Current and Upcoming Art Shows
All shows are on view in the Hunnewell Building lecture hall at 125 Arborway. The Lecture Hall is often used for meetings and classes. Please call 617.384.5209 for exhibition availability, and refer to Hunnewell Visitor Center hours.
Aviflora: Plants and the Birds that Love Them
Photography by Ted Bradford, Eduardo del Solar, Anne Haggerty and Brooks Mathewson
January 14-March 11, 2012
Hunnewell Building Lecture Hall
Reception: Saturday, February 18, 1:00-3:00pm
The quantity and diversity of trees and shrubs in our area provide shelter and food to a wide assortment of birds throughout the year. Four fantastic bird photographers have combed their portfolios for images that capture both floral and avian organisms in tandem. By giving a measure of parity to the plants, these images invite the viewer to consider the vital interactions between all living things.
Brooks Mathewson will give a lecture on bird migration and woody plants on February 15 at 7:00pm. Register for this free talk.
Trees Rings: Ceramic Panoramas by Warren Mather
March 17–April 29, 2012
Hunnewell Building Lecture Hall
Reception: Saturday, March 17, 1:00–3:00pm
Artist Talk: Thursday, April 12, 6:30–8:00pm
Artist Warren Mather, a member of the faculty at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, makes circular panoramas, presenting a simultaneous view of what is in front at the same time as what is behind. In this exhibit, he creates inverse panoramas of the bark of various trees. These images are formed into a ring and transferred to silk-screens, printed in ceramic pigments on clay, then fired and glazed.
A Natural Curiosity: A Retrospective of Images by Gordon Morrison
May 5–July 1, 2012
Hunnewell Building Lecture Hall
Reception: Sat, May 5, 1:00–3:00pm
Artist Talk: Wed, June 27 7:00–8:30pm
From Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide to The Curious Naturalist magazine, from the Garden in the Woods in Framingham to the Missouri Botanical Gardens tropical rainforest exhibit, Gordon Morrison has been reflecting and illuminating the natural world for over four decades. This retrospective focuses largely on his botanical work, highlighting the best of the thousands of illustrations he has done for education and conservation organizations.
Ex Herbario: Recent Works by Susan Hardy Brown
July 14–September 16, 2012
Hunnewell Building Lecture Hall
Reception: Saturday, September 15, 1:00–3:00pm
Artist Talk: Thursday, September 13, 7:00–8:30pm
Utilizing materials gathered from 25 years as herbarium preparator at the Arnold Arboretum, Susan Hardy Brown presents art that reveals and transforms the ephemera associated with her daily work. Painting with encaustic medium (beeswax and resin) enables her to preserve and layer the various elements of specimen collection: international newspapers pages used to press plants in the field, extraneous labels, seeds and plant parts. Her paintings renew these found materials giving a unique perspective into the realm of herbarium collections.