I visited the Philadelphia Art Alliance this past Spring and saw “The Tool at Hand,” a traveling exhibition in which sixteen artists were asked to make a piece using only one tool. It was an interesting idea for a show.…
In her June 11 post, former Inside Out contributor Katrina Umber posted images of books that have shaped her artistic thinking. It’s a beautiful post, and such a treat to have a window into the creative thinking of someone else.…
The MIT List Visual Arts Center recently launched an audio guide for its public art collection that focuses on 51 notable works and offers varied insights into the collection. When visiting the mostly outdoor collection in person, each of these…
In my last post, I wrote about the Peabody Essex Museum’s newly launched blog, Connected. In this post, I highlight some institutions across New England that are embracing the world of blogging. In Boston, the Institute of Contemporary Art was…
I am working on a new series of drawings. This is what they look like. This how I’m making them. This was made from 1,059 photographs. I took one photo for each mark I made. My last post was about…
North Adams came alive on the weekend of June 20th – 23rd. The town’s 15,000 population increased by 60 percent as 8,000 people poured in for Wilco’s music and arts Solid Sound Festival. As far as the concept of Creative…
Photo by Walter Silver/PEM Museums across New England are slowly catching up to other museums already dominating the blogosphere. The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem is the latest cultural institution in New England to add blogging to their already…
The deCordova Museum recently announced painter Ann Pibal as the fourteenth winner of the institution’s Rappaport Prize. Previous winners of the $25,000 award include Suara Welitoff (2012), Ursula von Rydingsvard (2008) and John Bisbee (2003). The Prize is awarded…
A hidden factor is present when an artist makes a work of art. That same factor is present when a person looks at art. This factor is plainly visible and easily palpable, but remains largely unconscious and unacknowledged, and that…
Last December singer-songwriter Beck, best known for his songs Loser, Where It’s At, or E-Pro, released his new album Song Reader exclusively as sheet music. To hear the songs, we have to play them. But what sounds easy (if you…
“It is difficult to recall a gathering as important as this one.” José Mateo did not mince words as he stood behind the podium at one end of the BCA’s Cyclorama. The crowd (of educators, artists, performers, advocates, administrators—affectionately…
I’ve been a big fan of Big Red & Shiny for a long time, so I was very pleased to meet Anulfo back in March. I’m honored he asked me to contribute to Inside Out. It seems like an unusual…
The role of language in visual art is frequently misunderstood. There are artists who do not see writing in their practice going much farther than their artist statement, a necessary evil. Likewise there are gallerists, critics, and historians who see…
Our Daily Red is pleased to continue our artist-in-residence series titled Inside Out. Every month, a new guest artist will have access to the platform to publish images and jot down thoughts about inspiration, obsession, creative failures and insights.…
There are those pieces of writing that you are so grateful exist. I remember my excitement the first time I read this conversation between Kaja Silverman and George Baker; the excitement in now knowing that someone out there is…
“Poïesis is etymologically derived from the ancient Greek term ποιέω, which means “to make”. This word, the root of our modern “poetry”, was first a verb, an action that transforms and continues the world. Neither technical production nor creation…
There has been a lot of talk about the Foster Prize lately, which is better than no talk at all. In the process of putting my thoughts about the whole thing into some sort of shape, I came across…
TEN YEARS, 2013, Self Portraits by Katrina Umber made 2002 through 2012. See more here. This quote by Trinh T. Minh-ha has been with me since undergrad: “There will be much less arrogance, much less it-goes-wihout-saying assumtion, much less taken-for-granted…
The Berkshires are well-known in Boston and New York for incredible natural beauty as well as a vibrant arts and culture scene. Mount Greylock is the highest point in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at approximately 3500 feet, and overlooks the…
By Stephanie Cardon June 17, 2013 This conversation with John C. Gonzalez followed his participation in Odd Spaces, last month’s day-long performance art event at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, curated by Liz Munsell. With Family Meal Gonzalez initiated…