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September 23, 2018 - January 13, 2019
Judy Kensley McKie,  Dog Bites Tail Table/Bench , 2010, cast bronze, 18" x 42" x 18", Courtesy of Gallery NAGA

Interior Effects pays tribute to New England's history of furniture manufacturing through an exploration of the unique capacity of interior furnishings to embody cultural traditions and to shape the spaces within which we live and work. From studio furniture to artworks ranging from sculpture to video, Interior Effects centers on furniture and its design as psychologically charged metaphors.

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September 23, 2018 - January 13, 2019

Ellen Wetmore, #137, 2018, 24" x 19", 25" x 31" (framed) acrylic and pigment ink on paper, Courtesy of the artist
Ellen Wetmore's Grotesques lyrically unite eclectic collections of subjects keenly observed.  Wetmore's contemporary take on the genre is a compilation of her fears, cultural values and observations. A Capricious Catalogue of Grotesques will survey a selection of the themes that she catalogues, ranging from disease, surveillance, to popular culture in drawings produced since 2016. 


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The Collected Image: Photography Portfolios
Opens Saturday October 6, 2018

Sage Sohier, British Redcoat Re-Enactor, Battle of Concord and Lexington, Lexington, MA, from Perfectible Worlds, 2002, Printed 2008, Pigmented inkjet print on Harman Gloss fiber based paper, 14" x 17 3/8" (image), Promised gift from Dr. Anthony Terrana

The Collected Image
presents six photographic portfolios from the Fitchburg Art Museum's permanent collection. The works featured in this exhibition come from artists living and working in the United States. They offer in-depth explorations of various cultural pastimes, architectural landmarks, and artistic pursuits by some of today's finest contemporary photographers. Many of the portfolios on display explore a single subject by one artist, like Danielle Weil's appreciation of baseball as America's pastime, or Aaron Rose, who chronicled of the demolition of Penn Station in New York City.

Moving Objects: African and Oceanic Art from the FAM Collection
Opens Sunday, October 28, 2018

Baining artist, Gazelle Peninsula, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea (Oceania), Night mask (kavat), mid-twentieth century (c. 1965-1969), wickerwork, bark cloth (tapa), pigment, Courtesy of the Helen Slosberg Collection of Oceanic Art in memory of her brother Israel Sagoff, Gift of the Worcester Art Museum, Photography © 2018 Charles Sternaimolo

The Fitchburg Art Museum is proud to have important and growing collections of works of art from Africa and the South Pacific. But none of these beautiful and fascinating objects were originally created to be shown in museums! They served very specific religious, ritual, political, decorative, and practical purposes in many different cultures. And they all came to FAM through different-and often circuitous-journeys.  FAM's new exhibition  Moving Objects  presents over fifty artworks from Africa, Australia, New Guinea, and the Pacific Islands, and tells the story of why each object was made, and how it came to North Central Massachusetts.

This exhibition has been funded by a generous grant from the Geneviève MacMillan-Reba Stewart Foundation.

COMMUNITY GALLERY
Blue Ribbon Winners from Leominster Art Association's 2018 53rd Annual Exhibit

October 4 - 28
Reception: Sunday, October 14, 1 - 3pm

Carrot Recipes by Jane Keough 
SPECIAL DAYS
Saturday, November 3
11am - 5pm

FAM's exhibition Interior Effects links contemporary art to our region's industrial heritage.  To celebrate the Chair City, residents of the City of Gardner and their guests will enjoy free admission on Saturday, 
November 3. 

PROGRAMS
Saturday, November 3
 1:30 - 2:45pm

A panel discussion with UMass Lowell Professor Robert Forrant, artist Tracie Pouliot, and former Nichols & Stone employees, followed by a talk by artist Liz Shepherd.
FAM IN THE NEWS
Untitled, by Charlie Draleau
Fighting the Opioid Crisis, One Story at a Time (Boston Globe)

Since starting in 2016, The Opioid Project: Changing Perceptions Through Art and Storytelling, has reached hundreds affected by opioid abuse across Eastern Massachusetts.

Employees from the Hartshorn Furniture Manufacturer are pictured together in front of the business.  Photograph by Chair City Photo Co. in the 1940s. News Staff photo by Andrew Mansfield. 
Gardner Museum 
Ready for Fall Programs

Special to this year, Gardner residents and their guests will also have a chance to travel to the Fitchburg Art Museum for free admission on Saturday, Nov. 3, during opening hours, 11am to 5pm. The museum is located at 185 Elm St. in Fitchburg.

Judy Kensley McKie, Dog Bites Tail Table/Bench, 2010, cast bronze, 18" x 42" x 18", Courtesy of Gallery NAGA
Interior Effects - Furniture in Contemporary Art  (Fitchburg Art Museum)

Interior Effects  will pay tribute to New England's history of furniture manufacturing through an exploration of the unique capacity of interior furnishings to embody cultural traditions and to shape the spaces within which we live and work. From studio furniture to artworks ranging from 
sculpture to video,  Interior Effects  will 
center on furniture and its design as 
psychologically charged metaphors.

FAM Marketing Manager Kledia Spiro and Carrie Crane on FATV
FATV Interview with Carrie Crane

FAM Marketing Manager Kledia Spiro interviews Carrie Crane, winner of first prize in the 83rd Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft.  Learn all about her past and present work and her upcoming solo exhibition at FAM next summer.

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