Laconia Gallery

For more than a year, we have been waiting behind masks. Masks obscure our faces but are also impressions of them. This new collection of works by Liette Marcil -- which she has been waiting to show throughout the Covid Crisis -- brings her beaux-métier background as a ceramicist into uncharted terrain with mixed-media masks and acrylics on canvas. The works on canvas are impressions of the masks; they serve to both obstruct and reveal the figures of her imagination with bold use of geometric shapes.

“Depicting the twisting, turning and then the stillness in pure nature, a curtain of leaves, light and darkness it gives me strength; I keep painting” Conley Harris Laconia Gallery presents oil paintings and work on paper by Conley Harris. Mixing fiction, reality and self reflection, Harris’ paintings reference gatherings of plants, clusters of dense leaves and their fecundity found in overgrown gardens and nearby woodlands. Central to the paintings are conversations with lush plant growth, restless beauty and sensual colors and forms. “My painting history is one of pursuing a range of ways to reflect my engagement with pure landscape. For several years, using representational imagery, I sought out New England forests and coastal wetlands for my paintings. Around

2020 has brought many cancellations and empty galleries. Laconia Lofts and the LAC (Laconia Artists Corp) are in the unique position of having their own gallery and many residents who are in the arts. To celebrate the talent of our visual artists and fill our empty lobby walls, a few artists organized this collection of residents’ works displayed in our Harrison Avenue lobby. It is visible from the street but more importantly the show welcomes our residents and guests who pass through this entrance. ‘The House Blend’ celebrates the talents of our Laconia artists, filling blank walls, and bringing the magic of art to our lives during these challenging times. Special thanks to Liette Marcil, James Hull and Jennie

Solo and Cello Ensemble. Reception to follow | Free and open to the public.

Laconia Lofts: Art, Architecture + The South End , curated by Hacin + Associates, simulates a journey back in time through the 1990s revitalization of the South End’s Washington Street corridor and the inception of Laconia Lofts, the first, entirely new construction of subsidized live-work artist space in the country since the early 20th century. In both space and time, the building exists at a point of transition. Developer Jack McLaughlin championed the idea of creating an affordable haven for local artists to live comfortably and foster their craft, a design construct that didn’t yet exist in the neighborhood. Positioned between the South End Landmark District of brick Victorian townhouses and the SoWA District of warehouse lofts, Laconia’s design

The contrast between urban and natural landscapes is the subject of “Urban Naturalis,” an exhibition of photography by Alex Tisserand. “Urban Naturalis” features two series of photographs — one series taken in cities around the world, including Paris, New York, and Boston, and the other featuring natural landscapes from the USA, France, and Greece. The juxtaposition of the photographs points up the contrasts between the stone and steel of cities and the organic and seemingly ephemeral substances of nature. The photographs illustrate the impact of time on both environments, demonstrating that nature is eternal and that the civilizations represented by urban centers can disappear. Alex Tisserand is a biochemist and photographer who uses his scientific background to inform his

Curated by: Hank Hauptmann, Director at Robert Klein Gallery. Claire Beckett Judith Black Gohar Dashti Marky Kaufmann Kathya Landeros Rania Matar Laura McPhee Iaritza Menjivar Alyssa Minahan Toni Pepe Laura Beth Reese Suzanne Révy Sheron Rupp Melissa Shook Sage Sohier Anabel Vázquez Rodríguez