INTERVIEW — Museum Open House: Artists I Have Known
Leslie was interviewed by Jay Sugarman about her career accomplishments and her 2024 exhibition Leslie Sills: Artists I Have Known, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA.
Leslie was interviewed by Jay Sugarman about her career accomplishments and her 2024 exhibition Leslie Sills: Artists I Have Known, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA.
The Interview
February 16 – March 23, 2024
Leslie Sills: Artists I Have Known
Gallery Kayafas, 450 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA
Opening Reception: Friday, February 16, 5:30–8:00pm
Gallery Hours: Weds–Sat 11:00am - 5:30pm.
Leslie Sills: Artists I Have Known
Gallery Kayafas, 450 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA
Opening Reception: Friday, February 16, 5:30–8:00pm
Gallery Hours: Weds–Sat 11:00am - 5:30pm.
Cover of Inspirations: Stories About Women Artists
I have been selected to receive the IDEAL Award to honor my leadership in Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access, and Leadership from Boston University's College of Arts & Sciences.
I have been chosen to receive a Distinguished Alumni Award from Boston University. A ceremony will be held on September 23rd, 2023.
Le Marché
My painting, Le Marché, was selected by Nadiah Rivera Fellah of The Cleveland Museum of Art in a National Open Call Competition for a show titled Oh, Mother at HERA gallery in Kingston, R.I., May 13 - June 17, 2023.
September 2022
I was honored as a Living Pioneer of Women's Art during the 50th anniversary celebration of the
National College Art Association and the National Women's Caucus for Art, held at Boston University.
I was honored as a Living Pioneer of Women's Art during the 50th anniversary celebration of the
National College Art Association and the National Women's Caucus for Art, held at Boston University.
In the Studio
My painting, In The Studio, was selected by Lauren Szumita, Curator at the Fitchburg Art Museum, for a show titled Compendium at the George Marshall Store Art Gallery in York, Maine. The exhibition opens October 1, 2022 and will be on view through November 13.
Promise
My painting, Promise, is on exhibit at Storefront Art Projects, 83 Spring Street, Watertown, MA, where it is part of Gaze, a show of 22 artists of many media selected by photographer Jerry Russo. The show runs until October 22, 2022 with a reception on Saturday, September 17, 1–4pm. Gallery hours: Thursdays and Saturdays, 1-4pm.
Spring
My painting, Spring, has been selected for the exhibition Figures in the Landscape at the Judith Sargent Murray Historic House in Gloucester, MA. It will be on exhibit there until September 30, 2022.
Detention
My 2020 collage/painting, Detention, will be on exhibit in Across Cultures, a juried exhibition at The Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown MA. Selected by photographer Rania Matar, it will be on exhibit May 5 through June 30, 2022. A reception will take place on Thursday, May 26, 5:30-7:30 pm.
Read the review of Across Cultures by Cate McQuaid in The Boston Globe.
Read the review of Across Cultures by Cate McQuaid in The Boston Globe.
Nuestros Hijos (Our Children)
Recipient of an Artist's Resource Trust grant from the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Inc. — 2021.
Sheltering
Finalist for the Esther and Adolph Gottlieb Foundation Award — June 2021.
Le Marché
Le Marché will be on exhibit in Reimagining The Four Freedoms at The Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, October 17, 2020 – January 17, 2021.
June 2019
Recipient of the Blanche E. Colman Award.
Installation of work for the Blanche E. Colman Award.
Recipient of the Blanche E. Colman Award.
Installation of work for the Blanche E. Colman Award.
Solace
February 1–22, 2019
small and MIGHTY
The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT
Solace was juried into this national exhibition by Kensuke Yamada.
small and MIGHTY
The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT
Solace was juried into this national exhibition by Kensuke Yamada.
Le Marché
Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt, and the Four Freedoms
Le Marché was selected for the "Reimagining the Four Freedoms" secton of this juried competition to be shown at:
The Roosevelt House, Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, NYC, May 26 – September 2, 2018
The Henry Ford, Dearborn, MI, October–January, 2019
The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, Washington, DC, February–May 2019
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, December–March 2020
Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA, Fall, 2020.
Le Marché was selected for the "Reimagining the Four Freedoms" secton of this juried competition to be shown at:
The Roosevelt House, Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, NYC, May 26 – September 2, 2018
The Henry Ford, Dearborn, MI, October–January, 2019
The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, Washington, DC, February–May 2019
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, December–March 2020
Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA, Fall, 2020.
The Artist (With Dracula)
December 2, 2017 – February 16, 2018
Arts Connect at Catamount Arts: Third Annual Juried Show
Catamount Arts Galleries, St. Johnsbury, VT
Juried by John R. Stomberg, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth
Artist (with Dracula) was awarded a Second Place prize by the juror.
Arts Connect at Catamount Arts: Third Annual Juried Show
Catamount Arts Galleries, St. Johnsbury, VT
Juried by John R. Stomberg, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth
Artist (with Dracula) was awarded a Second Place prize by the juror.
Blue Hill Boy
Museum Purchase:
Blue Hill Boy is now part of the Permanent Collection of The Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA and is currently featured on the museum's web site.
Blue Hill Boy is now part of the Permanent Collection of The Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA and is currently featured on the museum's web site.
Safe (In Nigeria)
May 5 - June 25, 2017
Sanctuary: Leslie Sills
Rankin Gallery, Catamount Arts, St. Johnsbury, VT
Artist Presentation: June 22, 5:30 pm
Sanctuary: Leslie Sills
Rankin Gallery, Catamount Arts, St. Johnsbury, VT
Artist Presentation: June 22, 5:30 pm
Autumn
March 9 – April 22, 2017
Life: from life
room 83 Spring, Watertown, MA
Life: from life
room 83 Spring, Watertown, MA
Songbird
April 23 - May 12, 2016
Personnages - Art Exhibition
Colo Colo Gallery, 101 W. Rodney French Blvd., New Bedford, MA
Personnages - Art Exhibition
Colo Colo Gallery, 101 W. Rodney French Blvd., New Bedford, MA
Bonheur
2015
Artist Residency in painting, Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain, NY
Artist Residency in painting, Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain, NY
January 17 - February 14, 2015
The Vicissitudes of Youth
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
June 28, 2014
The Boston Globe: Joseph P. Kahn cited Sills as one of the well-known authors living in Greater Boston, representing Brookline, in an article titled, "A Leader of The Pack: With Its Authors and Academics, Publishing Houses and Horn Book, Boston Ranks High in the World of Young Adult and Children's Books."
Blue Hill Boy
Blue Hill Boy was chosen to be included in the upcoming Lark Publications book, 500 Ceramic Figures, released in February 2014.
June 8 - August 4, 2013
Community of Artists
The Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
Katherine French, Juror and Director
Downton Tea
September 29 - November 15, 2012
The Tea Pot Redefined 2012
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
The Tea Pot Redefined 2012
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Summer, 2012
The Tea Pot Redefined: A Preview Exhibition
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
June 2 – August 5
Community of Artists
The Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
Katherine French, Juror and Director
Nestled
November, 2011
The Tea Pot Redefined: Exhibition of Contemporary Tea Pots
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
The Tea Pot Redefined: Exhibition of Contemporary Tea Pots
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
High Tea
October 5–31, 2010
The Tea Pot Redefined: Exhibition of Contemporary Tea Pots
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
The Tea Pot Redefined: Exhibition of Contemporary Tea Pots
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Summer, 2010
Artist Residency, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts Newcastle, Maine
Home
June 15 – August 31, 2010
Exhibition of Home
Mobilia Gallery, 358 Huron Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Exhibition of Home
Mobilia Gallery, 358 Huron Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Winter, 2009
Nomination for The Brother Thomas Award
Brother Thomas was a Benedictine Monk and world-renowned ceramic artist who died in 2007. A fund was started in his name administered by The Boston Foundation to honor artists in every field — painting, sculpture, decorative arts, installation, film, video, choreography, and the literary arts. Sills was one of only 60 artists to be selected.
February 2009
A Girls' Life: Ceramic Sculpture
Mobilia Gallery, 358 Huron Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Selected Past Engagements:
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA
Bancroft School, Worcester, MA
Barnes & Noble, Burlington, MA
Boston University, Boston, MA
Buckingham, Browne, & Nichols School, Cambridge, MA
C-Span, Book TV
Cambridge Friends School, Cambridge, MA Center for the Study of Children’s Literature, Simmons College, Boston, MA
Chestnut Hill School, Chestnut Hill, MA
Dana Hall School, Wellesley, MA
De Cordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
Emma Willard School, Troy, NY
Foundation for Children’s Books, Boston College, Boston, MA
Glen Urquhart, Beverly Farms, MA
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Lawrence School, Brookline, MA
Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
Massachusetts Reading Association, Sturbridge, MA
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Pike School, Andover, MA
Regis College, Weston, MA
Salem State College, Salem, MA
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Sidman-Goldman Jewish Community Center, Newton, MA
Springfield University, Springfield, MA
St. Paul’s School, Concord, NH
Thomas Crane Public Library, Quincy, MA
WBUR- Here and Now
Wheelock College, Boston, MA
Winsor School, Boston, MA