July/August 2023
Interactive Edition
In This Issue
WELCOME July/August 2023: FROM BRIAN GOSLOW
Summer already? I was in the final stages of preparations before we started on the production of this July/August 2023 issue of Artscope Magazine when I received an email from […]
ENHANCED BY THE ENVIRONMENT: THE MOUNT’S SCULPTURENOW EXPANDS THE OUTSIDE EXPERIENCE
Within every outdoor sculpture exhibition, there is a synchronic event happening — the merging of the sculpture itself with the venue that supports it. Usually, the natural environment is an […]
TO LIVE IN A HOLY PLACE: MIXING ART & POETRY ‘NO SMALL THING’ AT GEORGE MARSHALL
Poetry is its own art form. I’ve been writing poetry since high school. I draw inspiration from many sources that speak to me. The turtle in peril crossing the road. […]
ENHANCING THE MALL EXPERIENCE: NORWALK ART SPACE BRINGS ‘THE MEANING OF US’ TO SONO
Norwalk art is on the rise and The Norwalk Art Space (TNAS), the brainchild of founder Alexandra Davern Korry and Executive director Duvian Montoya, is at the heart of it. […]
A WELL-STITCHED STORY: THE RED DRESS ARRIVES AT SOUTHERN VERMONT ARTS CENTER
Embroidery, as a decorative textile skill, has been valued for centuries. During the Middle Ages in Europe, it was considered a craft and was largely under the purview of craft […]
THE LIVING THING: CULTIVATING PLANT ART AT THE GARDNER
Nowadays, synthetic paints rule all. Sweeping landscape oils in baroque 18th century splendor can be inexpensively achieved through imitation paints which keep away fade and degeneration, at the cost of […]
GREATEST OF ALL TIME?: ‘WATERCOLORS UNBOXED’ ASKS THE QUESTION IN WORCESTER
Who is the “GOAT” watercolor artist, Winslow Homer or John Singer Sargent? (For non-sports fans, “GOAT” is the acronym for who is the “greatest of all time.”) No other painter […]
RE-DEFINING AMERICAN ART: SHELBURNE’S PUEBLO POTTERY SHOW IS THE FIRST STEP
The Shelburne Museum, best known regionally for its extensive collection of American arts from the last two centuries, is about to redefine the very term American by establishing an important […]
A SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION: NAWAMA EXPANDS ITS MESSAGE TO THE BERKSHIRES
The collaboration between the Berkshire Art Museum and NAWAMA (The National Association of Women Artists, Massachusetts Chapter) is a natural one; the director of the BAM, Eric Rudd, bore witness […]
WELL-DOCUMENTED GROWTH: CASILIO TRIIIBE CONTINUES TO EXPLORE OUR DIFFERENCES
If you love political art, you will love TRIIIBE. Identical triplets, Alicia, Kelly and Sara Casilio and their late photographer Cary Wolinsky’s 3’ by 4’ and larger photographs with a […]
SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES: DANFORTH’S ANNUAL SHOWS NOT SO QUIET SOCIAL ACTIVISM
Always one of my favorite exhibitions, thanks to its constant combination of new artists and the latest career progression by familiar names, the 2023 Annual Danforth Juried Exhibition did not […]
INTENTIONALLY PROVOCATIVE: ‘USED’ SPARKS A DIALOGUE AT ATTLEBORO ARTS MUSEUM
“Used” is the intentionally provocative title for the 2023 National Juried Exhibition that’s on view at the Attleboro Arts Museum through July 14. The name for the show was conceived […]
SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH ART: PAUL S. BRIGGS NOT-SO-HIDDEN MESSAGES AT LACOSTE
Paul Briggs’s ceramic work is a conversation between medium and artist resulting in contemplative objects with healing qualities. Briggs purposefully infuses his clay works with metaphors and meanings. Throughout his […]
A SLIGHTLY ANTIC CAPE COD JAUNT: SUMMER ARTISTS & EATS OFF THE BEATEN PATH
Talking about her husband, Michael Baksa’s jewelry, painter Teresa Baksa said, “You really have to hold it in your hand to get the full impact of these works of art.” […]
THE RAPID ADVANCES OF DIGITAL ART: MASARY STUDIOS BRING THEIR WAVEFORMS TO NEW AUDIENCES
In a city where technology thrives, digital art is advancing fast, and would make the Lumière Brothers very proud. It is not an optical illusion, magic or mind trick. It […]
THE ART OF ADVOCACY: WHAT IT IS, WHO’S DOING IT, ROADBLOCKS & RESOLUTIONS
WHAT IS ARTS ADVOCACY? According to Miriam-Webster, the definition of advocacy is “the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal.” So, if we’re talking about supporting the arts […]
CAPSULE PREVIEWS: July/August 2023
When the first Art in the Park took place in 2008 in Elm Park in Worcester, Massachusetts, founder Gloria Hall said, “there [weren’t] any sculpture shows like this in a […]
A CAPE COD ORIGINAL
Painter Joe Diggs is having two shows this summer: “Evolving Circles,” a first-time solo exhibition at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM) and one which complements it, “Shaping Change,” […]
