The early months of the year are unpredictable, with the usual cold temperatures and nasty weather typically making it tougher to travel from place to place. On the other hand, it encourages picking a single place or district to settle into for the day and playing closer attention to the exhibitions they visit. It’s also a good time for artists and artisans to settle in to address those projects they’ve put up during the warm weather season. Over the past few months, during the holiday fair season, I’ve contemplated the lasting value of a work created by furniture and jewelry makers, potters, sculptors and fiber artists, especially at a time where communities herald their roles in the maker culture. How does one truly judge which work being created today will find itself part of a museum display centuries from now? Or will that be up to the curators of 2219 to decide? With these … [Read more...] about Welcome from Brian Goslow
Welcome
Welcome: From Brian Goslow
Earlier this fall, after our national correspondent, Nancy Nesvet posted pictures and video from a rally in Washington, D.C. on our Facebook page, someone asked us, “Are you a political group?” My response was, “Staying alive is a political act.” And art is the way many of us filter life. Rarely is that a more truthful statement than when you have to deal with a loved one facing a health crisis — and you’re the person in charge of arranging their health care. This issue features a story by Meredith Cutler, whose dad was recently diagnosed as having Alzheimer’s disease. If you’ve ever known someone who’s faced this challenge and had to be moved into a private care facility, you’ve probably noticed one of the best possible ways to connect with them is through the visual and performing arts which somehow has the magical ability to trigger old, fond memories in their brains when they … [Read more...] about Welcome: From Brian Goslow
Welcome: From Brian Goslow
While most of our writers get to view the shows and work that they write about in person, our fall issue comes with the challenge of previewing shows that have yet to open. In some instances, the work has yet to be fully selected, while galleries, artists and writers are in the midst of their summer vacations. This, coupled with our short lead time, brings a level of difficulty to our intention of timely and relevant content that is not present in other months’ issues. As our main goal as a magazine has always been to encourage our readers to get out and see the work we write about in person, we ask our writers to do whatever they can to preview an exhibition we’ve identified as worthy of your attention. Sometimes we have to resort to looking at digital images and artist statements, and other times, conduct an interview about work “you just have to see.” At times, it can be hard to … [Read more...] about Welcome: From Brian Goslow
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
WELCOME: FROM BRIAN GOSLOW
by Brian Goslow, Managing Editor bgoslow@artscopemagazine.com We were putting this issue together as publisher Kaveh Mojtabai and national correspondent Nancy Nesvet were preparing to return to Switzerland for Art Basel 2018, where once again, Artscope has been selected to have its latest issue (the one you’re holding) available at the Collective Booth in the Magazines Sector. We always take pride in bringing the best of the season’s exhibitions and artists from the New England region to the penultimate art fair. We’re also proud to be continuing to circulate our magazine to over 700 distribution points throughout the region, free of charge. At a time many people are re-evaluating their relationship with Facebook due to security concerns, we’re renewing our focus on the print version of our product while working to expand the number of people who subscribe to the … [Read more...] about WELCOME: FROM BRIAN GOSLOW
WELCOME: FROM BRIAN GOSLOW
Brian Goslow, Managing Editor bgoslow@artscopemagazine.com Welcome to our 12th Anniversary Issue. When our first March/April issue arrived in 2006, it did so with the mission of striving to fill a void in the general arts community. “We have set the bar high for Artscope and we promise to do our best with determination, hard work and integrity to gain your trust and to exceed the expectations of our readers, advertisers and the arts community,” wrote publisher Kaveh Mojtabai in our first Welcome Statement. This has remained our goal over the past dozen years, and I strongly feel that the issue in your hands will confirm our continuing dedication to promoting the visual arts and artists of the New England region. Longtime contributors Greg Morell (the 2018 Portland Museum of Art Biennial), Franklin W. Liu (2018 Cambridge Art Association Members Prize Show), Suzanne … [Read more...] about WELCOME: FROM BRIAN GOSLOW