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Awaken: Conjuring Our Tomorrow is a group exhibition curated by Allison Maria Rodriguez featuring Latina artists exploring climate justice issues in their practice. The works in this exhibition navigate a space in between the mathematical and the fantastical. In the wake of the atrocities that continue to be inflicted upon our earth, this exhibition suggests that we must harness the power of both science and magic in order to generate the prospect of a collective future.

From computer programming to oil painting, these artists use the mechanics of storytelling and human curiosity to investigate our spiritual (dis)connection to the planet, to highlight the political implications of our cumulative paralysis, and to envision the possibility of another tomorrow.

Artists in the exhibition: Tatiana Arocha, Krista Caballero, Nayda Cuevas, Raquel Fornasaro, Lina Maria Giraldo, Dinora Justice, Evelyn Rydz, and Ana Maria Velasco

Allison Maria Rodriguez is a first-generation Cuban-American interdisciplinary artist working predominantly in video installation. She creates immersive experiential spaces that challenge conventional ways of knowing and understanding the world. Her work focuses extensively on climate change, species extinction and the interconnectivity of existence. Through video, performance, digital animation, photography, drawing, collage and installation, Rodriguez merges and blends mediums to create new pictorial spaces for aesthetic, emotional and conceptual exploration.

Ellison Campus Center, North Campus 1 Meier Drive, Salem, MA 01970 Winfisky Gallery

February 19

• Curator Talk, 12:30 -1:30 pm
• Opening Reception, 2-4 pm

February 29

• Community Reception, 5-7 pm

March 11

• Exhibition Artists Panel, 2-3:30 pm, Berry Library

Wednesday, February 5, 2020 10:00am – Friday, March 13, 2020 4:00pm

https://www.salemstate.edu/calendar/awaken-conjuring-our-tomorrow-feb-05-2020

I’m very excited to have been granted an opportunity to spend six weeks researching rare botanical books in the library of Oak Springs. The residency starts in October and ends in mid-November. I’ll be sharing images and stories via Instagram, at @dinorajustice. Be sure to tune in and say hello!

Curated by Joanna Fink, Director, Alpha Gallery, Boston

Oct 10-Dec 8, 2019. Closed November 27-31.

Opening Reception: Thursday, Oct 10, 5-7 pm with gallery talk by Visiting Curator Joanna Fink at 6 pm.

https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/dinora-justice-portrait-22-after-matisses-reclining-odalisque-2018-acrylic-oil-canvas-36-x

The modernist movements of the first half of the 20^th century radicalized Western art and continue to provide reference points for artists working today.  Whether embracing the concepts of such movements as Cubism or Expressionism (for example), paying homage to specific masters, or challenging notions of who owns the canon, the artists in this exhibition engage with the past in their own contemporary language.  While Modernism’s influence is widespread, the focus here is on artists based in New England, with several having ties to Maine.

Gallery:  Contemporary Responses to Modernism: A New England Perspective

House-trained

Contemporary Depictions of Dogs

From June 7 through July 12

Reception on Friday, June 7, from 6 to 8PM

Gallery NAGA

67 Newbury Street

Boston MA 02116

Ph 617 267 9060

Solo Exhibition of paintings by Dinora Justice

Gallery NAGA

67 Newbury Street Boston

Reception

Friday, March 1

6 – 8 pm

http://www.gallerynaga.com

Two installations, one of paintings and sculptures at the Dana Art Gallery, and a colorful “textile collage” of Brazilian floral fabrics in the building’s greenhouse, are sure to delight visitors.

Dana Hall School

Dana Art Gallery

“She Speaks in Gusts and Cyclones”

February 18 – March 14, 2019

Hours: Mon-Tues-Thurs 9AM – 3:30PM

Wed-Fri 9AM – 2PM

Opening Reception: Tuesday, February 26th 5 – 7:30PM

danahall.org/art/gallery

45 Dana Road

Wellesley, MA 02482

The artist will be exhibiting and working at the gallery space during the month of February. A public reception will take place mid-exhibition, date to be announced.

https://www.danahall.org/page/arts/the-dana-hall-art-gallery/artist-in-residence-program

A banner featuring a close-up of one of Dinora Justice’s paintings now hangs in the Garment District in New York, on the corner of Broadway and 36th Street, near Macy’s. The banner is one of 90 selected from entries from around the world for the event “Art Elevated”, promoted by Orangenius and the Garment District Alliance. The banners will be in exhibition through January 2019.

garmentdistrict.nyc/arts/art-installations/art-elevated/

The Garment District Alliance Unveils ‘Art Elevated: Look Up’!

Dinora Justice will be talking about her paintings in the exhibition “Fantastical, Political” at the Fitchburg Art Museum on Sunday, April 15th at 1:00PM. A must-see show in one of New England’s most treasured cultural institutions, curated by Lisa Crossman.

Edit 04/19/18: here is a link to the video of the talk on Vimeo:  https://vimeo.com/dinorajustice/artisttalkfitchburgartmuseum2018

When: Sunday April 15th at 1:00PM

Where: Fitchburg Art Museum

http://www.fitchburgartmuseum.org

185 Elm St, Fitchburg, MA 01420

Phone: (978) 345-4207

Dinora Justice is one of five featured artists in this momentous exhibition of “contemporary art that examines the use of “fantastical” aesthetics – conceived here as extravagant, ornamental, or, in certain instances, surreal – to address multidimensional political themes.”

“Fantastical, Political presents works by five contemporary New England artists: Dave Cole, Cynthia Consentino, Mohamad Hafez, Dinorá Justice, and Joo Lee Kang. Their absurd and extravagant integration of decorative techniques—marbling, blue-and-white ceramic traditions, and architectural ornament, among others—will inspire you to look past decorative appeal to uncover political content. In this exhibition, the “fantastical” is leveraged as political commentary, stretching far beyond themes related to governmental affairs.”

Curated by Lisa Crossman.

On view from February 11th through June 3, 2018.

Opening Reception: Sunday, February 11th from 1-3PM

Fantastical, Political has been supported by a grant from the Artist’s Resource Trust.

FAM is located at 25 Merriam Parkway, Fitchburg MA 01420.

www.fitchburgartmuseum.org