May/June 2014
In This Issue
Welcome
Welcome to our May/June issue, our kick-off to the summer season with a series of exhibitions we hope you’ll find road-trip worthy. This time around, we’re featuring an expanded number […]
Steampunk Springfield: Re-imagining and Industrial City
In 1862, Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (1830-1886) of Amherst, Mass., well-established today as one of the most important poets of the American Victorian era, published these enigmatic lines in an untitled […]
Objects in a Mirror
FREDERICO URIBE REFLECTS “I don’t have a drawing in my head, I have a feeling, and I build it,” said Columbia-born, Miami-based, internationally exhibiting Federico Uribe during a telephone interview […]
Fujiko Nakaya: Veil
BUILDING A HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG Since its completion in 1949, Philip Johnson’s Glass House has captured the views of the New Canaan property in carefully curated vignettes, much […]
Through the Trees
JANE DAHMEN TAKES A PEEK It’s been 10 years since Jane Dahmen moved to her home in the small seaside town of Newcastle, Maine — but she has yet to […]
Gone Fishing: a Tribute to our Industry
Berta Walker Gallery opens its 25th season on May 23 with the exhibition, “Going Fishing, A Tribute to Our Industry,” which was also the theme of its first opening. In […]
David Kasman
LARGER THAN LIFE David Kasman kicks off his first solo show at the Copley Society, “Continuum,” in dramatic fashion. Larger-than-life sculptures will dominate the space, their forms magnificent and brutish. […]
The Stories We Tell
FULLER CRAFT SUMMONS GODS AND MONSTERS The gods and goddesses have been summoned to Brockton. “The Stories We Tell” at the Fuller Craft Museum presents three wood-centric artists who present […]
Magic Gold, Full Sun
CORRINE COLARUSSO’S SUN ALSO RISES Before beginning her series of paintings for a solo show at the Newport Art Museum called “Magic Gold, Full Sun,” Corrine Colarusso wondered about painting […]
Singularity
GEORGE SHAW MAKES HIS MARK George Shaw’s paintings have the immediate feel of his lifetime of work as a carpenter — every marking utilizes a memory bank of all the […]
Eaden Huang
LONG SUMMER’S LOTUS Photographer Eaden Huang is a man in a hurry — except when he’s waiting for that perfect moment, when the light and shadows of his subject are […]
Johnson, Vermont
A TRANQUIL YET ENERGIZING CREATIVE CULTURE If it’s creative rejuvenation you seek, then a trip to Johnson, Vermont is in order. The Gihon River meanders through the heart of town […]
Wanderlust: Southcoast Maine
MAKE A GREAT CATCH ALONG THE ROCKY SHORELINE Why are so many artists drawn to the South Maine Coast? Perhaps it’s some special quality in the glint of sunlight against […]
Connecticut Museums
RENEW YOUR SPIRIT WITH A DAY OUTING Finally, spring, with its mix of lime green and yellow and bright bursts of color, has arrived in Connecticut. It’s been a long […]
Interstate 93 in New Hampshire
YOU CAN GET THERE FROM HERE One of the best times of year in New Hampshire is the late spring and early summer. Trees are green with new leaves, flowers […]
The Wild, Wild (Metro) West
A CORRIDOR OF CULTURE IN NATICK AND FRAMINGHAM Easy proximity to Boston by the Framingham/Worcester commuter rail line and major driving Routes 9, 135 and the Massachusetts Turnpike peg these […]
Newburyport Artwalk
ART, COMMUNITY AND CULTURE The annual Newburyport ArtWalk is a citywide celebration of art, community and discovery. Taking place over four weekends in 2014, including June 19 and 20, this […]
Personal Terrain: Mapping our own Identities
MAPPING OUR OWN IDENTITIES Eleven artists corralled by curator Ilana Manolson simmer on the walls of the Concord Art Association until May 18; or, rather, they offer their mapped views […]
Resonance
SPRING EXPLODES WITH COLOR, LIGHT AND SOUND After the winter of 2013-14, with its arctic temps and record-high snowfall, New Englanders said, “Enough already!” Ali Goodwin, director of the Drift […]
Capsule Previews
“Tour de Force,” the International Poster Gallery’s 20th anniversary exhibition, features Henri de Toulouse–Lautrec’s iconic “Eldorado” from the 1890s (“The Golden Age of the Poster”), Italian rarities by Marcello Dudovich […]
