The 4th annual "Small Works" exhibition

23 Sep 2004

September 23, 2004 -- "SMALL WORKS" EXHIBIT TO BENEFIT MAUD MORGAN VISUAL ARTS CENTER AT SACRAMENTO STREET GALLERY OCT. 22 TO DEC. 1

The 4th annual "Small Works" exhibition in Cambridge features the work of 49 Cambridge artists coming together to support the building of the Maud Morgan Visual Arts Center. The exhibition, running Oct. 22 through Dec. 1, features one 12" x 12" work by each contributing artist, and showcases the large art community in Cambridge, celebrating the breadth and variety of work by artists living and working in the city. The exhibition will be held at the Sacramento Street Gallery, 20 Sacramento St., Cambridge, between Harvard and Porter Squares.

Proceeds from "Small Works" sold benefit the MMVAC, to be built behind the Agassiz Community Center in a 19th century carriage house. Work on the MMVAC represents Phase II of the construction project, and 90 per cent of the funds necessary to break ground have been secured. The Center will provide children and practicing artists throughout Cambridge with programs and workspace for painting, drawing, printing, sculpture and ceramics. Children will have access to high-quality hands-on experience in visual arts; artists will have space to work collaboratively and on large projects, as well as opportunities to meet, exhibit, and teach.

The opening of the exhibition will be held Oct. 22 from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. with "Start the Art," an open house celebrating the end of Phase I of the MMVAC - completion of the renovation of the Agassiz Community Center, including a new historically correct porch and paint job, as well as the installation of handicapped access and a new kitchen and bathroom. As part of the "Start the Art" celebration, attendees will have the opportunity to help with the final stitches in a quilt by Quiltmaker Clara Wainwright. Wainwright will work with 4th and 5th graders from Agassiz"s afterschool art program to create the quilt in late Sept./early Oct., and it will hang in the new art center when completed.

"Small Works" features a variety of mediums. Participating artists are Aparna Agrawal, Toby Atlas, Peggy Badenhausen, George Bard, Laura Blacklow, Fay Chandler, John Devaney, Alicia Dwyer, Jane Ehrlich, Phyllis Ewen, Roby Fader, Paul Gray, Peter Haines, Mags Harries, Lillian Hsu, Dianne Lam, Peik Larsen, Judith Larsen, Marja Lianko, Linda Lichtman, Mela Lyman, Andrew Magdanz, Joan Mark, Michael Mazur, Jeannie Motherwell, Judith Motzkin, Barbara Norfleet, Marian Parry, Wendy Prellwitz, Paul Shakespear, Susie Shapiro, Alexandra Sheldon, Annie Silverman, Jill Slosburg-Ackerman, Prilla Smith Brackett, Judy Solomon, Brenda Star, Mark Steele, John Tagiuri, Tabitha Vevers, Nancy Webb, Gail Boyajian, Jane Kamine, Clare Walker Leslie, Daniel Ranalli, Jeanne Redmond, Ellen Stutman, Thalia Tringo and Clara Wainwright. All work is approximately 12" by 12" and costs $150 to $1500. Half the proceeds will benefit the MMVAC and the other half will go to the artists.

The Maud Morgan Visual Art Center, Sacramento Street Gallery and Agassiz Community Center are programs of the Agassiz Neighborhood Council, a private, non-profit organization that has been promoting the health, safety and welfare of Cambridge residents through educational and cultural programs for over thirty years. All contributions to the building fund of the MMVAC are tax deductible.

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