The College of the Holy Cross will host the curators of the groundbreaking exhibit “Create,” currently on display in the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, for a talk on Wednesday, Oct. 3 from 5 – 6 p.m. at the Hogan Campus Center, Room 519. Lawrence Rinder, director of the University of California’s Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, and Matthew Higgs, director of White Columns in New York City, will offer their curatorial perspective on the work featured in the exhibit, which was created by artists with developmental disabilities.
“Create” showcases 20 artists, whose work in a variety of mediums and styles, celebrates artistic achievement that has flourished in three pioneering art centers in the San Francisco Bay Area: Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland, San Francisco’s Creativity Explored, and the National Institute for Art and Disability (NIAD) Art Center in Richmond. The exhibit runs now through Oct. 6 and Oct. 22 – Dec. 8, 2012.
Rinder is the director of the University of California Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. He has held positions at the Museum of Modern Art, Walker Art Center, and the Whitney Museum of American Art where he was chief curator of the 2002 Biennial. Among the other exhibitions he has organized are “In a Different Light” (curated with Nayland Blake), “Bitstreams,” “The American Effect,” and “Tim Hawkinson.” He was the founding director of the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts in San Francisco, where he also served as Dean of the College. His work has been published in numerous art magazines and journals including Artforum, The Village Voice, Fillip, and Atlantica; a collection of his essays were published by Gregory R. Miller in 2005. He has also published poetry, fiction, and a play, co-authored with Kevin Killian.
Higgs is the director/chief curator of White Columns, New York’s oldest alternative art space, founded in 1970. From 2001-04 he was curator at the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts in San Francisco. Prior to his position at the Wattis Institute, he was an associate director of exhibitions at the ICA, in London. Since 1992, Higgs has organized more than 200 exhibitions and projects with artists. He has contributed essays and interviews to more than 50 publications and art magazines including Artforum, Frieze, Art Monthly and Afterall. He was the recipient of the 2011 ICI Agnes Gund Award.
The Cantor Art Gallery will remain open following the presentation by Rinder and Higgs until 7:30 p.m. for viewing the “Create” exhibition.
Gallery Information
Founded in 1983 through the generosity of Iris & B. Gerald Cantor, the Cantor Art Gallery serves both as a venue for a changing series of historical and contemporary public exhibitions, as well as a vital resource for Holy Cross faculty and students, linking exhibitions to the broader liberal arts curriculum.
The hours for the Cantor Art Gallery are Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays 2 – 5 p.m. Located in O’Kane Hall, 1st Floor, College of the Holy Cross, 1 College Street, Worcester, Mass., 01610. Admission to the gallery is free.
For additional information please call 508-793-3356 or visit the Gallery’s website.
Related Information
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