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STUDENT FILMMAKERS AND PROFESSIONALS SHOWCASED AT 2021 BOSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

// Artscope Online, Current Exhibits, Movie

by Jack Lynch

The 2021 Boston International Film Festival, created by Filmmakers Collaborative, took place from November 19-21 at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, Massachusetts. During that time, filmmakers with different levels of experience came together to present their submitted work for the festival’s different categories: student film, student documentary, short film, foreign language film and narrative feature film. I met with three different filmmakers who had presented their work in three of the festival’s different categories. One of the student filmmakers I met was 10-year old Andrew Chan-Possemato, who created a film with his father, Albert, called “The Butler and the Ball,” which he also directed. This was Andrew’s first experience with the process of filmmaking. The two started writing the screenplay when Andrew was just 7-years old and they also starred in the film as the main … [Read more...] about STUDENT FILMMAKERS AND PROFESSIONALS SHOWCASED AT 2021 BOSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

THEATERS OPEN THEIR VAULTS IN THE TIME OF COVID-19

// Artscope Online, Audio/Visual, Movie, Theatre

by J. M. Belmont

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, live performance has been put on ice. But even though theaters have closed their doors, many are rummaging through their video archives and making productions from the past available for online viewing. Artscope has picked some of the best companies in this country and around the world that have opened their vaults for the locked-in public. THE NATIONAL THEATER: One of the United Kingdom’s most lauded theaters has begun a program they call “National Theater At Home.” An extension of their popular “National Theater Live,” which had broadcast plays live from London’s South Bank to cinemas across the globe, “At Home” will be offering a production a week. Currently showing at time of posting is the company’s frightening and technologically innovative adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic novel, Frankenstein, starring Benedict … [Read more...] about THEATERS OPEN THEIR VAULTS IN THE TIME OF COVID-19

Yinka Shonibare’s “The American Library” installation at Cleveland Public Library’s Brett Hall.

REVIEW: FRONT INTERNATIONAL: CLEVELAND TRIENNIAL FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

// Artscope Online, Audio/Visual, Exhibits, Movie, Theatre, Visual Arts

by Nancy Nesvet

The FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, which opened on July 14, presented a new take on art exhibitions in this nation. In Cleveland, a city with multiple art venues, Akron and Oberlin with art, history and spaces of their own, 110 artists at 28 locations, including a Frank Lloyd Wright house, two churches and one decommissioned steamship, presented film, video, installation, painting, sculpture, performance and community art. Open until September 30, each venue contributed to a critical mass of art in three Northeast Ohio cities. The brainchild of Frederick Bidwell, an art collector on the board of The Cleveland and Akron Art Museums, FRONT refers, he said, to the Erie lakefront that Cleveland embraces, and to its standing at the forefront of art in the region. Artistic director Michelle Grabner, a celebrated painter and professor at the Art Institute of … [Read more...] about REVIEW: FRONT INTERNATIONAL: CLEVELAND TRIENNIAL FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

Carissa Rodriguez, The Maid, 2018, video still, 2018. 4K video with sound.

Carissa Rodriguez’s The Maid at MIT List Visual Arts Center

// Artscope Online, Movie, Visual Arts

by Jacob Cutler

Carissa Rodriguez’s newest film, “The Maid,” is currently on view at the MIT List Visual Arts Center. The film portrays a day in the life of Sherrie Levine’s “Newborn” sculptures. It follows these crystal sculptures to private and institutional residencies from New York to Los Angeles. In addition to the titular film, the exhibit showcases some of Rodriguez’s photography and other films. In this exhibition, Rodriguez explores the relationships that artists have with their artworks and how they relate to conditional relationships with third party agents such as institutions, caregivers, and surrogates. In a way “The Maid” is more than just a film portraying Levine’s sculptures. It is a tribute to her and appropriation art. Levine is known by many as one of the most famous appropriation artists. Early on in her career, she would photograph famous photographs and claim them as her own. … [Read more...] about Carissa Rodriguez’s The Maid at MIT List Visual Arts Center

Yo Presidenta playing at Arlington International Film Festival.

ARLINGTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL KICKS OFF ON THE GREENWAY THIS FRIDAY, SEPT. 23

// Movie

By Brian Goslow Boston, MA - The Sixth Arlington International Film Festival (AIFF) takes place October 27 through 30 at the Capitol Theatre in Arlington, Mass. Founded by J. Alberto Guzman, the event’s organizer, AIFF’s goal is to provide its community with a cross-cultural education experience “by promoting understanding of the many cultures represented in our town and beyond” through its movie screenings. This AIFF is partnering with The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy for the official Kick-Off for this year’s Festival this Friday, September 23 at 7 p.m., with a special screening of international shorts on The Rose Kennedy Greenway, Dewey Square, Boston. Prior to this week’s event, artscope’s managing editor, Brian Goslow, exchanged questions with AIFF executive director April Ranck to learn more about the festival and Friday’s opening events. Artscope Magazine is proud to be … [Read more...] about ARLINGTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL KICKS OFF ON THE GREENWAY THIS FRIDAY, SEPT. 23

AS “HOT LIST” Distribution Sites

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Find out where to pick up the latest copy!* While Artscope is available in 700+ locations throughout New England, this list identifies distribution sites which have a large number of copies available to the public!   CONNECTICUT Greenwich, CT Bruce Museum | 1 Museum Drive C. Parker Gallery | 17 E. Putnam Avenue Flinn Gallery | 101 West Putnam Avenue Hartford, CT Downtown Constitution Plaza Gallery | 1 Constitution Plaza Real Art Ways | 56 Arbor Street Wadsworth Atheneum | 600 Main Street Mystic, CT Mystic Arts Center | 9 Water Street New Britain, CT New Britain Museum of American Art | 56 Lexington Avenue New Canaan, CT Silvermine Guild | 1037 Silvermine Road New Milford, CT The Harts Gallery New Haven, CT ArtSpace New Haven | 50 Orange Street Yale University School of Art (Art Center) | 1156 Chapel Street Yale University School of Art (Gallery) … [Read more...] about AS “HOT LIST” Distribution Sites