The Greek term karyatides literally means “maidens of Karyai,” an ancient town of Peloponnese (southern Greece). Karyai had a famous temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis in her aspect of Artemis Karyatis: “As Karyatis she rejoiced in the dances of the nut-tree village of Karyai, those Karyatides, who in their ecstatic round-dance carried on their heads baskets [...]
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Caryatids
Posted in Sculpture shows, Sources for Materials on May 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Coming up in July
Posted in Sculpture shows, Women Sculptors on May 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Women Sculptors of the National Academy Bruce Weber, Senior Curator, 19th and 20th Century Art, National Academy Museum, leads a gallery talk on some of the highlights of Women Sculptors of the Academy. The talk takes place on July 27 at the National Academy Museum, 1083 5th Avenue in New York. The twenty works in [...]
Open Studios at ArtSpace Maynard this weekend
Posted in Sculpture shows, Women Sculptors on September 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ll be in my studio working on some new pieces on Saturday, Sept. 24th from around noon until 5pm. Come on down! ArtSpace Maynard studio 9W (basement level) 63 Summer Street Maynard MA Open Studios continues on Sunday the 25th, but I won’t be in town although my studio will be open. http://www.artspacemaynard.com
Visiting the Ann Norton Studio and Sculpture Garden
Posted in Sculpture shows, Women Sculptors on August 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Born in Alabama, Ann Vaughn Weaver drew from the time she was 5 years old and received her first sculpting tool at age 8. Ann attended Smith College and subsequently moved to New York to study at the National Academy of Design, Arts Student League of New York and Cooper Union. The artist’s studio contains [...]
Small Obsession opens at Somerville Museum
Posted in Sculpture shows on May 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Small Obsession opened Sunday, May 22, at the Somerville Museum with artists’ talks and a great turnout. Take a look at the image gallery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/c_wirth/sets/72157626670405917/ and the feature article in the Boston Globe: http://mobile.boston.com/art/24//ae/theater_arts/articles/2011/06/03/small_obsession_artists_dollhouses_is_up_at_the_somerville_museum?single=1&p=2 Small Obsession brings together 18+ artists whose works runs the gamut from animation to sculpture, and from photography to oil painting. [...]
Sculpture at Fruitlands Museum
Posted in Sculpture shows, Women Sculptors on April 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The author’s bronze “Woman with folded arms” is at Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Massachusetts for the summer. The piece overlooks the red farmhouse where Bronson Alcott conducted his utopian commune, “Fruitlands” from June, 1843 to January of 1844, and where Louisa May slept under the eaves, listening to rain drum on the roof. Worth visiting [...]
Last Days for Worlds Apart!
Posted in Sculpture shows on June 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Worlds Apart, a show of science-fiction inspired art, is in its final week at ArtSpace Maynard, 63 Summer Street in Maynard Mass. Artists Bren Bataclan, Amy Borezo, Lisa Graf, Karen Meninno, Linda Price-Sneddon and me, Carolyn Wirth, let our imaginations roam the galaxy to envision encounters with fuzzy aliens, planets with sentient vegetation, a post-apocalyptic [...]
