Arts: the week ahead

June 23, 2011
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PORTSIDE PERCUSSIVE DANCE FESTIVAL Directed by Drika Overton and featuring such teacher/performers as tappers Brenda Bufalino and Josh Hilberman, this rhythm fest June 27- July 2 is packed with jam sessions, talks, classes, and performances. Serious tap fans won’t want to miss “A Conversation With 2 Masters: Brenda Bufalino & Dean Diggins,’’ featuring stories from the trenches. June 28. Free. The Dance Hall, Kittery, Maine. 207-703-2083, www.percussivedancefestival.com

JACOB’S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL This acclaimed festival features a fabulous one-two punch this weekend. The sleek, superbly skilled dancers of Switzerland’s Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève take over the Ted Shawn Theatre with “Romeo and Juliet,’’ while the sexy, high-spirited Keigwin + Company mine contemporary fashion, MTV, and the vagaries of love in the smaller Doris Duke Theatre. ThroughJune 26. $10-$63 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Becket, www.jacobspillow.org

KAREN CAMPBELL

GALLERIES

GREG HAYES: ABOARD ABOUT ABOVE ACROSS AFTER AGAINST Can time’s passage be captured in a photograph? Hayes makes photos recording his subjective experience of seeing over spans of time, and images that depict time’s accretion, such as dust registering on film. Through July 23. Anthony Greaney, 450 Harrison Ave. 617-482-0055, www.anthonygreaney.com

CANDY NARTONIS: UP FRONT: 30 YEARS IN BOSTON The master printmaker and colorist recently moved to Albuquerque. From the sensual, flowing lines of loose monotypes to color-saturated woodcuts and screenprints, Nartonis demonstrates how the indirect process of printmaking promotes spontaneity. Through July 31. Laconia Gallery, 433 Harrison Ave., www.laconiagallery.com

NEW TALENT Every June, Alpha Gallery taps promising emerging artists for its “New Talent’’ show. This year, the show spotlights photographer Robert Watermeyer’s American landscapes, Matt Neuman’s poured acrylic pattern paintings, and Biying Zhang’s gorgeously atmospheric oils. Through July 15. Alpha Gallery, 37 Newbury St. 617-536-4465, www.alphagallery.com

FLOURISH: ALUMNI WORKS ON PAPER Sixty-four Mass Art alumni from around the world exhibit almost everything you can on paper, from sculpture to photography to fashion and graphic design. Through July 9. Sandra and David Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 621 Huntington Ave. 617-879-7333, www.massart.edu

CATE McQUAID

MUSEUMS

MAN RAY-LEE MILLER, PARTNERS IN SURREALISM Photographs, paintings, sculpture, and drawings by, or relating to, these two artists who were teacher and student, then lovers. June 11 through Dec. 4. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem. 978-745-9500, www.pem.org

PISSARRO’S PEOPLE The rarely exhibited portraits of this beloved artist, a central and highly influential figure in Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Through Oct. 2. The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown. 413-458-2303, www.clarkart.edu

THE STRANGE LIFE OF OBJECTS: THE ART OF ANNETTE LEMIEUX A survey of works in various media touching on themes from war to the nature of time and memory. Through Oct. 9. Worcester Art Museum, Worcester. 508-799-4406, www.worcesterart.org

URSULA VON RYDINGSVARD: SCULPTURE A career survey of monumental wood sculptures by this acclaimed German-born, New York-based artist. Through Aug. 28. DeCordova Sculpture Park + Museum, Lincoln. 781-259-8355, www.decordova.org

SEBASTIAN SMEE

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