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PAST EXHIBITIONS

 

  • St. Joseph's College
  • Patchogue, NY
  • Sept-October, 2009

  • Springfield Armory Museum and National Historic Site
  • Springfield, MA
  • May -Sept ,  2009
  • Sponsored in part by Mass Humanities

  • Greenfield Community College
    Greenfield, MA
  • Oct. - Dec. 2008

  • Coast Guard Academy
    New London, CT 
  • Sept-October, 2008

  • Hygienic Art Space
  • New London, CT 
  • August-September, 2008

  • Christ Church Cathedral
    Springfield, MA 
  • July-August, 2008

  • Smith College Campus Center Gallery
    in conjunction with the Smith College school of social Work Combat Stress Conference
    Northampton, MA, 
  • June, 2008

  • The Massachusetts State House
    Boston, MA 02133
  • May, 2008

  • Florence Civic Center
    Florence, MA
  • May, 2008

  • Hosner Gallery
  • Forbes Library,
  • Northampton, MA
  • April 2008

  • Wesley United Methodist Church
    Hadley, MA 
  • February - March 2008

  • Leverett Library
    Leverett, MA 
  • January 2008

  • St. Paul Central Library
    St. Paul, MN
  • August 2007

  • Northampton Center for the Artst
    Northampton, MA
    • March 2006

  • W.E.B. DuBois Library
    University of Massachusetts, 
  • Amherst, MA
  • November 2005

  • Holyoke Community College
    Holyoke, MA
  • October 2005

 

Exhibitions & Events

Monday
Jul262010

Ohio State University, Urban Arts Space

DateMonday, July 26, 2010 at 02:28PM
50 W. Town Street, Suite 130
In the Historic Lazarus Building
Columbus, Ohio 43215

100 Faces of War Experience will have some paintings on display as part of this group exhibition.  Portraits, both completed and in progress will be on view from August 5-October 23.
Thursday, August 5,  Ash Woolsen will participate in a very public way by having his portrait for the 100 Faces project painted by Matt Mitchell in the Urban Arts Space gallery.  The painting  of portraits is generally done in a quiet and relaxed atmosphere in which the sitter can enjoy a certain amount of privacy while being painted and while the conversation between artist and sitter unfolds.  However, for this portrait, Ash has agreed to make the personal public in order to enrich the dialogue around this very interesting exhibit.  Follow the links below to see more information on some of the other art and projects which will be on display in this exhibition.

More about this exhibition:

On view July 29 through October 23 at the OSU's Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., Columbus, OH 43215
Reception:  Thursday/July 29/6 to 8 pm/Light Refreshments
Visualizing the Experiences of War is a project that aims to bring a better understanding of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in a meaningful and accessible way.  In this project local veterans and artists have been partnered and the veterans have shared with the artist their personal stories of war.  The artists of diverse backgrounds use multiple techniques and media including poetry, painting, photography, and sculpture to express the veterans' unique experiences.  The Visualizing the Experiences of War exhibition displays the artwork created through these artist and veteran collaborations.  Curated by veterans Ash Woolson and Erica Slone.
Participating Artists:
 
Todd Slaughter
George Gregory
Ginnie Baer
Erica Slone
Josh Hipsher
Virginia Colwell
Jeff Aldridge
Joe Shearer
Ginny Baughman
Hanif Abbaqurib
Chad Sines
Ashley Moore
Todd Hickerson

 

Matt Mitchell - 100 Faces of War http://www.100facesofwarexperience.org/
Chris Arendt, Drew Cameron & Drew Mattot - The Combat Paper Project http://www.combatpaper.org/
Rick Lawson - The War Experience Project - http://www.warep.com/
The Warrior Writers Project - http://www.warriorwriters.org/

Participating Veterans:

 
Ben Thompson
Erica Slone
Joe Shearer
Dan Dixon
Scott Himes
Chad Elliot
Brian Rogge
Jeff Aldridge
Carrie Tong
Todd Hickerson
Jesse Launch
Kevin Fath
Ash Woolson

AuthorMatt Mitchell |
Sunday
May302010

WFCR Arts and Humanities Award

DateSunday, May 30, 2010 at 01:57AM

On May 4, 2010, WFCR held the second annual WFCR Arts & Humanities Award Gala at the Log Cabin in Holyoke. Over 200 supporters of the arts came out to celebrate as we honored this year's award recipients, The Springfield Museums, singer and activist Evelyn Harris, and Matthew Mitchell, painter and creator of 100 Faces of War Experience.

The WFCR Foundation Inc. created the Arts and Humanities Award to engage listeners and to acknowledge the people in these disciplines for everything they do to make western New England a vital, creative place for everyone who lives here. 

This Photo by Dan Burland, Pictured: Jon Schnauber, Chris McGurk, Tyler Boudreau, participants in the 100 Faces project.

Photos below by Michael Zide


 

AuthorMatt Mitchell |
Sunday
May302010

University of New Hampshire, Manchester

DateSunday, May 30, 2010 at 01:49AM

October 2010, the 100 Faces exhibition will be on display at University Of new Hampshire, Manchester.  More information will be posted here as the date approaches.

AuthorMatt Mitchell |
Monday
Mar012010

Exhibition on Capitol Hill for US Congress, March 15th and 16th, 2010

DateMonday, March 1, 2010 at 04:11PM

The exhibition on Capitol Hill will be held March 15th and 16th.  It will be held in the Rayburn Foyer of the Rayburn House Office Building (click for directions).  The exhibition will be open to the general public from 10am-5pm on both Monday the 15th and Tuesday the 16th. 

Rep. Olver, in whose home district the 100 Faces project originated, initiated this exhibition.  With the help of Rep. Olver's office we have arranged special invitations for some members of congress to be honorary co-chairs of this event. 

We recieved a great deal of positive response to these invitations for honorary co-chairs.  It is great to see how many of our law makers are ready to take an open and contemplative look at the American experience of war in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Below are the list of honorary co-chairs to this event who have decided to take time to look into the faces of the people pictured here and read what they have to say.

All members of congress will be invited to attend a special reception. 

When we created the list of invites for Honorary co-chairs we sought to find a bi-partisan group that had strong interests in the exhibition, either through being from MA (the home state of the project), through being involved in veteran's issues, or through being involved in the arts.

The honorary co-chairs for the exhibition are:

Sen. John Kerry (MA)
Rep. John Olver (MA-01)
Rep. Vic Snyder (AR-02)
Rep. Patrick Murphy (PA-08)
Rep. Tim Walz (MN-1)
Rep. Todd Russell Platts (PA-19)
Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (NY- 28)
Rep. Chet Edwards (TX-17)
Rep. Zach Wamp (TN-3)
Rep. Christopher P. Carney (PA-10)

AuthorMatt Mitchell |
Wednesday
Nov042009

Boston College event Nov. 7 

DateWednesday, November 4, 2009 at 10:57AM

Portraits and statements from the 100 Faces project will be on exhibition for the "Soldiers and Citizens" conference at Boston college.  Six to Eight portraits will be on exhibition.  This exhibition is sponsored by Mass Humanities.

Find out more about the conference: 

Soldiers and Citizens

Military and Civic Culture in America

Sixth Annual Fall Symposium

Saturday, Nov.7

12:30-5:00 PM Robsham Theater, Boston College

Soldiers & Citizens Panels


Welcome  12:30-12:40 PM


Session I:  Diversity in Uniform: Race, Gender, Class, Sexuality and Religion in the Armed Forces  12:45 - 2:00 PM

panelists: Missy Cummings, Nathaniel Frank, Lt. Col. Isaiah Wilson, Michael L. "Mikey" Weinstein
moderator: Chris Appy

 

Session II:  United We Serve: The All Volunteer Force, National Service and Democracy  2:15 - 3:30 PM

panelists: Col. Charles Allen, Larry Korb, Paul Rieckhoff, Senator Jim Webb*
moderator: Cullen Murphy

Session III:  Cultural Influences: The Military, Politics and Society in 21st Century America  3:45 - 5:00 PM

panelists: Rick Atkinson, Andrew Bacevich, Sarah Sewall
moderator: Rachel Maddow

Booksigning  5:00 - 5:30 PM

Mass Humanities is a private, nonprofit organization that promotes the use of history, literature, philosophy, and the other humanities disciplines to deepen our understanding of the issues of the day, strengthen our sense of common purpose, and enrich individual and community life. For more information, go to www.masshumanities.org.



AuthorMatt Mitchell |
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