Chamber Collaborative Of Greater Portsmouth: Museum Of Art, University Of New Hampshire Presents On The EDGE Exhibition

Press release from Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth:

February 18, 2022

DURHAM -On the EDGE features drawings from 51 local artists who responded to the Museum of Art’s open-call for submissions. The exhibition is currently on view through April 2, 2022, with a public reception to celebrate the closing of the exhibit on Thursday, March 31 6 p.m.- 8 p.m.

Artists from New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts submitted drawings created within the last two years that responded to the theme – “on the edge.” On the Edge implies a balancing act, a change in direction. The edge can be structural as in the separation between spaces or things or perceived in human terms: those on the margins, the fringe, or outsiders vs. insiders. On the Edge could open a dialogue on mental states, societal tension, or moments of equilibrium.

The Museum of Art received many entries and selected 62 works by 52 artists. The works simultaneously answer and question the theme and push boundaries of their own interpretation of “on the edge.”

Programs include three ArtBREAK artists talks featuring multiple artists from the exhibit. All talks occur on Zoom and require pre-registration.

Wednesday March 2 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m. Featuring: Norajean Ferris, visual artist with work varying from bold realism to complex abstraction; New Hampshire printmaker Sally Dion; and former UNH Lecturer of Art and Art History Shiao-Ping Wang, whose work incorporates traditional and contemporary styles formed by intuition, memories, and experiences. Register here.

Wednesday March 9 12:10 p.m.- 1 p.m. Featuring: painter, sculptor, and amateur ecologist, Ashley Williams, who explores the relationship between art and nature; Victoria Elbroch, who draws inspiration from trees and uses her art to address the current climate crisis; and Allison Belolan creator of mixed media and collage works which meditate on observations from the natural world. Register here.

Wednesday March 30th 12:10pm- 1pm. Featuring: painter Tom Glover, UNH ’84; Keene artist Craig Stockwell, whose works show the meeting of gesture and formalism; and Lisa Addison, UNH ’99, with a portfolio ranging from painting, installation, and drawing. Register here.

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Exhibiting artists include:

Lisa Addison, Rollinsford, New Hampshire

Madison Albanese, Durham, New Hampshire

Allison Belolan, Mamaroneck, New York

Ben Berube, Nashua, New Hampshire

Kristine Biegel, Gorham, Maine

Christina Boutin, York, Maine

Greg Mason Burns, Brunswick, Maine

Peter Cady, Rye, New Hampshire

Joe Caruso, Charlestown, Massachusetts

Brian Chu, Somersworth, New Hampshire

James Chute, Freeport, Maine

Jane Cohen, Canterbury, New Hampshire

Nancy R. Davison, York, Maine

Matt Demers, Gardiner, Maine

Sally Dion, Derry, New Hampshire

David Donovan, Manchester, New Hampshire

Johanne Durocher, Kittery Point, Maine

Daniela Edstrom, Allenstown, New Hampshire

Victoria Elbroch, Kittery, Maine

Norajean Ferris, Portland, Maine

Marina Forbes, Rochester, New Hampshire

Julia Gittes, Durham, New Hampshire

Tom Glover, Rollinsford, New Hampshire

Anna Gun, Stratham, New Hampshire

Kate Higley, Eliot, Maine

Wayne Hopkins, Greenfield, Massachusetts

Eric Katzman, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Colleen Kiely, Medford Massachusetts

Kris Lanzer, Dover, New Hampshire

Julianne LaRue, Exeter, New Hampshire

David Martsolf, Windham, New Hampshire

Jennifer Minicucci, East Kingston, New Hampshire

K. Lee Mock, Hudson, New Hampshire

Carol Moses, Cambridge Massachusetts

Julio Muñoz Uribe, Ossipee, New Hampshire

Carrie Nixon, Worcester, Massachusetts

Thomas Perkins, Center Conway, New Hampshire

Rachelle Royer-Llamas, Conway, New Hampshire

Roland Salazar Rose, Biddeford, Maine

Judith Ellen Sanders, Lexington, Massachusetts

Kathryn Shagas, Belfast, Maine

Craig Stockwell, Keene, New Hampshire

Kirk Trombley, Durham, New Hampshire

Deb Vendetti, Rockport, Maine

August Ventimiglia, Wellesley, Massachusetts

Miranda Vitello, Cambridge Massachusetts

Shiao-Ping Wang, Somersworth, New Hampshire

Rebecca Waterhouse, North Adams, Massachusetts

Joyce Ellen Weinstein, Westbrook, Maine

Ashley Williams, South Hadley, Massachusetts

Cathy Wysocki, Greenfield, Massachusetts

This press release was produced by Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth. The views expressed here are the author’s own.