Another arts advocate on Boston City Council?
Last night I had the opportunity to meet Tomás Gonzalez, who is running for Boston City Councillor At-Large. Gonzalez is running on a platform that promotes a stronger creative economy,…
Author Matthew Nash
Matthew Nash
Matthew Nash is the founder of Big Red & Shiny. He is Associate Professor of Photography and New Media at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University and was the 2011-12 Chair of the University Faculty Assembly. Nash is half of the artist collaborative Harvey Loves Harvey, who are currently represented by Gallery Kayafas in Boston and have exhibited in numerous venues since 1992.
A LETTER
By MATTHEW NASH Boston’s art community is a small one, often like a close-knit family, and for the past 15 years Ellen Wetmore and Jeff Warmouth have been an active…
LOOKING BACK AT THE BERWICK’S AIR PROGRAM
The Berwick Research Institute is no stranger to change, and this past week they announced another major transition: the end of their Artist In Research (AIR) program. This announcement comes…
AFFECTS OF GRAVITY @ THE TOPSFIELD FAIR
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…
IN THE STUDIO WITH SAMANTHA FIELDS
By MATTHEW NASH Samantha Fields makes complex and intricate sculptures and installations that are overwhelmingly crafty, undeniably kitschy, and that seem to revel in their beautiful ugliness. This summer, we…
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino promotes his arts policies
While I still haven’t heard back from Mayor Thomas Menino’s campaign regarding my questions about their arts policies that I sent a few days back, today I did receive a…
Sam Yoon responds to BRS questions about arts policy
I know I’ve been posting a lot lately about Boston’s mayoral race, but I think it is important for artists to ask politicians of all levels for a clear and…
Arts Policies: Mayoral Candidate Michael Flaherty responds to BRS questions
Earlier this week, I posted 2 items about the arts policies of Boston’s 4 mayoral candidates. I also sent questions to the candidates and promised post them here. Tonight, Michael Flaherty’s…
JP Gazette: as mayor, Sam Yoon would create “cabinet-level commissioner of arts and culture”
Following up on my post below about the arts policies for Boston’s mayoral candidates, here is a link to a piece in the Jamaica Plain Gazette. For the most part,…
Which Boston mayoral candidate has an arts policy?
I just got off the phone with Kathy Bitetti, who called to tell me about some big moves involving the national debate around health care, and what artists have done…
A CONVERSATION WITH PHIL FRYER & SANDRINE SHAEFER
By MATTHEW NASH Performance artists Phil Fryer and Sandrine Schaefer are the duo behind “The Present Tense”, a series of festivals promoting performance art. Recently, they have joined forces with…
Discussion topic: Walead Beshty and institutional critique
I’ve been struggling to write a review of “Legibility on Color Backgrounds,” the exhibition of Walead Beshty’s photograms and sculptures currently on view at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC.…
Hincman sculpture returns to Jamaica Pond
Today, as I wandered around Jamaica Pond, I noticed that Matthew Hincman’s bench sculpture has returned. It even has a new, fancy concrete base so I assume that it is…
REVOLT2DIE & GJYD @ MEME
REVOLT2DIE & GJYD @ MEME By Matthew Nash Riding among an exhausted busful of Negroes going on to graveyard shifts all over the city, she saw scratched on the back of…
BOOK REVIEW: HOW TO START AND RUN A COMMERCIAL ART GALLERY
BOOK REVIEW: HOW TO START AND RUN A COMMERCIAL ART GALLERY By Matthew Nash There are few in the world who have spent more time and effort de-mystifying the commercial art…
Artadia announces finalists for Boston 2009 awards
Three years ago, Artadia announced that they would fund artists in Boston, in two rounds, giving prizes “supporting artists directly and raising the visibility of creative practice around New England…
FOR MY BEST BELOVED SISTER MIA: JULIA MARGARET CAMERON @ THE PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART
FOR MY BEST BELOVED SISTER MIA: JULIA MARGARET CAMERON @ THE PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART By Matthew Nash There is, perhaps, no better known photo album than the one Julia Margaret…
A LETTER FROM THE ROAD
A LETTER FROM THE ROAD By Matthew Nash For the last few days, my wife and I have been traveling up the coast of Maine, hitting all the shopping towns along…
FAITH AND THE SALE OF ART
FAITH AND THE SALE OF ART By Matthew Nash One of the many side-effects of a bursting economic bubble is the revealing of the nature of the shady deals and shaky…
A CONVERSATION WITH CRISTI RINKLIN
A CONVERSATION WITH CRISTI RINKLIN By Matthew Nash Cristi Rinklin makes epic paintings of richly layered spaces. Her new exhibition at FP3 Gallery, “Boundless,” features a series of new paintings and…