Two major exhibitions continue at The Bascom this week: The Three Potters: Bringle, Hewitt and Stuempfle through July 11, and Helen Frankenthaler and the Color Field Painters through Aug. 15. The Potters exhibition, in the Loft Gallery, features work by master ceramic artists Cynthia Bringle, Mark Hewitt and David Stuempfle. The Frankenthaler exhibition, in the Main Gallery, features work by the color field painters, spawned from the mid-20thcentury American Abstract Expressionists, who were highly influenced by European modernism. Their work is characterized by large fields of flat color spread or stained onto canvas. Exhibits are free and open to the public Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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