The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

“Getting” Contemporary Art: Loie Hollowell

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Through this three-session course, participants will engage deeply with The Aldrich’s spring exhibitions while having access to our galleries and the Museum’s Studio learning space in private evening sessions. Designed to provoke open and dynamic dialogue, these small classes will help participants learn to analyze, interpret, and discuss the contemporary artwork on view.

July 23: Loie Hollowell’s Bold Abstractions of Motherhood

Beginning with an independent reflection in the gallery, this class will explore Loie Hollowell’s luminous abstractions of the human form, focusing on her conceptualization of motherhood. In The Studio, we will use a guided activity to consider the ways Hollowell challenges classical, Renaissance, and modern depictions of women in art history, replacing the female muse with “interior self-portraits” that liberate the female form. We will also explore the influence of ground-breaking artists like Judy Chicago, Hilma af Klint, and Georgia O’Keeffe on Hollowell’s work.