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By RACHEL GEPNER IS THIS HOW I’M SUPPOSED TO ANSWER? by STEVE AISHMAN POSITIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE by JENNIFER SCHMIDT WEALTH OF RESOURCES by MEG ROTZEL FACT V. FICTION by ANNEKA LENSSEN CULTIVATING ARTISTS by ANTHONY TUCK RIGIDITY IN TEACHING THE TRADE by JAMES MANNING THE ARTIST INTELLECTUAL by JAMES NADEAU THE ORIGIN OF ART IN ACADEMIA by RICHARD WOHLFEILER QUIZ ON ART AND ACADEMICS by HEIDI MARSTON After a particularly grueling integral calculus test, my classmates and I were given an article to read discussing the role of math as…
By BIG RED January 5, 2006 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at The Fort Point Arts Community Gallery for The Wheels Project, photographs by Ken Richardson, Jasen Strickler and Andrew M.K. Warren. Photographs by Fred Levy and James Manning. Fort Point Arts Community Gallery
By BIG RED January 6, 2006 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at SoWa First Fridays. Images by James Manning.
By BIG RED January 5, 2005 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the opening of Introductions 2006: Lorna Williams and George Rosa and Harvey Loves Harvey: Triple Threat at Judi Rotenberg Gallery Judi Rotenberg Gallery LLC Images by Matthew Nash, Jason Dean and James Manning.
By BIG RED NEWS EDITOR The Berwick Research Institute has announced the deadlines for their Artist In Research Program and the new Public Art Incubator Program. Full information can be found at their website. From the press release: Artist in Research Program- For experimental artists who need time, space, critical feedback, and resources to develop their promising idea for their next project. Research and Dialong are the key words here. The two and a half month residency offers artists free studio space, a stipend, and admin support. The program also features regularly…
By BIG RED NEWS EDITOR Despite the explosion of rumours, speculation, fear, anger and other emotions that ran through Boston last week, the big news is that there is actually NO news. Green Street Gallery will remain open, with the full support of the city and their management company, and will continue to show new work by emerging artists. The confusion began with the arrival of a form letter, stating that the lease was up and asking when the gallery would be vacated. This led to a series of rapid-fire phone calls,…
By CHARLES GIULIANO January 4, 2006 The formally produced, studio portrait of Elspeth Kinnucan in blue scrubs, holding up snap shots of her two sisters proved to be riveting. She stares out at us with piercing blue eyes that are large and fixed. She is not just looking into the lens of the camera but staring us down with harrowing intensity. Clearly this young woman, at the time a first year medical student at New York University, is not just posing for a picture. She has something to say. A hard won…
By MATTHEW NASH Here at the start of the new year, I thought I’d take the opportunity to offer a “State of Big RED” report to you, our loyal readers and supporters. 2005 was a big year for us, for many reasons, and 2006 is looking even better! To begin with, our audience has almost quadrupled since January of 2005. We started the year with about 2000 loyal readers, and entered 2006 with over 7500! Letters have come to us from Turkey, The UK, Italy, Australia, Korea, as well as states all…