Mario Prada Walks Beneath Stars of Murgia and Above Egyptian Pyramids by M. Castano is part of The Perfect Fit, Shoes Tell Stories exhibit opening June 6. Opening reception is June 14, 2 to 5 p.m. for three new exhibits, including The Perfect Fit, Shoes Tell Stories, Beyond the Embargo: Cuban and American Ceramics and Chunghie Lee: My Cup Overflows.Brockton, Massachusetts, once known as the shoe capital of the world, will revive its legacy with the show, curated by Wendy Tarlow Kaplan, who has strong family ties to the town's shoe industry. Kaplan studied at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and has worked as an curator for more than 30 years, specializing in contemporary art. She is curator for the Kniznick Gallery of the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University.
Castano was born and raised in Brockton, where her father and his twin brother founded Twin Leather Company, now owned and operated by her brother, Richmond Castano. The artist is now a Vermont resident.
Fuller Craft Museum, next to D.W. Field Park at 455 Oak St., is open from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Admission to Fuller Craft is $8 for adults, $5 for seniors and students, free for members and children 12 and under.
Detail of M. Castano mixed media work includes leather shoes incorporated into the piece.
The Fuller Craft Museum (www.fullercraft.org) invites the community to share their personal stories and memories. Bring photos, keepsakes, diaries, news clippings and other memorabilia from Brockton’s shoe industry, to be documented.
The exhibit runs through January 2010.
< Shoe/monkey artwork by Sergei Isupov.
For more information call (508) 588-6000.
