26 January, 2018
A large photo in an ornate gold frame of a young girl walking away into the snow, her purple feathery wings outstretched. (Chelsea Bradway) A life-size copper-colored bust of Einstein inscribed “JUST KIDDING.” (William Moser) A locket on a silver chain holding a miniature landscape painting. (Mary Morano)
Welcome to the unpredictable exhibition offering views of the worlds of the artist members of the Hopkinton Center for the Arts.
THE BIG TENT: The HCA Members Show runs from January 22 through February 15 at HCA’s Lotvin Family Gallery. A free reception for the artists and the public will be held at the gallery on Friday, February 2 from 6 to 7:30 pm.
Included are 37 works by 37 artists who live and work in Acton, Ashland, Framingham, Franklin, Holliston, Hopedale, Hopkinton, Marlborough, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, North Grafton, Norfolk, Northborough, Plainville, Southborough, Upton, Westborough, and Putnam, Connecticut.
The pieces – by professional artists, by artists who’ve never before shown their work publicly, by HCA teachers and HCA students – were chosen by Kris Waldman, director of the crisp new Lotvin Gallery, built in 2015 and named just this past November. “Word is out about our new space,” Waldman said. “Submissions doubled this year.”
Grace Liu, 16, the youngest artist in the show, is represented by a serene oil landscape of buttes in the Southwest. William Moser, a spry 82, sculpted the Einstein bust.
In all, it is a flock of individual concoctions – from a black-and-white close-up of surging river waters (James Hunt) to a nest of hand-scored aluminum leaves (Donald Gotz) – a variety apt to engage viewers and families of every stripe, the sort of show a community arts center should present, as here it does.
For more information about this exhibition, the Lotvin Family Gallery, and the Hopkinton Center for the Arts, contact Kris Waldman at 508.589.4409 or kris@hopartscenter.org.
