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Maud Morgan Exhibit at St. Botolph Club

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Please join us for an exhibition featuring Maud Morgan’s prints at the St. Botolph Club in Boston. The exhibit will be on display from March 30 to April 29, 2011.

Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 5:30-7:00 pm, dinner to follow (reservations: (617) 536-7570)

About the show:Artist Maud Morgan reclines on bench, photo
Maud Morgan’s talent as an artist was recognized early. By the late 1930s and early 1940s, she was exhibiting at the Betty Parsons Gallery in New York City and was the featured artist in an exhibit of distinguished Abstract Expressionists at Yale, including Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. Major New York City museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art acquired her work.

In the late 1950s, Morgan came to Boston and later moved to the Agassiz neighborhood of Cambridge. Her work was exhibited regularly at the Barbara Singer Gallery. Although she viewed herself as a painter, she never hesitated to experiment with other media. Morgan was given one-person shows at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, the Fuller Art Museum in Brockton, the Addison Gallery in Andover, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

Throughout her career, Morgan was a source of inspiration for dozens of artists, both young and old. For women artists, in particular, she served as a role model. She encouraged them to pursue their careers without foregoing the privilege and pleasure of family life. Her joie de vivre was infectious and touched the lives of all who knew her. At the age of ninety-two, still vigorous and eager to explore yet another medium of expression, Morgan published her autobiography, Maud’s Journey: A Life from Art.

Thunderbolt Proceeds from sales will be donated to Maud Morgan Arts. Maud Morgan Arts is a dynamic art center where established and emerging artists create, teach, exhibit and collaborate; where all who value the visual arts — young and old, beginner and professional — can gather and collaborate. From afterschool and evening classes and workshops to vacation and summer programs, Maud Morgan Arts engages students from Cambridge and surrounding communities in all aspects of making art.

“Perhaps the most open and daring person I have ever known.” -Jock Reynolds, Director of Yale University Art Gallery

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