The Dana Hall School Art Gallery kicks off its 2011-12 season with an exhibit by mixed media artist Courtney Jordan. Constraints & Constructs will run from September 13 through October 9. An opening reception will take place on Tuesday, September 13 from 5-7:30 p.m. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

In her artist statement Jordan says, “My mixed media paintings are rooted in the urban-industrial landscape. I am currently involved in the exploration of invented realities and imagined structures derived from surrounding infrastructure that is often ignored or unnoticed. Decay, collapse, growth, renewal, and the expansion and contraction of the urban-industrial landscape are merged into images that reflect the evolutionary possibility of the industrialized world.”

Jordan is a Boston-based artist who has exhibited locally and nationally with her mixed-media works incorporating real and imagined spaces and structures, executed with energetic and meticulously detailed drawing and painting. Her work has been included in three editions of American Painting magazine and in the forthcoming book 100 Boston Artists. Jordan is an adjunct professor at the Massachusetts College of Art and the Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill.

The Dana Hall Art Gallery provides a program of exhibitions by local and visiting artists throughout the academic year for the Dana Hall and surrounding communities. The Gallery is open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. and Wednesday and Friday 9 a.m.-1 p.m. It is closed weekends and school holidays. For more information, please or call (781) 235-3010.

View photos from this exhibit