Outline is an experimental mapping project that explores relationships between the artist and the city. This project is produced by a group of student-artists from Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

The practice of strolling, drifting and exploring in urban space continues to be a source of inspiration to many generations of artists, writers and adventurers. While this project seeks inspiration in the urban environment through encounters and observations, it is also an attempt to locate a specific place though art and social exchange. The work in the exhibition documents individual artist experiences and interpretations of the quotidian geography and narrative of Chinatown, a community which culturally serves not only Boston but the greater New England area.

Participants: Ian T. Cameron, Jeremy B. Carrion, Susan T. D’Alessandro, Marissa H. Daniels, Kirstin M. Davidson, Neillea L. Dee, Kevin Devilme, Miguelina Felix, Carson J. Halstead, Kelly M. Kennedy, Sydney D. Krantz, Carter J. Lynch, Andrew W. MacConnell, Elisa Melegari, Markus J. Nechay, Lucretia M. Seabrook, Jordan E. Siegel, Melissa A. Spiess, Pierre R. Victor; organized by Jonathan Santos.

Many thanks to: Lydia Lowe, Thomas Chen, Sue Yan Yuen and Wen-ti Tsen.

The Wong/Yee gallery is an art gallery unit of the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA]. It is devoted to partnering artists of Boston area with grass-root community organizing groups to develop and show art that can record and communicate people’s lives and conditions in the community, and to use art as a creative tool to envision possibilities for social advancement.

Exhibition Date: March 15- April 8, 2011
Closing Reception: Friday, April 8, 5-7 PM

W/Y Gallery at CPA
One Nassau Street, Unit 2
Boston, MA 02111
617. 357. 4499
wygallery@gmail.com
Hours: M. T. W. 9-5

To view images from the show: click here.

Community Mapping Project

Students organized by Jonathan Santos are involved with an experimental mapping project, Outline, that explores relationships between the artist and the city. The student participants have sought inspiration from the act of strolling and exploring urban spaces. While the project seeks to inspire through the encounters and observations of urban environments, Outline also attempts to locate a specific place through art and social engagement. The work presented in the exhibitions documents individual artist experiences and interpretations of the quotidian geography and narrative of Chinatown, a community which culturally serves not only Boston but the greater New England area. Outline was recently exhibited at the Wong/Yee Gallery, an art gallery unit of the Chinese Progressive Association. The organization is devoted to partnering artists of the Boston area and grass-root community organizing groups to develop and show art that can record and communicate people’s lives and conditions in the community, and to use art as a creative tool to envision possibilities for social advancement. “I feel as though the most rewarding aspect of the project was the ability to have my work presented in the area that came as the inspiration of my work,” remarked student Carson Halstead. “The whole experience was pretty cool, I had never been involved in such a project before and had my work displayed in such a public gallery.”