Over 100 people gathered at Lesley University on Wednesday June 4 to talk about “How We Get By.” Organized by Matt Kaliner, Tim Devin, and Jason Pramas, the event was billed as “a group exploration of how artists earn…
This winter, Courtney Klemens, Campus Community Outreach Coordinator for the List Visual Art Center at MIT, asked if I would give a gallery talk on the work of Pauline Curnier Jardin, through an explicitly feminist lens, representing both my role…
In my continuing exploration of art’s role in the branding of Boston as an “innovation hub,” I was eager to speak with Boston artists. While the diversity of artists working in Boston makes it nearly impossible to construct a comprehensive…
Last December, I bought a book at JP Knit and Stitch called ‘Hooked on Crochet.’ I attribute this uncharacteristic move to pick up a craft to a former student of mine, Emma Lanctot, who made a gorgeously red, lacy wrap…
By MATTHEW NASH On rainy days like these, Gravitron looks colorized — his lights, a fake smile in the dismal afternoon. No matter how he tries to make real for himself the sense that there are other state fairs, that…
A CONVERSATION WITH AA BRONSON By Andi Sutton Big RED & Shiny asked Andi Sutton, a Boston-based performance artist and activist, to interview AA Bronson about activism in the arts. Bronson will be participating in a panel talk as part…