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Capsule Previews

Capsule Previews: May/June 2021

// May/June 2021

by Brian Goslow

As we enter the second half of spring in dire need of inspiration and the feel and warmth of the familiar, here are a series of exhibitions to slowly move you into a summer mood and help you plan a safe, careful series of New England art wanderlust road trips. The 2021 South Coast Artists Members Invitational exhibition takes place through May 31 at Gallery Four, 3848 Main Road, Tiverton Four Corners, Rhode Island — as beautiful a part of the country as you’ll ever find. Over 50 member artists’ work in a wide variety of mediums are featured and serve as a preview of the South Coast Artists Open Studios Tour in Tiverton and Little Compton, Rhode Island, and Westport and Dartmouth, Massachusetts, that will return this July and August. Looking for a reminder of what you’ve so deeply missed over the past year? “Love That Dirty Water,” Ed Wojtaszek’s street … [Read more...] about Capsule Previews: May/June 2021

CAPSULE PREVIEWS: March/April 2021

// Current Issue, March/April 2021

by Brian Goslow

Presented as part of the College of the Holy Cross’s Arts Transcending Borders program, the Cantor Art Gallery, One College St., Worcester, Massachusetts, is hosting an artist residency with Kevork Mourad, for which the Syrian-Armenian visual artist has created “Memory Gates” that will be on view from March 4 through April 11. Using his “signature style of spontaneous drawing and printmaking techniques,” the immersive installation is encouraged to be “imagined as a series of doors and passageways that visitors can pass through, will explore themes of cultural plurality and collective memory.” The gallery is open by appointment only Tuesday through Friday from noon-5 p.m. with limited Saturday availability. An exhibition of large-scale acrylic paintings on shaped canvas and watercolor on paper by Clare Asch, “Round Dances and Convergences,” will be on view from March 5 through … [Read more...] about CAPSULE PREVIEWS: March/April 2021

CAPSULE PREVIEWS: Artscope 90

// Current Issue, January/February 2021

by Brian Goslow

As we enter 2021, ever-changing state and local government-ordered shutdowns and building capacity limits makes planning and scheduling exhibitions a challenge for all involved. Before departing for a gallery or museum, please call ahead to confirm days and hours, and if an exhibition or artist mentioned here gets your interest, please explore the work on the venue and artists’ websites. Opening New Year’s Day and continuing through February 26, the Mayo Street Arts Pop-Up Gallery in the former Nissen Bakery Building, 67 Washington Ave., Portland, Maine, will feature two exhibitions curated by gallerist, mentor and art curator June Fitzpatrick, the first running till January 22 and the second taking place from February 5 through 26. Participating artists include Michel Droge, William Manning, Christopher Patch, Shannon Rankin, Justin Richel, Noriko Sakanishi and Richard Wilson. (To … [Read more...] about CAPSULE PREVIEWS: Artscope 90

Capsule Previews: January/February 2020

// Current Issue, Issue Articles, January/February 2020

by Brian Goslow

The new year traditionally brings with it the introduction of the next lineage of artists welcomed into the Copley Society of Art through its New Members Show. “Selected by the Membership Committee of the Copley Society of Art, new members are accepted for membership only if their work is truly outstanding. This year, our new artist members represent a great diversity of backgrounds and media, including pastel, photography and watercolor.” Joining CoSo’s roster are C.R. Bryant, Wray Clifford, Meghan Cochran, Scott Crystal, Whitney Dellea, K.E. Duffin, Pedro Gonzalez, Christy Gunnels, Whitney Heavy, Lai Sin Hew, Sandra Kavanaugh, Maryann Lucas, Amy Roberts, Jed Sutter and Melissa Post van der Burg. The exhibition takes place from January 9 through February 9 at the Copley Society of Art, 158 Newbury St., Boston. “Natural Lineage,” an exhibition featuring paintings by father and … [Read more...] about Capsule Previews: January/February 2020

TOP LEFT: Nancy Diessner, "Boat Grasses," at Anna Maria College. TOP RIGHT: Heidi Whitman, "Ozymandias," at Chandler Gallery at Maud Morgan Arts. BOTTOM LEFT: Kate Shaffer, "Nina Simone," at Carney Gallery at Regis College. BOTTOM RIGHT: Patricia Brace, "BRACE 2020," at POP-UP 265 Gallery.

CAPSULE PREVIEWS

// Current Issue, Issue Articles, March/April 2019

by Brian Goslow

“Renewal” is the theme of this year’s “Annual Juried Members Show” that opened on February 28 at the Copley Society of Art, 158 Newbury St., Boston. The exhibition, which continues the gallery’s tradition of covering a wide variety of mediums, including painting, photography, graphite and pastel, was curated by Meg White, director of Gallery NAGA. First prize was awarded to Acadia Mezzofanti’s illusionistic photograph, “Self-Portrait: Untamed;” Carolyn Latanision’s watercolor painting of a rusted steel engine, “Powered Down, Bethlehem Steel,” took second prize while Mary Hughes earned third p rize for her abstract painting, “Ice Flow I,” which evokes winter-ice surfaces. The show runs through March 28. Art League Rhode Island is presenting “Twisting Fibers — An Art for All Reasons,” an open juried national exhibition that opens on March 8 and continues through May 8 at the Blackstone … [Read more...] about CAPSULE PREVIEWS

Capsule Previews Nov/Dec 2017

// Contact Us, November/December 2017

By Brian Goslow With approximately 30 mem- bers, New England Wax’s mis- sion is “to promote excellence in fine art made with encaustic” through professional, juried exhi- bitions. “Shifts: Approaching Encaustic from All Angles,” on view through November 26 at the Fuller Craft Museum, 455 Oak St., Brockton, Mass., was curated by Dedee Shattuck Gallery chief curator Ben Shattuck. “No other medium has as much ver- satility as encaustic, which can encompass two dimensions with depth via its translucency and a build-up of layers, or sculpted and altered while still warm.” “Inner Beauty,” an exhibition of works by AJ Oishi and Jung Hur, continues through November 27 at Gallery BOM, 460 Harrison Ave. B-7, Boston. Oishi’s multicol- ored circular designs, which reveal a relaxingly endless intensity the more you look at them, are created with the eraser side of a #2 pencil and a … [Read more...] about Capsule Previews Nov/Dec 2017