By Brian Goslow MILTON, MA - Linc Cornell’s solo exhibition, “Antarctica,” a collection of original digital prints and sculpture by the Boston area artist, opens on January 11 and continues through February 8 at Milton Academy’s Nesto Gallery in the Art & Media Center at 170 Centre Street, Milton, Mass. Nesto director Ian Torney and Cornell, who visited the Antarctic in December 2011, curated the exhibition. Photographs from that expedition are complemented by a series of glass sculptures Cornell created in the Linda Ross Art Studio with Peter Houk from the M.I.T. Glass Laboratory. … [Read more...] about Capsule Preview: Antarctica at Milton Academy’s Nesto Gallery
Exhibit Openings
Gallery profile: Isaac Tin Wei Lin’s work fills the space at Blanc
By Christina Huang CAMBRIDGE, MA - One phone call, an address (110 Brookline Street) and an open invitation: Saturday night at 6 p.m. — led me to the opening reception of "Extended Absence" at the Blanc Gallery. As I walked into the gallery, I was immediately engulfed by the colorful patterns of Isaac Tin Wei Lin's work, from the large-scale paintings that hung from the walls, to the intimate pieces that fill the space-between by the staircase to site specific floor installation. It may be hard to believe, on first view, but what appears to be wheat pasted graffiti is actually created by skillful painting. On the second floor is a small exhibition featuring works by artists of Space 1026, a creative community based in Philadelphia, which Lin has also been involved in. Open since October 2012, Blanc catches Central Square by a storm as the gallery blends contemporary art, music and … [Read more...] about Gallery profile: Isaac Tin Wei Lin’s work fills the space at Blanc
ART Night in Bristol & Warren, Rhode Island
By Christina Huang Bristol, RI - With only three events left this year, the next ART Night: Bristol & Warren, Rhode Island, which takes place this Thursday, September 27 from 5-9 p.m., is fast approaching. Walking down Main Street Warren, one would be surprised to see the number of the cars and trucks that drive by the small street adorned with a variety of small stores. Lane Poor, owner and photographer at Main Street Gallery, runs a joint photo shop and gallery that is appealing for all visitors; its Kids’ Corner is especially popular during ART Night. Immediately to the left of Main Street Gallery is Betty Harrington’s Studio 67 with the Coffee Depot, a great place to stop for an afternoon pick-me-up, is directly across the street. Then explore the historic Cutler Mills, which have transformed into artist studios, and the nearby Mudstone pottery and ceramics studios. Students … [Read more...] about ART Night in Bristol & Warren, Rhode Island
Capsule Preview: Create at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery
Worcester, MA - The College of the Holy Cross is hosting a two-part exhibition featuring and celebrating artwork created over the past two decades at three pioneering California-based programs for artists with disabilities. “Create” gathers together work made at Creatively Explored (San Francisco), the Creative Growth Art Center (Oakland) and National Institute for Art and Disabilities Art Center (Richmond). Artist and educator Florence Ludins-Katz and psychiatrist Elias Katz developed the programs in the 1970s using methodology that combines access to group studio and professional work practices and provides artists with disabilities an inroad to the broader arts community. In whole, the show features 135 pieces by 20 artists, leading to it being spread over two calendar periods: the first runs through October 6 while the second takes place from October 22 through December 8 at the … [Read more...] about Capsule Preview: Create at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery
A Night on the Neck at Rocky Neck Art Colony
By Rosemary Chandler GLOUCESTER, MA- On August 2, I had the good fortune to find myself at the Rocky Neck Art Colony for their monthly “Nights on the Neck,” during which galleries keep their doors open late into the evening and local musicians take to the streets, where they play for throngs of art enthusiasts in their move from one gallery reception to the next. Although rain showers had been forecasted, it turned out to be one of those amazing New England summer nights, where the temperature miraculously drops and the humidity vanishes at the end of a long, hot day. It was exactly the right kind of evening to visit the Neck. Especially notable were Judith Goetemann, owner of Goetemann Gallery, who is moving in a new direction in her artwork through the introduction of bolder and brighter colors in her batik and silk dye painting; and E.J. Lefavour, who is adding stunning … [Read more...] about A Night on the Neck at Rocky Neck Art Colony
Free, Creative, Interactive. The FIGMENT Festival is coming to Boston.
By Barbara Bausch artscope’s Barbara Bausch, who is also a dancer, will be a participant at this year’s FIGMENT Festival, which will be held this weekend in Boston, where she’s been living since April. Here she describes her expectations for her first FIGMENT Festival. Three weeks ago, I had never heard of the FIGMENT Festival. Then, while dancing on the street in front of Cambridge City Hall, I met a woman in a pink tutu who told me that, under the name Denise Awesome, she aerobicizes people all over the city. “Call me and we’ll do it together,” she said. One week ago, I finally got in touch with her. She immediately asked me if I would like to join her in an aerobic and dance performance at the FIGMENT Festival. I said yes, and started to read about what FIGMENT is. “Everything is meant to be played with,” writes Brad Cohen in Arts & Architecture. “If FIGMENT were a … [Read more...] about Free, Creative, Interactive. The FIGMENT Festival is coming to Boston.