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Forbes House Museum.
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MILTON: A RENAISSANCE TOWN

By Beth Neville

Let’s take a summer road-trip and explore Milton, one of Boston’s quietest, prettiest, oldest and most historic garden suburbs to see a sampling of its art and architecture. For lunch […]

Alexi Antoniadis, Eden 2.0, hand-formed steel.
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PAST PERFECT?: FRUITLANDS HONORS ITS ROOTS

By Flavia Cigliano

Nestled in one of the most idyllic landscapes of New England, the Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Massachusetts (a short drive off of Route 2) is currently presenting diverse offerings in […]

Jocelyn Lee, The Cove, 2017.
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MAINE’S MINI-MECCA: CONTEMPORARY ON THE COAST

By Greg Morell

I was the victim of a studio flood in Northampton, Massachusetts. The sewer drain next to the back door of my basement studio plugged and I was inundated with a […]

Lynn Pratt, All Aboard!
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WATERCOLOR WONDERS: 7TH ANNUAL GREEN MOUNTAIN SHOW

By Mary Gow

The big, red, high-drive barn at Lareau Farm, standing at the edge of fields and against a backdrop of forested hillside, offers about as iconic a Vermont landscape as you […]

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MAKING CONNECTIONS

By Donna Dodson

“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” – Aristotle The first International Sculpture Symposium was organized by Karl Prantl, with […]

LEFT: Ashley Ellis, principal dancer, Boston Ballet. Copyright © 2016 NYC Dance Project. RIGHT: Charlotte Landreau, soloist, Martha Graham Dance Company. Copyright © 2016 NYC Dance Project.
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NYC DANCE PROJECT: BREATHTAKING MOMENTS IN TIME

By Lisa Mikulski

With a single click, a moment in time can be captured forever. It’s extraordinary, really, when you think about it. Occasions, places, and historical events are preserved by the internal […]

Brian McClear, Avocado and Rivets, oil.
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EIGHT VISIONS: VISCERAL VIEWS AT ATTLEBORO ARTS

By Brian Goslow

Juried shows are what you make of them, whether you’re an artist, the sponsoring venue or the juror. They can provide a chance to reach a new audience, expand your […]

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RAFAEL LOZANO-HEMMER: BRINGING THE WORLD HOME

By Nancy Nesvet

The Body in Urban Space: A Conversation with Rafael Lozano- Hemmer about his work at The Armory Show in New York City in March, 2018; “Unstable Presence,” in Montreal; and […]

Gertude Fiske, Woman in White, ca. 1917, oil on canvas, 36” x 29” (photograph by Jeremy Fogg).
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INDEPENDENT SPIRIT: FISKE OWNS IT IN PORTSMOUTH

By Linda Chestney

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” — Pablo Picasso Picasso said it, but American Master Gertrude Fiske lived it. She certainly paid […]

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THE BERKSHIRES: GO WEST, YOUNG AND OLD

By Suzanne Volmer

To “Go West” in summer to the Berkshires by car is a lush and green journey with many cultural riches to explore on the pathway to your destination. In the […]

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THE SOUTH COAST: ARTS COMMUNITY WITH HISTORIC ROOTS

By Don Wilkinson

In the mid-1990s, local media in southeastern Massachusetts began referring to what was then called Greater New Bedford as “the South Coast.” This unabashed bit of public relations boosterism was […]