INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART INC
25 HARBOR SHORE DRIVE, BOSTON, MA 02210 www.icaboston.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE MISSION OF THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART ("ICA") IS TO SHARE THE PLEASURES OF REFLECTION, INSPIRATION, PROVOCATION, AND IMAGINATION THAT CONTEMPORARY ART OFFERS THROUGH PUBLIC ACCESS TO ART, ARTISTS, AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS.

ART EXHIBITIONS: GALLERY PRESENTATIONS: THE ICA PRESENTED THE FOLLOWING 12 CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITIONS FEATURING PAINTING, DRAWING, SCULPTURE, VIDEO, INSTALLATION, AND MORE. ATTENDANCE FOR THE GALLERY EXHIBITS TOTALED 223,494 VISITORS, AND TOTAL PROGRAMMING ATTENDANCE WAS 38,863 IN FY20.ICA COLLECTION: ENTANGLED IN THE EVERYDAYMAR 17, 2018 - AUG 25, 2019KIM AND JIM PALLOTTA GALLERYTHE THIRTEENTH INSTALLMENT OF THE ICA'S ANNUAL COLLECTION EXHIBITION PRESENTS MAJOR WORKS THAT SHOWCASE ARTISTS' ENGAGEMENT AND ENTANGLEMENT WITH THE EVERYDAY. INTEREST IN COMMON MATERIALS AND QUOTIDIAN SUBJECTS HAS BEEN A DEFINING THEME OF ARTISTIC PRACTICE IN THE 20TH CENTURY, INSPIRING CUBIST COLLAGE, FOUND SCULPTURE, AND THE WIDESPREAD EMBRACE OF PHOTOGRAPHY. BY OBSERVING AND BEING IN THE WORLD, ARTISTS ELEVATE AND MAKE SIGNIFICANT ORDINARY TEXTURES AND EXPERIENCES.ROOMS DEDICATED TO MATERIALS AND PROCESS CELEBRATE ARTISTS' CAPACITY TO ELICIT THE WONDROUS FROM THE MUNDANE. WORKS FROM TARA DONOVAN'S TAPE INSTALLATION NEBULOUS TO DAMIAN ORTEGA'S EXPLOSION OF A 35MM CAMERA HIGHLIGHT THE TRANSFORMATIVE USE OF COMMON AND FOUND MATERIALS. OTHERS INCORPORATE EVERYDAY ACTIONS SUCH AS KNOTTING, WRAPPING, OR TYING INTO THEIR ARTISTIC PRACTICE, AS IN LYNDA BENGLIS'S KNOT SCULPTURE SIERRA AND SHEILA HICKS'S STACKED BUNDLES OF THREAD IN BANISTERIOPSIS II. FINALLY, PORTRAITURE (A NOTED STRENGTH IN THE ICA'S COLLECTION) FORMS A THIRD MEANS OF EXPLORING THE EVERYDAY WITHIN THE EXHIBITION, IN RECENTLY ACQUIRED WORKS BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ, SANYA KANTAROVSKY, ROBERT PRUITT, AND LYNETTE YIADOM-BOAKYE. ALL OF THESE ARTISTS HAVE CREATIVELY ENGAGED WITH THEIR DAILY WORLDS, INVITING OTHERS TO PARTAKE IN THE BEAUTY, DIGNITY, AND REALITY OF THE EVERYDAY.ORGANIZED BY RUTH ERICKSON, MANNION FAMILY CURATOR, WITH JESSICA HONG, ASSISTANT CURATOR.NINA CHANEL ABNEYJAN 17, 2019 - JAN 3, 2021SANDRA AND GERALD FINEBERG ART WALLDEEPLY INVESTED IN CREATING IMAGERY THAT IS LEGIBLE AND ACCESSIBLE, NINA CHANEL ABNEY (B. 1982, CHICAGO) IS KNOWN FOR WEAVING COLORFUL GEOMETRIC SHAPES, CARTOONS, LANGUAGE, AND SYMBOLS INTO CHAOTIC AND ENERGETIC COMPOSITIONS. AT THE ICA, SHE HAS CREATED A MURAL THAT SPEAKS TO SOCIAL TENSIONS IN THE DIGITAL AGE, INCLUDING THE CONSTANT STREAM OF TRUE AND FALSE INFORMATION, THE DILEMMA OF LIBERAL RACISM, AND ABUSES OF POWER THAT LEAD TO STRUCTURAL INEQUALITY.ORGANIZED BY ELLEN TANI, ASSISTANT CURATOR.JOHN AKOMFRAH: PURPLEMAY 26 - SEP 2, 2019ICA WATERSHED CO-COMMISSIONED BY THE ICA AND MAKING ITS U.S. PREMIERE AT THE ICA WATERSHED, PURPLE IS AN IMMERSIVE SIX-CHANNEL VIDEO INSTALLATION BY THE ACCLAIMED ARTIST AND FILMMAKER JOHN AKOMFRAH (B. 1957, ACCRA, GHANA). AKOMFRAH DRAWS FROM HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE, COMBINING IT WITH NEWLY SHOT FILM AND A HYPNOTIC SOUND SCORE TO ADDRESS THEMES RELATED TO THE IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ACROSS THE PLANET AND ITS EFFECTS ON HUMAN COMMUNITIES, BIODIVERSITY, AND THE WILDERNESS. SITED IN THE WATERSHED'S INDUSTRIAL BUILDING, PURPLE RESONATES DEEPLY WITH THE WATERSHED'S HARBOR LOCATION AND ITS PROXIMITY TO THE CURRENT AND HISTORICAL MARITIME INDUSTRIES OF THE BOSTON HARBOR SHIPYARD AND MARINA. SYMPHONIC IN SCALE AND DIVIDED INTO FIVE INTERWOVEN MOVEMENTS, THE FILM FEATURES VARIOUS DISAPPEARING ECOLOGICAL LANDSCAPES, FROM THE HINTERLANDS OF ALASKA AND THE DESOLATE ENVIRONMENTS OF GREENLAND TO THE TAHITIAN PENINSULA AND THE VOLCANIC MARQUESAS ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. PURPLE CONVEYS THE COMPLEX AND FRAGILE INTERRELATION OF HUMAN AND NON-HUMAN LIFE WITH A SENSE OF POETIC GRAVITY THAT REGISTERS THE VULNERABILITY OF LIVING IN PRECARIOUS ENVIRONMENTS.ORGANIZED BY EVA RESPINI, BARBARA LEE CHIEF CURATOR, WITH CARA KUBALL, CURATORIAL PROJECT MANAGER. LESS IS A BORE: MAXIMALIST ART & DESIGNJUN 26 - SEP 22, 2019BRIDGITT AND BRUCE EVANS AND KAREN AND BRIAN CONWAY GALLERIESLESS IS A BORE: MAXIMALIST ART & DESIGN BRINGS TOGETHER WORKS IN PAINTING, SCULPTURE, CERAMIC, DANCE, FURNITURE DESIGN, AND MORE THAT PRIVILEGE DECORATION, PATTERN, AND MAXIMALISM.BORROWING ITS ATTITUDE FROM ARCHITECT ROBERT VENTURI'S WITTY RETORT TO MIES VAN DER ROHE'S MODERNIST EDICT "LESS IS MORE," LESS IS A BORE SHOWS HOW ARTISTS, INCLUDING THOSE AFFILIATED WITH THE PATTERN & DECORATION MOVEMENT OF THE 1970S, HAVE SOUGHT TO RATTLE THE DOMINANCE OF MODERNISM AND MINIMALISM. ENCOURAGED BY THE PLURALISM PERMEATING MANY CULTURAL SPHERES AT THE TIME, THESE ARTISTS ACCOMMODATED NEW IDEAS, MODES, AND MATERIALS, CHALLENGING ENTRENCHED CATEGORIES THAT MARGINALIZED NON-WESTERN ART, FASHION, INTERIOR DESIGN, AND APPLIED ART.THE EXHIBITION CONSIDERS HOW ARTISTS HAVE USED ORNAMENTATION, PATTERN PAINTING, AND OTHER DECORATIVE MODES TO CRITIQUE, SUBVERT, AND TRANSFORM ACCEPTED HISTORIES RELATED TO CRAFT AND DESIGN, FEMINISM, QUEERNESS AND GENDER, BEAUTY AND TASTE, CAMOUFLAGE AND MASQUERADE, AND MULTICULTURALISM AND GLOBALISM. MORE RECENT ARTWORKS IN THE EXHIBITION CHART BOTH THE LEGACY AND TRANSFORMATION OF THESE TRAJECTORIES.SPANNING GENERATIONS, GEOGRAPHIES, AND TRADITIONS, LESS IS A BORE INCLUDES WORKS RANGING FROM EXPERIMENTS IN PATTERNING BY SANFORD BIGGERS, JASPER JOHNS, AND MIRIAM SCHAPIRO TO THE TRANSGRESSIVE SCULPTURE AND FURNITURE OF LUCAS SAMARAS AND ETTORE SOTTSASS, TO THE INSTALLATIONS OF POLLY APFELBAUM, NATHALIE DU PASQUIER, AND VIRGIL MARTI. ORGANIZED BY JENELLE PORTER, GUEST CURATOR, WITH JEFFREY DE BLOIS, ASSISTANT CURATOR. VIVIAN SUTERAUG 21 - DEC 31, 2019VIVIAN SUTER (B. 1949, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA) WORKS IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT SURROUNDING HER HOME AND STUDIO IN PANAJACHEL, GUATEMALA. HER METHOD OFTEN INVOLVES MOVING HER CANVASES BETWEEN THE INDOORS AND OUTDOORS AND EXPOSING THEM TO THE CLIMATE IN ORDER TO ALLOW NATURE TO COMMINGLE WITH HER BROADLY PAINTED SWATHS OF VIVID COLOR. INSPIRED BY THE SURROUNDING VEGETATION AND LANDSCAPE, SUTER'S GESTURAL COMPOSITIONS WORK IN CONCERT WITH RAINFALL AND MUD PUDDLES, WITH THE LIGHT THAT PASSES BETWEEN BRANCHES AND THE ANIMALS IN THE FOREST. A PLACE OF TREMENDOUS BEAUTY AND PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE AS WELL AS THE RICH, INDIGENOUS MAYAN CULTURE, PANAJACHEL AND THE AREA AROUND LAKE ATITLAN HAS ALSO WITNESSED COUNTLESS DISRUPTIONS THROUGHOUT HISTORY, FROM ACTIVE VOLCANOES AND NUMEROUS FLOODS TO SPANISH COLONIZATION AND A THIRTY-SIX-YEAR CIVIL WAR THAT ENDED IN 1996. THIS INSTALLATION OF LAYERED AND SUSPENDED CANVASES INVITES VISITORS TO DISCOVER HER UNIQUE DIALOGUE WITH IMAGINED AND NATURAL WORLDS.ORGANIZED BY RUTH ERICKSON, MANNION FAMILY CURATOR. 2019 JAMES AND AUDREY FOSTER PRIZE AUG 21 - DEC 31, 2019THE 2019 INSTALLMENT OF THE ICA'S BIENNIAL JAMES AND AUDREY FOSTER PRIZE EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTING THE WORK OF BOSTON-AREA ARTISTS WILL FEATURE FOUR INDIVIDUALS: RASHIN FAHANDEJ (B. 1978, SHIRAZ, IRAN), JOSEPHINE HALVORSON (B. 1981, BREWSTER, MA), LAVAUGHAN JENKINS (B. 1976, BOSTON, MA), AND HELGA ROHT POZNANSKI (B. 1927, TARTU, ESTONIA). THIS INTERGENERATIONAL GROUP OF ARTISTS WORKS ACROSS MEDIA INCLUDING PAINTING, SCULPTURE, FILM, AND VIDEO TO EXPLORE QUESTIONS OF PLACE, PORTRAITURE, AND BELONGING. THEIR UNIQUE AND EXCEPTIONAL WORK DEMONSTRATES THE BREADTH AND ECOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY ART PRACTICES IN BOSTON.FIRST ESTABLISHED IN 1999, THE JAMES AND AUDREY FOSTER PRIZE IS CENTRAL TO THE ICA/BOSTON'S EFFORTS TO NURTURE AND RECOGNIZE LOCAL ARTISTS, SHOWCASE EXCEPTIONAL ARTWORK, AND SUPPORT A THRIVING LOCAL ARTS SCENE. IN THE COURSE OF SELECTING THESE ARTISTS, CURATOR RUTH ERICKSON HAD THE PLEASURE OF CONDUCTING FIFTY STUDIO VISITS WITH THE FOLLOWING ARTISTS, AND SHE WOULD LIKE TO THANK EACH OF THEM FOR SHARING THEIR TIME AND THEIR WORK: SONIA ALMEIDA, HARTMUT AUSTEN, CLINT BACLAWSKI, GERRY BERGSTEIN, STEPHANIE CARDON, CYRILLE CONAN, FUREN DAI, TAYLOR DAVIS, CATHY DELLA LUCIA, SEAN DOWNEY, TORY FAIR, ANDREW FISH, ARISTOTLE FORRESTER, ARIEL FREIBERG, LINA MARIA GIRALDO, SEAN GLOVER, GARRETT GOULD, JESSE ARON GREEN, DELL HAMILTON, ELISA HAMILTON, EKUA HOLMES, REBECCA HUTCHINSON, MASAKO KAMIYA, WOOMIN KIM, TIMOTHY MCCOOL, SUSAN METRICAN, MARIA MOLTENI, ELIZABETH MOONEY, YUKO ODA; ANTHONY PALOCCI, JR., ROBERTA PAUL, JEFF PERROTT, RACHEL PERRY, ROSAMOND PURCELL, ANABEL VAZQUEZ RODRIGUEZ, ZOE PETTIJOHN SCHADE, JEANNIE SIMMS, ALEXANDRIA SMITH, GABRIEL SOSA, JESSICA TAM, CHANEL THERVIL, JAMAL THORNE, CLARISSA TOSSIN, JOE WARDWELL, KEITH WASHINGTON, AND YU-WEN WU.ORGANIZED BY RUTH ERICKSON, MANNION FAMILY CURATOR. YAYOI KUSAMA: LOVE IS CALLINGSEP 24, 2019 - MAR 13, 2020

PROGRAM MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS: DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED MARKETING, ADVERTISING, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND PUBLIC RELATIONS STRATEGIES THAT PROMOTED THE EXPERIENCE OF THE ICA INCLUDING THE EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES, EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS, AND FREE HOLIDAY MONDAYS AND THE ICA'S SEASONAL SPACE, THE WATERSHED, TO THE PUBLIC AND ICA MEMBERS. AFTER CLOSURE DURING COVID-19, THE TEAM'S EFFORTS SHIFTED TO ENGAGING VISITORS ONLINE THROUGH A SERIES OF DIFFERENT VIRTUAL PROGRAMS THAT RANGED FROM ART ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN TO ARTIST LECTURES AND SOCIAL PROGRAMMING FOR ADULTS. THE WATERSHED SPACE ALSO SHIFTED FROM A SPACE FOR ART TO A SPACE FOR FOOD DISTRIBUTION TO ASSIST OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES IN EAST BOSTON. THESE STRATEGIES ALLOWED THE ICA TO ACHIEVE 262,357 IN TOTAL VISITORS TO THE ICA IN FISCAL YEAR 2020.

PERFORMING AND MEDIA ARTS:THE ICA PRESENTS SOME OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE AND FORWARD-LOOKING CHOREOGRAPHERS, MUSICIANS, FILMMAKERS, THEATER COMPANIES AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTISTS FROM BOSTON AND THE REST OF THE WORLD. IN FY20 WE OFFERED 66 PRESENTATIONS OF 32 INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS (PERFORMING ARTS AND FILM). ATTENDANCE TOTALED 24,143.WE ORGANIZED 37 PERFORMANCES BY THE FOLLOWING PERFORMERS, ARTISTS AND ENSEMBLE COMPANIES. ATTENDANCE AT THESE PERFORMANCES TOTALED 17,441. DANCE/THEATER* SUMMER STAGES DANCE @ ICA: LIZ GERRING SNEAK PEEK * SUMMER STAGES DANCE @ ICA: MAYA BEISER, WENDY WHELAN, LUCINDA CHILDS + DAVID LANG, - THE DAY WORK-IN-PROGRESS SHOWING * ANNE TERESA DE KEERSMAEKER/ROSAS: FASE, FOUR MOVEMENTS TO THE MUSIC OF STEVE REICH * NORA CHIPAUMIRE: #PUNK 100% POP *N!&GA * FAYE DRISCOLL: THANK YOU FOR COMING: SPACE * KATE WALLICH + THE YC X PERFUME GENIUS: THE SUN STILL BURNS HERE * REGGIE WILSON/FIST AND HEEL PERFORMANCE GROUP: POWERGLOBAL ARTS LIVE PRESENTS * BODYTRAFFIC * BOSTON DANCE THEATER MUSIC* HARBORWALK SOUNDS: - RIDDIM SYMPHONY - SHEILA DEL BOSQUE - ONE DROP - TRISTAN SIMONE - DREION - MESTIZAS - THEM FANTASIES - MALAYA * DJ NIGHTS: - SOULELUJAH AT THE ICA - DISCWOMAN FEATURING SHYBOI, BEARCAT, & BR0NZ3_G0DD3SS - CULTURE CLUB (PART 5): A NIGHT AT THE BEACH WITH SPACEUS - ARIEL PINK - CULTURE CLUB (PART 6): A NIGHT AT CAMP BLOOD - NANCY WHANG (LCD SOUNDSYSTEM) - NO HYPE FEST - FREEDOM FETE: A VIRTUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION - THE MUSIC OF JENNIFER WALSHE FEATURING THE MIVOS QUARTET, M.C. SCHMIDT, AND WOBBLYIN FY20 WE PRESENTED 29 SCREENINGS OF THE FOLLOWING FILMS. ATTENDANCE AT THESE SCREENINGS TOTALED 6,702.FILM* SOLANGE KNOWLES: WHEN I GET HOME * KUSAMA: INFINITY * A WALL IS A WALL: SHORT FILM PROGRAM * OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL * SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SHORTS * 2020 OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORT FILMS

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