artscope magazine: July/August 2010 Welcome Statement: Brian Goslow, managing editor cornered: a conversation with an art museum attendee featured artist - INGRID ELLISON: painting beyond nature through the lens - FRAMING THE CURATORIAL MIND: SURPRISING PAIRINGS FROM THE SMITH COLLEGE COLLECTION museum spotlight - CHASING THE IDEAL: CORNISH COLONY MUSEUM PRESERVES a Lesser-Known Legacy JOHN STORRS - machine-age modernist THE COLORS OF WHITE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY DEBBY KRIM IT TAKES A VILLAGE - TWO YOUNG VERMONTERS ARE PROOF POSITIVE Art Needs Community and Community Needs Art WIDE-ANGLE PAINTING, Joerg Dressler in Provincetown by way of these eyes - the sublime, exotic and familiar MENTOR | PUPIL | PUSH | PULL INDUSTRIAL INSPIRATION MINGLES WITH MAINE'S NATURAL MUSE A LABYRINTH LINE EXISTENCE - Amber Maida VOICEOVER: narrative in sculpture IN DELICATE BALANACE - GEORGE SHERWOOD A MIX OF MARRIAGES - couples exhibition features a wealth of talent and variety wanderlust - PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE: NO BETTER HARBOR wanderlust - A WEEKEND IN LOWELL, CITY OF CULTURE theater - LIVING THE COMMUNAL FAIRYTALE: DOUBLE EDGE THEATRE industry focus- portrait of the artists' mother: SUZANNE SCHULTZ AND THE ART OF REPRESENTATION Capsule Previews

artscope 29, November/December 2010   2D Painting, Drawing, and Mixed Media Works deadline September 1, 2010 Your work could be artscope magazine's next centerfold. Work of all mediums by established and emerging artists welcome. For the November/December 2010 issue, we will be accepting images of 2D Painting, Drawing, and Mixed Media Works. centerfold@artscopemagazine.com no later than September 1,2010. Though smaller files should be submitted, images must be available to be reproduced up to 12" x 18," dependant on dimensions of work. Entries not following these specifications will not be considered. No resumes please; the cover piece will be selected based on visual and/or conceptual quality, by a jury of one artscope writer, and two New England art professionals. artscope 28, September/October 2010   Ceramics contest closed Your work could be artscope magazine's next centerfold. Work of all mediums by established and emerging artists welcome. For the September/October 2010 issue, we will be accepting images of ceramics. Please send up to three digital images, minimum 300 dpi, and your statement with contact information to: centerfold@artscopemagazine.com no later than July 1, 2010. Though smaller files should be submitted, images must be available to be reproduced up to 12" x 18," dependant on dimensions of work. Entries not following these specifications will not be considered. No resumes please; the cover piece will be selected based on visual and/or conceptual quality, by a jury of one artscope writer, and two New England art professionals. artscope 27, July/August 2010 art: Tonare artist: John Rais medium: forged and fabricated steel, patina, paint artist statement: My work is about narrating transition. There is an inserted duality that plays somewhere between sensuality and pragmatism. Each piece evokes a curious tactile quality that, by equal measure, amplifies and subverts function. The result is a cross-breed where no dominant trait is recognized with the goal of experiencing something new. Steel has a unique relationship with recycling, where it is found in scrap heaps like factory fossils. My work originates from the re-emitted and reheated raw material, and is forged and fabricated to appear once manufactured, discarded, and now re-appropriated to a new life. Parts are often designed separately and assembled intuitively, while re-sketching with chalk on the studio floor. I feel not so much a designer or a craftsman, but rather a mediator between idea and technique. These mongrels of art are a piecing together of memory piles and thought fragments. As a memory fades, it rewrites itselfwith segments of the original fused back together. In a sense, I make the objects that I wish I could find, but the love of making prevents me from ever finding exactly what I am looking for or even knowing what it is. More of Rais's work may be seen at www.johnraisstudios.com artscope 26, May/June 2010     art: Millbrook Road, Nantucket, Thanksgiving 2009 artist: Lauri Robertson medium: digital capture photograph artist statement: I am interested in being embodied by a landscape, the dizzying, experiential process of seeing more and more, the more one looks. There's little "composition," in the sense that a perception of immersion is the composition. I'm attracted to a certain flatness, or abstraction, but necessarily in concert with a stark realism. This image was taken on Thanksgiving day on Nantucket, where I live. More of Robertson's work may be seen at www.laurirobertsonphotography.com   artscope 25, March/April 2010 art: Desert Island artist: Leah Giberson medium: oil on photographs ad mixed materials artist statement: My current body of work falls somewhere between the worlds of photography, painting and collage. I begin with photographs of seemingly ordinary and mundane scenes, which I then paint directly upon to distill and reveal the visually poignant moments that exist all around us, but are often overlooked. There is a quiet anxiety and loneliness in these images of isolated houses, empty chairs and abandoned pools. Shadows loom from unknown/unseen sources, horizon lines become uncomfortably close, people are absent and geographic clues are obscured. Despite all this uneasiness, there is also a sense of bravery or at least a blind and determined optimism. More of Giberson's work may be seen at www.leahgiberson.com. artscope 23, November/December 2009   art: Silent Sounds artist: Laurie Alpert medium: polyester plate lithograph, handmade book. (Photo by Clements-Howcroft Photography) artist statement: I recently traveled to Israel. Spirituality and religion never entered into my work until I saw the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. What intrigues me about the content of the scrolls is the fact that the text is both biblical and cultural. The manuscripts give us insight into behavior,military regulations, customs, political persecution and spiritual life, something that has always fascinated me. I was also struck by the complexity of the political situation there. While visiting the Golan Heights, I photographed a sculpture of a kneeling soldier pointing a gun. This image has become a haunting motif in my work and creates a political edge to the otherwise unbiased nature of the work. Another significant element in my work is my mother’s music. She was a professional violinist whose career had a great impact on my life. This represents my personal history; the scrolls represent my past history. The ancient Hebrew text coexists with the music while the music transcends language. More of Alpert's work may be seen at www.lauriealpert.com. artscope 22, September/October 2009 art: Reading Time with Spot artist: Liza Abelson medium: acrylic on canvas artist statement: My paintings reflect my fascination with the beauty, complexity and spirit in everyday things, situations and people. I am inspired by old buildings, interesting, faces, comical scenarios, expressive gestures and the beauty of the figure. More of Abelson's work may be seen at www.lizaabelson.com. Judges: Ron Crusan, Director of the Ogunquit Museum of American Art Anne B. Zill, Director of the University of New England Art Gallery artscope writer Elena Sarni   artscope 21, July/August 2009 art: Flowering of the Buddha Mind: Transcendence Over Life and Death artist: Beverly Sky medium: fabric collage on canvas artist statement: Fabric collage consists of using innate qualities of fabric - the images, colors, textures and patterns - to create an alternative image. Essentially, the technique is painting with fabric. Fabric is cut, layered and glued onto a sub surface such as cotton, canvas or board. I was introduced to this medium by collaborating with Clara Wainwright, the renowned "free quilter," through her inspiring work as leader of "The Faith Quilts Project" (www.faithquilts.org). This new medium is a natural evolution of my work as a fiber artist. More of Sky's work may be seen at www.beverlysky.com. Judges: Connie Colom, executive director of the New England Quilt Museum Karen Herbaugh, curator at the American Textile Museum artscope writer James Foritano   artscope 20, May/June 2009   art, left: Untitled (Open); art, right: Untitled (Undone) artist: Brian Bishop medium: charcoal on paper artist statement: The principle interest of my studio practice is the exploration of the fine line between the forgotten or over-looked moment and the fetishized memory as seen through the filters of portraiture in the west, snapshot photography and the rhetoric of surveillance. Through this work I mine the landscape of the common, the mundane, the banal and the fragmented as they are resented in the context of notation, documentation and memory. My work navigates the intersection of the overabundant surveilled image and the poignancy of the intimate vignette or home movie. Implied narratives and contexts are generated on the margins, between the images and outside the frame. The resulting images appear disjunctive and out-of-context, alluding to the "lost" images on a roll of film, the in-between moments and the "throwaway" image - the mistake. More of Bishop's work may be seen at www.brianbishop.com. Judges: Candice Smith Corby, Director of the Cushing-Martin Gallery at Stonehill College Lisa Lynch, Director of the arts at Brandeis University's Women's Studies Research Center artscope writer Sarah E. Fagan, and editor of the artscope email blast!     artscope 19, March/April 2009     art: Cycle of Growth artist: Tracy Spadafora medium: mixed media encaustic on braced luan artist statement: Obscuring and burying images within layers of wax and paint helps to extend their meaning into the realms of memory and intuition. In these works, natural structures and man-made structures converge and collide, creating a dialogue between these opposing forces. The natural environment has suffered greatly as a result of commercial, residential, and industrial development. Nature struggles to survive and find new life within the continuous sprawl of these manmade environments. With these paintings I intend to convey a sense of the poetry and endurance of nature as a force — a force that seems to persist in spite of man’s actions. In this work I seek to address larger questions concerning the lineage of our natural and man-made environments. Judges: Joanne Mattera, Author of "The Art of Encaustic Painting" and Director of the Encaustic Conference at Monserrat College of Art Barbara O'Brien, former Director of the Trustman Art Gallery at Simmons College and keynote speaker for the 2009 Encaustic Conference at Montserrat College of Art Hope Stockman, artscope writer   artscope 17, November/December 2008     art: Untitled artist: Daniel Coury medium: Inkjet print artist statement: I deal with banal objects which I find - or do they find me? - in nature, on the streets, at home … anywhere. I take them out of their utilitarian sense and put them into my aesthetic sense: inside my “black and white language,” matching the scene I create in the photographic studio with the image I had behind my eyes. I believe that this action allows one who sees my pieces to taste an unexpected feeling about the quotidian. I do not want to change life nor the world with my art, but intend to make a person look through the trivial and see something else. Judges: Minying Tang, artscope writer Paula Tognarelli, Deputy Director of the Griffin Museum of Photography Christy Woods, artscope Associate Publisher     artscope 16, September/October 2008     art: Johnson, Vermont artist: Erica Harney medium: oil on canvas artist statement: I manipulated and exploit the ideas of contrast, contradiction and dualism on the visual and conceptual levels to create kaleidoscopic paintings that are bursting with dramatic energy and ecstacy. In the spirit of kaleidoscopes and mosaics I use paradoxical combinations of patterns, colors, shapes, images and concepts that I am constantly collecting, editing/layering/fracturing/rearranging/elaborating upon. I then take these gragments of information, and, through the use of a variety of materials and handling, transform them into something entirely unique. In a sense, painting is the way in which I am able to "have it all." In doing so, I strive to create paintings that are simultaneously monumental and ethereal, as opposed to embracing the "everyday," and "prosaic." My focus is emotional, rather than intellectual. If I were painting music, I would paint operas. Judges: Mark Moscone, Director of Exhibitions at the Rhode Island School of Design Kristin Street, Director of the Krause Gallery at Moses Brown School Meredith Cutler, artscope writer artscope 15, July/August 2008   art: Ocean Life Series artist: Kristin Braun medium: ceramics artist statement: I am fascinated with ocean life such as sea urchins, sea slugs, and sea cucumbers. I am drawn to the curiosities and symmetries that exist with in nature’s peculiar creations. Nature’s systems and compositions are inherently perfect and elegant. They can only be celebrated. That is my calling. I am currently most intrigued by sea urchins. I make spines and put them on forms to create sharp features on soft venues. I employ slip trailing to represent the low-relief patterns. Judges: Catherine Green, the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Sara Zela, Studio Potter Magazine Elena Sarni, artscope writer artscope 14, May/June 2008   art: The Cartographers artist: Danielle Sauvé medium: installation art artist statement: The installation “The Cartographers” associates the migratory quest to the virgin page preceding the re-creative process of all new beginnings. The ensemble is about the tension between erasing and renewing, the alterable and the attached, vibrancy and absence. Layers of velum on the skeletal drawing-tables are penetrated by light to create the conditions for the appearance of the snail's journey. I am interested in the speculative aspects of exile, those moments of expectation - when nothing is fixed yet, when all is still maintained between here and else where, before and now, the real and the imaginary. Judges: Katherine Attanasio, director/co-curator at The Firehouse Gallery of Burlington City Arts Janie Cohen, director of the Robert Hull Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont Alexandra Tursi, artscope writer artscope 12, January/February 2008   art: carmela lily II artist: Marisa diPaola artist statement: I am a nomadic sculptor and installation artist. I create wearable site-specific work from found materials, and wear these pieces, as self-portraits, handmade as if by the characters that I am depicting. The work itself is a collection of psychological self-portraiture through an exploration of fairy tale characters interacting with this world. Not focusing on the "happily ever after" but at the moment of creation, and adaptation to their new journey and to their new habitat. The natural world became my focus as I began searching for the origins of humanity and the natural connections that bind us to the land. The series explored characters creating a home withing their found habitat, focusing on the beginning of the journey where the path originates. These sculptures are divergent, specific to sites in nature, chosen for their isolation and wilderness. The process of gathering and creation allows each character to investigate their habitat and their own domestication. The documentation appears as wildlife photography, capturing these characters in their habitat, living within their life. All explore the dynamic of self, of the journey, of creating a domestic space for oneself, handmade from the raw materials gathered around. Judges: Britt Beedenbender, writer, artscope magazine Craig Bloodgood, Special Projects Curator, The Art Complex Museum George Creamer, Dean of Graduate Admissions, Massachusetts College of Art artscope 11, November/December 2007   art: Back to the Future artist: Ekua Holmes medium: torn and cut paper artist statement: As a child, I would sit at my grandmother's desk where she had collected junk mail, greeting cards and old magazines for me. I would spend the afternoon cutting shapes out of these discarded items and creating new pictures out of them. Quietly absorbed in my own thoughts, the world of reality would disappear and my hopes, dreams and memories would emerge. It is the same process I encounter as I develop my ideas today. Jurors: Gretchen Keyworth, Director and Chief Curator, Fuller Craft Museum Andrew Mroczek, Director of Exhibitions, The Art Institute of Boston Gallery at University Hall Gary Duehr, artscope writer artscope 10, September/October 2007   art: Temple Roof, photograph artist: Robert Castagna artist statement: This series of photographs from Kyoto, Japan present abstract views of shadows, detail, mystery and nature in the tradition of the haiku. My goal is to walk the line, capturing the zen spirit through abstraction and simplicity. Jurors: Frederick Osborne, President, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts Vivian Zoe, Director, Slater Memorial Museum Rick Agran, artscope writer artscope 9, July/August 2007 art: A Romantic Moment artist: Corey Corcoran artist statement: My paintings and drawings have always been tied to my love for stories. I like listening to stories. I like telling stories, and I like discovering when I am suddenly part of one. Many of my paintings and drawings take place at points of irresolution. The figures feel caught unexpectedly, and the moment is full of potential. Things could go sour or they might end up all right. My hope is that viewers take in this moment and decide on their own role in the painting. Jurors: Jan Howard, Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs at the RISD Museum Dr. Emil Willers, Executive Director of the Newport Art Museum Sarah E. Fagan, artscope writer artscope 8, May/June 2007 art: Dance in the Bloom, oil on canvas, 45" x 43" artist: Yuko Adachi artist statement: Art is a universal language of the souls. I do not do any preliminary sketches for any of my art works. I just dive in to the unknown and experience where my energy takes me in the given moment. I wish to share with the viewers the joy of being alive through my works. Jurors: Britta Konau, Center for Maine Contemporary Art Curator Linda Lambertson, Coordinator of the Inst. of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art     artscope 7, March/April 2007 Anniversary Issue art: Bulbs with Pansy, drawing artist: Helen Meyrowitz artist statement: "Otto Rank in his book - 'Art and Artists' tells us that art is often born out of a fear of loss and change. In late 2002, I became an up-rooted New York artist in the throes of a very real fear of change and loss due to an unexpected move to Massachusetts. A subsequent series of mixed media drawings of bulbs reaching, striving to put down new roots to grow and eventually flower is my chosen metaphor for my personal effort to create a new beginning. Otto Rank understood that creative challenge." Jurors: Karen Burgess Smith, Director of Phillips Exeter Academy's Lamont Gallery Vicki C. Wright,The Art Gallery of the University of New Hampshire James Foritano, artscope writer