July/August 2021
In This Issue
WELCOME July/August 2021: FROM BRIAN GOSLOW
Welcome to the summer issue we didn’t know we’d have. As we began planning this issue in mid-May, most of us expected that it wouldn’t be till August, at the […]
SOWA UNMASKED: A RETURN TO HARRISON AVENUE
It’s another First Friday, 6 p.m., and the clouds are finally lifting to liberate the sinking sun’s pale gleams. Since Covid arrived, I’ve rarely visited SoWa except briefly and alone. […]
MEANT TO INSPIRE: NEW VENUES & ARTISTS KEEP SOWA CONTEMPORARY
Change is coming. Some is already here as people, newly vaccinated, explore the world again, get comfortable in their own skin and long to interact. I spoke recently with gallerist […]
COSTUME CHANGE: RUTH E. CARTER’S UNCOMMON THREADS IN NEW BEDFORD
At the entrance to the exhibition space devoted to “Uncommon Threads: The Works of Ruth E. Carter,” a clip plays on a continuous loop. It features the Springfield, Massachusetts-born costume […]
THE ESSENCE OF JUNETEENTH: 13FOREST EXHIBITION GIVES BLACK ARTISTS VISIBILITY
“Essence” at 13FOREST Gallery in Arlington brings together 15 Boston-area artists in celebration of Juneteenth. Being the first year that Juneteenth is officially recognized on both state and federal levels, […]
NO PLACE LIKE HOME: RICHARD NEAL’S COMFORT ZONE AT MILLER WHITE
I confess that I am a huge fan of Richard Neal. His powerful and provocative works always draw me into their theatrical mystery. (Indeed, I’d like to create a new […]
PROVINCETOWN’S LASTING LIGHTS: HAWTHORNE, HOFMANN & HOPPER CONTINUE TO INSPIRE
Works by Charles Hawthorne (1872-1930), Hans Hofmann (1880-1966), Edward Hopper (1882-1967), and artists taught and inspired by them, are on exhibit at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum through August […]
UNPEELING NEW YORK’S LAYERS: NATAL-SAN MIGUEL’S ATYPICAL BEAUTY
Artist Ruben Natal-San Miguel is a September 11 survivor. He escaped from the North Tower while working as a financial controller. Like it was for millions of New Yorkers, that […]
SMALL SCALED CLASSICS: CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING IN MINIATURE
When I think of scale in art, Monet’s water lilies or Cristo and Jeanne-Claude’s environmental installations spring to mind. While large-scale works immerse us, small-scale works ask us to squint […]
KITTERY’S NEWEST TOURIST STOP: LOOMIS GALLERY SUPPORTS, EXPOSES, REGION’S ARTISTS
“God whispers to us in our pleasures, but shouts in our pain.” — C.S. Lewis, Oxford scholar, theologian and author of many books, including “The Chronicles of Narnia.” We’re all […]
SCOPED OUT: A DAY OF ART, NIGHT OF FUN, IN THE BERKSHIRES
It’s summer in the Berkshires, and after a year of isolation, crisis and uncertainty, all are looking forward to what new opportunities for connection and celebration summer 2021 will bring. […]
THE SECRET LIFE OF PLASTIC: MICHELLE LOUGEE’S ENVIRONMENTAL ART IN ARLINGTON
We often think of plastic as a nuisance, a pollutant or as an unnecessary evil. Plastic is everywhere, introduced to us the moment we’re born. Necessary and overused, contradictory and […]
FIFTY YEARS IN THE MAKING: DAVID STROMEYER’S COLD HOLLOW SCULPTURE PARADISE
Even before one arrives at Cold Hollow Sculpture Park in Enosburg, the Vermont landscape of lush curving hills, verdant canopies of maple, aspen and wild cherry trees and the scent […]
NATURE’S WONDERS, MAGNIFIED: CAN THE BRUCE HELP SAVE THE AMAZON RAINFOREST?
The scale of the Amazon Rainforest is mind boggling on many levels, from its two million square mile circumference to its extraordinarily rich plant and animal life. Kate Dzikiewicz, who […]
A GENEROUS PATTERN OF COLLABORATION: GIBSON USES DECORDOVA EXHIBITION AS LIVING BILLBOARD
For Americans of European descent, the deep dive to understand the First Peoples of the Americas demands a deeper sense of history and time than we live with day-to-day. Jeffrey […]
RE-EMERGING TOGETHER: ARTISTS, AUDIENCE REUNITES AT CAMBRIDGE ART ASSOCIATION
Traditionally, the Cambridge Art Association’s annual Emerging Artists Exhibition is an invaluable way for new artists to introduce themselves to the Greater Boston art community and for galleries and collectors […]
FASHION TRENDSETTERS: DESIGNERS STEAL HOME AT WAM’S ICONIC JERSEY EXHIBITION
Erin Corrales-Diaz, curator of the “The Iconic Jersey: Baseball x Fashion” exhibition now on view at the Worcester Art Museum, grew up outside of Seattle, Washington, where her father would […]
UNIQUE & WIDELY DIVERGENT: THE GRIFFIN BRINGS THOUGHT-PROVOKING WONDER BACK TO PHOTOGRAPHY
A woman in a torn gauze dress crouches at center, holding an axe. Around her, the room is a clutter of objects: A flock of birds flying out of a […]
