Practice

Detail, Buy-o-chromatic, Amanda Nelsen, 200921 foot long coptic stitch, year’s worth of Boston Globe Direct fliers cut, folded, and arranged in chromatic scale

Practice explores artwork inspired by craft, and features highly skilled, process-oriented and conceptual works that require a high degree of proficiency and commitment – including drawing, photography, felting, installation, sculpture, bookmaking and storytelling.

CURATED BY:
Jodi Colella

OPENING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, March 12; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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SPECIAL EVENTS:
massmouth Story Slam and Workshop
Monday, March 31;  7:00 pm

Artist Talk
Friday, March 21; 7:00 pm

LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA

EXHIBITION DATES:
March 13-April 5, 2014
Please note: The gallery will be closed on Wednesday, April 2, for a private event.

GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6:00-8:00 pm
Saturday, 2:00-8:00 pm
Sunday, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm

ARTISTS:
Caleb Cole, Jodi Colella, Julie Kumar,  Stephanie Metz, Amanda Nelsen, Zsusanna Szegedi,
Hannah Verlin

Learn more about the artists here

ABOUT THE CURATOR:

Jodi Colella is a contemporary artist who creates tactile sculptures and installations laced with both whimsy and threat. Among a selection of recent exhibitions are: The Nobility of Things, solo exhibition, Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA; The Order of the Universe, Beard/Weil Galleries, Wheaton College, Norton, MA; Re:Constructed, solo exhibition, Carney Gallery, Regis College, Weston, MA; De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things), Joshua Creek Heritage Art Center, Ontario, Canada; Outside/Inside the Box, FiberPhiladelphia, Philadelphia, PA; GREEN: the Color and the Cause, Textile Museum, Washington, DC. Her awards include 2013 Artist-in-Residence Fruitlands Museum, Pollack-Krasner Fellowship Vermont Studio Center, and 2012 Somerville Arts Council Fellowship. A graduate of Boston University, Jodi continued her studies at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. She is currently having fun conceptualizing a series of interactive  public art installations.