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Hydrangea in Full Bloom, mixed media on canvas, 20” x 16”, courtesy of Four Eleven Gallery.
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A BOLD ARTISTIC VOICE: SHABOTT AT FOUR ELEVEN

By Emily Mergel

Laura Shabott is not only an artist who has undergone what she calls “circuitous” life processes to find herself back at painting, drawing and figurative art, she is also, undoubtedly, […]

LEFT: Underbelly (side 2), 2017, acrylic on paper and plastic tubing, 5’ x 3’, photograph by Will Howcroft. RIGHT: Department of the Interior, 2018, acrylic on paper and plastic tubing, three-piece installation, 20’ x 30’, photograph by Will Howcroft.
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KINESTHETIC COMPOSITION: ARCH DEFIES GRAVITY

By Flavia Cigliano

In her late summer, early fall exhibition at the Hess Gallery at Pine Manor College, Adria Arch explores the next stage of her painting evolution. It’s what she describes as […]

Embedded Memory, 2018, cast paper, plaster, polymer, thread, 27” x 20” x 6”.
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POEMS, PLASTER & PAPER: MORE THAN WORDS AT SIMMONS

By Elizabeth Michelman

On the walls of the Trustman Gallery, shadows from plastic wire, fiber and thread constructions hover over the soft grey texts of blown-up poems, plaster and paper reliefs and white-and-black […]

BCA curator and director of exhibitions Heather Ferrell. In the background, Crystal Wagner’s Traverse, extending beyond the gallery onto the front façade.
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Cornered: Heather Ferrell

As August was coming to a close, Heather Ferrell, curator and director of exhibitions at Burlington City Arts, took time from her busy schedule to discuss her vision and process […]

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Welcome: From Brian Goslow

By Brian Goslow

While most of our writers get to view the shows and work that they write about in person, our fall issue comes with the challenge of previewing shows that have […]

Rose Leitner, Gratitude, oil on PVC, 36” x 24”, 2018.
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COMPLEMENTARY CONTRAST: BOBACK AND LEITNER AT GALATEA

By Bryanna F. Drew

Two coinciding solo-artist shows, Jo-Ann Boback’s “Revealing the Obscure,” and Rose Leitner’s “Quiet Chaos,” are on display at Galatea Fine Art this September. Both feature abstract and colorful pieces, and […]

Barry Margolin, Movement of The Mind Becomes Bliss and Emptiness - Play Of Wakefulness 21.
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CAUSE AND EFFECT: THREE VIEWS AT GALATEA

By Lisa Mikulski

This October, Galatea Fine Art presents three concurrent shows featuring members Philip Gerstein, Barry Margolin and Ronni Komarow. Five-time Galatea exhibitor Gerstein will be showing a new series entitled “Sometimes […]

Gerry Bergstein, Book Series-Studio Floor, 2016, mixed media on paper, 21” x 30”.
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EARTH’S ADVOCATES: UNCOVERED AT CATAMOUNT

By Kristin Nord

Gerry Bergstein and Gail Boyajian have been addressing the complexities of the human condition and threats to our natural world in distinctly different ways throughout their artistic working lives. Now, […]

LEFT: Linda King, Rough Go, at West Bay Open Studios. RIGHT: Joseph Diggs, Dreads, at Berta Walker Gallery Provincetown.
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CAPSULE PREVIEWS

By Brian Goslow

Featuring “an accomplished group of professionals who are active practitioners of disciplines ranging from digital media, photography, drawing, painting and sculpture, to printmaking and artists’ books,” “SUMMA: Visual Arts Faculty […]