The Mayor's Gallery exhibits work by Boston artists who have received recognition for their artwork through grants, awards and other types of public display.
The Scollay Square Gallery showcases the many arts organizations and artists community groups that support Boston artists throughout the city.
Location: Mayors Gallery, 5th floor (Directions)
Dates: July 5 - August 5, 2016
Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Office of Arts & Culturepresents: Foresightand Unpredictabilityan exhibition of drawings by Xiaowei Chen. The work will be on display from July 1 – August 5, 2016 in the 5thFloor Mayor’s Gallery at Boston City Hall.
“Drawing takes me to the depths of sub-consciousness and resurfacing with images which are often more abstract than the motifs that I choose to use. I found this way of art making exhilarating because it allows both foresight and unpredictability.”
-Xiaowei Chen
Xiaowei Chen's work includes video, drawing, and painting. She explores natural environments, natural disasters, human thought, and the interconnectivity between the three. Her current focus is large-scale drawings.
Xiaowei Chen (born 1978) graduated from the Institute of Graphic Communication in Beijing, China. From 2000 to 2005 she worked in television production and produced and directed independent documentary films. She was a guest lecturer at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She was awarded the Artadia NY Artist Residency at ISCP in Brooklyn, NY; The COOHAUS RESIDENCY ARTIST FOR 2013, New York, NY; The 75thRegional Exhibition, ARNOT ART MUSEUM.Her recent exhibitions include Solo show in Maya Polsky Gallery, Chicago; The Research House for Asian Art, Chicago, IL; 49B studios, Brooklyn, NY; TLGUTS Gallery, Lynn, MA; artSPACE@16, Malden, MA. And the group shows in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; NNE(North Northeast), Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT; Gong Ju International Art Show, Limlip art Museum, Chungnam, Korea; Beard & Weil Galleries Wheaton College, MA; See | Exhibition Space, New York, NY; (Art) Amalgamated, New York, NY; ARTGATE GALLERY, New York, NY;A.I.R Gallery in Brooklyn, NY; Silvermine Guild Arts Center in New Canaan, CT; MCLA gallery51 in North Adams, MA; and Mills Gallery in Boston, MA; AroundSpace. Shanghai, China; Hurun Art Foundation London Exhibition2016, London, UK . Chen has also exhibited in Beijing, China.
Location: Scollay Square Gallery, 3rd floor (Directions)
Dates: July 11- August 15, 2016
Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture will host an a group exhibition in the Scollay Square Gallery.
Minding the Heart is an expression of nature and nurture of Being, to live, experience, affect and be affected. The process of creating from within us through conscious and unconscious action and thought. Dreams guide the communication of atoms and energy within the “Weave of the Universe”. We create our work in the hope of finding and expressing resonant meaning through paintings, words, photography and sculpture.
Jane Chakravarthy: visual art / words
Sudi Chakravarthy: photography
Paul Danielian: sculpture
There is no art without living and for being without the microscope of the mind, the understanding from the heart, and the embrace of the fire from the soul, for me, there is no life, only an existence.
Most of my art is, at least initially, serendipitous in construct. I'm inspired primarily by experiences and sometimes feel almost guided by the constructs I've perceived and create from them.
Whatever I'm traveling through, mentally, physically or spiritually, I seek to understand, explore and strive to make sense of it. Often my work is representative in one form or another from that metaphysical dialogue. I don't write a diary, just at times find myself painting one.
Creating my art, is a spiritual catharsis for me. I strive to let free my woes, to celebrate my oneness, and embrace our collective consciousness.
-Jane Chakravarthy
Location: Mayor's Neighborhood Gallery, 2nd floor Boston City Hall
Dates: June 16 - July 15, 2016
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Located on the 5th floor of City Hall. From City Hall Plaza or Congress St. entrances, take South Elevators to the 5th floor, follow signs to Mayor's Office: signage marks the gallery entrance. If you are planning to attend an opening you must enter from Congress Street.
Located on the 3rd floor/main lobby of City Hall. When entering from Congress St, take elevators to 3rd floor, proceed through lobby, passing the information desk on your right. The gallery is ahead of you. When entering from City Hall Plaza, proceed through lobby, passing the information desk on your right. The gallery is ahead of you. Signage marks the gallery entrance. If you are planning to attend an opening you must enter from Congress Street.
Located on the 2nd floor near the South Elevators. From City Hall Plaza or Congress St. entrances, take South Elevators to the 2nd floor.
