{"id":101395,"date":"2023-06-05T13:09:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T17:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=101395"},"modified":"2023-06-05T13:09:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T17:09:20","slug":"bu-art-galleries-presents-stuffed-to-celebrate-artists-working-at-the-nexus-of-quilting-painting-sculpture-and-installation","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2023\/bu-art-galleries-presents-stuffed-to-celebrate-artists-working-at-the-nexus-of-quilting-painting-sculpture-and-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"BU Art Galleries Presents STUFFED to Celebrate Artists Working at the Nexus of Quilting, Painting, Sculpture, and Installation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-media-focus-center-middle has-quaternary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"739\" height=\"799\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2023\/06\/Maria-Guzman-Capron-Piedra-de-Mar.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/06\/Maria-Guzman-Capron-Piedra-de-Mar.jpg 739w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/06\/Maria-Guzman-Capron-Piedra-de-Mar-588x636.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Maria A. Guzm\u00e1n Capron, <em>Piedra de Mar,<\/em> 2022. Fabric, thread, batting, stuffing, acrylic paint and spray paint. 50 1\/2 x 42 x 4 inches. Friedman Family Collection. Photography courtesy of the artist and Shulamit Nazarian Gallery. \u00a9 Maria A. Guzm\u00e1n Capron.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">BU Art Galleries<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBU Art Galleries Presents <em>STUFFED<\/em> to Celebrate Artists Working at the Nexus of Quilting, Painting, Sculpture, and Installation\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\"><br><em>The group exhibition, on view from June  15-September 15 at BU&#8217;s Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery, is co-organized by guest curators Mallory A. Ruymann and Leah Triplett Harrington<\/em><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">June 5, 2023<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-quaternary-background-color\"><strong>Exhibition Dates: June 15-September 15, 2023<br>Public Reception: Saturday, June 17, 6-8pm <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Boston University Art Galleries<\/a> is pleased to present <em>STUFFED<\/em>, a group exhibition featuring twelve female artists working at the nexus of quilting, painting, sculpture, and installation. Co-organized by guest curators Mallory A. Ruymann and Leah Triplett Harrington, the exhibition highlights the ways in which contemporary and historical practices that incorporate soft materials offer novel ways of merging material with expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both historical and grounded in a contemporary context, the exhibition offers works from Khadija Aziz, Natalie Baxter, Amelia Briggs, Maria A. Guzm\u00e1n Capron, L\u2019Merchie Frazier, Jai Hart, BSisters Khaleghi, Anne Libby, Meg Lipke, Elizabeth Murray, Rose Nestler, Courtney Stock, and Nastassja E. Swift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, these twelve artists survey the use of stuffing as a way to embrace new approaches to personal and communal experiences. <em>STUFFED <\/em>presents these artists together for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"862\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2023\/06\/Meg-Lipke-Big-Pink.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/06\/Meg-Lipke-Big-Pink.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/06\/Meg-Lipke-Big-Pink-636x535.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/06\/Meg-Lipke-Big-Pink-768x647.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Meg Lipke, <em>Big Pin<\/em>k, 2020. Acrylic on canvas with polyester fill. 108 x 133 x 15 inches. Photography courtesy of the artist and Broadway, New York. \u00a9 Meg Lipke.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201c<\/strong>Filling. Batting. Liner. Wadding. Padding. Bushing. Swaddle\u2026 there are many ways to name the material that brings life to a blanket or fills a comfortable seat,\u201d explains co-curators Mallory A. Ruymann and Leah Triplett Harrington. \u201cA quilt reflects the collision of painting and technology. Portraits of people and charismatic objects emerge from padded surfaces. Wool gives shape to imaginative reflections on identity. The curve of an unstructured edge conjures architecture. This exhibition examines the volumes that swell, and the possibilities presented within those distensions,\u201d they add, \u201cand though reflecting movements associated with Soft Sculpture, Craft, and other pliable materials similarly historicized, the artists presented here make in ways that defy category. Offering, beguiling, and encouraging new ways for art to exist in space, <em>STUFFED <\/em>makes room for softness to stretch beyond neutral material.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote news-block-bu-pullquote alignwide is-style-modern has-image-focus-center-middle has-quaternary-theme\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote-inner\"><blockquote><div class=\"container-lockup\"><div class=\"container-icon-outer\"><div class=\"container-icon-inner\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container-text\"><hr\/><div class=\"quote-sizing\">This exhibition examines the volumes that swell, and the possibilities presented within those distensions. Offering, beguiling, and encouraging new ways for art to exist in space, <em>STUFFED <\/em>makes room for softness to stretch beyond neutral material.<\/div><footer class=\"caption\"><br\/><em>-Co-curators Mallory A. Ruymann and Leah Triplett Harrington<\/em><\/footer><hr\/><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>STUFFED<\/em> is the third independent curatorial collaboration between friends and colleagues Mallory A. Ruymann and Leah Triplett Harrington. Their partnership is grounded in an interest in global contemporary artists working with materials associated with craft. They seek to generate scholarly exhibitions that simultaneously uplift the artists they present, expanding critical dialogue on under-represented practices in art history. Their joint exhibition history includes <em>shape_shifting_support_systems<\/em>, Praise Shadows, Boston, MA (2022), and <em>A Romance Of\u2026<\/em>, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA (2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-magenta-color has-text-color\">EXHIBITION DETAILS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>STUFFED <\/em><\/strong>will be on display to the public from June 15-September 15, 2023, Tuesday-Saturday,* 11am-5pm. Admission is <strong>FREE.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A public reception will be held Saturday, June 17, 6pm-8pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<em>The exhibition will be closed Sundays, Mondays, and holidays<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boston University\u2019s Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery is located at 855 Commonwealth Avenue inside Boston University College of Fine Arts, and accessible by the B Green line to Amory Street Station. Visitor parking is available at the Agganis Arena parking lot at 925 Commonwealth Avenue. For more information on transportation, visit <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/art\/visit\/\" target=\"_blank\">bu.edu\/art\/visit<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button wp-block-bu-button news-block-button has-quaternary-theme is-style-accent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/art\/5403-2\/\">read more about stuffed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"headline-1\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline news-block-editorial-headline is-style-emphasis-weight\">About Us<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-bu-collapsible js-wp-block-bu-collapsible is-open icon-style-arrows is-style-plain\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\tid=\"bu-collapsible-28e33c16\"\n\t\tdata-default-open=\"false\"\n\t>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"bu-collapsible-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"bu-block-collapsible-toggle js-bu-block-collapsible-toggle\" id=\"bu-collapsible-28e33c16-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\tBoston University Art Galleries\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bu-block-collapsible-content js-bu-block-collapsible-content\" id=\"bu-collapsible-28e33c16-panel\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Boston University Art Galleries serves as a resource of learning and cultural engagement for Boston University and the surrounding metro area. The galleries maintain ongoing rotating exhibitions that allow for a wide scope of art to be featured from all ranges of mediums and artists. Part of the College of Fine Arts, the Boston University Art Galleries maintains an ongoing exhibition schedule in two locations on the University\u2019s Charles River Campus\u2014the Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery and 808 Gallery. The galleries are free and open to all. BU Art Galleries animates the cultural life of Boston University by exhibiting inclusive, dynamic art that encourages learning and appreciation for the visual world. Boston University Art Galleries is located at 855 Commonwealth Avenue inside the College of Fine Arts. The gallery is located on the Boston University campus (Amory Street stop on the \u201cB\u201d Green Line.) Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday from 11am\u20135pm, (Closed Sundays, Mondays and Holidays.) For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bu.edu\/art<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-bu-collapsible js-wp-block-bu-collapsible is-open icon-style-arrows is-style-plain\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\tid=\"bu-collapsible-28e33c16\"\n\t\tdata-default-open=\"false\"\n\t>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"bu-collapsible-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"bu-block-collapsible-toggle js-bu-block-collapsible-toggle\" id=\"bu-collapsible-28e33c16-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAbout Mallory A. Ruymann\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bu-block-collapsible-content js-bu-block-collapsible-content\" id=\"bu-collapsible-28e33c16-panel\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Mallory A. Ruymann is a curator, art advisor, and art historian working with emerging artists in all media. She is the Managing Partner of art works, an art advisory partnering with individuals and companies across the United States and Canada to build significant collections of contemporary art through a mission-driven lens. Among other institutions, she has previously worked at Tufts University Art Galleries, MassArt Art Museum, Institute of Contemporary Art\/Boston, and Fabric Workshop and Museum. Her writing can be found in academic journals and community publications, including <em>Boston Art Review<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-bu-collapsible js-wp-block-bu-collapsible is-open icon-style-arrows is-style-plain\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\tid=\"bu-collapsible-28e33c16\"\n\t\tdata-default-open=\"false\"\n\t>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"bu-collapsible-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"bu-block-collapsible-toggle js-bu-block-collapsible-toggle\" id=\"bu-collapsible-28e33c16-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAbout Leah Triplett Harrington\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bu-block-collapsible-content js-bu-block-collapsible-content\" id=\"bu-collapsible-28e33c16-panel\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Leah Triplett Harrington is a curator, writer, and editor currently serving as the Director of Exhibitions and Contemporary Curatorial Initiatives at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (PAFA). Previously she was a curator at Now + There, where she facilitated the Public Art Accelerator and organized large-scale public art commissions. She is also editor-at-large for <em>Boston Art Review.<\/em> Her writing has most recently appeared in that publication as well as <em>ArtNet News<\/em>, <em>Sculpture<\/em>, <em>Public Art Dialogu<\/em>e, <em>Flash Art<\/em>, <em>Hyperallergic<\/em>, <em>The Brooklyn Rail<\/em>, and others. As an independent curator, she has organized projects for Boston University Art Galleries, Trestle Gallery, and Herter Gallery. In 2021, she was the inaugural curatorial mentor for Praise Shadows Art Gallery, and in 2022-23, she taught at Boston University.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-bu-collapsible js-wp-block-bu-collapsible is-open icon-style-arrows is-style-plain\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\tid=\"bu-collapsible-28e33c16\"\n\t\tdata-default-open=\"false\"\n\t>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"bu-collapsible-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"bu-block-collapsible-toggle js-bu-block-collapsible-toggle\" id=\"bu-collapsible-28e33c16-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\tBoston University\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bu-block-collapsible-content js-bu-block-collapsible-content\" id=\"bu-collapsible-28e33c16-panel\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Founded in 1839, Boston University is an internationally recognized institution of higher education and research. With more than&nbsp;34,000&nbsp;students, it is the fourth-largest independent university in the United States. BU consists of 17 schools and colleges, along with a number of multi-disciplinary centers and institutes integral to the University\u2019s research and teaching mission. In 2012, BU joined the Association of American Universities (AAU), a consortium of 62 leading research universities in the United States and Canada. 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With programs in Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts, CFA prepares students for a meaningful creative life by developing their intellectual capacity to create art, shift perspective, think broadly, and master relevant skills. CFA offers a wide array of undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs, as well as a range of online degrees and certificates. Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\">bu.edu\/cfa<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exhibition Dates: June 15-September 15, 2023Public Reception: Saturday, June 17, 6-8pm Boston University Art Galleries is pleased to present STUFFED, a group exhibition featuring twelve female artists working at the nexus of quilting, painting, sculpture, and installation. Co-organized by guest curators Mallory A. 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