THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM ATTLEBORO ARTS MUSEUM 86 PARK STREET ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS SEPTEMBER 16 THROUGH 23 by Suzanne Volmer Inspired by Emily St. John Mandel’s novel “Station Eleven,” “The Calm Before the Storm,” an exhibition of original snow globes at Attleboro Arts Museum, is a short-term show taking place from September 16 through 23 and is the visual art component to the National Endowment for the Arts-funded Big Read initiative taking place this fall in Attleboro, Mass. The exhibition, curated by museum director Mim Brooks Fawcett, explores ideas that arise in relation to concepts brought forward by St. John Mandel’s novel — Attleboro’s Big Read book selection — a dystopian fiction and National Book Award finalist. The exhibition and related programs are funded primarily as a tandem community initiative between the Attleboro Arts Museum and Attleboro … [Read more...] about SNOWED IN: ARTISTS REFLECT ON IMMINENT CHANGE