About Cynthia Reeves
ABOUT CYNTHIA-REEVES
CYNTHIA-REEVES strategically pursues diverse platforms in the contemporary art world, with a specific focus on large-scale public sculpture, volumetric artworks, site-based installations and commissioned works in innovative materials.
With twenty-years’ experience in contemporary art curation, CYNTHIA-REEVES has managed art projects in the US, Europe, and Asia, including permanent site-based installations, public sculpture, and arts programming, curation of corporate collections and curatorial projects in off-site venues. WE DO ART (pdf)
We have consistently pursued curatorial themes based on the intersection of art and the environment, and art and science, working with noted artists whose work exemplifies the gallery’s strong support of artworks that promote sustainability, use of recycled materials, and an awareness of how science and art inform each other.
EXHIBITION PROGRAM
Our exhibition program is expressed at our primary location in North Adams, MA.
CYNTHIA-REEVES project space on the campus of MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA provides a dynamic exchange between art-making and the community. Dialog and interaction between visitors and artists is a hallmark of this initiative, a natural extension of our pioneering programming, site-based installations, volumetric artwork, and public art programming. We invite artists to work on site for the first week of the exhibition, furthering a creative concept, working with volunteers, and engaging with visitors. Through this portal, the viewing audience gains a deeper appreciation for the use of materials and the craft underpinning these innovative works. PROJECT SPACE (pdf)
PROJECT BASED – innovative materials and methodologies
SITE SPECIFIC – creative use of space and volume
ART MAKING – collaborative and integrative initiatives
ART EXHIBITION – engaging with the community
PUBLIC ART
CYNTHIA-REEVES has initiated public art projects in the US and abroad, placing large-scale works in the public domain for both permanent and temporary installations. PUBLIC ART (pdf)
For temporary public art programming, CYNTHIA-REEVES has collaborated with a number of municipalities, including New York City Parks Department, Hudson River Park Trust, The Union Square Association, The City of Boston, and the Kendall Square Association in Cambridge, among other cities and non-profit arts organizations throughout the US. The gallery has been responsible for over twenty projects, siting large scale works for one and two year-long installations.
CYNTHIA-REEVES permanent public art programming for companies developing large campuses and urban spaces. For these projects, we thoughtfully review the specific identifiers for the community: landmarks, the history that shapes its sense of identity, topographical / geographical references, and notable businesses and personalities that have shaped the community. Taking our cue from these reference points, we review innovative material selections, interpretive methodologies, scale considerations, and siting opportunities to inform the project’s creative guidelines.
We collaborate with urban planning teams, landscape architects and corporate clients to clarify the role of public art in a successful urban redesign. Applied thoughtfully to the urban landscape, public art reinforces one’s sense of place, reinvigorates an appreciation of one’s surroundings, and creates a dynamic sense of connectedness among neighbors, companies, and the community at large.
• Public Art as Identifier: significant sculptural moments to help pedestrians experience a sense of belonging and familiarity through the presence of artwork.
• Public Art as Way-Finding/Way-Moving: a series of thoughtfully integrated artworks assists pedestrians in moving through the urban-scape, as they are handed off from one art moment to the next.
• Public Art as Landscape: landform elements — integrating art-making into the landscape — creates a gradually changing art presence that responds to the urn of seasons, and maturation of the greenspace over time.
• Public Art as Recreation and Play: drawing on artists’ inspiration, the challenge is to find innovative ways of utilizing art installations as a field of play; and, to use artwork as an invitation to pause, relax and find respite. Often, these works are in conjunction with thoughtful landscape design.
• Public Art as Education: artwork can be introduced as a way of elucidating the systems that are the substrate of the urban-scape – water remediation, public transit, history, sense of place, informations source.
SITE BASED INSTALLATION
CYNTHIA-REEVES has partnered with architectural and design teams to realize large-scale projects for Fortune 500 companies, medical centers, academic campuses and performing arts centers. In our role as a project managers, we are responsible for the concept / design process through to installation. We work closely with the client’s team –including financial, architectural, design, contractor, and real estate management staff – to identify the best artistic options in response to project criteria: aesthetic choices, suitability of materials, engineering considerations, timeline for fabrication and installation, budget, and other logistical concerns. At the conclusion of the project, we provide our clients with an online informational portal and a program for community outreach, by which the presence of art can continue to be used as an ongoing educational opportunity.