Exhibition dates: September 5-26
Closing reception: Friday, September 25th, 4-8 pm
Gallery hours: Saturdays 12-4 pm, or by appointment
Rachel Rizzo (she/her) is an artist and educator working in Boston, MA. Her recent paintings and mixed media work are a reflection of genealogical and artistic research started in 2020, when she began the process of applying for Italian citizenship, jus sanguinis (by right of blood).
Supported by four artist residencies in Italy since 2022, this research examines the layered cultural histories and folk traditions that shape Italian and Italian-American identity.
She is interested specifically in the evolution of Catholic rituals with roots in pagan folk traditions, as well as how local communities organized partisan resistance against fascism.
Her painting, collage, and mixed media works have combined material and imagery culled from her complicated personal experiences growing up in the Catholic church, and the spiraling web of historic and cultural references that are revealed as her research continues.
Website: www.rachelrizzoart.com
Ig: rraacchheellrriizzzzo
