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MMoA Welcomes Susan Fisher as Our New Executive Director
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…
The Ubiquity of Plastic
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….
Wee Faeirie Village Installation
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…
The Truth of Still Life Painting
“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…
New Year Changes
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…
Wendy Edwards/Jerry Mischak Exhibition Extended, Featured in Day Profile
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 Newspaper Feature Focuses on Dualities in Boone’s Pairs Exhibition
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…
MMoA Announces Photo Show 39 Prize Winners
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…
Brackman Exhibition Featured in Hartford Courant Video/Story
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…
