Laconia Gallery

In "Replay" Steve Novick's sculptures emphasize simplicity of form, anthropomorphism, and a sense of humor. The work employs as-is and modified found objects; these provide a sort of social vocabulary, gleaned from material culture, that fuels meditations on consumption, visual and written language, and nature. Novick's use and subversion of certain elements of "high" Modernism—geometric shape, strong color, the "purity" of abstraction—betrays a love of the source, but introduces a questioning of its premises and an investigation of its possibilities in the present day. About the Artist Steve Novick was born in 1966 in Worcester, Massachusetts. He holds a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of

Aufheben means to both destroy and preserve, to simultaneously elevate and decimate. In Emily Mogavero's ever-growing series of drypoint prints she draws intuitively on the same zinc and copper plates, cataloging her thoughts and emotions. Although each mark is eventually erased and obscured, reflections of Mogavero's drawing are preserved in the print. About the Artist Emily Mogavero is a printmaker, painter, independent curator, arts marketer, educator, and community builder. Her work addresses memory and history through abstraction and chance, forming an extended self-portrait. She received her BFA from the Sam Fox School of Design &

Art in Residence: Laconia Residents Group Exhibition Laconia Gallery October 4, 2024 at 7pm F. J. Haydn String Quartet Op 71 No 2 Ruth Crawford String Quartet 1931 Carlos Simon Warmth from Other Suns The Arneis Quartet performs works by F. J. Haydn, Ruth Crawford, Carlos Simon, and a selection of popular arrangements as part of the annual Laconia Residents Group Exhibition and SoWa First Fridays.

Every Night at Six treads softly between different modes of art making while ruminating on daily life, observing and celebrating the places, people and things that make up our lives. Christina Marcantonio explores themes of memory and childhood play through fiber sculptures and lens based work. Eileen de Rosas collects images from her walking practice, paying attention to the intimate connection between the body and landscape, and transforms them into multi-layered interactive sculptures. Together, de Rosas’ and Marcantonio’s work evokes the feeling of returning again and again, losing and finding oneself, and rediscovering perspectives in the everyday. Every Night at Six sets a time and place for the audience to step through a doorway into a

Cathedral Creates showcases the artwork of students from Cathedral High School, our neighbors in the South End community. Cathedral Creates highlights the hard work and art making practices from students in grades 7-12 and the school’s cherished alumni. Throughout the year students have explored various mediums, artists, and techniques, while creating meaningful work rooted in self-expression. We invite the viewer to join us in celebrating our Boston youth as they share their creative voices through art.

About the Artist Jaina Cipriano is an experiential designer and fimmaker exploring the emotional toll of religious and romantic entrapment. Her worlds communicate with our neglected inner child and are informed by explosive colors, elements of elevated play and the push/pull of light and dark. Jaina is a self taught artist with a deep love for creative problem solving. She writes and directs award winning short films that wrestle with the complicated path of healing. In 2020 she released ‘You Don’t Have to Take Orders from the Moon’, a surrealist horror film wrestling with the gravity of deep codependency. Her second short, ‘Trauma Bond’ is a dreamy, coming of age thriller that explores