AIB Fine Arts Blog

Sculpture @ AIB

Jessica Barsom, mixed media assemblage

3-Diversity: An Exhibition of 3-D Work by AIB Students

Installation by Emma Rhodes

January 24th - February 9th

601N Galleries

601 Newbury Street

Boston, MA 02215

 

Opening Reception: Wednesday, February 2nd, 11am-12 noon

Art in Nature: Call for Entries

Fruitlands invites artists to forward a selection of up to three existing sculptures or installations for a juried outdoor exhibition at Fruitlands in Harvard, Mass. from April 15 – November 15, 2011.

Artists are encouraged to enter particularly large-scale works for installation on the grounds or suspended from trees.

Deadline: Saturday, January 15, 2011
Eligibility: Open to New England artists

A bit about Fruitlands...
Fruitlands refers to an experiment led by Bronson Alcott that took place here in 1843. Today, the name also refers to the museum complex founded by Clara Endicott Sears in 1914. The complex includes the first Shaker Museum, the Native American Gallery, an Art Gallery as well as our 210-acre landscape. The collections are linked together by Sears' vision of the past inhabitants of the beautiful Nashua River valley.

Click here for more information and printable entry form: Download ArtInNature

Please do not hesitate to contact us with further questions at (978) 456-3924.

Installation Works @ AIB

Elisa Finos '10, Senior Show installation

Elisa Finos '10, detail of Senior Show installation

Mold Making & Casting Seminar @ AIB

Steve Moulton from Reynolds Advanced Materials will be coming to AIB to give his Mold Making and Casting Seminar on Wednesday evening, April 7th, from 6:15 - 9:15PM  in Room 411 at 700 Beacon.

 

Elisa Finos ‘10

Mass Four by Elisa Finos

Artist Statement: My art has biological references, though it is abstracted in both form and material. My ideas evolve greatly from original sketch to final product, since exploration of the behaviors of the chosen materials guides the direction of the work. My forms are organic, but loosely structured - a sort of 'soft geometry' - and are created using various fabrics, wire, stuffing, gel and latex media. I am fascinated with how texture can be either inviting or repulsive, and I enjoy playing with such dualities.

Mass One by Elisa Finos

Current projects: I am creating an installation piece for my BFA thesis exhibition in the spring, which will consist of hanging fabric/latex sculptures juxtaposed against seated sculptures made with nylon, foam, and wire.

Skins (detail) latex, paper, acrylic on canvas


Scale (detail) latex, aluminum, acrylic on canvas

Last gallery show that made impression on me: Kristen Hassenfeld created a magical installation with huge illuminated paper sculptures show at the David Winton Bell Gallery in Providence (now closed).

Artists I am interested in: Eva Hesse, Louise Bourgeois, Joseph Beuys, Yayoi Kusama, Annette Messager

Mass Two by Elisa Finos

**All sculptures: nylon, foam, and wire. © 2010 Elisa Finos

Peter Hoss 3D Installation @ Mills Gallery

AIB's Peter Hoss installing his 3D Landscapes as part of the Strange Loops and Matinee/Matiné exhibit now on view from: November 13, 2009 – January 3, 2010 at the Mills Gallery located at the Boston Center for the Arts