Past Exhibits
The Gallery at Mount Ida College has a history of presenting extraordinary artists and designers working in a wide variety of styles from traditional media to cutting edge technology. Past exhibits have garnered regional and national attention. Click on the links below to read more about past exhibits.
Catherine
Carter, Sand T Kalloch, Nancy Natale, Jeanne Williamson In these works pictorial and dimensional elements expand into
space, viewers contemplate the relationship of parts to the whole....read
more
Exponential: Four Artists
Explore Infinity
Curated by Catherine
Carter
1.29 – 3.2.2013
Reception 2.7,
Thursday, 6 – 8, Gallery Talk, 6:30, Carlson Auditorium
Different Kind
Nancy Diessner
10.23 – 12.1.2012
Reception 11.1, Thursday, 6 – 8, Gallery Talk, 6:30, Carlson Auditorium
Photo-etchings of domestic animals and human bodies and wild beasts—sometimes alone and sometimes together, and sometimes merged into one—are presented inside large paper pods hanging from the ceiling...read more
Closed 11/20 – 11/24 for Thanksgiving
ooh, cool, ahh!
9.11 – 10.13.2012
Reception 9.19, Wednesday, 6 – 8, Gallery Talk 6:30
Come see what we are oohing and ahhing about! The School of Design Faculty of Mount Ida College show their latest creative works. The exhibition includes Earl Battle, Ezra Cove, Christopher Durocher, Aleta May Deyo, Alison-Poor Donahue, Kathleen Driscoll, Taylor Harnisch, Cheryl Hirshman, Hans Christian Lischewski, Phyllis Misite, Maria Vitagliano, Tamotsu Yamamoto, and others...read more
Hans Christian Lischewski, a retrospective
3.27 – 4.28.2012
reception 4.5 TH 6– 8, Gallery Talk 6:30
Closed April 6 - 8 for Easter Weekend
read more
AIGA: 365
Design Effectiveness Competition
1.31 – 3.3.2012
Reception 2.9 TH 6 – 8, Guest Speaker, 6:30 on 2.9, Carlson Auditorium
The selections from the “AIGA 365 | Design Effectiveness” competition exemplify the most effective current work in communication design, as chosen by a distinguished jury of design peers from Target, Autodesk, Fjord and more...read more
You Just Can't Make This Stuff Up
Walter Kopec
10.25 – 12.3.2011
reception, 11.2, W 6 – 8
Gallery Talk, 11.2, 6:30
Closed for Thanksgiving , 11/22 – 11/27
The art of Walter Kopec is a playful whimsy of form, text and language...read more
Guise: the art of costuming
Curated by Aleta May Deyo
9.13 – 10.16.11
reception 9.21, W 6 – 8, Gallery Talk, 6:30
Guise is an exhibition show casing the work of contemporary costumers working in the New England area...read more
Beyond the Visible: the Art of Saira Elizabeth Austin
3.29 – 5.1.11
reception 4.7.11 TH 5– 8
Gallery Talk 6:30 (closed 4.15 – 17 Patriot’s Day Weekend)
Austin has produced a body of work inspired by place as close as her Gloucester garden and as far as the landscapes of Provence, Paris, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, Labrador, and the Orkneys in Scotland...read more
AIGA 50 Books/ 50 Covers
2.1 – 3.6.11
reception 2.10.11 TH 5 – 8
Carlson Auditorium, Guest Speaker, 6:30 on 2.10
After careful and considered review of many entries, the 2009 jury of the “AIGA 50 books/50 Covers” competition selected a group of examples of outstanding book and book cover design produced in 2009. read more
The SHIFTboston Ideas Competition 2009
10.26 – 12.5.10
reception 11.4.10, TH 5 – 8
Carlson Auditorium, Presentation 6:30, 11. 4 (Gallery closed 11.19 – 28)
The competition called on all architects, artists, landscape architects, urban designers, engineers and anyone to submit their most provocative wild visions for the City of Boston: WHAT IF this could happen in Boston? SHIFTboston seeks to collect visions that aim to enhance and electrify the urban experience in Boston, including innovative, radical ideas for new city elements such as public art, landscape, architecture, urban intervention and transportation... read more
Green: What is it?
9.14 – 10.17.10
reception 9.22.10, W 5 – 8, Gallery Talk, 6:30
The School of Design Faculty of Mount Ida College define the meaning of green. What is the meaning of green?...read more
Drawing In Thread : Contemporary Embroidery
3.30 - 5.2.2010
Reception Thursday, 4/8/10 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
with Gallery talk on 4/8/10 at 6:30 p.m.
Traditionally, embroidery is a decorative embellishment made with a needle and thread on textiles...read more
365: AIGA Year in Design 30
2.2 – 3.7.2010
February 2,2010 - March 7,2010
Hosted by the AIGA Student Chapter of Mount Ida College
Reception 2.11 Th 5 – 8pm with a Designer's Talk at 6:30pm
An exhibition of outstanding communication design produced in North America in 2008, which opened to the public in December 2009 at the American Institute of Graphic Arts National Design Center in New York. Don’t miss this first stop as it travels around the country...read more
Rania Matar : Ordinary Lives
10.27 – 12.13.2009
October 27,2009 - December 13,2009
reception 10.29 Th 5– 7pm
Co-hosted by The Gallery at Mount Ida College and the Center for Arabic Culture
Rania Matar is a photographer who focuses on women and children in the Middle East. The content of the images are universal ideas on being human and include photographs from four bodies of work; The Aftermath of War, The Veil, Lost Memories and The Forgotten People...read more
Behind the Game
09.08.09 - 10.18.09
September 8,2009 – October 18,2009
Curated by Ezra Cove
Tara Rueping lead concept artist at Turbine will speak on September 16 at 6:30 pm
reception on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 from 5 - 7 pm
A collection of concept art from popular video games created at Massachusetts game development companies...read more
Architecture in Perspective 2303.24.09 - 05.03.09
Reception: April 9, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.; Gallery talk with The Hugh Ferriss Memorial Prize winner Frank Costantino at 6:30 p.m.
Presentation and workshop with Frank Costantino “A Conversation about Drawing” on March 31 from 2 – 4, NEI Conference Room
This is an opportunity to see extraordinary drawings from the annual juried exhibition of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI). These remarkable works include traditional media as well as digital and analog imaging selected from hundreds of entries from around the world. The exhibition is sponsored by the American Society of Architectural Illustrators, www.asai.org and Mount Ida College www.mountida.edu ...Read more
AIGA: 365 Year in Design 29
01.27.09 - 03.01.09
Hosted by the AIGA Student Chapter of Mount Ida College
An exhibition of outstanding communication design produced in North America in 2007, which opened to the public in December 2008 at the American Institute of Graphic Arts National Design Center in New York. Don't miss this first stop as it travels around the country... read more
Ryan Walker - The Recycler
10.21.08 - 12.7.08
A look at sculptures made with recycled materials to create assemblage, structures in space and installation.
Mr. Walker creates installations, scupltures and structures in space using discarded objects. He explores, rethinks and transforms the object's inherent purpose by combining unrelated parts to make a totally new unusable form. Objects are created for purpose. What happens when the object's meaning is taken away by the artist?...Read more
Http://www.ryanmwalker.com
(The Gallery will be closed during Thanksgiving Break, November 21-30.)
School of Design Faculty of Mount Ida College
9.9.08 - 10.12.08
This exhibition includes the recent work of Saira Austin, Tom Bowling, Ezra Cove, Aleta Deyo, Kathleen Driscoll, Taylor Harnisch, Cheryl Hirshman, Cecilia Lewis Kausel, Bill Kipp, Hans Christian Lischewski, Lynne Bryan Phipps, John Tricomi, Judith Veronesi, Maria Vitagliano, Heather Gage-West, Tamotsu Yamamoto and others with works made in graphics, textiles, architectural rendering, digital media, traditional and experimental drawing, traditional and digital photography, oil painting, sculpture, and mixed media installation...Read More
Wild Life/ Wildlife
3.25.08 - 5.4.08
An artist's response
This is a call to artists for an exhibition titled Wild Life/Wildlife. How is your wild life interpreted? Life as a human condition: its structure, wildness, rawness and crudeness or wildlife of the natural world: its order and disorder, incivility and savageness... Read more
AIGA:365 Year in Design 28
1.29.08 - 3.2.08
An exhibition of outstanding communication design produced in North America in 2006, which opened to the public in December 2007 at the American Institute of Graphic Arts National Design Center in New York City. Don't miss this first stop as it travels around the country... Read more
Soldiers
10.23.2007 - 12.9.2007
Photographer David Torcoletti uses a collection of photographs of American soldiers in Vietnam that were brought to the U.S. from Vietnam by a former South Vietnamese Radio and Television personality. He reworks these deteriorating images blowing them up almost human scale to show extraordinary portraits... Read more
School of Design Faculty
9.11.2007 - 10.14.2007
This exhibition profiles the recent work in varied areas of expertise, media and subject matter ranging from political commentary to concepts on contemporary beauty from these professional artists and designers... Read more
Architecture in Perspective 21
3.27.07 – 5.06.07
This is an opportunity to see extraordinary drawings from the annual juried exhibition of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI). These remarkable works include traditional media as well as digital & analog imaging selected from hundreds of entries from around the world... Read more
365: AIGA Year in Design 27
1.30.07 – 3.04.07
This is an exhibit of outstanding communication design produced in North America in 2005, which opens to the public in December 2006 at the AIGA National Design Center in New York. Don’t miss this first stop as it travels across the country... Read more
10.31.06 – 12.10.06
This is an exhibition of nationally known artists who use beads extensively in their work. Curator, Bo Breda, is a member of the Mount Ida College School of Design faculty and has been exhibiting her own beadwork since 1994...more
Mount Ida College School of Design Faculty Exhibit 2006
September 12 - October 22,2006
Recent works by members of the Mount Ida College School of Design were on display in this innovative and orignal exhibit...more
Howard L. Bingham: Photographer of Legends
April 3 – March 10, 2004
Howard Bingham is one of the great photographers of our time, having documented some of the most important American historical turning points of the Twentieth Century...more
Vistas: Interventions in a Mediated Landscape
September 9 – October 26, 2003
This exhibit featured sculptural works installed on the entry grounds to the College, along with an exhibition of models and proposals in the gallery...more
Designing Fashion as Business and Art
April 2 – April 27, 2002
All of the clothing designers featured in this exhibition owned and ran their own businesses. Some of them created everything from concept to end product while others used local cutters, stitchers and dyers...more