Augusta Savage Gallery. Gallery hours are Monday & Tuesday 1-7pm, and Wednesday through Friday 1-5pm while the University is in session.
Current Events || Past Events
Young Artists: Images from Israel Tuesday, September 24 - Friday, October 18, 2002 An exhibit of children’s art coordinated by two Israeli teachers, Phyllis Gross and Haya Cohen. The children are presenting their visual images of war and peace in these challenging times.
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Islamic Art: Peace and Beauty Arabic Calligraphy by M.J. Alhabeeb Monday, October 28 - Friday, November 22, 2002 Iraqi painter and UMass Resource Economics professor exhibits his works inspired by the ancient and breathtaking Islamic calligraphy traditions.
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Such Sweet Thunder: Views on Black American Music Tuesday, February 18 - Friday, March 14, 2003 An exhibit of photography documenting 11 years of UMass’s Black Musicians Festival. This exhibit features 30 classic Black & White portraits of great names and faces from the years 1988-99.
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Michael Coblyn: The Way I See It Tuesday, March 25 - Friday, April 18, 2003 Coblyn refers to his work as “Social Expressionism.“ When asked about the inspiration for this new body of work, Coblyn says he often looks to the past for visual resources. “This exploration has exposed me to the richness, craftsmanship and spirituality of the cultures of Africa and Ancient Mexico. The complexities of the present and the possibilities of the future are also a constant basis of imagery, concept and metaphor. The social history and current events of our world are such a powerful and compelling source of aesthetic guidance for me and I have attempted to use their influence.”
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BFA Thesis Exhibition Diana Simard: Tableaus and Innuendos Thursday, May 1 - Thursday, May 8, 2003 Inspired by the aesthetics of seventies video, and executed in a meticulous classic painting method, Simard’s paintings deal with notions of intimacy and artifice.
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Thesis Exibition - Michael O'Bannon Monday, May 12 - Friday, May 16, 2003
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Twenty-six Ways of Looking at a Black Man Thursday, September 25 - Tuesday, October 21, 2003 Augusta Savage Gallery is delighted to announce the op ening of the exhibition of poetry by Raymond R. Patterson (1929 - 2001) along with images and calligraphic text by artist, Benn T.F.Nadelman.
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The Desert is No Lady Tuesday, October 21, 2003 A film by Shelley Williams and Susan Palmer, looks at the Southwest through the eyes of its leading contemporary artists and writers. It features nine women from Pueblo, Navajo, Mexican American and Anglo backgrounds.
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La Lucha Continua/ The Struggle Continues Campesino Art from Solentiname, Nicaragua Wednesday, October 29 - Tuesday, November 25, 2003 This exhibit of paintings and crafts from an archipelago of small volcanic islands celebrates the revolutionary vision of artists in their struggle for social change.
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Judyie Al-Bilali Thursday, October 30, 2003 New York-based actress, writer and Fulbright Scholar reads from her new works. Blending passion and process, she talks about her teaching method called Brown Paper Studio, and recent residency with South African youth, which was sponsored by the gallery’s new Arts International Residency
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Jin Hi Kim Thursday, November 13, 2003 Recital and talk by acclaimed Korean-born and Connecticut-based Komomgo player. She brings together the new and the old, blending the sound of this traditional Korean instrument with exceptional talent as an adventurous new music improviser.
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BFA Show Patricia Siudut Rachel Allison Esancy Monday, December 8 - Friday, December 12, 2003 Rachel Allison Esancy's For your Bitter Little Heart and Patricia Siudut's Nightscapes
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Young Artists: A Moment in Tamulte Tuesday, February 10 - Friday, March 12, 2004 This exhibit features photographs of family, friends and local scenes from a workshop with Mayan teens in Tabasco, Mexico. The workshop conducted by Michael O’Bannon , is part of the gallery’s new Arts International Residency.
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Three Bags Full Thursday, March 25 - Friday, April 23, 2004 An exhibition of imaginative handbags featuring Marlene Housner, Amy Corey, and Rachel Pfeffer
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Song Hee Lee Tuesday, March 30, 2004 A demonstration of Korean ritual dance by Song Hee Lee, formerly a member of the Pusan Metropolitan Dance company and presently based in New York City.
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Miya Masaoka Wednesday, April 14, 2004 Performance by improvisational Koto player from Japan
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Student Shows (TBA) Monday, May 3 - Friday, May 7, 2004
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Mario Avila INTERIORS Monday, September 20 - Friday, October 15, 2004 INTERIORS features luscious, detailed, abstracted views of Mexico City. Using oil paints on paper, Mario Avila offers us a perspective rarely seen. He says: "The world is chaotic and only by choosing its components do we give it form and name it."
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Maria Mitchell Monday, September 27, 2004 7:00 pm Maria Mitchell’s presence on the stage is mesmerizing! Her expressive style, fierce energy, and sensitive timing display an impressive range of influences on her work, including modern and jazz techniques, traditional West African movement, the healing arts, and a long-standing passion for African American literary work.
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Henry Grimes Thursday, October 14, 2004 7:00 pm Henry Grimes will perform a concert of bass music in the jazz tradition. His skills and credentials as a master bassist are unsurpassed, but his story is unique and complex. Missing from the music world since the late '60s,Grimes has made an unprecedented comeback after receiving the gift of a bass to replace the instrument Henry had given up some 20 years ago. Miraculously, he is playing at the very height of his artistic powers today. Still in his sixties, healthy and strong, his courageous story has inspired all those privileged to know him and hear him.
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Anchor House After Dibutade: Four Women from the Anchor House of Artists Wednesday, October 27 - Tuesday, November 23, 2004 This show features work by Genevieve Burnett, Wendy Chicoine, Virginia Harlow, and Deborah. Neoclassic poets once attributed the origin of picture making to a legendary Corinthian woman named Dibutade. She traced her lover’s shadow on the wall so that her lover’s form would then be with her while her lover was gone abroad. Four women from the Anchor House of Artists, the collective atelier and gallery in Northampton, Massachusetts that represents artists living with mental illnesses, cling to the same spirit of remembrance in their art.
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Ras Jahn Bullock Thursday, February 10 - Friday, March 11, 2005 Portrait drawings of renowned musicians.
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Carlos Santiago Arroyo and Angel Sanchez Ortiz Masks and Santos:The Earthly and the Holy in Puerto Rican Popular Culture Monday, March 28 - Friday, April 22, 2005 Sculptures of saints by Carlos Santiago Arroyo, and festival
masks by Angel Sanchez Ortiz.
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The Ahisma Ensemble Rahul Roy and Bob Weiner Wednesday, April 13, 2005 7:00 pm Hailed as "mesmerizing", "hypnotic", and "visionary," their music is truly original. The Ahisma Ensemble is comprised of Rahul Roy and Bob Weiner: two passionate and committed musicians, who bestow their audiences with a unique auditory experience.
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Jose Gonzales and Conjunto de Bomba An evening of performances Thursday, April 14, 2005 7:00 pm Jose Gonzales and Conjunto de Bomba offer a sensational evening of Puerto Rican music and dance! Don’t miss it!
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Carmen Leonor Rivera-Lassen lecture on contemporary Puerto Rican artisans Tuesday, April 19, 2005 7:00 pm Ms. Rivera-Lassen gives a lecture on contemporary Puerto Rican artisans. Using a small exhibition of work as well as a slide presentation, she will give a history of the development of Puerto Rican crafts from the original inhabitants from the 19th century, to their contemporary forms.
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BFA Thesis Exhibition Emma Weisman and Jennifer Dardano Monday, April 25 - Friday, April 29, 2005 BFA Thesis Exhibition of paintings by Emma Weisman and Jennifer Dardano.
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BFA Thesis Exhibition Alexia Cota and Tyler Jacobson Monday, May 2 - Friday, May 6, 2005 BFA Thesis Exhibition of Paintings and Digital Images by Alexia Cota and Tyler Jacobson
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BFA Thesis Exhibition James Adelman and Sundai Bestman Monday, May 9 - Friday, May 13, 2005 BFA Thesis Exhibition featuring paintings by James Adelman and Sundai Bestman.
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Petri Dishes and Arthrax Tuesday, September 20 - Tuesday, October 18, 2005 Local artist Edgar Sabogal returned to his homeland of Medellin, Colombia in 2004 as part of Augusta Savage Gallery's new Art International Residency Program where he worked and lived with gallery partners for one month. Upon his return, he began work on an exhibit that would tell a story about his experience. While in Medellin, Sabogal reflected on politics and "the sarcastic reality of recent plastic and duct tape scare tactics." This exhibit is his reaction to the recent anthrax scares.
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Leroy Jenkins Renowned violinist Tuesday, October 4, 2005 7:00 pm Leroy Jenkins has been a pioneer and influential figure in the world of improvised music for over three decades.
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Magdalena Gomez Wednesday, October 5, 2005 7:00 pm Local award-winning theater artist in a bold and passionate solo performance
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Kalaparush Thursday, October 6, 2005 7:00 pm Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre is a multiple reed specialist who has appeared throughout the world in festivals and clubs, at colleges and universities, and on television and radio.
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Dark Descendants 21 Days in Rodenbosch, South Africa Wednesday, October 26 - Tuesday, November 22, 2005 Louisiana-born painter Donald Boudreaux spent three weeks in South Africa in January 2004 as part of Augusta Savage Gallery’s Arts International Residency Program (AIR). During his time there he visited artists and youth and experienced the challenges and victories of this post-Apartheid nation at such an important time in its history. This exhibit is a way of sharing what the artist learned.
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Africaura Curated by Joseph Danjie Monday, December 12 - Friday, December 16, 2005 Paintings by university students in Cameroon, West Africa explore the notion of progress and development through imagery and text.
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Colors of My Soul, Textures of My Spirit Artist Kiran Bhowmik Thursday, February 9 - Thursday, March 9, 2006 Kiran Bhowmik is a local Shutesbury artist who earned her B.A. at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Raised in this area, she is now emerging into her full creative expression and speaks confidently about her path as an artist, explaining that the role of art in her life is for the expression of beauty, sadness and awe of the world.
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Watching With My Ears Cartoonist and painter Jorgo Schäfer Monday, March 27 - Saturday, April 22, 2006 Jorgo Schäfer is a painter and cartoonist – and he loves free jazz. For the past five years, he has traveled to New York City. While there, he attends the cutting-edge Vision Festival, where he sits at a table within the audience and paints improvising musicians who perform throughout the week. This exhibit at the gallery features some of these recent watercolors.
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The Makanda Project a tribute to the late Makanda Ken McIntyre Monday, April 3, 2006 7:00 pm This remarkable tribute is comprised of unrecorded works by the Boston-born saxophonist. John Kordalewski the arranger and coordinator of the project has arranged unrecorded compositions for 6 horns.
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Kim Clarke and Tim Siciliano Bassist and Guitarist Duo Wednesday, April 5, 2006 7:00 pm Kim Clarke performs on the Acoustic Bass, Electric Upright and four and five-stringed Electric Bass Guitar as the situation demands. Her electric bass playing has been described as soulful and rich, and she has been touted internationally as "the only well-know woman bassist in Jazz -of her generation." Guitarist Tim Siciliano has been a fixture on the New York Jazz scene since the 1980’s.
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Lenelle Moise a evening of spoken word with poet/performer Lenelle Moise Thursday, April 6, 2006 7:00 pm Lenelle Moise creates personal-political texts about the spirits in sexuality, maculinities, being bicultural, and the intersection of race, class, gender, and resistance.
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My Own Prison: My Own Escape photographs by Brianna Lamke Monday, April 24 - Friday, April 28, 2006 A compilation of photographs celebrating the successes of, and exemplifying the struggles, facing a diverse group of women who have broken societal expectations to become respectable individuals.
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BFA Thesis: Valerie Nyby and Whit Rigali Monday, May 1 - Friday, May 5, 2006
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BFA Thesis: Jason Forrest and Mike Kopson Monday, May 8 - Friday, May 12, 2006
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Hopes, Dreams, Sorrows Artist Frank Diaz Escalet Monday, September 18 - Friday, October 13, 2006 Exhibition of bold, vibrant paintings by Puerto Rican born artist. Colorful depictions of precious moments.
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Steve Tracy Wednesday, October 4, 2006 7:00 pm UMASS Afro-American Studies professor and harmonica player shares his passion for Blues. Performing with members of local Blues favorites, The King Bees.
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Pablo Yglesias Thursday, October 5, 2006 7:00 pm Slide presentation and talk to celebrate "Cocinando! Fifty Years of Latin Album Cover Art" by local author Pablo Yglesias. His book draws together the most beautiful, sexy, colorful, innovative, and creative Latin record covers from all the various genres of Latin music.
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Ravish Momin Friday, October 6, 2006 7:00 pm New York-based drummer leading his ensemble, Trio Tarana, rooted in the musical language of improvisation and experimentation.
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On Being...and Finding Voice Artist Charlotte Hill O'Neal Tuesday, October 24 - Tuesday, November 21, 2006 Exhibition of inspired mixed media works by artist, community activist and former Black Panther.
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BFA Thesis Exhibit Ian Moore and Jose Reynoso Monday, December 4 - Friday, December 8, 2006 Ian Moore and Jose Reynoso present their BFA Theses.
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BFA Thesis Exhibit Dana Bergstrom and Alla Lazebnik Monday, December 11 - Friday, December 15, 2006 Dana Bergstrom and Alla Lazebnik present their BFA Theses.
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Desplazamientos Watercolors by local artist, Mercedes Taylor Tuesday, February 13 - Tuesday, March 13, 2007 A series of watercolors developed in Buenos Aires, Argentina, abstract images capture the artist’s bi-cultural experience and her quest for home.
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Myths and Moments Assemblages by Shawn Farley Monday, March 26 - Friday, April 20, 2007 Works in wood, oil, acrylic paint, and found objects find their inspirations in dreams and the mysterious hidden places of the mind.
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Ron Welburn A poetry reading exploring the worlds of the American Indian and the African American Tuesday, April 3, 2007 7:00 pm Poetry reading by UMass English professor expoloring what he calls "Native American and Black color line". He will read from his sixth book of poems, 'Coming Through The Smoke And Dreaming' (2000)
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Herb Robertson NYC based trumpeter leads a trio in performance / Mark Helias, bass; Chis Lough, bass Tuesday, April 3, 2007 7:00 pm An evening of music by NYC-based trumpeter leading his trio. This soulful and original player defies all catagories.
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Avery Sharpe Solo bass performance Wednesday, April 4, 2007 7:00 pm Honesty, clarity, and dignity are words that come to mind when you hear the music of this Georgia-born player.
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Keli Stewart Reading by poet, playwright and Afro-American Studies doctoral student Wednesday, April 4, 2007 7:00 pm Her unpublished poetry collection entitled "Womanish" celebrates girl/womanhood and growing up in Chicago.
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Andrea Assaf Reading of recent works by New WORLDTheater director Thursday, April 5, 2007 7:00 pm Offering intensity, focus, and commitment to visions of a new world.
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BFA Thesis Exhibition Dylan Goettlich and Liza Lynch Monday, May 7 - Friday, May 11, 2007 Dylan Goettlich and Liza Lynch present their BFA Thesis.
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BFA Thesis Exhibition Rosanna Cipriani and Chloe Pollack-Robbins Monday, May 14 - Friday, May 18, 2007 Rosanna Cipriani and Chloe Pollack-Robbins present their BFA Thesis.
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AmericAura, Part 1 Tuesday, September 25 - Friday, October 19, 2007 First exhibition of three-part group show of 25 works on paper. For more information on Part 3, see Hamden Gallery.
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AmericAura, Part 2 Friday, October 26 - Tuesday, November 20 2007 Second exhibition of three-part group show of 25 works on paper. For more information on Part 3, see Hamden Gallery.
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the the the is Installation by local artist Ryan McDonnell Monday, December 3 - Friday, December 7 2007 An installation inspired by John Coltrane, the shape of broccoli, Jean Micheal Basquiat, and Mohandas K. Ghandi.
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BFA Thesis Monday, December 10 - Friday, December 14 2007 Mariettos and Martins complete their BFA career with this exhibition of their senior theses.
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He's Covered All His Tracks mixed media by musician, poet and visual artist Oliver Lake Wednesday, February 13 - Wednesday, March 12 2008 Oliver Lake is a true renaissance man. Poet, painter, performance artist and creator of theatrical works, Oliver is best known for his enormous contribution to the world of contemporary music. His mixed media works are an extension of a lifelong affair with improvisation: energetic, daring, playful, and provocative. Short performance by Oliver Lake during Opening Reception, February 13, 5-7pm.
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Charles "Teenie" Harris: Rhapsody in Black and White Tuesday, April 1 - Saturday, April 12 2008 Co-curators - Deborah Willis and Ronald K. Brown bring 31 works of the late Charles “Teenie” Harris (1908-1998) in a photographic exhibition mounted in collaboration with the FAC Center.
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Background Stories Heike Fescharek Tuesday, April 15 - Saturday, April 26 2008 Paintings by visiting German artist
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Jaguar Dreams: Each Day, A Lifetime Reading by local poet and playwright Tuesday, April 22 2008 7:00 pm
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Shades of Jazz on Noir Wednesday, April 23 2008 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm A film featuring classic film noir excerpts, accompanied by live, improvised music.
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Keli Stewart Reading by Amherst based poet and playwright Wednesday, April 23 2008 7:00 pm
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BFA Thesis Works by Jessica Pollard Monday, May 5 - Friday, May 9 2008
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BFA Thesis Jenna Faden and Jessica Horton Monday, May 12 - Friday, May 16 2008 Faden and Horton exhibit their senior theses to wrap up their BFA career.
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I Wish Hayden Denny Saturday, May 17 - Friday, May 23 2008
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