Sunday, July 15, 2018

Summer News Update

Coming up in July:




Opening Wednesday July 18th
: Breath and Matter Exhibition at the Boston Sculptors Gallery featuring 24 artists and poets in collaboration. Join us for a reception with poetry readings from 5:30p-8:30p on Wed. July 18th and again on Friday August 3rd from 5:30p-8:30p. The show is up through August 12th, 2018. I collaborated with Danielle Legros Georges, the Poet Laureate of Boston and she will be reading on Wednesday July 18th. Andy Moerlein worked closely with Ernestine Hayes, the writer Laureate of Alaska. You can see a preview of their collaboration online.



Join us for a reception at Georgia Blue Gallery in Anchorage Alaska on Saturday July 21st from 1p-3p. The Myth Makers: Donna Dodson and Andy Moerlein will be showing images of their Avian Avatars and discussing the process of making monumental public art using natural and recycled materials.

Newly installed: Madam President joins the Seaport Art Walk in New Bedford this year. The annual outdoor exhibition of sculpture along the waterfront is a must-see. This year's theme is Freedom and Equality. Madam President is A Monument to the First Female President of the USA and to the Dream that Every Girl Can Become The President of the USA. On view through October 2018.


If you visit New Bedford, you can see my sculpture Moby Dick near the waterfront, which is part of the Massachusetts Whale Trail, a special state wide tribute to the history of the this majestic beast and to the local whaling industry.


Also in New Bedford: Drawing on the Sacred Circle, a new bamboo installation at the Haskell Public Gardens, by Andy Moerlein.

News from the Myth Makers:



Seeking Higher Ground
An Avian Avatar by the Myth Makers : Donna Dodson & Andy Moerlein
June 2018 - December 2019
Sponsored by FLAP ( Friends of Larz Anderson Park)



Beacon
An Avian Avatar by the Myth Makers : Donna Dodson & Andy Moerlein
July-September 2018 at the Sugar Bowl, South Boston
Sept.- Nov. 2018 at the Navy Yard in Charlestown
Harborwalk Artist In Residence 2018

Join us on Monday July 30th @ 7pm for an arts inspired boat cruise in the Boston Harbor! Visit bostonharborartscruise.eventbrite.com for tickets. This free boat ride will feature music, performance, poetry, and participatory visual art, showcasing intergenerational and diverse expressions. Meet the Boston Harbor Artists in Residence and learn about their projects, and an all-star lineup of poets, visual artists, musicians, and dancers.

Featuring performance and art from:
-Cornell Coley: Afro-Latin percussion
-Veronica Robles: Mariachi and traditional latin dance
-Matt Parker: poetry
-Ashley Rose: poetry
-April Andrew: visual art in collaboration with youth, inspired by The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes
-Kera Washington and Zili Misik: Music bridging cultures, continents and generations
-Freedom Baird: Storytelling as it relates to sea level rise and disappearing landscapes
-The Myth Makers, Donna Dodson & Andy Moerlein: sculpture and artist talk

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