September/October 2021

LEGACY PRESERVED: SCULPTURE AT THE MOUNT CONTINUES ANN JON’S WORK

CAPSULE PREVIEWS FOR ARTSCOPE 94

As we await summer’s final exhibitions and the promise of fall’s colors and accompanying festivals and fairs, we also pay close attention to the safety precautions being taken at New […]

SOLO MOMENTS AT BERTA WALKER: HENRY CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF HUMANITY

Robert Henry, one of the nation’s most original artists, will show “Solo Moments” at one of New England’s most renowned art spaces, the Berta Walker Gallery in Provincetown. (Walker could […]

RISING TO THE CHALLENGE: ONLINE AND IN-PERSON, ART BASEL RETURNS

After more than a year of artists delving deeper into their own practice with little or no feedback from fellow artists or gallerists on the progression of their work, it […]

MAYNARD AS A CANVAS: EXPANDED OFFERINGS, BUSINESSES, CREATE A BUZZ

When we moved to Maynard five years ago, Donna Dodson’s sculpture, “Seagull Cinderella,” had just returned from her tour of Michigan, so we stored her temporarily on our front lawn. […]

CULTIVATING THE ART OF WATERCOLORS: CONNECTICUT’S ARTS CENTER EAST TO HOST REGIONAL BIENNIAL

The venerable biennial juried show of the New England Watercolor Society (NEWS) is being held from October 3 through 31 at Arts Center East in Vernon, Connecticut, and its 66 […]

WONDERFULLY DIVERSE AND ECLECTIC: 1O ARTIST SHOW AT SOUTHERN VERMONT ARTS CENTER

If one word could describe the Southern Vermont Arts Center “Yester House 2021 Solo Exhibitions,” it is eclectic. In two words, wonderfully diverse. On view until September 26, the popular exhibition […]

“AN ARTIST’S WORK IS NEVER DONE”: FARRELL’S TEMPORARY ROOTS AT THE KINGSTON

Born and bred in New Orleans, 34-year-old sculptor Louise Farrell was a newly-single mother of two when she arrived in Brookline, Massachusetts. Her path had led from a Catholic women’s […]

SEASONAL WARMTH AT CASTLE HILL: JOHNSON CAPTURES TRURO’S SPECIAL TEXTURES AND COLORS

Purple, green, pink and turquoise are colors you think you may see on the sharp gem facet edges of North Truro’s colonial houses, because when Mitchell Johnson paints them, they […]

PEELING BACK THE CURTAIN: AI WEIWEI’S HUMANITARIAN ART ACTIVISM IN SPRINGFIELD

“Once you’ve tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.” — Ai Weiwei The life […]

RHODE ISLAND I.M.A.G.I.N.E.S PEACE: MELTED-DOWN GUNS MAKE LOUD STATEMENT

“Rhode Island I.M.A.G.I.N.E.s Peace,” curated by Boris Bally, Victoria Gao, Sara Picard and Dianne Reilly, is an exhibition slated for October 7 through 29 at Rhode Island College’s Bannister Gallery. […]

ROBERTO LUGO AT THE CURRIER: MULTICULTURAL MASH-UPS WITH A 21ST CENTURY TWIST

Roberto Lugo is one of the good guys. He could don the Superman cape and get away with it. Why? Because he’s earned it. The “good guy” title and joy […]