BAG Gallery, Project Space + Weems Atrium, SMFA
Room 112, SMFA, Mission Hill Building, 160 Saint Alphonsus St.
Patricia Hickson has been the Emily Hall Tremaine Curator of Contemporary Art at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut since 2009. She oversees the contemporary art collection and acquisitions, organizes special exhibitions and leads the MATRIX program, a series of changing exhibitions of contemporary art. Her MATRIX projects have featured artists Ahmed Alsoudani, Claire Beckett, Shaun Gladwell, Kitty Kraus, Justin Lowe, Rashaad Newsome, Kim Schoenstadt, Deb Sokolow and Jan Tichy. Hickson previously held curatorial positions at the Des Moines Art Center, Williams College Museum of Art, San Jose Museum of Art, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. She has organized major exhibitions with artists Sol LeWitt, Robyn O'Neil, Alec Soth, Michael McMillen, Patricia Piccinini, Enrique Chagoya, Carmen Lomas Garza, and James Welling, among others. She has served on numerous panels and juries, including the National Endowment for the Humanities, Creative Capital, and the U.S. General Services Administration's Art in Architecture Program. Hickson earned a BA in art from Bates College and a MA in art history from Williams College.
The William Morris Hunt Memorial Library
Horticultural Hall, 2nd Floor
300 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
617-369-3385
Hours: Monday–Friday, 1–5 pm, except major holiday
The MFA's William Morris Hunt Memorial Library has collaborated with SMFA for 14 exhibitions of student work. On view February 11–April 19, 2013, the current exhibition features artists' book produced with print-on-demand technology.
Curated by SMFA faculty members Hillary Binda and Chantal Zakari, it features work by: Avery Bazemore, Rachel Bernardini, Haley A. Bishop, Paul Butler, Heisue Chung, Crystal Fenner, Geoffrey Hewer-Candee, Kristen Hoops, Ximena Izquierdo, Kate Kincaid, Sarah Kroll, Phyllis Labanowski, Elçin Marasli, Kelly McDermott, Elizabeth Noftle, Jessica Thistlewaite, Rebecca Volynsky and Ben Wu.
