By John Paul Stapleton Quincy,MA - The corner of Ross and Cliveden is host to a huge graffiti mural that reads, “Quincy for the arts” which is fitting for the building that has been alive with creativity this summer thanks to Discover Quincy. Every Friday this summer, a free pop-up gallery has been open to the public to show how important art is to Quincy, said curator, Megan Marini, who donated her time to this pop-up gallery. The show features live music by various Quincy-local artists, a beer and wine bar, and artwork of all kinds from artists that is for sale with 100 percent of the profit going to the artist. “The feeling is that Quincy’s personality isn’t portraying like it is,” Marini said. “They need a place to experience the real personality of Quincy.” When picking the pieces, Marini said she wanted it to be contemporary and be able to make the observer feel something. … [Read more...] about The Discover Quincy Pop Up Art Gallery
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Possessions: Prized and Otherwise at the Attleboro Arts Museum
By Brian Goslow Attleboro, MA - “Possessions: Prized and Otherwise,” currently on view at the Attleboro Arts Museum, 86 Park St., Attleboro, Mass., is the result of a nationwide call to artists to use any and all artistic mediums, regardless of size or how outrageous the concept, to explore the meanings behind “the things we hold dear – and the things we just plain hold.” The over 80 works — juried by Nancy and Lucy Grogan of Grogan and Co. Fine Art and Jewelry Auctioneers of Boston — and curated by museum executive director Mim Brooks Fawcett, include family heirlooms, travel souvenirs, treasured bric-a-bracs and items that unexplainably survived moving day. Artscope managing editor exchanged questions via email with co-juror Nancy Grogan to get insight into how the work featured in the exhibition were selected. HOW DID YOU APPROACH LOOKING AT THE WORK SUBMITTED FOR … [Read more...] about Possessions: Prized and Otherwise at the Attleboro Arts Museum
Gateway Arts presents Up the Ladder to the Open Door at the Open Door Gallery
By John Paul Stapleton Boston, MA - Gateway Arts has been helping disabled artists break into the mainstream since 1973 and is still going strong with their new “Up the Ladder to the Open Door Gallery” exhibit. Gateway artistic director Stephen DeFronzo and Lorri Berenberg curated this exhibit using work from artists who participated in Gateway’s “Up the Ladder'’ program. Over the past two years, these artists have worked with facilitators to create portfolios and a presence in their local arts community. The exhibit is being shown in the Open Door Gallery, hence the name, which is a space Gateway has worked with before in their mission to give disabled artists a voice; it’s located a few blocks from South Station on South Street. “We’re dedicated to provide arts based services to adults with disabilities” DeFronzo said. Gateway not only gives these adults a studio to work on … [Read more...] about Gateway Arts presents Up the Ladder to the Open Door at the Open Door Gallery
CORNERED: CYNTHIA WOEHRLE AT OLD SCULPIN GALLERY, MARTHA’S VINEYARD
Martha's Vineyard,MA - Central Massachusetts landscape painter Cynthia Woehrle studied traditional painting techniques with George Gabin while attending the Montserrat College of Art in the early 1990s; she’s remained true to the style while creating her own marketable niche with atmospheric and moody works that capture the changing seasons and iconic features of the locations she portrays. In recent years, Woehrle’s found worthy venues to display her work, including Fruitlands, where she was part of its “Visceral Murmurs” exhibition in 2012, and Martha’s Vineyard Art Association’s Old Sculpin Gallery, where she spent last summer as a gallery assistant and became a MVAA member. She’s one of four solo artists featured in the organization’s New Members’ Exhibition that takes place from June 13-19, which will be followed up by a second solo show later in the … [Read more...] about CORNERED: CYNTHIA WOEHRLE AT OLD SCULPIN GALLERY, MARTHA’S VINEYARD
Hokusai at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
By James Foritano Boston, MA - There’s just no telling where telling detail will show up, except, of course, as you take in the “Hokusai” exhibit currently at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. There, it’s everywhere — and you are the omniscient, highly selective eye. A word of warning, though, before you start your journey through old Japan. In our fast-paced times, we are more used to crisply defined objectives, looking at our crowded world with a summary eye, and then ‘tweeting’ our response to those who have to know. Hokusai had a different mission, a different pace, a different audience in mind. He exercised his omnivous eye, tireless hand to record, to tell, albeit with economy and wit, nearly everything to everybody. Whoever you are, you are there. Have an eye for the beauty of flowers, birds, insects? Prepare to be mesmerized as the horsefly homes in on the … [Read more...] about Hokusai at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Shakespeare Actors’ Project presents Henry VI, Part 2 at the Suffolk U. Modern Theatre
By James Foritano Boston - While at first, it sounds like a title giving the audience only half a title to something complex that’s already begun, take heart — “Henry VI, Part 2,” presented by the Actor’s Shakespeare Project in the intimate venue of downtown Boston’s Modern Theatre, and, not least, with Shakespeare’s consummate sense of theater, attendees do experience a part of the torrid, literally break-neck action from the first. We enter as Henry VI and his new French bride, Margaret of Anjou, embrace passionately in the hope of all newly weds finding a partner to love and dream with. More of that later. The enabler of this dynastic union, the noble Suffolk, kneels to the king’s impetuous sword and is raised to a duke, thereby becoming known to those courtiers who love to hate him — which is nearly everyone, as Suf-Fuck. This moniker gives you some understanding of the … [Read more...] about Shakespeare Actors’ Project presents Henry VI, Part 2 at the Suffolk U. Modern Theatre