Current and Upcoming Art Shows
Note: The Hunnewell Building lecture hall is often used for meetings and classes. Please call 617.384.5209 for exhibition availability, and refer to Hunnewell Visitor Center hours.
Botanica: Scanography by Marty Klein
October 24–December 15, 2009
Hunnewell Building Lecture Hall
Arnold Arboretum
Reception with the artist
Saturday, October 24, 1:00–3:00pm
Artist talk
Thursday, November 19, 6:30pm–8:00pm
No registration necessary. Location: Hunnewell Building Lecture Hall, 125 Arborway.
Marty Klein is fueled by an insatiable and wide-ranging curiosity to see familiar natural forms in new and refreshing ways. Using a flatbed scanner as a camera, Marty Klein captures images of plants and other natural objects with incredible depth and contrast. The images are very different from traditional photographs, yet remain close in spirit, imbued with an arresting vitality. Several new works in this show use specimens gathered by special permission from the Arboretum’s living collections.
Marty Klein holds a BA and a Master of Regional Planning from the University of Massachusetts, and over the years has worked as an artist, photographer, blacksmith, and land protection activist.
Summer in Winter: Paintings by Anthony Apesos
January 9–March 3, 2010
Hunnewell Building Lecture Hall
Arnold Arboretum
Reception with the artist
Saturday, February 20, 1:00–3:00pm
Artist talk
Thursday, February 25, 6:30pm–8:00pm
Anthony Apesos has been painting the Arboretum since he moved to Jamaica Plain in the early 1990s. His recent series of paintings shows the Arboretum at the height of summer’s verdant glory. A perfect antidote to winter weather, Apesos depicts the wide-ranging Arboretum landscape in deep summer, from the rugged outcrops of Hemlock Hill to the meadows from which dawn redwoods spring.
Anthony Apesos is a professor of painting and art history at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. His paintings are inspired by such landscape artists as George Inness, John Constable, and Samuel Palmer.
Calling all Artists!
The Arboretum regularly exhibits artwork dealing with woody plants, the Arboretum or other garden landscapes, or themes reflecting the Arboretum’s mission. Artists interested in having their work considered for public display in the Hunnewell Building should contact Marc Devokaitis at 617.384.5209 or marc_devokaitis@harvard.edu. For more details, see the guidelines for potential artists.