Mystic Museum of Art announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously appointed V. Susan Fisher of Taos, New Mexico, to be the museum’s next Executive Director. David Madacsi, President of the Board, said, “We are delighted to announce Susan’s appointment. We are impressed with Susan’s leadership experience and skill sets and how well they…
Take a moment to look around. How many items can you see right now that are made with plastic? Cell phones, bottles, pens, toothbrushes, buttons, etc… all contain plastic in some form. Plastic often seems unavoidable in our everyday lives, and it can have consequences reaching far beyond what we see in our immediate area….
See the WTNH news special feature with our Education Department’s very own Kristen Thornton being interviewed and our staff putting their installation up as well. For many, the month of October is filled with seasonal thoughts of the upcoming holidays, the anticipation of colorful foliage and the comfort and joy of wrapping up in your…
“Still life is the touchstone of painting.” – Édouard Manet A still life. One type may be a painting of a flower put with various fruits or vegetables surrounding its base. Another might evoke the mortality of life and involve a skull amongst one’s personal belongings. It was not until the Renaissance that still life emerged as an…
The beginning of a new calendar year always brings change—and along with it, new opportunities and challenges. The year 2018 has begun in just that way for the Mystic Museum of Art, with two significant announcements. The first is the announcement by George King that he is stepping down as MMoA Executive Director to pursue…
The inaugural, first-full exhibition in MMoA’s new 15 Water Street Gallery has been extended through December 11. Featuring two- and three-dimensional works by married Providence artists Wendy Edwards and Jerry Mischak, the exhibition uses disparate and complementary approaches to portray and consider the natural world. Edwards, Mischak, and their work were all profiled by Staff…
Day Staff Writer Mary Biekert provided considerable insight and perspective in a recent piece looking at the related “pairs” of paintings and mixed-media in John Boone’s Pairs exhibition, on display in MMoA’s Liebig Gallery through November 11. Through hypnotic and repetitious usage of standard idioms and exclamation, the textual pop artist, who splits his time…
A decades-old tradition, Mystic Museum of Art’s annual juried Photo Show features new names and some of the region’s most established photographers. This year, 145 works were accepted of the 199 entered as judged by juror Joe Standart, best known locally for his large-scale portraits of New London residents seen throughout the city. Awards were…
Mystic Museum of Art is grateful to Susan Dunne for her incisive review of the current Robert Brackman: Thinking in Color exhibition. Dunne notes the influence of Robert Henri, George Bellows, and the Ashcan School and includes a video of Erika Neenan, MMoA’s Curatorial Assistant to the Director, who curated the exhibition, discussing Brackman’s notoriety…
Over two-hundred guests dined, danced, and bid generously on live and silent auction items to support art and art education and to honor Irene and Charles Hamm at Mystic Museum of Art’s Night at the Museum summer gala, held under the tent and in the Museum galleries on June 10. Crucial funds were also…
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