ARTIST TALK: Does Art Have to be an Object? | Deborah Read, Goetemann Artist-in-Residence

Join Gloucester-based artist Deborah Read at her Artist Talk for an engaging conversation about her art, process, and experience as this year’s Goetemann Artist-in-Residence at Rocky Neck Art Colony. Read poses the question: “does art have to be an object?”

Read’s interdisciplinary practice—spanning installation, performance, writing, and collaborative projects—challenges the notion that art must be an object. As co-founder of Gallery RAG and the international foundation Art+Everywhere, she has created platforms that dissolve boundaries between artist and audience, centering collaboration, care, and mutual support.

During her residency this October, Read embraces art as a public process of listening, generating, and sharing. “The question is never just ‘what did I make,’ but ‘what did we generate together?’” she notes. Her work invites us to see generosity as generative—enriching lives, spaces, and even economies.

Other related events:
Open Studios — October 27 & 29 from 12-2 PM at Gallery RAG (37 Rocky Neck Ave, Gloucester)
Culminating Talk — October 30 at 6 PM at Gallery RAG (37 Rocky Neck Ave, Gloucester)