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A UNITED AND KINDER WORLD: INDIGENOUS ART, CRAFT TO BE CELEBRATED IN 2021

// Current Issue, Editorial, January/February 2021

by Nancy Nesvet

With galleries closed and artists sequestered in studios and homes, 2021 continues an evolution in art begun in 2020, as the consequences of the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement irreversibly changed the arts landscape. We began with cacophonies of banging pots and pans, singing and applauding our health care workers who are risking their health and lives, and in the process, making homemade music standing on city balconies in a new form of performance. But the sounds stopped as the city silenced. No one traveled the streets; only emergency vehicles’ sirens permeated the quiet. Live concerts and theater ended, with live performance before physical audiences prohibited; physical distancing was impossible and loud voices threatened spreading COVID- 19. We relied on music and performance streamed online. (To read more, pick up a copy of our latest issue! Find a pick-up … [Read more...] about A UNITED AND KINDER WORLD: INDIGENOUS ART, CRAFT TO BE CELEBRATED IN 2021

WELCOME: FROM BRIAN GOSLOW

// Current Issue, January/February 2021, Welcome

by Brain Goslow

We set out putting together the first Artscope of 2021 to serve as an introduction to as many new artists as possible through the covering of group exhibitions with the understanding and expectation that there would be government- ordered shutdowns and the lowering of capacities at those galleries and museums that were open. In doing so, we worked to confirm that the shows at these venues would have a physical as well as strong online and virtual presence so that the participating artists received the best maximum exposure possible while visitors could also have a chance to attend in-person. In the long run, we’re hopefully helping to lay the groundwork for a stronger arts community in New England and the world. We know that it isn’t going to be easy. “The old ways and attitudes in society weren’t working,” Artscope publisher Kaveh Mojtabai told me as we explored what to expect … [Read more...] about WELCOME: FROM BRIAN GOSLOW

INTERVIEW: BARBARA ROSE TALKS WITH DON KIMES

// Artscope Online, Featured, Interview, News, Visual Arts

by Barbara Rose

I met Don Kimes in the Nineties and have watched his work develop and change over time in response to both personal and artistic challenges. We have had an ongoing dialogue ever since. Recently I saw the work he is including in his exhibition at Denise Bibro Gallery in New York City and we had a chance to talk about how he views his own work and the contemporary art scene in general. Barbara Rose: How Do you feel your work is related to current practice? Don Kimes: Current practice is wide open. Anything, anywhere, without fixed judgement and dependent only upon personal circumstance and acuity. I still tend to wince at the word “practice”, like it’s an out of place interlocutor in the lexicon, though it became commonly used overnight. But it sounds like a nod to the professions, like being a dentist or an attorney, like I should hang a brass shingle outside my studio door with the … [Read more...] about INTERVIEW: BARBARA ROSE TALKS WITH DON KIMES

Pandemic Profile: Universities and Colleges

// Artscope Online, News

by Nancy Nesvet

In universities and colleges nation and worldwide, much has changed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Last week, St. Augustine University’s president died of Covid-19. Notre Dame’s President tested positive for Covid-19 after attending President Trump’s announcement of Alumna Amy Covey Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court on the South lawn of the White House. The University of Chicago’s Business School went completely online because of a party super-spreader event among its students. The University of Florida paused its football program and Kutztown University in Pennsylvania lost 1000 of its 3300 students registered to live on campus to their choice for online courses, and it instituted a furlough policy for faculty. A University of North Carolina Greensboro study, “College, Mobility and the Incidence of Openings” by Martin Anderson noted a 10% greater incidence, resulting in 1.19 … [Read more...] about Pandemic Profile: Universities and Colleges

EDITORIAL: LIVE FROM WASHINGTON: THE REVOLUTION WAS TELEVISED

// Artscope Online, News

by Nancy Nesvet

The revolution will be televised and it has begun, with apologies to Gil Scott-Heron who thought it wouldn’t be, although it was also, as he wrote, live.  We are changing society for the better, and creatives who can imagine a better present and future, in the midst of a worldwide pandemic and staggering unemployment amid a catastrophic economic depression are leading it. The video of George Floyd’s murder makes clear what happened.  It cannot be denied nor termed fake news.  Video is art, the documentary presents the raw and despicable manner in which his breath was slowly eked out of him.  We all watched in horror and reacted, marching, peacefully demonstrating with signs, artfully composed to reflect the rapid reaction to this killing, with letters and torn cardboard signs as rough as the murder itself. As the White House perimeter was extended for the President to walk to St. … [Read more...] about EDITORIAL: LIVE FROM WASHINGTON: THE REVOLUTION WAS TELEVISED

PAMELA TARBELL: PAINTINGS NOW AND THEN AND “CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL AT THE NESTO GALLERY AT MILTON ACADEMY

// Artscope Online, Current Exhibits, Exhibits, Visual Arts

by Beth Neville

An art exhibit opening! What a fun way to cheer up a rainy fall afternoon. The Nesto Gallery at Milton Academy lures its student audience with generous cheese and crackers and the kids are thrilled to meet artists like Pamela R. Tarbell. A retired gallery owner, she is dressed in an exuberant jacket that matches her equally exuberant paintings. An outdoor sculpture exhibit, “All Creatures Great and Small,” adds to the fun and the sculptors are willing to go out in the rain to have their photos taken with some students. Tarbell’s brightly colored paintings fill the small gallery with floral imagery, and memories of pleasant times on beaches and in gardens. “Fernland #1” is a fine example. Closely observed ferns of different species are enlarged and dance across the canvas. Tchaikovsky’s “Dance of the Flowers” would be the ideal background music. On the left side of the large two-part … [Read more...] about PAMELA TARBELL: PAINTINGS NOW AND THEN AND “CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL AT THE NESTO GALLERY AT MILTON ACADEMY