Plymouth is the heart of New Hampshire — a cultural center that draws visitors from all over. Arts events happen all year long, but many are seasonal — you won’t find all the same choices in summer as in winter. Downtown Plymouth is the best place to start. First, let’s hit the Museum of the White Mountains (34 Highland St.). The People’s Forest: A Centennial Celebration of the White Mountain National Forest (running through September 12) tells stories of the forest through new, recreated, and historic art and artifacts. There are so many associated events that you’ll need to check their website to see them all: www.plymouth.edu/museum-of-the-white-mountains. Let’s head to Main Street and go into the Silver Center for the Arts, on the Plymouth State University campus for “Photography Through the Trees,” featuring photographs by John Anderson, on view through September 7 … [Read more...] about CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE: ARTS FROM THE HEART
July/August 2018
BRATTLEBORO: FINE ARTS, FOOD AND FUN
It’s always a good idea to spend time perusing the art scene in Brattleboro, Vermont. For an especially serendipitous stroll, pay a visit on the “First Friday” of every month, when the town is alive with artists and aficionados and numerous galleries and cafés are even livelier than usual. Here’s a sample of venues on Main Street alone, along with featured artists during June’s First Friday. Starting at Main and High Streets, a first stop is Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts. Opened four years ago by the husband-and-wife team of Petria Mitchell and Jim Giddings — both painters — the gallery began with works by seven local artists. Today it features contemporary art and sculpture by more than two dozen artists who reside regionally and beyond. A solo artist is usually featured for six weeks. June’s exhibition showcased Bruce Campbell’s kinetic wire sculptures, inspired, the artist notes, by … [Read more...] about BRATTLEBORO: FINE ARTS, FOOD AND FUN
LAKE CHAMPLAIN : AN AWE-INSPIRING CROSSING
When the Charlotte, Vermont ferry leaves the dock, two things will absolutely shock you. Nobody is taking cell phone pictures of what you know are Instagrammable moments (#LakeChamplain #NaturalVermont #boating), like the early morning sun filtering through a gauzy mist still clinging to the treetops of the inlet. And, people who have stepped out of their cars to take in the view are striking up conversation with people they don’t know. The conversations may just be an exchange of “wow,” but those “wows” are tinged with awe. As a metaphor, a crossing is never about getting from here to there. It is about the experience of the journey, be it artistic, deeply personal, or just plain #thrill #fun. DAY ONE The Charlotte Ferry is one of three ferries that crosses Lake Champlain and transports passengers from the New England experience to the Adirondack experience.After 20 or … [Read more...] about LAKE CHAMPLAIN : AN AWE-INSPIRING CROSSING
LIMITLESS MOTHERWELL: AMP’D UP VIBE IN PROVINCETOWN
AMP Gallery, or Art Market Provincetown, describes itself as a “live exhibition space” specializing in “cutting edge art.” It rotates art every two or three weeks during the summer months to accommodate an array of mediums that includes drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, installation, new forms, writing, music and film. AMP Gallery’s platform focuses on art discourse empowering the discovery process and providing the opportunity for artists to share their creative energy with audiences. The acronym AMP suggests the electricity of the moment and the energy Debbie Nadolney infuses into the space. Artist Jeannie Motherwell approached Nadolney about showing at AMP because she liked its vibe. Nadolney says that her space is similar in character to Sun Gallery — which operated in Provincetown from 1955 to 1959 — in its ability to tap into a sense of joie de vivre, idealism and … [Read more...] about LIMITLESS MOTHERWELL: AMP’D UP VIBE IN PROVINCETOWN
FRANKENTHALER AT PAAM: AN ODE TO PROVINCETOWN SUMMERS
Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) is the subject of one of the most important exhibitions to come to the Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM) in its 104-year-old history. “Abstract Climates: Helen Frankenthaler in Provincetown,” opening July 6 and on view through September 2, weaves together the fabric of what makes the very tip of Cape Cod a remarkable arts colony: working artists, families (original or logical) and the light. The show begins with works dating from the time when Frankenthaler studied briefly with Hans Hofmann in Provincetown in 1950, and unfolds with expansive works created from 1960 through 1969, when she summered there with artist Robert Motherwell, her husband from 1958 to 1971. The exhibition is co-curated by Lise Motherwell — a daughter of Robert Motherwell, stepdaughter of Frankenthaler, and PAAM board president — and Elizabeth Smith, founding executive … [Read more...] about FRANKENTHALER AT PAAM: AN ODE TO PROVINCETOWN SUMMERS
WELCOME: FROM BRIAN GOSLOW
by Brian Goslow, Managing Editor bgoslow@artscopemagazine.com Welcome to our Summer 2018 issue! We put this issue together after publisher Kaveh Mojtabai and national correspondent Nancy Nesvet had visited Art Basel 2018 in Switzerland and I had returned from a visit to the Greater Binghamton and Oneonta, New York regions, which served as the perfect warmup to composing a collection of New England and upstate New York art wanderlust road trip features. Several of Artscope’s writers have put together travelogues of their favorite visual and performing art venues, places to eat and drink and — in some instances — stay during the summer months. You might find them a perfect daytrip or the someplace new where you’ve been looking to spend a week. Our cover features the work of photographers Ken Browar and Deborah Ory, whose collection of NYC Dance Project portraits are on view at … [Read more...] about WELCOME: FROM BRIAN GOSLOW