The Experience of Looking

Image in header courtesy of exhibiting artist Rebecca McGee Tuck

April 20 – May 1, 2020
Online Exhibit
Featuring artwork selected by Rebecca Schnopp, Assistant Director, Cambridge Art Association
Online Exhibit Instagram: @cambridgeartonline

ABOUT

With an extended amount of time free of our usual routines, we begin to notice the smallest of details around us that are otherwise overlooked. Exploring and cleaning the thin layer of dust on a shelf, watching as the shadow behind a plant changes throughout the day, waiting for a bird outside of our window to make a noise – we are searching for new ways to wander without leaving.

Note: After over a month of being in quarantine I’ve found a new appreciation for the seemingly mundane things that surround me. The way my plants rise and fall throughout the day, the sound of our front door dragging on the carpet as we open it, the birds that visit our new bird feeder, the incredible craftsmanship that goes into building a couch, and oddly enough – the convenience of the shape of a spaghetti spoon. With this exhibit I hope viewers take the time to see the artists hand and the story each work tells. Often these moments of appreciation and acknowledgement for the things around us don’t come immediately, but if you keep looking, they just might. – Rebecca Schnopp

WITH ARTWORK SELECTED BY

Rebecca Schnopp, Assistant Director, Cambridge Art Association | Rebecca Schnopp grew up in western Massachusetts and moved to Boston to attend the Lesley University College of Art & Design where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts. She has received awards including the Stephen D. Paine scholarship from the Boston Art Dealers Association, the Norma and Rose Avnet Fellowship from the Berkshire Art Association and the Deans Award of Excellence from the Lesley University College of Art & Design. Rebecca has exhibited her work in a variety of venues, including Gallery 263, the Nave Gallery, and at CAA.

She currently resides in the Greater Boston area, and is the Assistant Director of the Cambridge Art Association (CAA) in Cambridge, MA.

You can view Rebecca’s work here. You can also read more about Rebecca on our blog here.

Image of Rebecca taken in front of Vanessa Platacis’s exhibit Taking Place at the Peabody Essex Museum. https://www.pem.org/ongoing-exhibitions-vanessa-platacis-taking-place

SELECTED ARTISTS

Steve Bennett, Catherine Caddigan, Michael Compton, Steven Edson, Chris Gill, Ellen Grabiner, Elizabeth Hopkins, Michelle McElroy, Bonnie Newman, Julie Rothman, Jane Sherrill, Roz Sommer, Rebecca McGee Tuck

GALLERY

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