September 24 - November 25
Opening Reception: Thurs., Sept. 24, 2009, 4-7 p.m.
(Gallery is closed October 10-13)
A Figural Presence Brochure (PDF/1MB)
Associated Events
A Figural Presence embarks upon a new way of learning at the Chapel Art Center, with selections of significant contemporary American figurative works of art. This special exhibition, funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, seeks to engender the power of poetic regard through dialogue about these paintings, drawings, and sculpture.
This project is supported in part by an award from The National Endowment for the Arts.
Promotional Folio (PDF/139KB)
Associated Events
A Figural Presence is a special exhibition which seeks to combine learning with the experience of beauty through the study of contemporary American figural works of art in painting, drawing, and sculpture. These accompanying programs and events are part of an interdisciplinary dialogue among curators, faculty, poets, musicians, and other special guests. The public is cordially invited to attend.
Panel Discussions
Session 1 What is Poetic Regard?
Introductory remarks by Iain MacLellan, O.S.B., Director, Curator
Tuesday, September 29, 4 p.m., Chapel Art Center gallery
Session 2 Keynote Lecture
John O’Hern, Guest Curator, former Executive Director and Curator
of the Arnot Art Museum, Senior Editor of American Art Collector and
Western Art Collector
Thursday, October 1, 6 p.m., Chapel Art Center gallery
Session 3 Elements of Poetic Regard
Facilitated by Jessica Pappathan, Assistant Curator
Tuesday, October 20, 4 p.m., Chapel Art Center gallery
Session 4 A Conferral of Ideas
Tuesday, November 17, 4 p.m.,
New Hampshire Institute of Politics auditorium
Visiting Artist: Michael Bergt, Painter and Sculptor
Thursday, October 1, 12-3 p.m., Chapel Art Center Gallery
Painter and sculptor Michael Bergt will demonstrate and teach his technique, and
discuss his long career as a figurative artist.
Premiere Performance: Sonata No. 5 by Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee
and George Lopez, Piano
Thursday, November 12, 6 p.m., Chapel Art Center gallery
A program entitled Centuries of Sonata, featuring representative piano sonatas of the
Classical through modern styles, will culminate with the premiere of internationally
recognized composer Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee’s work, Sonata No. 5. This sonata was
commissioned by the Chapel Art Center expressly for A Figural Presence.
The Night of the Poet F.D. Reeve, Poet, Novelist, and Critic
Thursday, November 19, 6 p.m., Chapel Art Center Gallery
Award winning poet F.D. Reeve will read for the first time his newly composed work
A Girl and Two Doves, commissioned in conjunction with A Figural Presence.
Image credit:
Robert Bauer
Adam #1, 2009
egg tempera on paper
Alva deMars Megan Chapel Art Center permanent collection
This project is supported in part by an award from The National Endowment for the Arts.