Goetemann Distinguished Artist / Teacher Lecture with Sarah McEneaney
Sunday, August 4, 2024 at 2:00 pm
Downtown Campus, 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, MA
Free and open to the public
Livestreamed on Facebook and Vimeo

Initiated in 2007 by former Goetemann Artist Residency Director, Ruth Mordecai, The Distinguished Artist/Teacher program named for Gordon & Judy Goetemann brings to Rocky Neck an artist with a national reputation. The selected artist, chosen by committee, begins their week-long stay by presenting a lecture at the Cape Ann Museum.

The Goetemann Residency Distinguished Artist/Teacher for August 2024 is Sarah McEneaney (b. 1955, Munich, Germany). McEneaney is a Philadelphia-based artist and community activist, who is well known for creating intricately detailed and intimately autobiographical works. She graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia in 1979. Her solo exhibitions have included Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA; the Institute of Contemporary Art and Locks Gallery, both Philadelphia; Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York and the List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA.

McEneaney is the recipient of a number of grants including a Pew Fellowship in the Arts, an Anonymous Was A Woman Grant , an Independence Foundation Fellowship, and a grant from The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. She has been an artist in residence at the Tyrone Guthrie Center, Annaghmakerrig, Ireland; The Brodsky Center at PAFA Philadelphia; Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co. Mayo, Ireland; The Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans; Chianti Foundation Marfa, TX,; Yaddo ,Saratoga Springs, NY; and the MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH, among others. McEneaney’s work is in the permanent collections of many museums including, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA;; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY; and the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Sarah McEneaney is represented by Locks Gallery, Philadelphia and Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York.

This program is offered in collaboration with the Rocky Neck Art Colony. It is free and open to the public.

Learn directly from Sarah McEneaney during an Artist Workshop at Montserrat College of Art from Monday, August 5 – Thursday, August 8 from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. The workshop will focus on developing the independent visual voice of each student through one-on-one critiques, group discussions of work, and technical guidance.  Students can expect a lively environment of experimentation and imagery drawn from a variety of sources. Montserrat College, Beverly. Learn more and enroll here