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Join us Friday, 10 May at 10:30AM EST for a conversation about the work of Alexandra de Steiguer with:
Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, former Director of the Richmond Art Gallery, BC and former Director of Curatorial Affairs at the deCordova Museum
Mara Williams, Brattleboro Museum Curator Emerita
Dr. Carl Herbert, Gallery Associate
Bernard Pucker, Gallery Director
This WebinART will be an opportunity to share responses to Alex's most recent body of work that extends the creative range of her personal universe. Artist Bill Aron wrote, “De Steiguer is an amazing technician with a wonderful eye.”
The exhibition Stories: Once Upon a Timeless will be on view at Pucker Gallery from 11 May through 23 June 2024.
About Our Panelists:
Rachel Rosenfield Lafo is an independent curator and writer in Rhode Island. She was previously the Director of the Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC; Director of Curatorial Affairs at DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, MA; and Associate Curator at the Portland Art Museum, OR. She has organized numerous exhibitions of contemporary art, authored many catalogues essays, served as a juror, visiting critic, panelist, and lecturer, and taught curatorial studies and museum administration. Her reviews, articles, and artist interviews have appeared in such publications as Sculpture Magazine, Public Art Review, Art in America, Mousse, Canadian Art, and Oregon Artswatch.
Mara Williams assumed Emerita status in 2021, after curating exhibits at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center for thirty-three years. Her area of expertise is modern and contemporary art. As a partner in Arts Bridge LLC, Williams leads exhibition teams for institutions developing new large-scale museum projects. 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 is Chair of the Wolf Kahn Foundation. She has served as chair of the Vermont Arts Council and as a board member of the New England Museum Association, as well as three terms on the Senate Curatorial Advisory Committee for the U.S. Capitol.
Dr. Carl Herbert is a fourth-generation physician whose career has been devoted to helping infertility patients overcome a wide spectrum of obstacles to create their families. Early in his career he participated in the founding of one of the first eIVF centers in the United States. For more than forty years, Dr. Herbert has contributed to the growth and development of assisted reproductive technologies, continually implementing the evolving techniques and optimizing their clinical applications for care. By serendipity, Dr. Herbert walked into Pucker Gallery for the first time in 1985 when visiting Boston for a medical conference. From this point on, his nascent interest in art grew under the generous tutelage and encouragement of Mr. Pucker. A close personal friendship evolved as they visited artists and exhibitions around the world; exchanged thoughts on the experience and intrinsic value that art, in all its many forms, can provide individuals and society; and shared writings which illuminated these principles.
Bernie Pucker is the director of Pucker Gallery, which he founded with his wife, Sue, on Boston's historic Newbury Street 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 Gallery receptions. 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 has served as President of Solomon Schechter Day School, President of the Newbury Street League, and 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.