“We’ll see.” That’s how several of the artists featured in this issue of Artscope Magazine responded to the question of what’s next in their careers and work projects. It’s a reflection of how life has been, not only around the arts community, but our country and world, a time of uncertainty, aware of the challenges that lay ahead. In putting together this issue, I looked for exhibitions in which artists put their feelings into their work, not only how this helped them deal with these uncertain times, but if it resulted in any art that we’ll return to the rest of our lives. The seeming need for greater community and social interaction has resulted in a few developments in how galleries present their work. In reviewing the Art League of Rhode Island’s “Truth Unveiled: Art as Reality, Illusion, and Insight” exhibition in Pawtucket, Suzanne Volmer points out that the organization was … [Read more...] about Welcome
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Welcome to our September/October 2025 issue, one that finds many of us trying to avoid isolation during growingly troubling times where the art and cultural togetherness we’ve worked to nourish and support seems challenged more than at any other time in our lives. We’ve always found art to be one of our major common denominators and you can’t put a price on the value of interaction at openings or browsing through an exhibition. This time of year is especially supportive of these activities, with seasonal art fairs and open studio weekends providing plenty of opportunities to get out and explore your art wanderlust. The SoWa District in Boston’s South End is one of those places, with its monthly First Friday events, Sunday SoWa Open Air Farmers and Artist Market — during which many of the adjoining galleries and artist studios are open — and the South End Open Studios on the weekend of … [Read more...] about WELCOME
Welcome July/August 2025
Welcome to our summer 2025 issue, In reviewing the images of artworks our writers submitted to accompany their stories, I realized that this issue would be, unintentionally, abstract and laid back, cool and mostly non-confrontational, something I think most, if not all of us, need at this time. We’re all looking for inspiration; look no further than our opening “Cornered” feature spotlighting 99-year-old Carmen Cicero, who talked with Lee Roscoe about his lengthy career and his current shows at the Berta Walker Gallery in Provincetown and the Cape Cod Museum of Art. Roscoe also spoke with Joe Diggs, recently named the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod’s Artist of the Year, interviewing him about his abstract paintings of the magical landscapes and hidden places in nearby Cape Cod towns and his own backyard in Osterville, where his family has resided for several decades I’m always on the … [Read more...] about Welcome July/August 2025
WELCOME May/June 2025
Warm greetings, Artscope readers, We, like you, have watched federal funding be cut for both public and non-profit cultural organizations, be they for the visual orperforming arts and found ourselves asking, as we always have, how can we best support our arts community and through it, contribute to a better understanding of each other and the world? Many passionate conversations went into planning this issue, especially with our writers who are also artists that have spent several decades working to better the world through their art. Longtime Artscope Magazine contributor Elizabeth Michelman reminded me that this has always been a group effort, initially started on a small scale, that serves as a guideline to “take back” whatever programs suddenly find their funding cut. “I've seen the power of grassroots connection to jumpstart hope in this regard,” she wrote. ”Down the road, public … [Read more...] about WELCOME May/June 2025
WELCOME March/April 2025
Dear Artscope reader, Since 2006, we’ve been honored to bring the stories of the arts community of New England and beyond to you, always believing the best contribution that we can make to a peaceful world is through the stories of artists and the cultures they bring with them through their work; whether they were born in the United States or a distant world we get to know these personal interactions; whether visually or in person, ideally over a cuisine that expands our appreciation for the planet that we live on. As we finished work on this issue, our publisher, Kaveh Mojtabai, told me, “Entering into our 20th year means everything in the world to me.” His initial goal in establishing the magazine of, “Shifting the paradigm from critique and exclusive control to a reflective, egalitarian approach in coverage and community while giving a voice to artists and to allow the public and … [Read more...] about WELCOME March/April 2025
Welcome January/February 2025: From Brian Goslow
While it was unintentional, I realized that many of the stories in this edition of Artscope Magazine features artists whose work addresses important social and global issues, and that includes shows covered in our Capsule Previews section. Julia Csekö’s “Social Fabric” a solo exhibition at theSalem Old Town Hall focuses on area immigrants and their personal histories; Shared Habitat Earth continues to keep environment issues in the public eye with their “One Future: Life in the Age of Climate Change: Aspirations, Loss, Challenges — and Hope” exhibition at the Mosesian Center for the Arts; Maia Chao and Fred Schmidt-Arenales use their “Waste Scenes” to call attention to the seemingly unstoppable growth of non recyclable objects at the Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts; and Mary Topogna reminds us that “Black Lives Matter” still through her mosaic portraits at Vermont’s … [Read more...] about Welcome January/February 2025: From Brian Goslow






