By J. Fatima Martins Lisa Barthelson, who lives in Rutland, Massachusetts, and maintains a studio in Worcester, is a master mixed-media sculptor and printmaker, encaustic artist, experimental photographer and occasional curator and arts administrator. She is an Artscope Magazine favorite who has been mentioned and discussed in several past essays and was the feature, along with Carrie Crane, in a review of their collaborative exhibition “Here, Now” (2011). Barthelson is now at a transitional point: having left the “emerging artist” stage long ago, she’s getting comfortable being within the “established artist” domain. Right now, she’s participating in five New England exhibitions — listed here at the end of the interview section. In one of her most recent emails to me, Barthelson wrote a casually wise send off that captured poignantly the purpose of art making. Her words … [Read more...] about Cornered: Circling Around Nebraska City with Lisa Barthelson
