Above image "The Path" by Angela Gaffney-Smith
Bristol Art Museum Announces a New National Exhibit of Miniatures
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The Bristol Art Museum announces its next exhibit titled, Miniature Monumental, featuring artwork that can be held in the hand or measures less than 25 square inches in size. The exhibit opens on Sat., Feb. 4 and will be on view until Fri., March 31. An artists' reception is scheduled for Sun., Feb. 19 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Museum. Patricia Miranda, a New York-based artist, curator and served as juror for the exhibit.
The exhibit includes 94 pieces of art that were chosen among 300 entries from a national call for art. Artists from 33 states and the District of Columbia will be represented in this exhibit. Also featured in this exhibit is miniature art created and submitted by Bristol Art Museum members. The members’ artwork will be displayed salon style. The artists’ style when creating miniatures can range from conventional to cutting-edge, limited only by the artist’s creativity. “Once again, the Bristol Art Museum is proud to offer a unique exhibit featuring art from across the nation sharing a different style of art,” said Museum Curator Mary Dondero. “These little treasures take many forms, tend to be easily transported, and have been created from many materials. Miniatures can be mementos of loved ones, illuminated manuscripts, paintings, drawings, original prints, etchings, stamps, sculptures, engraved gems, and even carved beads.” The exhibit will also feature Russian lacquer boxes on loan from the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, Mass. Complementing the display of the lacquer boxes will be a free lecture titled the History of the Russian Lacquer Boxes on Sat., Feb. 25 at the Museum. Registration through Eventbrite is required. The lecture is funded by a generous donation from Bonnie Usher in memory of Gladys L. Usher. Those interested in learning more about painting miniatures are invited to register for a class offered by the Museum, Painting Miniatures, with Gina Croce on Tues., Feb. 6. More details can be found here. |
Juror: Patricia Miranda
Miranda is an artist, curator, educator and founder of several artist-run organizations including The Crit Lab and MAPSace,. In 2021 she founded the Lace Archive, an historical community archive of thousands of donated lace works and family histories. She has been awarded numerous residencies and grants.
Miranda has developed education programs for K-12, museums, and institutions, including Franklin Furnace, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Smithsonian Institution. She is a noted expert on the history and use of natural dyes and pigments, and teaches about environmentally sustainable art practices.
Miranda currently teaches studio art and professional practice in undergrad and grad programs at Montclair State University, New Jersey City University, and Massachusetts College of Art and has been a faculty member y at Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. Her work has been exhibited at Jane Street Art Center, Garrison Art Center (Hudson Vallery, NY) ODETTA Gallery, Williamsburg Art+Historical Center, The Clemente Center, ABC No Rio, and Wave Hill (NYC); The Alexey von Schlippe Gallery at UConn Avery Point, (Groton, CT); the Cape Museum of Fine Art, (Cape Cod MA); and the Belvedere Museum, (Vienna Austria). Her solo exhibition at Garrison Art Center (2021) was featured in the Brooklyn Rail. (Image Courtesy of https://www.patriciamiranda.com/about)
Miranda is an artist, curator, educator and founder of several artist-run organizations including The Crit Lab and MAPSace,. In 2021 she founded the Lace Archive, an historical community archive of thousands of donated lace works and family histories. She has been awarded numerous residencies and grants.
Miranda has developed education programs for K-12, museums, and institutions, including Franklin Furnace, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Smithsonian Institution. She is a noted expert on the history and use of natural dyes and pigments, and teaches about environmentally sustainable art practices.
Miranda currently teaches studio art and professional practice in undergrad and grad programs at Montclair State University, New Jersey City University, and Massachusetts College of Art and has been a faculty member y at Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. Her work has been exhibited at Jane Street Art Center, Garrison Art Center (Hudson Vallery, NY) ODETTA Gallery, Williamsburg Art+Historical Center, The Clemente Center, ABC No Rio, and Wave Hill (NYC); The Alexey von Schlippe Gallery at UConn Avery Point, (Groton, CT); the Cape Museum of Fine Art, (Cape Cod MA); and the Belvedere Museum, (Vienna Austria). Her solo exhibition at Garrison Art Center (2021) was featured in the Brooklyn Rail. (Image Courtesy of https://www.patriciamiranda.com/about)
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