Anderson Gallery Magazine

Florence Gendre

Exploring Botanicals
Anderson Virtual

Mon univers artistique ressemble à un cabinet de curiosités : graines, coquillages, papillons. Mais je puise également aux sources de l’architecture, du design, de la science, de la calligraphie... Avec une obsession, l’exactitude.

My artistic universe resembles a curio cabinet: seeds, seashells, butterflies. But I also draw upon the sources of architecture, design, science and calligraphy… With one obsession: accuracy.

Jack Wolfe

Native American Paintings
Anderson Virtual

Jack Wolfe's interest in and affinity toward Native American communities and cultures began in childhood, when he and his sister spent summers in the Lake Tahoe area, often visiting a Washo community where they played with other children and listened to stories. Jack’s concern with the historical and contemporary oppression of Native Americans by the United States, including acts of genocide and cultural genocide (e.g., forced assimilation; proscriptions on use of languages and cultural practices; adoption of abducted or removed Native American children into white families – a practice that persisted through much of the 20th century), the breaking of federal treaties, and exploitation of Native American land, among other acts of overt and structural violence, persisted throughout his life.

Laurie Wolfe

In Focus Podcast # 37

Listen in on the conversation as The Artist Index’s host, Ron Fortier, speaks with Laurie Wolfe about her life with her late husband and painter Jack Wolfe. Jack’s legacy of his Civil Rights fueled work in the Summer 2020 virtual exhibition: Jack Wolfe’s Civil Rights Paintings: A Viewing in 2020 at Bridgewater State University’s Anderson Gallery featuring four of his major civil rights paintings from the 1960s.

Jack Wolfe

Civil Rights Paintings: A Viewing in 2020
Anderson Virtual

In recent weeks, the images flooding traditional and social media of current protests against racial injustice and the killing of black people encourage reflection on similarities and areas of progress between the present and the time of the civil rights movement. Across the over-saturated span of highly polarized contemporary media, some rhetoric has shifted, while other aspects of the dialogue about race and racism echo the past uncannily.

Anderson Engaged

The Anderson Gallery aims to serve its diverse public as a dynamic, innovative, and welcoming center for learning through the arts and seeks to act as a catalyst for the broader understanding and exploration of ideas across cultural and visual boundaries.

BSU Bear Mask

Designed by Anthony Abi-Saad, Graduate 2021

Anthony Abi-Saad was selected by the BSU Spirit Committee as the first student to redesign the iconic BSU Bear logo. Wear the Bear!