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By BIG RED February 8th, 2006 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the opening of Harvey Loves Harvey “Pseudo-science For a Better Tomorrow” at Fitchburg State College. Harvey Loves Harvey Fitchburg State College Images by James Manning.
By BIG RED February 19th. 2006 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the Enormous Room in Central Sq. at the Berwick Research Institutes’, “nothing fancy- a chance to sit back in psuedo-Moraccan-Manhattan-Orientalist-Chick-Splendor for a good cause and to catch up with your local research partners” fundraiser. Go support the Berwick Research Institute! Berwick Research Institute
By BIG RED Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at The Rhys Gallery for the opening of “Detained Youth”. Rhys Gallery Images by Thomas Guistainis.
By BIG RED February 27th, 2006 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town of “Singing the House” by Artist William Pope.L and members of the Manhattan Group MIT William Pope.L on Artnet William Pope.L on TenByTen Images by James Manning.
By BIG RED NEWS EDITOR Due to impending cuts in the state budget, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has recommended that money to fund the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) be cut. A plea from Dan Hunter, Executive Director for Massachusetts Advocates for the the Arts, Sciences & Humanities (MAASH): Please call or e-mail your legislator as soon as possible to ask your legislator to request a $7.5 million increase in the Massachusetts Cultural Council appropriation. In spite of rising state revenues, the state is facing across the board pressure on the budget because…
By CHARLES GIULIANO With the exception of the occasional great painting, usually Northern European, it is generally thought that the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston missed the boat on acquiring 20th century art. Particularly when compared to its renowned depth in 19th century French painting including a staggering 35 or so works by Claude Monet and the masterpiece of Post Impressionism, Paul Gauguin’s greatest single work “Who are we? What are we? Where are we going?” (Which was actually acquired in the 1930s). What happened? How could there have been such a…
By MATTHEW GAMBER I have had the opportunity, in close proximity, to be on both sides of the application process. If you’ve read though parts of Issue 35, and you are unfazed by the articles on Art and Academia, here are some tips for the potentially employed attending the career fair at the College Art Association’s 94th Annual Conference in Boston this upcoming week. This letter is primarily directed to job seekers, not recreational conference attendees. Differences between Membership and Registration If you already have your CAA membership card, proceed into the…
By ANNEKA LENSSEN February brings a (free) looped screening of works by video art titans Francis Alys, David Claerbout, Joan Jonas, Isaac Julien, William Kentridge, Pipilotti Rist, and Anri Sala to Harvard Square. Just pop out of the T station at the exit by the pit and look up to the information kiosk roof. You will see a 42-inch plasma television, where, about fifty percent of the time, a short video piece will be underway. And if you step closer, to just under the display, you can hear the audio. Linger a…