Now showing in the McGladrey Art Gallery is an exhibit created by Bentley University students and staff entitled Making Visible the Invisible: Library Data Transformed. This exhibit features visualizations of library-related data created by Bentley Library and ATC staff members, as well as students Robyn Dion, Eric Kennedy and Nikki Nguyen.
In conjunction with this exhibit, all are invited to Lightning Talks about Big Data: Making Sense Out of Massive Amounts of Information, a Bentley Library Information Literacy Series event, on Wednesday, October 23, from 3:00 p.m. – 4:35 p.m. This event features short talks about big data and a reception. For more information about the Lightning Talks about Big Data event, click here.
Making Visible the Invisible: Library Data Transformed October 21 – November 22, 2013
Bentley Library Information Literacy Series presents – Lightning Talks about Big Data: Making Sense Out of Massive Amounts of Information
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
3:00 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.
Short talks and a reception [event details]
All are invited to attend a closing reception for artist Stephen St. Francis Decky TONIGHT, from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. in the art gallery. Stop by to enjoy some warm cider and treats and view the exhibit before it closes.
Un Oubli de Livraison | Acrylic on canvas, 2012 | 16 x 20″
Stephen St. Francis Decky The Majesty of Subtle Ascents
July 22 – September 13, October 18, 2013 [exhibit extended!] artist’s website
Now showing in the McGladrey Art Gallery is artist Stephen St. Francis Decky, with an installation titled The Majesty of Subtle Ascents. All are invited to attend an opening reception on Wednesday, July 24, from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. There will be an artist talk beginning at 5:30 p.m. For more information about the artist please visit his website.
Stephen St. Francis Decky The Majesty of Subtle Ascents
July 22 – September 13, October 18, 2013 [exhibit extended!] artist’s website
Closing Reception:
TBA – more info coming soon
Un Oubli de Livraison | Acrylic on canvas, 2012 | 16 x 20″
Opening Reception:
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
5:00pm to 7:00pm light refreshments will be served
Now showing in the McGladrey Art Gallery is artist Laura Fischman, with an installation titled Liminal Spaces. All are invited to attend an opening reception for the artist on Wednesday, May 22, from 5:00pm-7:00pm.
Now showing in the McGladrey Art Gallery is Making Home, a series of graphite drawings by artist Heidi Hogden. All are invited to attend an opening reception for the artist on Wednesday, April 24, from 5:00pm-7:00pm. To learn more about the Heidi Hogden please visit her website at http://heidihogden.com.
Now showing in the McGladrey Art Gallery is an installation by artist Garett Yahn titled Salon. All are invited to attend the opening reception for the artist on Wednesday, March 20, from 5:00PM-7:00PM. There will be an artist talk starting at 5:30PM. Light refreshments will be served.
Garett Yahn Salon March 8 – April 12, 2013
Opening Reception:
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
5:00pm to 7:00pm
Artist Talk at 5:30pm light refreshments will be served
Beginning January 22, 2013, The McGladrey Art Gallery will host a traveling exhibit honoring the life and work of Helen Suzman, the iconic South African leader and activist. A member of Parliament for 36 years (1953-1989), Suzman stood alone as the governing body’s only member of the Progressive Party — and sole opposing voice to apartheid — for 13 years (1961-1974).
All are invited to attend the opening reception for this important exhibit on Wednesday, January 30, from 4:30pm to 6:30pm. There will be a guest speaker and opening remarks at 5:00pm. Light refreshments will be served.
Helen Suzman: Fighter for Human Rights January 22 – February 22, 2013
Opening Reception:
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
4:30pm to 6:30pm
Guest Speaker & Opening Remarks at 5:00pm light refreshments will be served
Helen Suzman (1917-2009) Parliamentarian, human rights activist, sole representative of opposition party (the Progressive Party) in parliament during apartheid. Suzman was nominated for the Nobel Peace Price twice in recognition of her pursuit of justice in South Africa.
Amy Williams New Venue
December 10, 2012 – January 18, 2013
Amy Williams is more commonly known to staff and students as Professor Amy Ray of the Information and Process Management Department. After this semester, she will be leaving Bentley University to further pursue her love of painting. Her paintings are now showing in the Art Gallery.
Sunset over Manana oil on canvas | 18″ x 24″
Opening Reception December 12, 2012 5:00 – 7:00 pm Artist Talk and Q&A @ 5:30
Light refreshments will be served.
Artist Statement:
Engaging in creativity has been essential to me for as long as I can remember. As a young child I spent countless hours sewing clothes for my stuffed animals from scraps of cloth and then drawing pictures of them sporting their new apparel. I also spent a lot of time drawing my sisters, our dogs and the flowers and trees in our yard as well as making construction paper collages of virtually everything, but especially the trees. My mother’s brother and sister were both artists who were never happier than when they had paintbrushes in their hands and I seem to have inherited that feeling from them. At the age of 8, however, I fell in love with music and that took me down a different creative road until I was a freshman in college and decided to use my music scholarship to pursue an education in Accounting.
Throughout my early adult life, I was always a volunteer for various creative arts organizations while focusing mainly on my career. Then, in 2000, I attended a special Van Gogh exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts on my very first weekend as a Boston-area resident. I was completely awe-struck by the exhibit and overwhelmed by the fact that the MFA was my ‘hometown museum’. With this amazing resource available, I vowed to rededicate myself to the creative process and started with classes at the venerable School of the Museum of Fine Arts that summer and have been painting and drawing regularly ever since.
Thanks to Bentley’s agreement to let me phase out of my current academic position, I have recently had the opportunity to study intensively for months at a time in NY at the world famous Art Students League with some of the greatest living painters and teachers including Burt Silverman for whom I have had the honor of serving as class monitor and also with Nelson Shanks, Ray Kinstler and most recently Dan Thompson, who is without a doubt the most passionate teacher I have ever known. Painting brings me great joy and I am so happy to have this amazing gift back in my life. I am never happier than when I’m in the sun dappled woods trying to capture the amazing beauty before me. And even when I’m not painting, I’m looking at the world as an artist again and it feels really good.
