Check out The Mµseum’s first site-specific installation, “Free Box,” in digital form in the exhibition archives.

Check out “Past Shows” in the “Exhibitions” drop-down menu to catch up on Mµseum programming you may have missed!

Missed the show? Miss the show? Take a digital tour of Desert Places,” in the archives anytime.
Check out “Past Shows” in the “Exhibitions” drop-down menu to catch up on Mµseum programming you may have missed!”

“Hour of the Rabbit”
2″ Diameter
Oil on mylar on plexiglass

We’ve learned a lot from our first winter, and we’re delighted to have The Mµseum back up and running! Our next Show, “Free Box,” Is a site-specific installation by Rachel Grobstein, and will be on display from June 14th through August 14th.

Thanks to everyone who turned out for a very fun opening reception for “Desert Places.”

The show may be down, but it’s not too late to take a digital tour of our Inaugural Exhibit “Invisible Cities.”
Check out “Past Shows” in the “Exhibitions” drop-down menu to catch up on Mµseum programming you may have missed!

The first solo museum show of Brookline-raised miniaturist Dina Brodsky runs October 14th 2013 – January 3rd 2014.

We are delighted to announce our next show, “Desert Places,” a solo exhibition of new work by oil painter Dina Brodsky.

Named for the Robert Frost poem of the same title, each of the nine exquisite new works in “Desert Places” evokes the haunting sense of melancholy exuded by formerly occupied spaces.

Hour of the Rabbit, 2”x2” oil on mylar

The first solo museum show of Brookline-raised miniaturist Dina Brodsky opens October 14th 2013 at The Mµseum.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Mµseum presents “Desert Places,” the first solo museum show of Brookline-raised painter Dina Brodsky. Named for the Robert Frost poem of the same title, each of the nine exquisite new works in “Desert Places” evokes the haunting sense of melancholy exuded by formerly occupied spaces.

Originally inspired by the surreal, unpopulated landscapes on a trip through Iceland, Brodsky brought her experience to bear on more personal, intimate spaces. Considering herself a miniaturist in the old tradition, Brodsky makes deft use of the intimacy inherent in viewing art on such a small scale; drawing viewers into lushly detailed scenes that seem almost to be holding their breaths as they await the return of occupants recently or long since departed.

Brodsky herself describes the work as “a familiar space rendered strange by vacancy – an empty bed, a vacant building, a bar stripped of it’s inhabitants by morning light, the crowded city emptied by a snowstorm. This series is a personal attempt to understand time and memory, and how the two work together to affect our perception of physical space. Each person has their own desert places, that can be tied to a physical location or a mental space: these are mine.”

“[…]and lonely as it is, that loneliness
shall be more lonely ere it will be less
a whiter blanket of benighted snow
with no expression, nothing to express.”

they cannot scare me with their empty spaces
between stars – on stars, where no human race is
I have it in me so much nearer home
to scare myself with my own desert places”

-Robert Frost, “Desert Places”

“Desert Places” will be on view at The Mµseum October 14th 2013 through January 3rd 2014, with an opening reception Saturday October 19th from 5:30-6:30pm.

From left to right, The Mµseum inaugural show artists Ted Ollier, Emily Garfield, Mara Brod, (not pictured: Grace Durnford); Mayor of Somerville Joe Curtatone; Mµseum engineer Steve Pomeroy; Mµseum curator and designer Judith Klausner; and Rachel Strutt of Somerville Arts Council
photo: K. Adam White

The Mµseum’s opening reception went even better than we could have hoped! The Mµseum is now open for all to see. We’d like to thank all those who came by for the occasion; we had a great time meeting you all!

We’d like to also thank our wonderful friends and family, whose encouragement, guidance, and assistance made this possible (in alphabetical order):

Andrew Boch, Dexter Eames, Carolyn Emberley, Joel Greifinger, Avi Kelman, Cheryl Klausner, Linda Raibert, K. Adam White, and Lusann Wren Yang.

We want to give a special thanks to The Independent and the Subway, Denise Taylor from the Mayor’s office, Rachel Strutt from Somerville Arts Council, and of course, Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone whose genuine genuine enthusiasm and support for the arts shows throughout the city.

Finally, a huge thank you to the artists who took a chance on a new institution and whose enthusiasm and patience (in addition to artistic skill) has made this first show such a success: Mara Brod, Grace Durnford, Emily Garfield, and Ted Ollier.