NEWS & MEDIA
September 15, 2021. Ferrin Contemporary Curator Conversation featuring artists Courtney M. Leonard, Paul Scott, and Norwood Viviano. Moderated by Jami Powell, Ph.D., Curator of Indigenous Art, Hood Museum, Dartmouth University (Hanover, NH).
July 24, 2021 | Hosted by Ferrin Contemporary (North Adams, MA) and co-organized with Heller Gallery (New York), this artist talk in conjunction with the opening of MELTING POINT features artists Sydney Cash, Gregg Moore, Robert Silverman, Raymon Elozua, Sally Silberberg, and Tom Patti.
FOUNDERS’ HOUR FEATURING Paul Scott with Leslie Ferrin & Brian Gallagher
June 11, 2021 | The Mint Museum’s Founders’ Circle is pleased to present their first ever International Founders’ Hour featuring UK-based artist, Paul Scott. From his studio in Cumbria, Scott creates contemporary versions of traditional blue and white transferware ceramics, updating this historic media for the 21st century. Scott’s work engages political and social issues that resonate with our lives today, questioning the cultural history of transferware ceramics in the dissemination of national ideas and settler-centric narratives.
View “Founders’ Hour featuring Paul Scott with Leslie Ferrin & Brian Gallagher” on Vimeo.
June 7, 2021 | For the 50th anniversary of Andy Warhol’s Raid the Icebox exhibition, RISD Museum invited eight contemporary artists and collectives to mine the museum, taking inspiration from objects or incorporating objects into new installations that reconsider how collections can be reimagined.
View “Ferrin Contemporary in Conversation: Raid the Icebox Now with Elizabeth Williams, Beth Katleman, and Paul Scott” on Vimeo.
FOUNDERS’ HOUR FEATURING Peter Pincus with Leslie Ferrin & Brian Gallagher
February 23, 2021 | Virtual program hosted by the Mint Museum’s Founder’s Circle with “ceramic techno star” Peter Pincus and an introduction by Brian Gallagher curator of Classic Black: The Basalt Sculpture of Wedgwood and His Contemporaries. We’re going to cover a lot of ground in 30 minutes, studio tour, artistic practice, research and recent work in response to Josiah Wedgwood and conceptual theories behind Sol LeWitt.
View “Founders’ Hour featuring Peter Pincus with Leslie Ferrin & Brain Gallagher” on Vimeo.
PETER PINCUS’ “SNAP SNAP VIDEO”
As this unusual time has moved us all to new digital and virtual platforms, we’re happy to present our In-Progress News & Media Page on our website, which includes our Newsletter Archives, Press & Blog Posts, Director’s Notes, Instagram Feed & this Video Library.
Thank you to the Always Creative Peter Pincus for our Newest & Most Amusing Video Yet!
Artist Peter Pincus narrates this virtual tour of his 2020 exhibition, ART IN THE AGE OF INFLUENCE: Peter Pincus | Sol LeWitt, presented at Ferrin Contemporary’s gallery on the campus of MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA.
View “Virtual Tour: ART IN THE AGE OF INFLUENCE: Peter Pincus | Sol LeWitt” on Vimeo.
Peter Pincus in conversation with Garth Johnson, Everson Museum of Art & Anne Forschler, Birmingham Museum of Art. The discussion will include a video tour of “ART IN THE AGE OF INFLUENCE: Peter Pincus | Sol Lewitt” at Ferrin Contemporary with director Leslie Ferrin on the campus of MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. Pincus will be speaking from his studio in Rochester, NY.
View “Ferrin Contemporary & Peter Pincus | In the Everson Museum’s Online Classes & Studio Tours” on Vimeo.
Garth Johnson, the Everson Museum of Art‘s Paul and Philips and Sharon Sullivan Curator of Ceramics will join Ferrin Contemporary’s director, Leslie Ferrin to discuss the exhibition NATURE/NURTURE and the role of gender in contemporary ceramics. Mara Superior and additional artists from the exhibition will also join in from their studio(s) to discuss their practice and new work in process.
View “Ferrin Contemporary & ‘Nature/Nurture’ | In the Everson Museum of Art’s Virtual Class” on Vimeo.
LAUREN MABRY | NATURE/NURTURE VIRTUAL TOUR
Virtual Tour of Lauren Mabry’s ‘ “Glaze Flow Blocks”, and cylinders in “NATURE/NURTURE”, the 2020 group exhibition of twelve contemporary female artists invited to explore the influence of gender and its impact on their practice at Ferrin Contemporary on the campus of MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA.
KADRI PÄRNAMETS | NATURE/NURTURE
Virtual Tour of Kadri Pärnamets‘ “Moor”, “Spring Announcers”, “Noon Dance”, “Sultry Night”, and “Waggle Dance” in “NATURE/NURTURE”, the 2020 group exhibition of twelve contemporary female artists invited to explore the influence of gender and its impact on their practice at Ferrin Contemporary on the campus of MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA.
View “Kadri Pärnamets Nature/Nurture Virtual Tour” on Vimeo.
Virtual Tour of Linda Sormin‘s “Reshaping Rage (when revenge makes perfect sense)” in “NATURE/NURTURE”, the 2020 group exhibition of twelve contemporary female artists invited to explore the influence of gender and its impact on their practice at Ferrin Contemporary on the campus of MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA.
Virtual Tour of Linda Sikora‘s ”Faux Wood Group” in “NATURE/NURTURE”, the 2020 group exhibition of twelve contemporary female artists invited to explore the influence of gender and its impact on their practice at Ferrin Contemporary on the campus of MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA.
GISELLE HICKS | NATURE/NURTURE
Virtual Tour of Giselle Hicks‘ “Group of Vessels” in “NATURE/NURTURE”, the 2020 group exhibition of twelve contemporary female artists invited to explore the influence of gender and its impact on their practice at Ferrin Contemporary on the campus of MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA.
GISELLE HICKS | SPHERE FORM PROCESS
This time-lapse video shows how ceramic artist Giselle Hicks builds her Sphere Forms.
Ferrin Contemporary is pleased to present a collection of videos produced by our gallery and various partners, including artists, galleries, museums, and arts organizations on our Vimeo & YouTube Channels.
Launched in the summer of 2020, the collection will continually grow, so please check back for additional content and subscribe to our platforms for notifications of new videos.
FERRIN CONTEMPORARY ON-THE-ROAD & INSTAGRAM
Follow Ferrin Contemporary’s instagram feed for visual updates on our artists and gallery activities. Follow Leslie Ferrin, director and founder, on her travels as she takes Ferrin Contemporary on the road to explore and discover great contemporary ceramic art around the US and abroad.
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