Spring & Summer Programs at the Addison Gallery

Home to a world-class collection of American art, the Addison Gallery, located on the campus of Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, presents an adventurous exhibition program, hosts a vital artist-in-residence program, and works collaboratively with students and faculty at the Academy and in neighboring communities. The museum is free and open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, and Sunday 1:00 to 5:00 pm.

PROGRAMS

Addison Late ‘til 8: Friday, May 3, 5:00–8:00 pm

Join us for evening open hours at the Addison! Explore the exhibitions, make art with Edward E. Elson Artist-in-Residence Jennifer Cecere, and view her site-specific installation on the Addison’s facade. Free and open to the public, no registration required.

In-Person Tour of Finding American Form: 20th-Century Selections from the Permanent Collection with the exhibition curator: Wednesday, May 8, 3:00 pm

Join Rachel Vogel, Assistant Curator at the Addison Gallery of American Art, for a tour and discussion of the exhibition. This free program is organized with Andover’s Memorial Hall Library; space is limited and registration is required. REGISTER

Photography Demonstration: Wet Collodion Process: Saturday, May 18, 10:00 am–12:30 pm

In conjunction with the exhibition A Long Arc: Photography and the American South since 1845, artist Joni Sternbach will demonstrate the 19th century wet plate collodion process. Using both contemporary and period equipment, Sternbach, who has been working in this medium for over 20 years, will show and discuss the immediate (but slow) art of this historic photographic technology.

This program will be hosted in the Addison’s Artist Studio, at 24 School Street on Phillips Academy’s Abbot Campus. Part of the session will take place outdoors, weather permitting. Following the presentation, participants will be invited to walk or drive to the museum to explore the exhibition. Space is limited and registration is required. REGISTER

Virtual Talk with Addison Gallery Artist-in-Residence Jennifer Cecere: Wednesday, May 22, 3:00 pm

Join Jennifer Cecere, the Addison’s Edward E. Elson Artist-in-Residence, on Zoom for a virtual tour and discussion of her body of work and her site-specific installations at the Addison this spring, created in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Abbot Academy and Phillips Academy becoming a single institution. A video recording of the program will be available online about a week after the presentation. This free program is organized with Andover’s Memorial Hall Library; registration is required. REGISTER

In-Person Tour of A Long Arc: Photography and the American South since 1845 with curator Gordon Wilkins: Thursday, June 13, 3:00 pm

Join Gordon Wilkins, Robert M. Walker Curator at the Addison Gallery of American Art, for a tour and discussion of the exhibition. This free program is organized with Andover’s Memorial Hall Library; space is limited and registration is required. REGISTER

In-Person Tour of Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955: Wednesday, July 17, 11:00 am

Join Allison Kemmerer, Director at the Addison Gallery of American Art, for a discussion of the photographic projects that Frank and Webb created during travels through the United States in 1955. This free program is organized with Andover’s Memorial Hall Library; space is limited and registration is required. REGISTER

Virtual Tour of Laying the Foundation: Exploring the Nucleus of the Addison’s Collection with the exhibition curator: Tuesday, July 23, 3:00 pm

Join Gordon Wilkins, Robert M. Walker Curator at the Addison Gallery of American Art, on Zoom for a virtual tour and discussion of the exhibition. This free program is organized with Andover’s Memorial Hall Library; registration is required. A video recording of the program will be available online about a week after the presentation. REGISTER

EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW THROUGH JULY 31:

A Long Arc: Photography and the American South since 1845, organized by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, presents over 200 works that examine the South’s place in the history of photography, and reveals the region’s critical impact on the evolution of the medium.

Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955, organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, brings together the photographs that Robert Frank and Todd Webb created separately during their 1955 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowships, supporting cross-country surveys. Juxtaposing both projects for the first time, this exhibition reveals the impossibility of capturing a singular vision of “America.”

Laying the Foundation: Exploring the Nucleus of the Addison’s Collection explores the eclectic mix of works that comprise the Addison’s founding collection, which reflects not just the prevailing tastes of the era, but also the specific identities and predilections of those who contributed to its creation.

Finding American Form: 20th-Century Selections from the Permanent Collection examines how American artists in the 20th century mined the space between representation and abstraction, taking inspiration from European and African art, as well as their own urban environments and the natural world.