By Rhiannon Leigh South Natick, Mass. - Boston-based painter John Evans incorporates art into all aspects of his life. His Natick home is adorned with work, old and new, by both himself and his wife, Carolyn. Although his studio only had two current pieces, both works-in-progress, there was an abundant quantity of drafts of many of his works, emphasizing the amount of time and effort he spends on one piece. In 1987, a young Evans was motivated by pleasing everyone else rather than pleasing himself — as well as a fear of failure, which in turn led to his rejection from a potential show in New York. Although this was disappointing at the time, Evans also acknowledges that he felt a sense of freedom. He continued to paint, and because he was now only painting for himself rather than for others, “there was no sense of failure, just an adventure,” Evans said. He also speaks of the … [Read more...] about Artist profile: John Evans
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The Discover Quincy Pop Up Art Gallery
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
AS “HOT LIST” Distribution Sites
Find out where to pick up the latest copy!* While Artscope is available in 700+ locations throughout New England, this list identifies distribution sites which have a large number of copies available to the public! CONNECTICUT Greenwich, CT Bruce Museum | 1 Museum Drive C. Parker Gallery | 17 E. Putnam Avenue Flinn Gallery | 101 West Putnam Avenue Hartford, CT Downtown Constitution Plaza Gallery | 1 Constitution Plaza Real Art Ways | 56 Arbor Street Wadsworth Atheneum | 600 Main Street Mystic, CT Mystic Arts Center | 9 Water Street New Britain, CT New Britain Museum of American Art | 56 Lexington Avenue New Canaan, CT Silvermine Guild | 1037 Silvermine Road New Haven, CT ArtSpace New Haven | 50 Orange Street Yale University School of Art (Art Center) | 1156 Chapel Street Yale University … [Read more...] about AS “HOT LIST” Distribution Sites
David B. Boyce, Cast as One of the Four Figures in George Segal’s Gay Liberation Monument, dies at 65
By Lasse Antonsen New Bedford, MA - David B. Boyce, who was a New York art world insider in the 1970s, died December 15 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He was 65. Born in 1949 in Washington DC, Mr. Boyce began to visit New York City while an undergraduate student a UMASS Amherst. In 1970 he eventually dropped out of college and moved to Manhattan. At different times, depending on projects, Mr. Boyce worked for the Sidney Janis Gallery and Pace Gallery, and eventually as assistant director of the Holly Solomon Gallery, guiding Holly Solomon from 1975-77 in establishing a roster of artists. Among the artists represented in the new gallery was Robert Mapplethorpe. For a short time Mr. Boyce and Mr. Mapplethorpe were lovers. Mr. Boyce moved in a circle of artists that included John Cage and Marcel Duchamp’s widow, Teeny Duchamp. Mr. Boyce worked as Jasper John’s studio assistant for … [Read more...] about David B. Boyce, Cast as One of the Four Figures in George Segal’s Gay Liberation Monument, dies at 65
Regarding Landscape: Armstrong and DiRado at Worcester State University
By Brian Goslow Top: Frank Armstrong, Cashe River, Arkansas, 1986. Bottom: Stephen DiRado, Aquinnah, MA, Juliet and Tom, July 19, 2014. WORCESTER, MA - As the crowds flowed in and out of the opening reception for the “Regarding Landscape: Armstrong and DiRado” exhibition at Worcester State University’s Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery, visitors discussed the process in which Frank Armstrong and Guggenheim fellow Stephen DiRado, longtime best friends and professional counterparts at Clark University, created their work. And while the show serves as the chance for them to shine together, one has to believe they also intended for the show to serve as a way of making those who’ve admired their work over the years — and those who discover it for the first time through this show — think about much more than the finished product and expand their engagement with … [Read more...] about Regarding Landscape: Armstrong and DiRado at Worcester State University
The Boston Ballet presents Swan Lake
By James Foritano Boston, MA - Are We Prepared for Classical Ballet? That was the question I kept asking myself as I opened the gates of my perception, cynical, bleary, early 21st century perception, to take in a spectacle that had been first conjured on the stage of Moscow’s Maryinsky theater by choreographers Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov working with composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky on January 15, 1895. First off, had I taken along my inner child, preferably a girl-child since squint as I might, I saw no trucks on stage and no sudden ambushes erupt from the quivering scenery? No, I hadn’t. Well, maybe. Although the choreography has been adapted and added to by Boston Ballet’s Mikko Nissinen, it still resonates, movement by movement with Tchaikovsky’s moody, soaring music. And while Rodgers and Hammerstein nailed it in their mid-century American musical “South Pacific” … [Read more...] about The Boston Ballet presents Swan Lake