Wellesley Neighbors Events - Event View

Harlem: In Situ

Explores the depth and complexity of this renowned neighborhood, highlighting the work of some of the most important visual artists working from the late 1920s through today. The exhibit was initially inspired by the Addison’s trove of Harlem street-photography, which includes significant bodies of work.

(An art review in a recent Boston Globe article is full of praise for this exhibit.)

John Goodman: not recent color

Comprised of brilliant color photographs, the majority of which have never before been exhibited, John Goodman: not recent color examines the American cultural landscape through the coming of age of a young artist in the 1970s and 1980s. 

Made from recently rediscovered Kodachrome and Ektachrome slides, these photographs transport viewers to another time with their richly saturated colors and cinematic views. Piercing, yet tender, images shot in diners, bowling alleys, and darkened theaters, outside phone booths and gas stations, and on city streets and sidewalks conjure moments in individual lives and social interactions that together tell a story about the slowly changing social fabric of Goodman’s studio neighborhood in Boston––and the country at large.

In and Out of Place

What is place? Is it a set of discrete coordinates fixed in space or something less concrete, something harder to define? Drawn from the Addison’s rich holdings of American art from the colonial era to the present, this exhibition endeavors to investigate the nuanced and varied physical and human characteristics that set place apart from mere location. Divided into three salient categories: nature, home, and city, the works on view demonstrate the ways in which our individual, subjective notions of place are fundamentally shaped by visual imagery.

In order to have a Docent for this exhibit, we will need a minimum of 12 people.  We will have complete access to the exhibit, however, if we don’t meet this requirement.

Following the tour, arrangements have been made to have lunch at the Andover Inn (Samuel’s Restaurant), located just across the street from the Addison Gallery.

Carpool arrangements will be made, in advance.  Free parking is available across the street from the Museum, by the Andover Inn.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, JULY 3RD.  LET US KNOW IF YOU WILL, ALSO, BE STAYING FOR LUNCH.