Gallery Talk Series
The Umbrella Visual Arts Program, in collaboration with The Umbrella Arts Education Program, is pleased to present The Umbrella Gallery Talk Series, featuring presentations from working artists, arts educators, and art curators from our wide creative community. Except where noted, most talks are free and open to the public without RSVP. Select educator and partner events may require RSVP or registration fees, so please see individual program details.
UPCOMING TALKS
To be announced!
PREVIOUS TALKS
Workshop: Exploring Contemporary Sculpture and Ceramics
March 24, 2024
In a full-day workshop, celebrated sculptor and ceramic artist Li Hongwei discussed his breadth of work, recent series of crystalline glazed ceramic and stainless steel sculptures, and hand-built ceramic self portraiture and installation. The program combined lecture, slides, demonstration, and Q&A, concurrent with an exhibition of his works at The Pucker Gallery in Boston.
Workshop: Open to New Technology: 3D Printing in Clay!
May 18, 2024
Featured in this spring's juried ceramics show, Earthworks: Tradition, Influence, Innovation, Ellen Shön was Adjunct Professor in Fine Arts and Ceramics Studio Supervisor at Lesley University College of Art and Design in Cambridge, MA, where she has taught ceramics and 3-D courses since 2002. This lecture examined the process of 3D printing (including a live demonstration), viewing slides and examples of Ellen’s work, and discussed how this process has elevated and expanded her creative process.
Artist Talk: Catherine Le Comte
February 8, 2024
The Umbrella Winter 2023 Artist-in-Residence Catherine LeComte discussed her planned residency work. LeComte is a Boston-based visual artist who explores familial relationships, motherhood, and personal experiences through photography, mixed media, and installation. Advocating for greater visibility of artwork centered around motherhood and created by mother artists is a central passion for her that she centered during her residency.
Artist Talk: Kyle Johns
November 2, 2023
The Umbrella 2023-24 Ceramics Artist-in-Residence Kyle Johns discussed his work using the traditionally rigid process of mold making found at the core of industrial production. Kyle deconstructs and reassembles plaster mold positives to explore new ways of creating one-off slip cast objects. Kyle’s talk journeyed through the different stages of his development as an artist, from his early days as a wheel throwing potter to his current work.
Artist Talk and Reception: Sally Lee
October 22, 2022
Talk and reception in conjunction with 2021-2022 Umbrella Artist-in-Residence exhibition “Are We Home Yet?.”
Panel Discussion: "Bizen Revisited"
November 6, 2022
The Umbrella was honored to host famed ceramic artists Isezaki Koichiro, son of Isezaki Jun, Jeff Shapiro and Tim Rowan for a panel discussion and community conversation about their work and careers, and the tradition of Bizen pottery. The panel culminated in a visit to nearby Lucy Lacoste Gallery for the concurrent "Bizen Revisited" show, also featuring Kakurezaki Ryuichi and Isezaki Koichiro.
Workshop: Sgraffito and the Narrative Surface
November 12, 2022
Director of the Harvard Ceramics Program, Kathy King, demonstrated the lively and popular technique of sgraffito and helped participants try this distinctive form.
Artist Talk: Ponnapa Prakkamakul
November 15, 2022
Our 2022-2023 Umbrella Artist-in-Residence discussed her plans to engage the Concord community in her art process.
Juror Talk and Reception: Jessica Straus
December 11, 2022
A reception with the juror for Lost and Found, our concurrent found objects artwork group exhibition.
Artist Talk: Katie Bosley Sabin
February 3, 2023
An artist talk with our first ever Ceramics Artist in Residence! Katie discussed her background, her career as an artist and educator, and her plans for her residency at The Umbrella. Her slides took us through the development of her personal style and skill set over the years. She shared her inspirations and the process uses to create her unique and precisely crafted architectural vessels.
Artist Talk: “Is that a poem I Hear?”
April 13, 2023
Umbrella Studio Artist Max Payne shared the connection she makes between the visual and the word in her work.
Artist Talk: Re-remembering of Things Past
October 19, 2023
Umbrella Artist-in-Residence Jasmine Chen discussed her past work and her project of six paintings inspired by her residency at The Umbrella.
Curator Talk & Tour: Art Ramble with Stephanie Marlin-Curiel
October 16, 2023
A tour of this year's site-specific, climate change-themed exhibition in Hapgood Wright Town Forest, Fairyland Pond.
