2008 January

Monthly Archives: January, 2008

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By Christian HollandJanuary 14, 2008 0

Boston Schools Students to Mayor: Don’t Take Art Out of Education

On the night of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino’s 2009 “State of the City” speech, students from Boston Latin high-school gathered to remind the Mayor how important art education is. They rhythmically shouted “S.O.S. Save our Schools” outside Boston’s Faneuil Hall…

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By BR&SJanuary 14, 2008 0

BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: AXIOM GALLERY

By BIG RED Friday, January 11th, 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the opening of “Some Sort of Uncertanity” Axiom Gallery Photos by James Manning and Matthew Nash

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By BR&SJanuary 14, 2008 0

BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: HOWARD YEZERSKI GALLERY

By BIG RED Saturday, January 12th, 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the opening of ‘Inside the Box’ A Diorama Exhibition curated George Fifield and Phaedra Shanbaum. Howard Yezerski Gallery INSIDE THE BOX January 4 -…

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By BR&SJanuary 14, 2008 0

BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: THE SMALL ARTS GROUP DIE-OFF @OUTPOST

By BIG RED January 13, 2008 Several arts groups directors, visual artists and performers gathered there for a mock funeral for themselves and their organizations in response to The Boston Foundation’s (TBF) recent report on the Arts Economy of Boston,…

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By BR&SJanuary 14, 2008 0

BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: FIRST FRIDAYS

By BIG RED January 4th, 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the Harrison Street Galleries for First Fridays.

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By Thomas MarquetJanuary 14, 2008 0

“THE WHITE CUBE”

By THOMAS MARQUET #27: What do you do with it? “The White Cube” comics can be read in series in the Big RED & Shiny Collections section. Need a visual aid — click here and scroll down.Thomas Marquet is…

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By Matthew GamberJanuary 14, 2008 0

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

By MATTEW GAMBER Snowing. Snow over the area in New England. At least that is what I anticipate; this is the anticipation. Based on this report, come my following sentences: In between digging out your spot, and salting the steps,…

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By Steve AishmanJanuary 14, 2008 0

A REPORT FROM THE PHANTOM ZONE

By STEVE AISHMAN So I admit it: I listen to metal. Not the derivative, inauthentic pop-rock that tries to co-opt metal’s brute force by copying its base-line. I listen to the kind of metal can’t be downloaded to the most…

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By BR&S Contributing AuthorJanuary 14, 2008 0

AN INTERVIEW WITH TORONTO’S LEE GOREAS

By JENNIFER MCMACKON JM: Lee Goreas, how did you become an artist? LG: I became an artist by chance. A good friend enrolled me in an art program at a local college. After one year in the program I realized…

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By James NadeauJanuary 14, 2008 0

INSIDE THE BOX @ HOWARD YEZERSKI

By JAMES NADEAU The Diorama. We’ve all made one or at the very least experienced one at some point in our lives. Arising out of the theatre in the mid 19th century, dioramas have grown both more complex and somewhat…

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By Matthew NashJanuary 14, 2008 0

MICHAEL COSTELLO @ GALLERY XIV

By MATTHEW NASH Approaching Gallery XIV from the street, one sees five small paintings by Michael Costello in the front window. These are brightly colored and amusingly straight-forward paintings of Sesame Street characters (Elmo, Grover and Ernie), a stack of…

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By BR&S Contributing AuthorJanuary 14, 2008 0

SYMBOLS OF POWER @ MFA

By JACQUELINE HOUTON The idea that all art is propaganda captured quite a few devotees during the 20th century. Seen in writings of George Orwell, Upton Sinclair, and W.E.B. Du Bois, this sentiment would be further refined later in the…

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By Matthew NashJanuary 14, 2008 0

DON’T DRINK THE KOOL-AID

By MATTHEW NASH It has been a few weeks since the Boston Foundation’s “Vital Signs” report (pdf) was released, and it is still a topic of conversation and heated debate. Among those who are on the lower-budget end of the…

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By Matthew NashJanuary 13, 2008 0

Obama, the arts and updating attitudes

Edward Winkleman had a piece yesterday about the arts under Obama, and what kinds of expectations people have about what this will mean. Will it simply be an expansion of the NEA? Will an Obama administration be more aggressive in…

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By Matthew NashJanuary 10, 2008 0

Out and about

The nice weather has encouraged me to get out of the house more than I usually would in January, so I’ve seen a lot of art recently and thought I’d share some of my favorites and encourage everyone to get…

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By Matthew NashJanuary 9, 2008 0

The Broad Art Foundation kerfuffle

The hot topic in the art blogs for the past few days has been collector Eli Broad’s decision to retain control of his vast and coveted art collection. It was widely expected that he would donate the body of work…

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By Matthew NashJanuary 2, 2008 0

Echelman Update

In a controversial decision, the Phoenix City Council has decided to proceed with a large public sculpture by Boston-based artist Janet Echelman. You can read the full story here. The short version, though, is that art and culture won out…

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