Cape Ann Art Haven
Cape Ann Art Haven is a non-profit Organization in Gloucester that seeks to provide a creative space for artists of all ages to grow in creativity and confidence through hands-on learning and collaboration. Art Haven offers classes for students from grade 3 through high school as well as community art activities for local families. We are honored to be exhibiting in their brand new gallery space.
In Collaboration With:
Curator: Bailey Berry
Bailey Berry is completing her bachelor’s degree in Art History and Studio Art at Gordon College where she is a participant in the Kenneth L. Pike Scholars program and the AJ Gordon Scholarship program. As a part of her studies, Bailey has completed a gallery internship with ArcWorks Art Center in Peabody, assisted with publicity and marketing with ArtNow Rockport, worked in conservation and research with the Patton Project in Hamilton and studied both Renaissance Art History and Studio Art for a semester in Orvieto, Italy.
As curator of Momentum Gallery, Bailey is working with graduating artists and representatives from three local institutions of higher education. In addition to fostering a relationship with these institutions, Bailey has worked with members of local governments in the North Shore of Boston and several non-profit organizations who expressed an interest in partnering with Momentum. She is responsible for the vision and literature of the gallery along with the design of the gallery space.
As curator of Momentum Gallery, Bailey is working with graduating artists and representatives from three local institutions of higher education. In addition to fostering a relationship with these institutions, Bailey has worked with members of local governments in the North Shore of Boston and several non-profit organizations who expressed an interest in partnering with Momentum. She is responsible for the vision and literature of the gallery along with the design of the gallery space.
Curatorial Selection Jury
Bruce Herman
Bruce Herman (American, b. 1953) completed both undergraduate and graduate at Boston University School for the Arts. He studied under Philip Guston, James Weeks, David Aronson, Reed Kay, and Arthur Polonsky. He is currently Lothórien Distinguished Chair at Gordon College.
Herman lectures widely and has had work published in many books, journals, and popular magazines. His artwork has been exhibited in more than 20 solo and 100 group exhibitions in eleven major cities including Boston, New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., and Los Angeles.
His work has been shown internationally, including in England, Italy, Canada, and Israel. His art is featured in many public and private collections including the Vatican Museum of Modern Religious Art in Rome; the Cincinnati Museum of Fine Arts; DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts; and the Hammer Museum, Grunwald Print Collection, Los Angeles.
Herman lectures widely and has had work published in many books, journals, and popular magazines. His artwork has been exhibited in more than 20 solo and 100 group exhibitions in eleven major cities including Boston, New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., and Los Angeles.
His work has been shown internationally, including in England, Italy, Canada, and Israel. His art is featured in many public and private collections including the Vatican Museum of Modern Religious Art in Rome; the Cincinnati Museum of Fine Arts; DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts; and the Hammer Museum, Grunwald Print Collection, Los Angeles.
Mark Towner
Mark Towner is Dean of the School of Visual and Performing Arts and previously held academic appointments at The University of Iowa, Saint Mary's College at Notre Dame, Ohio University, and Wayne State University. Additionally, he held positions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Northeast Document Conservation Center, American Craft Museum, and Davenport Museum of Art.
He earned his MFA from Cranbook Academy of Art and his BA from Columbia College in Chicago. Dean Towner continued his education at the American Law Institute- American Bar Association, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The International Center of Photography, and Visual Studies Workshop. A firm believer in internships, he has student intern experience at Light Gallery, INC., New York and the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Photography.
As an artist Dean Towner integrates his Native American spiritual path through creating ceremonial objects, film making, and photography. His works has been included in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums in New York and in other parts of the nation including Des Moines Art Center, Huntington Galleries, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Butler Institute of American Art, Fort Wayne Museum, and Illinois State Museum.
He earned his MFA from Cranbook Academy of Art and his BA from Columbia College in Chicago. Dean Towner continued his education at the American Law Institute- American Bar Association, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The International Center of Photography, and Visual Studies Workshop. A firm believer in internships, he has student intern experience at Light Gallery, INC., New York and the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Photography.
As an artist Dean Towner integrates his Native American spiritual path through creating ceremonial objects, film making, and photography. His works has been included in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums in New York and in other parts of the nation including Des Moines Art Center, Huntington Galleries, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Butler Institute of American Art, Fort Wayne Museum, and Illinois State Museum.
Merritt Kirkpatrick
Merritt Kirkpatrick completed her Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree in Fiber Arts at the Maryland Institute College of Art and her Masters Degree in Museum Communications at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She Currently serves as the Director of ArcWorks Community Art Center in downtown Peabody, Massachusetts. In her decade long career working in museums and art galleries, she has worked in such institutions as the Barnes Foundation, the STAX Museum of American Soul Music, the George Peabody House Museum, and was the first curator of the Peabody Leatherworkers Museum
When not working at the ArcWorks Center, Merritt continues to make art works based in fiber and is an enthusiastic participant in "yarn-bombing" projects.
When not working at the ArcWorks Center, Merritt continues to make art works based in fiber and is an enthusiastic participant in "yarn-bombing" projects.