Resplendent in Divergence by Don Wilkinson To paraphrase an appropriate Robert Fripp lyric from 1980: “They are resplendent in divergence” — they being the participants in the 2016 Biennial Members Exhibition as selected by guest juror James Lawton, professor of ceramics and director of the Department of Artisanry at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. With over three-dozen member-artists and artisans working in photography, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, fine furniture making, bead weaving, mixed-media work, fiber art, quilt making and other categories, the show highlights the strength, intelligence and passion that grows out of diversity. The participants include “students, emerging makers, mid-career artists and established professionals.” The work ranges from the utilitarian to the contemplative, from soberingly serious to playfully inane, from touching on … [Read more...] about 2016 Biennial at Fuller Craft
2016
July/August 2016
Article Excerpts: Welcome | Cornered: Debbie Nadolney, Art Market Provincetown | A Contemporary Showcase: CMCA Gets a Fresh Start | Redefining the Sublime: Man vs. Nature at Hall Art | A Cross-Section of Craft: NH Craftsmen Keep It Interesting | Identity and Community at the Crossroads: CCMOA's Summer of Storytelling | Life in the Fast Lane: Eileen Myles at Schoolhouse | Ogunquit Art Association: Members Shine in Summer | Hot Chicks at Silver Circle: Bigger is Better | Bierstadt in New Bedford: An Unlikely Partnership Makes Sense | Photographic Evidence at Griffin: Cassandra Klos' Abductees | Museum of the Massachusetts Landscape: The Trustees' Public Art Initiative | South County Invitational: Showcasing Connections and Contrasts | CoSo's Salute to Summer: From Ship to Shore to Newbury Street | Speaking a Different Language: The Walshes in Williamstown | Everything's … [Read more...] about July/August 2016
January/February 2016 issue
Article Excerpts: Welcome | Celebration of the Pencil | Tea for Two | The Clock Is Ticking | Put Me In, Coach | New and Improved at Smith College Museum of Art | Jay Schadler in New Hampshire | ALT CLAY at Pine Manor | A Medium For Social Change | Feeling Blue in Vermont | Six Days That Changed The World | Art Basel Miami Beach 2015 | Miami's Art Fair Week | A New Generation at CAA | BLAUWW: CELEBRATING BLUE | Hello, World! | Pedagogy and Place at Yale | A POST-MODERN DREAMSCAPE IN NEW CANAAN, CONN. | Thinking Small and Living Large - Tiny Houses | Grants and Residencies: ARTISTS GO FOR IT | Capsule Previews … [Read more...] about January/February 2016 issue