Lamont Gallery Events

Marbling Sketchbooks
NEW DATE: September 20
1:30-3:00 – Drop in event
Academic Quad

Who can attend: PEA Community & Open to the Public

Stop by the Academic Quad and keep your eyes peeled for Claire Ashley’s lively, neon-scaped inflatables. Look high, low, left, and right then get inspired to make your own colorful creations! Learn this fun, easy (and slightly messy) process for creating vibrant marbleized paper using watercolor and shaving foam.

All materials provided; sketchbooks available while supplies last!

Radiant Beasts Opening Reception
September 14
5-7pm
Lamont Gallery

Who can attend: PEA Community & Open to the Public 

Join us in celebrating our latest exhibition Radiant Beasts. Scottish-born, Chicago-based artist Claire Ashley mines the language of painterly abstraction, monumental sculpture, slapstick humor, and Pop Art to transform ordinary materials into inflatable painted sculptures that literally FILL the Lamont Gallery and spill out into a number of buildings on campus.

Refreshments will be served!

Radiant Beasts – Walking Tour
September 27, 1:00-2:00pm
October 27, 4:30-5:30pm
Meet at Lamont Gallery

Who can attend: PEA Community & Open to the Public​ – Please RSVP

Join Lamont Gallery Director and Curator Pam Meadows on a campus sculpture tour! Participants will meet at Lamont Gallery to learn more about featured artist, Claire Ashley and view her solo exhibition, Radiant Beasts. The program will continue throughout campus, engaging with work inside PEA academic buildings and outside on campus grounds. Gain behind the scenes insight into this exciting, one-of-a-kind exhibition!  

This event is free and open to all, but space is limited. Please RSVP using this online form.

Artist Talk with Claire Ashley
Thursday, October 19
5:30-6:30pm
Mayer Auditorium

Who can attend: PEA Community & Open to the Public – Please RSVP

Join us for an artist talk by Chicago-based artist Claire Ashley. Ashley’s work investigates inflatables as painting, sculpture, installation, and performance costume. Ashley’s works have been exhibited nationally and internationally in galleries, museums, and site-specific installations, performances, and collaborations around the world. Her exhibition, Radiant Beasts, extends beyond the Lamont Gallery – spilling into academic buildings and piling up around special locations around the Phillips Exeter Academy campus.

This event is free and open to all, but space is limited. Please RSVP using this online form.

Lunch and Learn with Claire Ashley 
Friday, October 20
12:40-1:40 pm
Lamont Gallery Classroom 

Who can attend: PEA community only

Lunch and Learn is an informal talk with exhibiting artist, Claire Ashley. Grab a bite to eat and join us to learn more about her process and works included in the Radiant Beasts exhibition.

Lunch provided!

This event is free, but space is limited. Please RSVP using this online form.

Create and Inflate Workshop with Claire Ashley 
Friday, October 20 
3:30-4:30pm  
Lamont Gallery Classroom 

Who can attend: PEA community only – Please RSVP

You’ve seen the inflatable sculptures, right? Want to learn how to make one? Work with visiting artist Claire Ashley to create your own inflatable sculpture. This intimate workshop gives participants the opportunity to hear from Lamont Gallery’s featured artist while learning tips and tricks to create your own inflatable!

This event is free, and all supplies will be provided, but space is limited. Please RSVP using this online form.

Sweet Beast Treats – Cookie Decorating
Wednesday, November 15
1:00-3:30pm
Lamont Gallery Classroom

Who can attend: PEA community only

You deserve a cookie break! Stop by the Lamont Gallery, check out the Radiant Beasts exhibition before it closes this Saturday, and decorate a cookie inspired by your favorite colorful, inflatable sculpture. Then eat that cookie of course!