July 2010 (Museum closed Saturday, July 3)

“Seeing Double” – A National Juried Exhibition

Exhibition: July 7 – August 4, 2010.  Opening Awards Reception: Wednesday, July 7, 7-9pm

Partners, duets, Noah’s animals, diptychs, mates, symmetry, reflections, twins, bicuspids, echoes, book ends, double chins … we welcome all of your double visions. Open to all mediums, sizes and concepts that explore this dueling theme.

Download a Seeing Double Press Release with Exhibiting Artist List

View the Seeing Double Exhibition

Seeing Double Juror: Kristina Durocher, Curator of Collections at the Fitchburg Art Museum

Kristina Durocher has more than ten years of art and history museum experience. Prior to joining the Fitchburg Art Museum, she worked in the collection departments of Historic New England and The Longyear Museum. In 2001, she was hired by the Fitchburg Art Museum as Assistant Curator and has served as Curator of Collections since 2004.  During her tenure, she has organized more than twenty historical and contemporary art exhibitions, including the Museum’s biennial exhibition, New England/New Talent.

Ms. Durocher is an active member of the New England Museum Association. She received a B.F.A. from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and a M.A. of Art History from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

August 2010

8 Visions: Juried Group Show from  8 Member Artists

Exhibition: August 20 – October 1, 2010.  Opening Reception Friday, August 20, 7-9pm

Jurors John Kirby, founder of Boston Art, Inc., and Sally Dean Mello, Education Coordinator at the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury carefully considered the work of 20 member artists and selected the following for the Attleboro Arts Museum’s 2010 “8 Visions” exhibition.

2010 “8 Visions” Artists: Robert Bendt – Sharon, MA; Dianne Dolan – Charlestown, MA; Shelly Eager – Franklin, MA; Betsy Cameron Fine – Cumberland, RI; Farnaz Mobayyen – South Easton, MA; Tom Musante – Somers, NY; Lenny Rumpler – Barrington, RI; Jay Wu – Franklin, MA

Community Gallery: Ronald Williams

September 2010 (Closed Saturday, September 4)

(Standard gallery hours resume Tuesday, September 7th, 10 – 5pm)

8 Visions: Juried Group Show from  8 Member Artists. Exhibition: August 20 – October 1, 2010.

8 Visions Gallery Talk: Saturday, Sept 25, 2-4pm.  RSVP to 508-222-2644  x10. A casual exhibition tour and dialogue with select exhibiting artists.

Community Gallery: Zoe Holt

October 2010

Attleboro Arts Museum Benefit Auction Spotlight Exhibition

Exhibition: October 15 – Nov 4, 2010.  Opening Reception honoring artist donors and auction sponsors: Fri, October 15, 6-7:30pm

Our popular Spotlight Exhibition offers a chance to review actual auction items before the live event.

Community Gallery: The work of Peruvian artist M.Teresa Uccelli

November 2010

Attleboro Arts Museum Benefit Auction

Sat, Nov 6.  Doors open 5:30pm.  Live auction begins at 7pm.

Auctioneer: Stuart Whitehurst of Skinner, Inc. Tickets required. Stay tuned for details.

“Carry On”

Exhibition: Nov 18 – Dec 4, 2010, Opening Reception: Thurs, Nov 18, time TBD

Exhibition based on Tim O’Brien’s novel The Things They Carried. Select artists exhibit visual responses to O’Brien’s fiction about men and the Vietnam War.  A collaboration with the City of Attleboro’s 1ABC reading initiative.

Art Lovers Book Club

Saturday, Nov 20, 2-4pm. Free and open to all.

“The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History” by Robert Edsel

Download background on “The Monuments Men”

Community Gallery: George Oomen

December 2010

Members Show/Holiday Sale

Dec 11, 2010 – Feb 4, 2011.  Opening Awards Reception: Saturday, Dec 11, 2-4pm

A grand exhibition of work from Museum members.  Open to all mediums. Details on submitting artwork to come.

Note: the Museum’s Gift Shop expands during the Members’ Exhibition.  Visit the shop for all of your holiday purchases!

Community Gallery: W. Charles Thompson Museum School Students