WebinART: The Eternal Source: New Work by Jim Schantz
Virtual event hosted by Pucker Gallery.
Join us 17 October at 3pm for an in-depth conversation with Pucker Gallery artist Jim Schantz, Brattleboro Museum Curator Emerita, Mara Williams, and Gallery Director Bernard Pucker. This event will be exploring Jim's most recent art and his continuing connection to nature as a source of spiritual strength. A specific place that touches the universality of beauty.
The exhibition The Eternal Source: New Work by Jim Schantz will be on view at Pucker Gallery from 15 October through 27 November 2022.
Jim Schantz has found his spiritual and artistic center in the Berkshire region of Massachusetts. He studied art in California, Maine, New York and London and earned an MFA from the University of California, Davis. Using mostly pastel and oil paint, his evocative and richly worked landscapes masterfully capture times of day, seasons and qualities of light that provide solace for both artist and viewer. His works are included in museums and public collections throughout the United States.
Mara Williams has been curating exhibits at Brattleboro Museum & Art Center for thirty years. Her area of expertise is modern and contemporary art. Recent solo exhibitions include Gathering Light: The Art of Stephen Hannock, Wolf Kahn—Landscape of Light; Secrets by Gloria Garfinkel; Andy Warhol—Selections from the Jon Gould Collection. Group shows have included the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Janet Fish, Mary Frank, Keith Haring, David Hockney, Maya Lin, James McGarrell, David Nash, Robert Rauschenberg, Ursula von Ridingsvard, Michael Singer, Tseng Kwong Chi, and Barbara Zucker, as well as a host of regional and emerging talent.
In addition to Brattleboro, her exhibits have been seen by audiences at Tufts University Art Gallery, Florence Griswold Museum, Carving Studio, and Sculpture Center, and a number of galleries in New York City.
As a partner in Arts Bridge LLC, Williams leads exhibition teams for institutions developing new large-scale museum projects. She led a team at Norwich University to conceive and build the inaugural exhibits and media productions at the Sullivan Museum & History Center; she was the exhibition developer and project manager for the Vermont Historical Society's interactive exhibit and film, Freedom & Unity: One Ideal, Many Stories; she developed Bravo! A Century of Theatre in Fairfield County; and a number of exhibits for the Vermont Folklife Center.
She holds an A.B. in Theatre from Boston College; an MFA in Museology from Syracuse University, and has completed doctoral course work and passed comprehensives in comparative arts at New York University. She has served as Chair of the Vermont Arts Council and Board Member of the New England Museum Association. She is currently serving her third term on the Senate Curatorial Advisory Committee for the U.S. Capitol.
Bernie Pucker is the director of Pucker Gallery, which he founded with his wife, Sue, on Newbury Street in Boston in 1967. Pucker Gallery represents over fifty artists from around the world, presenting approximately ten exhibitions annually, often paired with artist talks, virtual “WebinArts,” and other public events.
Bernie is currently a Board Member at the Japan Society, Boston, and the Jewish Publication Society. He also serves on the Leadership Council for Facing History and Ourselves, as well as the Artistic Advisory Board for the Terezin Music Foundation. Previously, he served as President of Solomon Schechter Day School; President of the Newbury Street League; and a Board Member for the Friends of Copley Square and The Unity Project, among others.
Bernie received his MA in Modern Jewish History from Brandeis University and his BA in History and English Literature from Columbia College.