New Work by Faculty Artists Most gallery talks don’t include the artists devouring doughnut cakes while discussing their work, but the delicious powdery sugar treats were one of the “stars” of the “Pulse” exhibition being discussed by Amy Archambault, Rachelle Beaudoin and Marguerite White, three of the 10 participants in the current exhibition featuring new work by College of the Holy Cross faculty artists. The show has a number of purposes — as an exhibition, it features artists who previously may not have been on your radar but are worthy of your attention. For students, it’s an opportunity to see their professors as established artists making exciting work — as was the case with one current student of Michael Beatty, who was excited to see his collection of wood and PLA (Polylactic Acid) 3-D print “Prototypes.” For prospective students with a creative urge visiting the campus, … [Read more...] about Quickening Pulse at Holy Cross
Issue Articles
Cornered: Janet Kawada
On a recent snow-bound afternoon, artscope’s Elizabeth Michelman found Brookline, Mass. fiber artist Janet Kawada in her basement studio piecing together cylindrical “homes” with conical roofs from felt she makes herself. Others, fashioned from silk, paper and mink, hung from the ceiling. She had only a month to prepare for her March exhibition at Pine Manor College. For 15 of her 18 years on the Massachusetts College of Art and Design 3-D faculty, Kawada has been teaching “Flexible Structures.” Before she returned to art study in her 30s and discovered felt, she was a professional quilt-maker. JANET KAWADA: I see the beauty of a lot of these scraps, so I have a hard time putting them in the trash. I like the stitching that binds the pieces. I think our own lives are stitched together of many different things. “Tying Up the Loose Ends” was a name I gave to a show. The more ends you … [Read more...] about Cornered: Janet Kawada
Cornered: Julie Burros, Boston’s Chief of Arts and Culture
On April 9, 2015, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh launched Boston Creates, an 18-month assessment of the city’s cultural health that will culminate in a long-range Arts and Culture Plan for Boston. Supported locally by both the Barr Foundation and the Klarman Family Foundation, the project will draw heavily on private funding both in the research stage and in its execution. Julie Burros, Boston’s new Chief of Arts and Culture, heads this effort. She has been assembling a broad-ranging team of community-based advisers and outside consultants to assess the needs of Boston’s many arts communities and to recommend “best practices.” In June through September, she will be conducting extensive neighborhood and community focus groups throughout the city with stakeholders large and small. A preliminary draft will be aired at a “Town Meeting” in January, and she will deliver the final report next … [Read more...] about Cornered: Julie Burros, Boston’s Chief of Arts and Culture
Welcome
Welcome to the Ninth Anniversary Issue of Artscope magazine. Just as it’s been for all New Englanders, these past two months have been challenging, not only in surviving everyday life, but for us in being able to put together the best possible issue regardless of what Mother Nature threw our way — and what barriers she sent us. Margie Serkin was met with heavy snows on two occasions when she tried to travel to the Springfield Museums to review its current “Above the Fold: New Expressions in Origami” exhibition; on a third occasion, Peter Pan had shut down all bus travel on its routes north of New York City. There were other instances where artists literally couldn’t open their studio doors to give a preview of the work that’ll be seen in an upcoming exhibition. Then there’s James Foritano, who threw his Neos sports boots over his walking shoes and made his way through the streets … [Read more...] about Welcome
Capsule Previews
We’ve never forgotten the surrealistic experience of finding ourselves in Jay Critchley’s beach sandbox at the Schoolhouse Gallery in the early days of this magazine — especially since it was a 90 degree day with the ocean only 300 feet away — and it only makes us wonder how spectacular his seriously humorous installations will be in “Jay Critchley, Incorporated,” a survey of his works that’ll be on view from May 1 through June 21 at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, 460 Commercial St., Provincetown. Coastal Rhode Island lost one of its most devoted artists and art supporters last August 12 with the passing of Tom McAleer. While well revered for his plein air paintings, he was a guiding light for Art Night Bristol-Warren and the founder of the Top Drawer Art At The Brass art studio and gallery for adults with developmental disabilities. McAleer left behind hundreds of … [Read more...] about Capsule Previews
May/June 2015
Excerpts Welcome |Cornered: Julie Barros, Boston's Chief of Arts and Culture | Knitting Together The Urban Fabric | Joan Jonas' Multimedia Dream World | Stereotype | What Remains At CoSo | Aithan Shapira | Word + Image |Maine's Spring Expo | Warhol By The Book | Shaking It Up In Connecticut | Lia Rothstein | Displacement | Rose Marasco | Local Color And Beyond | Light Shines In Providence | Easy Does It In Groton | Turning The Page | Tyler Vouros | Tom Culora: Shock And Awe | Amy Arbus | C. Parker Gallery | Paradise City Arts Festival | Sam Talbot Kelly | Capsule Previews … [Read more...] about May/June 2015