Gerry Bergstein, head of the Graduate Painting Program at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, is one of this year's Melissa Dilworth Gold ’61 Artists. Gerry's work has been the subject of over 20 solo gallery and museum shows in Boston, New York, Geneva and Chicago. His work has been reviewed in ArtForum, ArtNews and Art in American.

Gerry’s recent work is a collection of collaged self-potraits that blend the abstract and the real. Gerry says his paintings “compare and contrast the manic and the melancholic, the high and the low, the awesome and the trivial, the historical and the personal.”

On March 3, all students enrolled in Studio Art, Painting and Word & Image classes will travel to the DeCordova Museum to see “Self-Evidence: Identity in Contemporary Art” an exhibit in which Gerry is featured. At Milton, on March 4, Gerry will lecture on his work and enjoy an afternoon reception with students. Gerry will visit art classes March 4, 5 and 8.

The Melissa Dilworth ’61 Gold Visiting Artist Fund commemorates Melissa's life and interests by bringing a nationally recognized artist to campus each year so that students may benefit from dynamic interaction with inspirational and accomplished professionals. The Fund includes sharing an artist's time with public school students, Gerry Bergstein will also work with students at Artists for Humanity, an inner city after-school program.