by Sara Farizan BOSTON-In July of 2010 Grand Circle Travel went about the unusual but fitting feat of opening a Gallery devoted to poster art and exhibits that promote and best showcase the company's passion for traveling. The company's mission statement states, "We will strive to be the world leader in international travel, adventure and discovery for American Travelers over 50—providing impactful and intercultural experience that significantly improve the quality of their lives." Thus a gallery was created to enrich the community's understanding of foreign locales and appease travel enthusiasts of all ages. The Grand Circle Gallery's current exhibit entitled "Travels Through Africa", in partnership with Boston's International Poster Gallery, is showcasing vintage posters that were designed to promote travel to Africa from the beginning of the 20th century all the way until the … [Read more...] about Travels Through Africa

by Sara Farizan BROOKLYN-Teachers are often the ones who make a lasting impression on students lives, but when a special student is able to transform a teacher's life, the world becomes a better place for it. New York based artist Erica Harney had the privilege of teaching a promising young art student by the name of Killian Mansfield at the New York State Summer School of the Arts/Visual Arts in 2007. Killian was an optimistic soul, often humming the Beatles "Here Comes the Sun" and gracing listeners with his talents on the ukulele. There was something else that differentiated Killian from his peers, he was battling a five year illness called synovial sarcoma, a rare breed of cancer that occurs in tendons and limb joints. Though Killian died in 2009, his spirit and unfaltering optimism stayed with Erica Harney who is now having a solo exhibition to benefit the Killian Mansfield … [Read more...] about Here Comes the Sun: An Exhibition for a Special Student

Elizabeth Keithline In collaboration with Jeff Keithline SMARTER/FASTER/HIGHER Curated by Elizabeth Keithline A TOOL IS A MIRROR Both through June 5, 2011 Danforth Museum of Art 123 Union Avenue Framingham, Massachusetts By Judith Tolnick Champa Framingham - The seated, forward leaning figure of Narcissus, stilled, entranced by its own layered reflection, is the core symbol of Elizabeth Keithline’s insistently graphic installation, Smarter/Faster/Higher, on view in Framingham through June 5. Her Narcissus is a genderless steel wire matrix, like all other figurative elements in the work. But Narcissus is uniquely and closely overlooking and captivated by technology that reads as a watery, glowing, cool blue “pool, ” in fact a grid of video screens. Do these absorbing reflections collectively imply a record? A monitor for behaviour? They do constitute an intriguing, if perplexing, … [Read more...] about Narcissus and technology is focus of Elizabeth Keithline’s work

by Sara Farizan BOSTON- Vessels Gallery in Boston’s South end is a unique art gallery dealing exclusively with ceramic art, a medium that does not always receive as much appreciation as oil paintings or photography. So when gallery director Bobbie Tunnard expressed that the Vessels Gallery’s current show is “one of the most beautiful shows the gallery has ever mounted”, artscope magazine had to investigate. “Lure” the new show at Vessels features the smooth and sleek crafting of artist Angela Cunningham, a full time artist in Somerville whose work can be found in collections throughout the United States. Her pieces are hand built in porcelain stoneware and she designs her own glazes, often coating each piece in about ten layers of glaze. When you do see one of her pieces you will know it is not only one of a kind, but by it’s appearance be shocked that it isn’t actually an organic … [Read more...] about Angela Cunningham will “Lure” you in

by Sara Farizan FRAMINGHAM- A one-man show is never an easy feat but landscape artist Roy Perkinson is ready to meet the challenge by displaying 70 pieces of work at the Fountain Street Fine Art gallery from May 6-29. Perkinson, who in recent years works in oils, pastels and water colors, does most of his painting on location and it comes as no surprise that his work evokes images and memories of places a viewer has once visited or would like to visit. But these landscapes are not merely snapshots, they are picturesque musings on a time gone past, a dreamlike version of everyday locations that the naked eye can take for granted. Colors bleed into one another, creating a moody haze and allowing the viewer total immersion into a location they have not yet visited but will now remember all too clearly. Perkinson is able to harness light and frame his view so effortlessly, it is obvious … [Read more...] about Roy Perkinson, One-Man Show