Exhibition at the Arnold Arboretum
30th April 2021
My one-person show with curatorial commentary was on the Arboretum Website until mid-2024. All the archived shows prepared remotely by artists during Covid when the gallery and buildings were closed (primarily created by local Massachusetts artists who used the Arboretum as their subject)were removed permanently.
Link: https://arboretum.harvard.edu/art_shows/a-walk-in-the-arboretum-digital-photo-collages-by-amy-ragus/ This previous link to my exhibit will take you to the Arboretum website.
Above: Spring has never failed me yet" - Arnold Arboretum April 2020.
Note: Mark Feeney's review in the Boston Globe in Reviews link (above or on the Home page)
Because there will be no reception or artist talk for my show, I have narratives of many of the images here on my website at this link:
https://amyragusartist.photium.com/october-2019-arnold-arboretum-boston
These collages were shot between Oct 2019 and August 2020. Abruptly Covid became a factor in my visits to the Arboretum. The impact of the pandemic entered my collages and perceptions of what I was experiencing. And although I abandoned many images with obviously masked visitors (how can you miss them) the pandemic became a powerful force in my choices. This subtext is mentioned but not emphasized in the Arboretum's presentation so I elaborate for the record.
Note: July 2024 - The Arnold Arboretum has decided that visual gallery shows by artists have been ended.
Link: https://arboretum.harvard.edu/art_shows/a-walk-in-the-arboretum-digital-photo-collages-by-amy-ragus/ This previous link to my exhibit will take you to the Arboretum website.
Above: Spring has never failed me yet" - Arnold Arboretum April 2020.
Note: Mark Feeney's review in the Boston Globe in Reviews link (above or on the Home page)
Because there will be no reception or artist talk for my show, I have narratives of many of the images here on my website at this link:
https://amyragusartist.photium.com/october-2019-arnold-arboretum-boston
These collages were shot between Oct 2019 and August 2020. Abruptly Covid became a factor in my visits to the Arboretum. The impact of the pandemic entered my collages and perceptions of what I was experiencing. And although I abandoned many images with obviously masked visitors (how can you miss them) the pandemic became a powerful force in my choices. This subtext is mentioned but not emphasized in the Arboretum's presentation so I elaborate for the record.
Note: July 2024 - The Arnold Arboretum has decided that visual gallery shows by artists have been ended.