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Opening Reception Welcomes Alumnus Artist

The artwork of Robert “Robb” Sandagata 1994 and his wife, Emily, is being featured in the Moira Fitzsimmons Arons Art Gallery through June 12.
The artwork of Robert “Robb” Sandagata 1994 and his wife, Emily, is being featured in the Moira Fitzsimmons Arons Art Gallery through June 12. The couple greeted guests at an opening reception May 3. Spirited: Robb and Emily Sandagata includes sculptures, paintings and drawings. According to the artists, “Spirited combines two separate, yet related, bodies of work that reflect the everyday struggles and triumphs of life in the 21st Century.”
Curator, gallery director, and Hamden Hall art faculty Caryn Azoff is excited to showcase the work of the artistic duo.
Ms. Azoff noted that Robb’s nephew, her Hamden Hall art student and sophomore Connor Sandagata, introduced her to his uncle’s work last year. As a result—beyond Spirited in May—some of Robb’s pieces were included in Hamden Hall’s Inaugural Alumni Art Show in Fall 2014. Connor was among the reception guests, proud of his uncle and aunt, and even more pleased that the Robb and Emily were guest lecturing at his art class on May 4.
Robb is an artist, musician, art educator, and digital product manager for an art education publishing company. After graduating from Sarah Lawrence College with a Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in sculpture, he spent several years in New York City before moving to southern Arizona, where he received a Master of Arts in secondary education and taught high school art. Since relocating to Massachusetts in 2009, he has exhibited in Massachusetts, Maryland, and Connecticut.
Emily is an artist and art educator. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in textile design and painting from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, and a Master of Arts in education from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She has taught visual art to students of all ages in New York, Arizona, and Massachusetts, and she exhibits her work regularly throughout New England. She currently teaches Lower and Middle School art at the Pike School in Andover, Mass.
Robb and Emily, along with their two dogs, live and maintain a studio in Western Avenue Lofts in Lowell, Mass.
Robb’s credits for selected group exhibitions, community art projects, and awards follow:
 
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2015            RED, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA.
2014             Drawing: The Art of Making Marks. Davis Art Gallery, Worcester, MA.
            Alumni Art Show. Moira Fitzsimmons Arons Gallery, Hamden, CT. October 2014            Lowell Open Studios. Western Avenue Lofts, Lowell, MA.
            Drawing: The Art of Making Marks. Davis Art Gallery, Worcester, MA.
            Demo Studio, The D: Center, Baltimore, MD
            Fitchburg Art Museum’s 79h Regional Exhibition. Fitchburg, MA,
            Art All State Mentor Exhibition, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA.
2013            Lowell Open Studios, 2013. Western Avenue Lofts, Lowell, MA.
            Fitchburg Art Museum’s 78th Regional Exhibition. Fitchburg, MA.
            Call and Response, Arts Worcester’s Aurora Gallery, Worcester, MA.
            Fitchburg Art Museum’s 77th Regional Exhibition. Fitchburg, MA.
2010            Meanwhile, Davis Art Gallery. Worcester, MA, 2010
 
Community Art Projects
2013             TASK on the Street. Worcester, MA. Planned, organized and facilitated a             collaborative art experience during start on the Street, an annual Art and Crafts             Street             fair.
2012            TASK on the Street, Worcester, MA.
            TASK Party at NAEA, 2012. New York, NY. Large-scale collaborative art event             planned and facilitated with Oliver Herring and Art21 during the National Art             Education Association’s annual conference.
2011             TASK on the Street, Worcester, MA.
 
Awards:
Second Prize, Fitchburg Art Museum’s 79h Regional Exhibition. Fitchburg, MA, 2014
Honorable Mention, Fitchburg Art Museum’s 77th Regional Exhibition. Fitchburg, MA, 2012.
 
To learn more about Robb and Emily visit:
emilysandagata.viewbook.com
 
 
 
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