Discipline: Visual Art – painting

Sean Downey

Discipline: Visual Art – painting
Region: Jamaica Plain, MA
MacDowell Fellowships: 2015

Sean Downey worked on a new body of paintings and sculptures. He had a recent solo exhibition at LaMontagne Gallery in Boston, and is a cofounder of the artist collaborative kijidome. Downey was a recipient of the 2014 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship.

Studios

Heinz

Sean Downey worked in the Heinz studio.

The icehouse, built of fieldstone in 1914–1915, was a practical part of Marian MacDowell’s plan for a self-sufficient farm. Winter ice cut from a nearby pond was stored here for summer use on the property. Idle since 1940, it was a handsome but outdated farm building. In 1995, Mrs. Drue Heinz, a vice chairman…

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