Hatch Street women reach out to upcoming artists

Women from Hatch Street Studios showed their support for the next generation by participating in Saturday's Work, Women, and Art symposium at the New Bedford Art Museum/Artworks.

This event invites junior and senior high school students who identify as female to network with adult  women professionals in the arts and learn more about real life in an artistic career. (By rough count, there were 20 professionals and 40 students in attendance.)

The day began with a presentation by guest speaker Beth McLaughlin, senior curator at the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, who talked about her involvement with the Pussyhat Project and the museum's upcoming exhibit on the craftivism movement. Guests then broke into small groups where panels of art professionals gave details on their career highlights and personal experiences. After more networking over a pizza lunch, students attended workshops on preparing portfolios and applying to art school.

A great time was had by all! Representatives from Hatch Street Studios included Kim Barry, Catherine Carter, Helen Granger, and Michelle Lapointe.

Printing with class

Hatch Street artist Pat Daughton recently gave a demonstration to Professor Adrian Tio's printmaking class at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. As part of her visit, Pat showed the students how to create monotypes using a lithographic press.

Here are scenes of her pulling a sample print and discussing her work with the students.

Pat works in studio 414 at Hatch Street; find out more about her work here.

New online shop offers animal images

Share your love for the critters of the world! Hatch Street artist Lori Bradley has started an online shop on Society6.com with products featuring fun animal-themed art! Click HERE to view her wares, picturing this friendly feline image on T-shirts, mugs, phone covers and more.

Funky abstraction in Warwick exhibit

Hatch Street Studios artist Michelle Lapointe's unique stained-glass piece "Funky Boxes" is on display at the Warwick Center for the Arts in Warwick, RI. The show, titled "Exploring Abstracts" is on view from April 5 to May 26. The gallery's hours are Wednesday from 10 AM to 4 PM; Thursday from 1 to 6 PM, Friday from 10 AM to 4 PM, and Saturday from noon to 3 PM. Check out the show!

Michelle's showroom and work space are located in Studio 407 at Hatch Street Studios. To view more of her work, visit her website at glassconnector.com, or contact her at 508.951.7416 or lapointeunlimited@yahoo.com.

"Funky Boxes" by Michelle Lapointe

Solo show celebrates the "Ornamental"

Hatch Street artist Catherine Carter will present a solo show titled "Ornamental," at the School of Fashion Design, 136 Newbury Street, Boston. The exhibit runs from April 10 to May 10, with a reception open to the public on Friday, April 28, from 5:30 to 7 PM.

The reception is scheduled as part of ArtWeek Boston, and will include a talk by the artist, who is an alumna of the school. She will explain how her early career in the fashion industry led to her current profession as an artist, and how fabric and clothing remain a direct influence on her abstract acrylic paintings.

The show will include works from her "Filigree" series, most of which are being exhibited for the first time. The shapes in this series are inspired by expansive, looping forms such as fiber weaves, calligraphic marks, and natural shapes like roots and vines.

The School of Fashion Design is open Monday and Friday 9 AM to 4 PM, Tuesday to Thursday from 9 AM to 9 PM, and Saturdays from 9 AM to 3 PM. More information is available at CatherineCarterPainting.com.

"Filigree Square 10," acrylic on canvas, 20" square, 2015

"Filigree Square 7," acrylic on canvas, 20" square, 2015

"Filigree 6," acrylic on canvas, 40" H x 30" W, 2015