Women Artists: Transforming the Community (Providence to Provincetown 1880 – 1940)April 12 – April 30, 2016University of Massachusetts Dartmouth – Main Campus Art Gallery
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s Art History Department and its upperclassmen address this premise in its upcoming exhibition, entitled, Women Artists: Transforming the Community (Providence to Provincetown 1880 – 1940) which runs from April 12 – April 30, 2016. The exhibition is a collaborative project whereby students work in teams and apply their academic and professional knowledge to a real world experience. This is the 5th year that Dr. Anna Dempsey and Allison J. Cywin, art history professors, have directed a group of upperclassmen to execute a professional museum quality exhibition and publication. This student-run exhibition explores the definition of modernity and focuses on feminine artistic communities that extend from Providence to Provincetown. The women artists represented in the exhibition are Blanche Lazzell, Agnes Weinrich, Lucy L’Engle, Ethel Mars, Maud Squire, Grace Albee, Eliza D. Gardiner, Frances Gifford, Sarah Eddy, Sarah Wyman Whitman, Mabel Woodward, Alice Barbara Stephens, Blanche Ames Ames and Allen Sisters, among others. This exhibition is made possible through the generous support of the arts community, including, Julie Heller Gallery of Provincetown, Bert Gallery of Providence, Portsmouth Free Public Library, Smith College’s Sophia Smith Archive, University of Massachusetts Special Collection and Archive, Amherst Providence Art Club, Providence Athenaeum, New Bedford Whaling Museum and private collectors.
The exhibition, free and open to the public, is held at the College of Visual & Performing Arts, Campus Art Gallery, 285 Old Westport Road (adjacent to parking lot 9) in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The opening reception is Wednesday, April 20 from 5 pm to 7 pm with the Gallery Talk at 5 pm. Gallery hours are Monday – Saturday 10 p.m. – 4 p.m. For more information, please contact Anna Dempsey at adempsey@umassd.edu or Allison J. Cywin acywin@umassd.edu. You can also call the gallery at 508-999-8550