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Scene from “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo”.

Company One presents Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

// Theatre

By James Foritano   Boston, MA - Last weekend, I was at the Baghdad Zoo courtesy of Company One’s production of Rajiv Joseph’s drama, “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo”. It was a dark play, set as it was in the war-torn, 2003 Baghdad of “shock and awe.” But it was lighted with a humor that cast facets of color into the darkness while absorbing darkness into itself. This was a delicate balance, and it worked for me, except in rare moments.   Most of the focus of our hypnotic news coverage was not on the Baghdad Zoo and what happens when chaos blows apart the cages, releasing authentic beasts into the ‘bestiality’ of war, yet Rick Park’s mesmeric tiger owns the stage, both behind and in front of the bars of his cage.   Mr. Park plays an appropriately humble tiger that’s been demoted twice. Firstly, he shares the Baghdad Zoo with a pride of lions who, no argument, are … [Read more...] about Company One presents Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

Artist Dennis Coelho Donates Piece to “Bidding for Good” Auction

// News

by Brian Goslow Providence, RI - Providence-based abstract impressionist artist, Dennis Coelho, has donated his “Ice Castles” oil painting to be auctioned off at the “Bidding for Good” auction, which benefits the Rhode Island's AIDS Care Ocean State, an HIV/AIDS service agency. “Ice Castles was part of a series depicting the complexities of human emotions and feelings,” Coelho said. “You may note the pointed Icicles that point upward and downward as the painting was designed to face either/or. The mind can be a serene cold and beautiful escape all at once, it can be filled with complex hurdles that can block passage to a place you may want to be going or it can be an inviting journey. “Either way the human mind is a beautiful place where one can create his or her own world a world that can actually come to life just by imagining it to be, If one can believe it, visualize it then one … [Read more...] about Artist Dennis Coelho Donates Piece to “Bidding for Good” Auction

ART Night in Bristol & Warren, Rhode Island

// Exhibit Openings, Exhibits

By Christina Huang Bristol, RI - With only three events left this year, the next ART Night: Bristol & Warren, Rhode Island, which takes place this Thursday, September 27 from 5-9 p.m., is fast approaching. Walking down Main Street Warren, one would be surprised to see the number of the cars and trucks that drive by the small street adorned with a variety of small stores. Lane Poor, owner and photographer at Main Street Gallery, runs a joint photo shop and gallery that is appealing for all visitors; its Kids’ Corner is especially popular during ART Night. Immediately to the left of Main Street Gallery is Betty Harrington’s Studio 67 with the Coffee Depot, a great place to stop for an afternoon pick-me-up, is directly across the street. Then explore the historic Cutler Mills, which have transformed into artist studios, and the nearby Mudstone pottery and ceramics studios. Students … [Read more...] about ART Night in Bristol & Warren, Rhode Island

Chehalis Hegner, "Falling Magdalene," extended media photograph.

Re-Visioning in the Garden of Eden at UMass Lowell

// Exhibits

By James Foritano Lowell, MA - With my GPS barking at me, I rolled into the visitor parking lot at UMass Lowell’s McGauvran Student Center only half a week after the opening of my friend and fellow artist Chehalis Hegner’s exhibit “Re-Visioning in the Garden of Eden.” Better late than never. Besides, I’ve always held that inspiration doesn’t have a shelf life, and what I saw in the “Garden of Eden” confirmed my belief. Irony, subversive humor, lyricism, craft all bloomed, fresh as creation, in this ‘re-visioned’ garden. Where to start? Ever notice how when your GPS stops barking, you have to orient yourself? O.K. I said, I’m in the Garden of Eden, obviously post-modern, so what has happened since then? Uhhh…complications! Individual choice! Doubt! Competition! And whoa…EVIL. Now sometimes evil is creative destruction, as the economist Joseph Schrumpeter and, no doubt, a benevolent … [Read more...] about Re-Visioning in the Garden of Eden at UMass Lowell

Capsule Preview: Printivale! at Sharon Arts Center Gallery

// Exhibits

Contemporary, traditional & installation printmaking are spotlighted in “Printivale!” now on view at the Sharon Arts Center Gallery in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Peterborough book artist/printmaker, Erin Sweeney, curated the show which features works by Bryan Baker, Amanda Benton, Tia Blassingame, Chad Creighton, Amanda D'Amico, Christine Destrempes, Tim Donovan, Soosen Dunholter, Nick Fournier, Rebecca Gilbert, Joseph Hart, Amos Kennedy, Rian Kerrane, Sarah Lewtas, Colette Lucas, Pilar Nadal, Bobby Rosenstock, Annie Silverman, Paige Simpson, Erin Sweeney and Caroline Ziegler. "Erin has an extensive knowledge of the contemporary printmaking that is taking place not only throughout the region, but on a national level," said gallery director Camellia Sousa. “Printivale!” continues through October 27 at Sharon Arts Center Gallery, 30 Grove Street, Peterborough, New Hampshire. For … [Read more...] about Capsule Preview: Printivale! at Sharon Arts Center Gallery

Aurie Ramirez, “Untitled,” watercolor and ink on paper, 22 x 30” at Holy Cross Cantor Gallery.

Capsule Preview: Create at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery

// Exhibit Openings, Exhibits

Worcester, MA - The College of the Holy Cross is hosting a two-part exhibition featuring and celebrating artwork created over the past two decades at three pioneering California-based programs for artists with disabilities. “Create” gathers together work made at Creatively Explored (San Francisco), the Creative Growth Art Center (Oakland) and National Institute for Art and Disabilities Art Center (Richmond). Artist and educator Florence Ludins-Katz and psychiatrist Elias Katz developed the programs in the 1970s using methodology that combines access to group studio and professional work practices and provides artists with disabilities an inroad to the broader arts community. In whole, the show features 135 pieces by 20 artists, leading to it being spread over two calendar periods: the first runs through October 6 while the second takes place from October 22 through December 8 at the … [Read more...] about Capsule Preview: Create at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery