{"id":4505,"date":"2012-07-10T13:24:17","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T13:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/?p=4505"},"modified":"2012-07-10T16:57:28","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T16:57:28","slug":"lynn-richardson-arctic-garden-on-exhibit-in-n-adams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/2012\/07\/10\/lynn-richardson-arctic-garden-on-exhibit-in-n-adams\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLynn Richardson: Arctic Garden&#8221; on Exhibit in N. Adams"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4506\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4506\" title=\"LRichardson\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2012\/07\/LRichardson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2012\/07\/LRichardson.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2012\/07\/LRichardson-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail from <em>Arctic Garde<\/em>n by Lynn Richardson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Assistant Art Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/johnsevencollection.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/22\/profile-lynn-richardson\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Lynn Richardson<\/strong><\/a> is currently exhibiting her work in a special summer exhibition in North Adams, Mass., for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.massmoca.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art<\/a> (Mass MoCA) in conjunction with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.massmoca.org\/event_details.php?id=663\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cOh Canada\u201d Exhibition<\/a> (features work by more than 60 artists who hail from every province and nearly every territory in the country). <a href=\"http:\/\/craigleonard.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Craig Leonard<\/a> (Canadian Artist and Professor from the Nova Scotia School of Art and Design) and Prof. Richardson have solo installations on exhibit from June 28th\u2013August 26th.<\/p>\n<p>The special exhibit, \u201cLynn Richardson: Arctic Garden,\u201d is at North Adams&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downstreetart.org\" target=\"_blank\">Downstreet Art Gallery 107<\/a> (107 Main St.) &#8220;With renewed debates over rights to waterways and Arctic shipping routes, Richardson believes a new era of colonization will soon begin,&#8221; noted the Gallery. &#8220;By using British colonialism as a metaphor for the potential exploitation of the Arctic, Richardson uses sound, motion, light, and the physicality of the assembled pieces aided in her concept to engage the viewer. Although her work is intended to be playful, even humorous, in order to soften the hard reality of the underlying message, it presents a critical examination of the &#8216;dichotomy between nature and our industry-driven culture and the devastating long-term effects our current courses of action will have on the environment.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assistant Art Professor Lynn Richardson is currently exhibiting her work in a special summer exhibition in North Adams, Mass., for the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA) in conjunction with the \u201cOh Canada\u201d Exhibition (features work by more than 60 artists who hail from every province and nearly every territory in the country). Craig &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/2012\/07\/10\/lynn-richardson-arctic-garden-on-exhibit-in-n-adams\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u201cLynn Richardson: Arctic Garden&#8221; on Exhibit in N. 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