Emergence: Art from MFA Boston Staff
Past Exhibition
Upper Gallery May 25 - June 24, 2023Presented at the Copley Society of Art on Newbury Street, this exhibition features artwork by MFA staff who explore the idea of emergence—the process of coming into being or arriving at an understanding—through a variety of media including painting, photography, textiles, works on paper, and mixed media. The 37 artworks were curated by three jurors: Barry Gaither, director and curator, Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, and special consultant, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Kaitlyn Clark, exhibitions manager, Tufts University Art Galleries; and Max Stern, artist and board of governors member, Copley Society of Art. The exhibition highlights the talent and knowledge of artists with a unique connection to arts and culture, having long witnessed, taken care of, and appreciated work in the MFA’s collections.
Congratulations to the 6 award winners:
Read the curator’s statements here.
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Luisa Respondek
digital print, 66x28
At Home, In the Mud Room
Emma Lang
pen on paper, 9x12
Witches Flight / Stony Brook
Justin Life
acrylic paint and ink pens on paper, 20x26
f/22
Emily Lyons
35mm photography on canvas, 16x20
Wanderers
Gabrielle Maye (Eisenberg)
Uncategorized, 11x14
Erosion of Time
Melinda Monzione
photography, 11x14
Tongue Scraper
Seth Murchison
ink on paper, 14x17
Untitled (Shooting Stars)
Carla Nunez-Hernandez
mixed media on board, 22x18
Ice is Gone, Spring Comes
Roy Perkinson
oil on canvas, 41x31
A meander down my Funk
Clover Powell
ink on paper, 11x16.5
Constellations
Molly Lamb
photography, 22x26
Audra
Chelsea Revelle
digital print and embroidery floss, 18x12
Quarantine Portrait
Theodora "Earthwurms" Shanahan-Jewett
acrylic on canvas, 22x28
Dead Flowers
Karl Stephan
oil and oilstick on canvas, 20x20
The Nature of Plots
Kara Stokowski
watercolor and gouache, 12x15
Hamilton Palace Period Room
John Storrow
oil on canvas, 16x20
Amor Sacro
Helen Sturm
oil with charcoal, 20x24
Hotpot Tiger 1
Nell Valle
acrylic, 19x25
Barcode Plexi A
Sue Yang
acrylic and plexiglass, 24x48
Stronger than Before
Sepi Golestani
acrylic, 20x26
From Merging Emerges
Nancy Berliner
paper and paint, 8x10
Hypothetical Deity IV
Patrick Brennan
oil on canvas, 24x36
Lambrusco
Nathaniel Burks
skateboard, adhesive polypropylene, digital print, 8.75x32
Subway Series: Jackson Square
Christian Chipman
lithograph and silkscreen print, 14.25x17.25
Two Maps
Rose Christian
etching, aquatint, and foraged plant ink, 14x24
Permission
Keith Crippen
oil on panel, 28x43x1
Multiverse
Anna Diaz
acrylic and graphite on canvas, 24x20x1.5
Untitled
Fenna Engelke
watercolor and gouache on Japanese paper, 16.75x21
Drawings on Copper, 1
Candice Anderson
printmaking, 24x24
Apeiron
Chloe Grinberg
digital photograph, 18.8x12.8
Still Life Adjacent
Benjamin Henson
oil on canvas, 32x38
Tyler St Chinatown
Stephen Holness
mixed media, 16x20
Sanjana’s Last Day
Jessie James
photography, 30x25
Low Tide and Twilight
John Jameson
Uncategorized, 30x24
Another Man (Alternative)
Rastislav Janardan
The Watcher
Cara Johnston
pen, watercolor and paint on board, 27.25x39.25
Motif Number One, Birdhouse II
Melissa Krok-Horton
acrylic on paper, 24.5x20.5x1.25