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
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
WELCOME FROM BRIAN GOSLOW
Brian Goslow, Managing Editor bgoslow@artscopemagazine.com Welcome to our first issue of 2018. We start the new year with an issue filled with artwork and exhibitions covering many of the timely issues on our readers’ minds through reviews of shows that were hanging as we went to press; we couldn’t have done it without the help of curators, gallery directors and artists who shared their work with our writers so we could preview as-yet-unopened shows. We address the environment and global warming through reviews of “We Might Climb a Tree, at Least,” a group exhibition celebrating the writings of Henry David Thoreau at Maine Museum of Photographic Arts (by Taryn Plumb); “James Chisholm: Reflections: Ocean Waves, Inland Streams” at Endicott College (by James Foritano); and the artistry of Clifford W. Ashley in “Thou Shalt Knot” at New Bedford Whaling Museum by Don Wilkinson, which … [Read more...] about WELCOME FROM BRIAN GOSLOW