Artscope 69, July/August 2017 art: Perfect Harmony artist: Jeff Grassie medium: wood, metal, stone, sand, glass, marbles, walnut shells theme: Wood A master at stretching his boundaries to new levels and constantly challenging and reinventing himself, helps Grassie find new techniques so he can apply them to his rare and unique style of art. Jurors: MIM BROOKS FAWCETT, Executive Director and Chief Curator / JERRY WEDGE, Executive Director, The Umbrella Community Arts Center / KATIE WOOD KIRCHHOFF, PH.D, Associate Curator, Shelburne Museum Attleboro Arts Museum CENTERFOLD CONTEST Artscope 70, July/August: TYPOGRAPHY Your work could be Artscope Magazine's next centerfold. Work by established and emerging artists welcome.For the September/October 2017 issue, we will be accepting submissions of in the category … [Read more...] about July/August 2017 Centerfold
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May/June 2017 Centerfold
Artscope 68, May/June 2017 art: The Well artist: James Dye medium: dip pen and india ink theme: Outsider/Visionary Art Through the methodical application of detail, I explore the ritual nature of art and the symbiosis of image and story. I draw inspiration from mythology both personal and established to create works that speak to the imagination.Jurors: DON CADORET, Founding Member, South Coast Artists / SUZANNE GILBERT LEE DANTON, Executive Director, Rocky Neck Art Colony/ BORIANA KANTCHEVA, Gallery Coordinator, Chandler Gallery, Maud Morgan Arts. CENTERFOLD CONTEST Artscope 69, July/August: Wood Your work could be Artscope Magazine's next centerfold. Work by established and emerging artists welcome.For the July/August 2017 issue, we will be accepting submissions of in the category of Wood medium. … [Read more...] about May/June 2017 Centerfold
March/April 2017 Centerfold
Artscope 67, March/April 2017 art: Golden Abstract artist: Wilda Squires medium: photography theme: Artficial Intelligence My entrance into the world of abstract photography began serendipitously ten years ago. Unable to sleep very early one morning, I watched the shadows that the rising sun created within the folds of the bedroom window curtains. The longer I looked, the more I became aware of patterns that resembled things like mountains and faces. I was witnessing a new type of creation coming forth from the natural beauty of fabric so I instinctively grabbed my camera and began taking one photograph after the other, following the path of the sun as it traversed across the curtain material. I then explored the subsequent images in search of other surprises hidden within all of the shadows and fabric folds. It was at this point that I … [Read more...] about March/April 2017 Centerfold
January/ February 17 Centerfold
art: Jamaica Pond Installation artist: Jenine Shereos medium: natural elements I created this installation at Jamaica Pond in Boston, Massachusetts towards the end of a long New England winter. The piece consisted of five bottle-shaped forms made of ice and containing various frozen flower and plant specimens. Over the course of the next several days I visited the site to photo-document the melting process and the temporary formations that emerged. I chose the location of Jamaica Pond because of its popular destination as a walking path for local residents and also for its historic context. Jamaica Pond is considered a “gem” of the Emerald Necklace in Boston, a strand of parks and parkways designed by Fredrick Law Olmsted in the late 1800s. As a kettle pond, its formation began thousands of years before that as a result of the melting of ancient … [Read more...] about January/ February 17 Centerfold
November/December2016 Centerfold
Artscope 65, November/December 2016 art: Where it Comes From artist: Talia Lefton medium: felted wool Talia Lefton works with wool, yarn, and fabric to create tangible explorations of identity, transformation, and space. This piece uses the mutable qualities of felt to depict a period of self-examination. Drawing from a mythical representation of shapeshifting, an internal experience is represented through external transformation. “Where it Comes From” incorporates two opposing forces and creates a moment at which these are in balance. This balance is the internal push and pull that motivates the search for purpose, contentment, and a deeper meaning to life. Judges: LUCAS COWAN, Public Art Curator at Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy / KATHLEEN MOORE, Coordinator of Visual Arts at the Walter J. Manninen Center for the Arts at Endicott College … [Read more...] about November/December2016 Centerfold
September/October 2016 Centerfold
Artscope 64, September/October 2016 art: Mother and Son and Trio artist: Robert Rovenolt medium: mixed media My working method has always centered on my personal response to found, reclaimed objects and other cast-offs. I usually don’t actively look for these sources, but rather “let them find me.” Sometimes this process is accelerated by “finds” that “picker friends” save for me. By juxtaposing the newly acquired items with selections from other materials stored in boxes in my studio, I begin to fabricate the assemblages and collages. Then it’s a matter of adding or subtracting elements until the desired effect is achieved. This working method allows me the freedom and flexibility to take exploratory paths I wouldn’t normally travel. When incorporating found objects, one is never completely the master of one’s fate. It becomes a … [Read more...] about September/October 2016 Centerfold