2018
Opening Reception: TBA
Scattergood-Moore Artist-in-Residence Program
Residency and Exhibit featuring the work of Alia Ali
January 24th–February 19th, 2018
Artist’s Reception: TBA
Alumnae Art Show
April 17th–May 19th, 2018
Alumnae Reception: TBA
Senior Art Show
May 25nd–June 9th, 2018
Reception: TBA
Note: Dates subject to change.
Faculty Art Show
Mixed-Media
Oil and Acrylic Painting
Objects and Artifacts
Nov 8 - Dec 8 2017
Mary Ann McQuillan
Lindsey Hendricks Kassie Teng
Michael Frassinelli
Opening Reception: Tuesday, November 14, 5:00-7:30 Photography and Film
Drawing
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Panoramic view of the Retro-Obsolexellence, and exhibit of tech objects and other artifacts from typewriters and tape recorders to musical instruments and computers.
Hallmanac
Exploring the Borderland
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April 17 - May 19, 2018 Art Show 2018
Numata ✵ Xanda McCagg '78 Drawing and Painting Painting
Mary Barringer ‘68 ✵ Sara Heilbronner ’13 Ceramics Drawing
Lisa Maxwell ’73 ✵ Kristine Storkerson Winnicki ’68 Botanical Drawing Basket Making
Laura Potsubay Pucher ’68 ✵ Nancy Everts Rodriguez ’73
Yumi
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Dana art Gallery Dana Hall School
2018-2019
Dana Art Gallery • 2018–2019 Exhibitions Draft
Cut From the Same Cloth: Clay Works by Arti Bhola Goulatia and Paintings by Karyn Koulopoulos
September 10th – October 12th, 2018
Reception: Tuesday, September 11th, 5:00-7:30 pm
Dana Faculty and Staff Community Art Show
October 22nd – Dec 8th, 2018
Opening Reception: TBA
Not Just Us : Women Artists Speak Out for Social Justice
January 7th – February 1st 2019
Opening Reception: TBA
Scattergood-Moore Artist-in-Residence Program
Dinora Justice
Residency and Exhibit
February 11th – March 7th, 2019
Artist’s Reception: TBA
Alumnae Art Show
April 1st – April 28th, 2019
Alumnae Reception: TBA
Senior Art Show
May 13th – June 1st, 2019
Reception: TBA
Note: Dates subject to change.
Dana Hall to host “Cut From The Same Cloth” art exhibit
The Dana Hall Art Gallery presents “Cut from the Same Cloth,” will run Sept. 10 through Oct. 12 in the Classroom Building of the gallery, 45 Dana Road, Wellesley.
The show features the work of Ashland residents painter Karyn Koulopoulos and clay artist Arti Bhola Goulatia, who have works related to fabric and garments.
“We often like to pair 2D and 3D artists in the gallery space so visitors can find interconnections between the different art forms,” said Michael Frassinelli, Visual Arts Department head and director of the Dana Art Gallery. “It is meant to inspire both the painting students and ceramic students, along with any other visitors to the Gallery. I think students will relate to the recognizable elements, but also be curious about how these artists interpret forms in interesting ways.”
Koulopoulos is a multimedia artist with more than 30 years of experience with various art forms, including stained glass, glass blowing, watercolor, metalsmithing, collage, prop design and oil painting. Goulatia was born in India and grew up surrounded by rich culture, vibrant colors and diverse art and architecture. She says her widespread experience in the apparel industry, particularly her sensitivity to the interplay of texture, design and pattern, helped her transition into fine arts when she started working with clay 18 years ago.
The Dana Hall Art Gallery is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and Friday. The gallery is closed weekends and school holidays.
WELLESLEY TOWNSMAN
KARYN KOULOPOULOS
Clear and Present Danger (Oil) 24" x 24"
ARTI BHOLA GOULATIA Dressed to Kill (Clay) 24" x 30"
Elisa H. Hamilton
Chanel Thervil
Marla L. McLeod
Alliston Maria Rodriguez
2018-2019
Alumnae Art Show 2019
Katherine Davidson Lobo ‘79, Book Arts
Lead Morris ‘84, Painting
Juliana Pepper ’09, Video
Sofia Martinez ‘14, Graphic Design
Mara DelliPriscoli ’69, Photography
Alison MacKinnon ’79, Painting and Mixed Media
Deborah Babson ’74, Painting
Below:
Desai Saaniya, India May
Sruti Ramaswamy
Grace Wang
2019-2020
Gallery Notes:
This season got cut short by a global pandemic. Before that though we continued our relationship with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts with a graduate student show, had a sabbatical exhibit, one focused on environmental issues, a sprawling exhibit of women who use math in their work, and hosted artist-inresidence Mattaya Fitts, who not only worked with students to create a mural celebrating the power of young people, but developed a mural for the Shipley dance studio with Director of Dance Devon Fitchett and finished painting it just before the school shut down. After that we went remote, like the rest of the world.
Dana Art Gallery 2019-2020 Exhibitions
ON DISPLAY NOW!
Congdon Sabbatical Show: Mary Ann McQuillan and Matt Enlow
October 21 – November 15, 2019
Mary’s work includes a documentary film about a swap table in Cambridge, and Matt’s work involves images and objects based on math concepts.
Installation artist Allison Maria Rodriguez has continued to create multi-media work based on environment issues and exhibits her work internationally. She was named one of the “ARTery25” by WBUR radio, highlighting artists of color in the Boston Area.
View of exhibit entitled Women Making With Math, Dec-Jan 2019-20 co-curated by Matt Enlow, Math Department. Video,2D, and 3D work with hands-on displays for students visiting the gallery.
A few of the artists in the exhibit with their work. From top Samira Mian, Berline Lee Chao, Paula Beardell Krieig, Ekatertina Lukasheva, Rachel Eng, Daina Taimina, Clarissa Grandi, Laura Talmann
2019-2020
Artist-in-Residence Mattaya Fitts
Above: one of her paintings in the exhibit
Right: Climate change mural painted in the gallery
Below: Ms. Fitt’s design for a mural in the Shipley Center Dance Studio featuring images of Dana Hall student dancers.
Artist-in-Residence Mattaya Fitts lived part-time on campus and worked in the gallery until the COVID-19 pandemic shut the school down on March 12, 2020.
The Annual Alumnae Art Show and the Senior Art Show were both held virtually.
The Annual Alumnae Art Show and the Senior Art Show were both held virtually, put together remotely, and presented as a video, with music provided by David Coleman, Director of Choral Music, the Dana Hall Chamber Singers, and alumae musicians Audrey Appleby ‘70 and Patricia McMillen ‘70.
In the case of the Alumnae Show, 3D modeling technology was also used to construct a virtual gallery that visitors could walk through and approach the art work. While not exactly replicating the experience of seeing an art exhibit in person, it was as close as we could get during a global pandemic
Link and QR code to the 2020 Dana Hall Alumnae Art Show video https://vimeo.com/412729396?share=copy
Featuring:
Drawing, Sculpture, Mixed-Media • Izzy Borah
Drawing and Painting • Carly Bilyew-Conn
Photography • Jules Burke
Fashion, Jewelry Design, and Sculpture • Sam Burns
Drawing • Elana Carmichael
Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media • Echo Chen
Architecture • Helen (Si) Chen
Drawing and Painting • Yanan Dai
Drawing • Maya Darville
Digital Imagery • Megan Duckworth
Photography • Lindsey Gilfeather
Photography • Elaina Hawkins
Painting and Digital Imagery • Cindy Huang
Drawing and Painting • Mingee Kim
Architecture • Eliza (Yeojeong) Kim
Watercolor • Evelyn (Yuning) Lai
Drawing • Tori Li
Fashion Design and Digital Arts • Julia Landry
Abby Litvak • Oil Painting and Digital Imagery
Isabelle Mao • Photography
Kristen McCormick • Architecture
Nathalie Martin-Nucatola • Photography
Sangavi Muthuswamy • Photography
Alexa Orent • Photography
Nancy Park • Drawing, Design, and Sculpture
Karina Panjawi • Drawing and Painting
Katherine Profy • Printmaking
Caylynn Reid-Taylor • Photography
Nicki Ribakoff • Photography
Jessie Schwartz • Painting
Nell Simister • Photography
Khyle Smith • Fashion Design
Charlene Tsai • Painting, Mixed Media
Bink Vijitkasemkij • Drawing, Painting
Annie (Yang) Xu • Printmaking
2020-2021
Gallery Notes:
In the fall of 2020, because of the restrictions of COVID-19 protocols, (including masking, socialdistancing, hybrid teaching, the bi-weekly alternating of students on campus, limited access to the Dining Center, and a variety of other restrictions, there was not any access to the Art Gallery for exhibitions, either for artists or visitors.
Instead, as students began to return to school the art gallery was used as a studio, a projection space for large work, a default workshop, and a space to set up work for photo shoots.
At the time, we continued to use the entire school as an informal gallery for student work. The themes of social justice and mental health were often prevalent in student work, as they experienced the pandemic, civil unrest, protests against the lockdowns, and an increasingly fractured society in the midst of one of the most stressful periods in modern history. Add to that an divisive election and there were plenty of contemporary themes for these young artists to incorporate into their work.
The annual Alumni and Seniors shows were digital again, available as a video link only.
The initial idea for this catalog, documenting the 50-year history of the gallery, which was coming up in 2025, began in the fall of 2020 as well. In lieu of inviting visiting artists to exhibit, and hanging shows, I began to compile notes, collect posters and postcards from past exhibits, collect information, and eventually layout the publication for the catalog, which I worked on until Spring of 2025.
- MF
Halle Best • Photography
Jorie Brown • Drawing, Painting, and Mixed Media
Bella Censullo • Furniture Design and Construction
Alex Dent • Painting
Dawnya Green • Photography
Amel Guillory • Painting and Digital Art
Torin Harris • Mural Painting and Design
Shadan Khalid • Documentary Filmmaking
Molly Han • Photography
Charlotte Hecht • Quilt-Making and Textile Design
Abby Houston • Photography
Cindy Lye • Photography
Charlotte Maffie • Photography
Laura McHugh • Photography
Lenzie Mitchell • Painting
Novia Nguyen • Documentary Filmmaking and Mural Painting
Leah Sager • Painting and Mixed Media
Lily Segal • Photography
Marlowe Tavares • Photography
Gwendolyn Tuckett • Design
Ellie Wellington • Painting and Mixed Media
Paige Young • Photography
Zoe Yuen • Painting
Victoria Zhou • Drawing and Painting
2021-2022
Gallery Notes:
The school was in the process of designing the new Classroom Building with the knowledge that the wing containing the Art Studios and Gallery would be torn down and rebuilt in the coming year, and that we would be without a gallery for that period. I took the opportunity to do a floorto-ceiling installation called ARTFUNHOUSE where I covered the entire gallery with thick paper, painted it white, and had students paint abstract patterns everywhere. (See article on right.)
I was also about to embark on a sabbatical, we bought a beautiful illustrated quilt by parent fiber artist Clara Nartey, had a collaborative show with the Oprah Winfrey School canceled with a threatened cease-and-desist order, and had the January artist-in-residence cancel just before it began. Definitely an art fun house. --MF
Dana Art Gallery • 2021–2022 Exhibitions
ARTFUNHOUSE
Student-Created Architecture and Painting Installation
September 13th - October 12th, 2021
Mixed-Media Fiberart Portraits by Clara Nartey, P’22
October 25th - November 19th, 2021
Parent’s Weekend Reception: Oct 30, 4-6pm
Nez Riaz ‘14 and Devin Cole ‘06
Children’s Book Illustration
January 10th– February 11th 2022
Opening Reception: Tuesday, January 11, 5:00-7:30
Alumnae Art Show
April 4th–April 30th, 2022
Senior Art Show
May 9th–May 28th, 2022
Sep 29 2021 Dana Web Article
Now through October 15, the Dana Hall Art Gallery presents the student-created architecture and painting installation ARTFUNHOUSE. The exhibit was inspired by Yayoi Kusama’s LOVE IS CALLING and her infinity mirror rooms to give the impression of artwork that never ends.
The installation is a collaboration between all of the Dana Hall art classes, from Middle School through Upper School. The Upper School architecture classes created the structures the room, from a swing suspended from the ceiling to an insulation foam table and stool.
The students first sketched their designs, then cut cardboard and filed the foam at specific angles to make the desired shapes. They also primed and painted the items themselves. “It’s so therapeutic to have this during the day,” said architecture student B. Bert ’22.
Every member of the Dana Hall community is invited to stop by, grab some of the available paint and a brush, and add their own creative touch to the exhibit.
“You’ve never seen more joy than when I said ‘glitter’ to the Middle School,” laughed Michael Frassinelli, Visual Arts Department Head and director of the Dana Hall Art Gallery. “It’s play time for the students, but it’s also tied into the curriculum. We bring in elements of what they’re studying.”
At the end of the exhibit’s run next month, Frassinelli will encourage members of the community to cut out a section to take home with them. “It distributes a little color and joy out into their places,” he said.
Views of students working and the complete installation: top left: the Architecture class designed the space which include walls, an archway, steps to a slide, and a swing.
Windows and Mirrors
Oct 27 2021
The Dana Hall Art Gallery presents Windows and Mirrors, running now through November 19. The show features the work of Boston-area textile artist Clara Nartey P22, parent of Dana Hall senior K. Nartey ’22.
“This exhibition, Windows and Mirrors, is my way of telling the youth that I see them, and I hear them,” Nartey said. “With this exhibition, it’s my intention to give them pride in who they are, and permission to explore beyond their immediate boundaries. My hope is that the people who view this exhibit will consider different ways in which they can also provide windows and mirrors to the future that is already present with us: our youth.”
“After the gallery was closed for the past year and a half, I knew I wanted to have exhibits from artists with bold, joyful work to raise all of our spirits after the brutality of this pandemic,” said Michael Frassinelli, director of the Dana Art Gallery and Visual Arts Department Head. “Nartey’s beautiful, colorful fiber art portraits are perfect to follow the previous exhibit, ARTFUNHOUSE, which was all about color and joy. Nartey agreed to keep the gallery floor painting from the previous show on display because they complement each other so well.”
The Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3:30
Above: Clara Nartey with and daughter
from The Swellesley Report, January 12, 2022 by Bob Brown
Alumnae Show 2022
Joyce Stevens Brown ‘57
Betsy Winans Carothers ‘77
Polly Harding Dombroski ‘77
Susan Mead Dorsey ‘72
Julia Elliott ’02
Miriam Esteve ‘81
Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Hedberg Hunter ‘81
Sathinee Kalayanarooj ‘02
Lauren Karp Kinghorn ‘87
Lisa Kimberly Glickman ‘77
Mary Loomis ‘12
Derya Samadi ‘82
Natalie Vassil ‘82
Susan Walter ‘72
Vanessa Zoghbi ‘12
2022-23
Gallery Notes:
How do you have a Gallery program without a gallery?
After the demolition of the Classroom Building and during nearly two years of construction, we had to continue to be creative. Students became the artists who exhibited throughout the school creating public art in the form of banners attached to the construction fence and in the Library, artwork on portable rolling accordion fold display panels, and murals for display in the Student Center and the TCB aka Temporary Classroom Building. You might remember that those initials also stands for Taking Care of Business, which was also going on continuously as classes were moved to Bardwell, the Shipley Center, and the Library.
The Art Studio’s temporary home was in Beveridge Hall, and, although somewhat cramped for space, students loved working in a studio with chandeliers, arched windows, and decorative dental molding.
The annual Alumnae and Senior Art Shows were on display in the student center cross-over hallway which was also used throughout the year as an impromptu gallery.
Below: The old art studio just before the walls fall down; the last day of the old Art Gallery
Leaf banners designed for display around the construction fence and in the library, fall 2022
AP Art students Cassie Churchill, V Ramaswamy, Alice Maffie, Sophia Thomson, Ella Jang, and Illyssa Yan with the old art studio being demolished in the background, fall 2022; new art gallery under construction.
~ Art Department ~ Camera Obscura Installation Project
IN PROGRESS
(Installation through April)
Note: access to window seat and placement of furniture in this room will change
One of the temporary displays around campus was the roomsized camera obscura constructed outside of the Library with the aperture arranged with a view of the new construction, below.
Above: Alice Maffie Bell Heart; Cici Wang Jellyfish Dress
2023-2024
Gallery Notes:
This was our last year without a gallery, so we made due in the fall and winter. There was a large community-built installation in the Student Center, led by the ArtLAB class and various student affinity groups with the prompt “family, community, identity, words, pictures, and symbols,” which was finished in time for Family Weekend. Then, months later, just before Spring Break, the first week of March, the school received its Certificate of Occupancy and we all rushed to move into the new building. The beginning of the new adventure.
Beveridge Art Studio Fall 2023
ArtLAB Identity Project, in the hallway around the corner from Common Ground in the Dining Center, Fall 2024
Below: Construction shot of new gallery space
Dana Art Gallery Alumnae Art Show 2024
Marissa Apstein ’10
Deborah Babson ’74
Anne Howe ’59
Pamela Lasher Hull ’59
Jane Kehoe ‘19
Nancy Skeels Kupersmith ’59
Katherine Davidson Lobo ’79
Darby McLaughlin ’14
Laura Moore ’74
Leah Morris ’84
Jane Morton ’19
Barrie Fee Sanders ’79
Marsha Showstead ’64
Aparna Sud ‘09
Kayla Terzioglu ‘19
Diane Spear Triant ’64
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Photography and Watercolor
Drawing and Pain%ng (Digital Display)
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Book Arts
Video
Collage
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Printmaking
Watercolor and Pastel
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Opening, Alumnae Art Show and Reunion Weekend, April 2024 Floor plan of the new space Senior Show 2024, first in the new space
S E N I O R
FeFeaturing wor k by:
Ellie Black
Kelly Chen
Eliza Cole
Angel Fu
Sophia Gu
Jelene Graham
Cait Klosek
Ella Foard
Aylin Hamzaogullari
Vanessa Iffih
Amy Meuse
Miranda Meuse
Jordan Nichols
Crystal Nwafor
Claire Oh
Erinda Ratchford
Madison Ravenell
Madeleine Reinhardt
Pippa Shaw
Lily Schwartz
Tasia Sedunova
Eloise Svedlund
Martina Walsh
Sissi Wang
Sculpture
Painting
Drawing
Drawing and Painting
Painting and 3D Animation
Painting and Mixed-Media
Sculpture
Painting
Illustration and Comix
Drawing
Photography
Photography
Photography
Architecture
Drawing, Painting, and Mixed-Media
Fashion Design
Fashion Design
Photography
Photography
Drawing
Sculpture
Photography
Mixed Media Graffiti Art
Photography
Mixed-Media and Book Arts A R T S H O W 2 0 2 4
Ivy Wellington
Dana Art Gallery May 13th – June 2nd, 2024
2024-2025
Gallery Notes:
Our first full gallery season since 2018-2019, and the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the gallery was a full one: it began with artist-in-residence Yu Cheng who engaged students with a mural project, and wove its way through a wonderful faculty/ staff show, celebrated the work of female sculptors, painters, and fiber artists, and finished off the year with an alumnae and senior art show. What a difference a halfcentury makes.
Dana Art Gallery • 50th Anniversary Season • 2024–2025
Yu Chen: Painting Residency
September 2nd - October 4th, 2024
Artist’s Reception: TBA
Creative Community: Dana Hall Faculty / Staff Art Show
October 15th - November 8th, 2024
Artist’s Reception: TBA
Erin Kim / Makerspace Residency
November 18th - December 20th, 2024
Artist’s Reception: TBA
Loren Brock: Fiberworks
January 13th– February 7th 2025
Artist’s Reception: 5:00pm -7:00pm Saturday, February 1st, 2025
Paintings by Sarah Dobkin and Sculpture by Sarah Alexander
February 10th–March 7th, 2025
Artist’s Reception: TBA
Gallery 50th Anniversary / Alumnae Art Show
April 7th–April 26th, 2025
Alumnae Reception: TBA
Senior Art Show 2025
May 5th–June 6th, 2025
Reception: TBA
Yu Cheng
Sca$ergood-Moore Ar.st-in-residence Dana Art Gallery, September 2024
Closing Recep0on Today! 12:00-1:20pm
50 Years of the Dana Hall Gallery: Faculty Art Show Debuts in New Space
By
Ann Che ‘27 for the Hallmanac November 19, 2024
This October, the Dana Hall Art Gallery opened its first faculty art show in the newly renovated space, celebrating the gallery’s 50th anniversary and showcasing the incredible talents of the faculty.
From intricate pottery to a color-changing lamp, the exhibit features over 30 works by faculty and staff, showcasing their talents across diverse mediums, including fabric arts, tech-inspired creations, dance, poetry, photography, and ceramics.
“Visitors can see the teachers they know in a different light—as multidimensional human beings,” says Michael Frassinelli, the gallery coordinator and head of the art department.
The closing reception this Friday from 11:00 to 1:20 is a chance to experience the work firsthand, meet some of the artists, and hear the stories behind their creations.
When Art and Profession Align
For some faculty members, their art is closely tied to their day-to-day work. Art teacher Kassie Teng contributed her pottery and ceramic pieces, while Mary Ann McQuillan showcased her documentary film, Free Table. Brian Murphy from the technology department shared a show-stopping color-changing flower lamp, blending engineering with creativity. Dance teacher Devon Fitchett took a different approach, presenting choreography that uses movement to tell a story and evoke emotion.
Math teacher Matt Enlow brought in his Contorted Line Paper series, created using Mathematica. The patterns, born from equations, highlight where math and art cross paths–problem-solving. “The creative process—having an idea, encountering problems, and figuring out solutions—mirrors what I teach in math,” he says. He believes “getting stuck” is an essential part of learning, even if it’s often misunderstood.
Mr. Frassinelli’s painting, Cabinets of Curiosity re-imagines the Renaissance tradition of collecting and displaying objects to inspire curiosity. Created during his sabbatical, the piece consists entirely of upcycled piano parts—both the objects and the cabinet itself. “I’ve made all the little sculptures, and I’ve made the cabinet itself out of piano wood,” he explains.
Julia Bucci, an English teacher, created the microfilm The Ghosts during her sabbatical as a love letter to her on-campus home and the spirits she believes inhabit it. “Some of the homes and buildings on campus are said to have ghosts,” she explains. “We don’t realize how many spirits are around us all the time. And they can have different needs and personalities.” Reflecting on her inspirations, she adds, “So many of my favorite pieces of writing started as an in-class exercise with my students. I’m inspired by my own assignments, and more importantly, my students.”
Surprising Talents
While some faculty showcased art tied to their professional lives, others revealed unexpected creative sides. Fred Lindstrom, an English teacher, crafted an electric guitar from upcycled materials, including a gasoline can as the body. Inspired by 19th-century cigar-box instruments, the piece reflects his fascination with functionality in art. It also marks a milestone in his shift from crafting visual art to curating his blog on East Asian literature: “What can I create that truly serves a purpose?”
Middle school librarian Amelia Herring brought crocheted beanies with intricate designs, while sixth-grade teacher science Elizabeth Kenney shared two crocheted stuffed animals. Leah Henry Macdonald from the tech office contributed a charcoal drawing of an antique candle holder alongside a portrait of a mystical fairy. Upper school math teacher Melissa Palmer added a calming touch to the show with her serene watercolor landscapes.
Marking the 50th anniversary, the 2024 faculty art show is a chance to see another side of the teachers and staff we interact with every day. Whether it’s through clay, film, paint, or yarn, each piece tells a story that invites us to see the world— and each other—in a new light.
Dana Hall Art Gallery Feb 10 – March 7, 2025
Sarah Alexander Sculpture
Sarah Dobkin Paintings
Alumnae Art Show 2025
Anne Reeves ’60 • Photography
Jean Hendry ’65 • Watercolor
Betsy Bass ’70 • Photography
Jacquelin Rochester ’70 • Painting
Sarah Rodman ’70 • Quilting and Painting
Tia Pinney ’70 • Fiberarts
Nancy Karp ’70 • Watercolor / Mixed Media
Gwen Hamlin ’70 • Painting
Margi Hopkins ’75 • Colored Pencil
Laura (Dodo) Ellis ’75 • Painting
Anne Leone ’77 • Painting
e2 Brewster ’80 • Sketchbook Pages
Trina Baker ’85 • Animated Filmmaking
Olivia Rabe ‘11 • Glazed Ceramic Landscapes
Abby Kaplan ’16 • Animal Drawing
Nancy Park ‘20 • Sculpture
Charlene Tsai ‘20 • Ceramic Sculpture and Printmaking
Karina Panjawi ’20 • Ceramic Sculpture and displays celebrating
