The "Trash to Art" initiative, a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) project between Salem State University in the United States and Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico, exemplifies the transformative power of global shared learning. Guided by Professors Tereza Swanda and Francisco González Romo de Vivar, this project engages students from diverse cultural backgrounds in repurposing discarded materials into meaningful artworks, promoting a profound understanding of environmental sustainability and cross-cultural collaboration. By aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals #12 (Sustainable Consumption and Production) and #13 (Climate Action), "Trash to Art" challenges participants to critically examine their consumption patterns and the environmental impact of human activities.
Artist talk - April 10, 2025 at 12:30 pm
Artist reception - April 10 at 1:30 pm
The Winfisky Gallery is open Monday through Friday, 10 am - 4 pm.
¡Del reciclaje a la galería! Estudiantes de Tec Hidalgo exponen en EUA | Tecnológico de Monterrey: https://conecta.tec.mx/es/noticias/hidalgo/educacion/del-reciclaje-la-galeria-estudiantes-de-tec-hidalgo-exponen-en-eua
February 18 through March 14, 2025
Reception: February 19, 12:30 to 2 p.m.
digital art, video, sculpture, paintings, drawings, & instructional art
This unique exhibition brings together recent works by artists who have been collaborating for years under the mentorship of renowned art duo Rose Shakinovsky and Claire Gavronsky, also known as rosenclaire. The exhibition addresses the urgent need for environmental consciousness and action. The show reflects on the interconnected survival of our planet and its inhabitants. Some works confront the viewer with the stark realities of the climate emergency, while others offer pathways toward healing and encourage a shift in perspective as a way forward. The title, Alert & Attuned, embodies this dual approach of awareness and active engagement.
“In the spirit of collective perspectives and respect for our ancestors, these artistic expressions are interdependent rather than individualistic,” say the curators. “We have developed this exhibit in partnership with our planet, carefully considering carbon impact factors such as shipping, printing or recreating certain works onsite, and post-exhibit waste reduction. These choices support sustainability while organizing contributions from national and international artists.”
The exhibit features art by Adie Russell, ai 43368, Amanda Engels, Amey Mathews, Briele Hansen, Bridget Rountree, Cathrine Raben Davison, Coral Woodbury, Dana Suzanne Dirker, Diane Jacobs, Fletcher Boote, Haley Mellin, Jana Harper, Jessica Houston, Katie Roberts, Kiran Chandra, Kirsten Stromberg, Laura Mack, Lisa Knoop, Marcia Teusink, Melissa Morris, Nicola Bailey, Regan Wheat, Sarah McDowell, Tanya Gill, Tereza Swanda, Tracy Grubbs, and Tracie Lee. Curated by Laura Mack, Dana Suzanne Dirker, Tereza Swanda, and Amey Mathews.
Inclusion- International Women’s Day Exhibit 2024
Featuring work by Ghufran Al-saegh Yousif, Sammia Atoui, Karin Marleen Dijkstra, Helene Falcon, Heather Goodwin, Maureen Holub, Cathy Marie Michael, Amey Mathews, Marisa Orlando, Elexxus E. Ryan, Hannah Sharpless, Tereza Swanda, Rory Elizabeth Torstensson, Stefanie Timmermann, Cynthia Zeman, and guest project with Prof. Francisco Gonzales Romo de Vivar
Inclusion
From margin to center, a group of women gather to reframe our notion of value, pointing more towards giving rather than taking, providing alternative systems of coexistence.
As a group, we are working with the following themes: gender and economic inequality, human and non-human kinship, gun violence, nature as the ground, non-domination, reproductive labor, as well as failing, responsibility and interconnectedness.
“Changing our ways is crucial for our survival. We still have a choice. The way we treat the planet is key and we can no longer wait. Moving away from patriarchy to a Mother Earth centered approach, and adopting values of caring and respect, are urgent. It is a commitment that needs to start now with each of us.” -Helene Falcon
On View: March 9th- March 10th
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 9th 5-7 pm
Gallery Hours: Sunday, March 10th, noon-3:00PM
Public Programs:
Workshop with potter, Stephanie Moriarty: Saturday, March 9th, 1-2:30PM
Workshop with printmaker, Sammia Atoui: Saturday, March 9th, 2:30-4:00PM
Gallery talk and walk with curator: Sunday, March 10th, 12- 1PM
Discussion on how the visual art in this exhibition helps shift our focus from known paradigms to new possibilities in the current era of shifting climate through connection.
ReachArts is a volunteer-led community arts and humanities organization in Swampscott, MA. Our mission is to provide a home for a diverse community to unite through artistic expression. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Swampscott Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
Art is Action- International Women’s Day Exhibit
Featuring work by, Sammia Atoui, Lisa Boemer, Helene Falcon, Agatha Balek, Ingrid Pichler, Hannah Sharpless, Tereza Swanda, Stefanie Timmermann, and Cynthia Zeman
"As a group, we are working with the following themes: gender and economic inequality, gun violence, nature as the ground for artmaking, reproductive labor, responsibility and interconnectedness."
Art is Action!
Matter matters: artificial, organic, from artwork to the environment. Nine women come together to reframe our notion of value, of what is essential, outside the current patriarchal/capitalist lens.
On View: March 8th- March 22nd, 2022
Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 8th 6-8 pm
Gallery Hours: Saturdays and Sundays, 10:00AM-1:00PM
Wednesday Evening, 7:00PM-8:30PM
Public Programs:
Gallery talk and walk with curator: Wednesday, March 15th, 7-8:30PM
Artist Talk with Sammia Atoui and Ingrid Pichler: Saturday, March 11th, 4-5PM
Unredacted
Featuring work by, Peter Howells, Diane Jacobs, Dorota Mytych, Michael Miller, Melissa Morris, Tereza Swanda, Angela Rose Voulgarelis
"As a group, we are working with the following themes: gender and economic inequality, violence against women and children, migration as a means of potential political asylum, destructive thoughts that perpetuate social and political division, as well as the collapse of hierarchical cultural structures.
Acknowledging the political post-truth world we now live in, as artists and activists, we aim to shine a light on sustained inequities and offer more humane alternatives."
A curatorial project, Unredacted, features work by Peter Howells, Diane Jacobs, Dorota Mytych, Michael Miller, Melissa Morris, Tereza Swanda, and Angela Rose Voulgarelis.
"As a group, we are working with the following themes: gender and economic inequality, violence against women and children, migration as a means of potential political asylum, destructive thoughts that perpetuate social and political division, as well as the collapse of hierarchical cultural structures. Acknowledging the political post-truth world, we now live in, as artists and activists, we aim to shine a light on sustained inequities and offer more humane alternatives."
Peter Howells, Where Does This Leave Them? 2019
Map of Japan, mixed media, 8 x 11 inches, $500, framed
website
Angela Rose Voulgarelis , Casualty of Conflict, 2018 , Oil, charcoal on paper , 70 x 100 cm
Domestic Alchemy, 2017-2019 , Sand belts, iron , Dimensions Variable website
Angela Rose Voulgarelis, Domestic Alchemy, (detail) 2017-2019 , Sand belts, iron, Dimensions Variable
Diane Jacobs , $PEAK OUT, 2018, 200 laser-cut real currency, Installation View, website
Tereza Swanda paints Shells, portraits while sitting with the public. Swanda doesn't paint the sitter’s portrait, instead, each individual chooses an image of a migrant.
Angela Rose Voulgarelis' Airing Dirty Laundry is an interactive performance installation. Collected phrases, generated in collaboration with the public, are embroidered onto flat white sheets and hung in galleries and public spaces. (Embroidery Circles ran throughout the exhibition.)
Michael Miller, Implosion-Explosion, 2019
Mixed Media, 3.5 x 5 inches, $200.00
Diane Jacobs, Undoing, 2017 website
Paper, pencil, ink, graphite, gesso, acrylic paint, India ink, and finger prints. 75” W x 60”
Melissa Morris, the unreliable eye, 2016
Oil on Canvas, 25 x 20 cm, $400
Dorota Mytych , How Little One Can Do, 2018, website
4 channel digital video, color, sound installation
the dog 1:25, the cups 5:19, the samplers 1:51, the snow storm 1:11
In Suspension
A site-specific art installation at the Emily Dickinson Museum featuring work by Tereza Swanda, Ingrid Pichler, and Fletcher Boote
The Emily Dickinson Museum is pleased to present this first site-specific art installation in the restored Homestead conservatory. In this small greenhouse Dickinson tended flowers “near and foreign,” forging a deep connection that permeated her poetry and daily life. Imagine dirt under the poet’s fingernails as she wrote the poems that immortalized flowers blooming in her garden, home, and Amherst’s fields and woodlands.
This mixed-media installation aims to forge the colors Dickinson saw from the conservatory out into her landscape. In this meditation on suspension, colors change based on the atmosphere, and the space between subjects. Light from color gels is cast throughout the room by projection and refraction. Sound is a complimentary element to color.
A site-specific art installation at the Emily Dickinson Museum featuring work by Tereza Swanda, Ingrid Pichler, and Fletcher Boot, aims to forge the colors Dickinson saw from the conservatory out into her landscape. In this meditation on suspension, colors change based on the atmosphere, and the space between subjects. Light from color gels is cast throughout the room by projection and refraction. Sound is a complimentary element to color. website
Dancer, choreographer Kelly Sullivan was invited to perform and activate the space. Her Tinydance Project can be seen here.
Gallery 263 is pleased to present M/othering, a Curatorial Proposal Series exhibition that features recent works by Fletcher Boote, Maya Pindyck, Tereza Swanda, and Angela Rose Voulgarelis. These four artists draw on their experiences of motherhood and childhood in relation to the often complicated dynamics of family relationships, cultural identity, and positions of privilege. They explore these themes through a range of media, driven by questions about inheritance and systems; What continuity is there, if any, between generations? What gets handed down from mother to child? What gets passed from nation to education, or from education to family structure? What images and stereotypes of mothering tend to spread and reproduce? website
Maya Pindyck, Out of Lezley, gouache on wood panel, 9”x12”, 2016
Tereza Swanda, Spot Light, transfer on soap, colored tape and Velcro on light, 3.5” x 3.5” x .75”, 2016
Angela Rose Voulgarelis, Three Girls, oil on canvas, 58”x46”, 2015-16
Embroidery Circle as a form of Protest, as part of Angela Voulgarelis’ participatory project, Airing Dirty Laundry, 1/21/2017
“Don’t be too shrill, quiet, polite, rude.”
Embroidery Circle as a form of Protest, Airing Dirty Laundry, 1/21/2017
For Fletcher Boote, Like Night and Day, found and recorded sound, 00:05:58, 2016 Listen here
