Step out of your car at Fruitlands, look across the Nashua River Valley covered with the lush mixed forest so typical of New England, then gaze west to Wachusett Mountain, and there will be no question why the transcendentalists sought to make this corner of Harvard, Massachusetts, their utopia. Now under the aegis of the Trustees of Reservations, the Fruitlands Museum preserves the buildings and landscape of the short-lived Transcendentalist colony while providing year-round art and cultural offerings. The exhibits currently on display, “Floating Between Two Worlds” and “A New View” and “Pastoral Present,” offer summer visitors the opportunity to see both new works by contemporary artists and venerated paintings from the permanent collection. Commissioned by the Trustees to design and construct an outdoor installation, multidisciplinary artist Esther Solondz created “Floating Between … [Read more...] about HUDSON RIVER REVISITED: FRUITLAND’S PASTORAL PRESENT