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On July 4th, The Clark reopened its doors, nearly completing its ambitious multi-phased expansion plan fifteen years the making. Initiated in 2001 and advanced with the 2008 opening of the Lunder Center at Stone Hill, the expansion plan has added over 97,000 square feet of space to the campus, underscored the institution’s commitment to best practices for sustainability and energy efficiency, and developed its dual mission–to function both as an art museum as well as a center for research, critical discussion and higher education. This phase of the expansion includes the new…
Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events, screenings, exhibitions, performances. Here are our choices for you to go & see: / / / / / / / / / / / / Tuesday August 26 – Saturday September 20 2014 23 Essex Street, Beverly, MA Anthony Palocci Jr. ’09: Seeing Things If you stare at something long enough it will start to look unfamiliar, alien even. Anthony Palocci Jr. paints ordinary things in such a way that they seem foreign. Whether an object is tightly cropped or viewed at…
As culture becomes increasingly networked, seemingly juxtaposed movements — the emphasis on cultural production rooted in place and localism, on one hand, and the turn toward more borderless cultural encounters, on the other hand — frequently come into contact. The recently opened Cold Hollow Sculpture Park, a property of rolling meadows in Enosburg Falls, Vermont, owned by sculptor David Stromeyer and his wife, suggests one artist’s approach to balancing these elements. The property, where Stromeyer and his wife, Sarah, spend their summers, features roughly fifty of Stromeyer’s large-scale sculptures set in the…
Debra K. Jayne received an MFA in 2014 with a focus in painting and printmaking from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University. She lives in Boston and Hanover, NH. Our contributing editor William J. Simmons first came across her work at the Boston Young Contemporaries show, closing shortly at Boston University’s 808 Gallery. William J. Simmons How has working in Boston affected your work? Debra K. Jayne It has affected my work intensely. I enjoy the contrasts found in the city and its architecture. Boston’s rich urban…
We are thrilled to announce the third BIG RED SHINDIG, our annual fundraiser and celebration of two years since our relaunch. Again with generous support from our friends at the Boston Center for the Arts, Panopticon Imaging, and from our new friends at Samuel Adams, Pretty Things Brewery, Foodie’s Markets, and Custom Eyes we’re inviting you to another raucous evening of great art, music, and dancing at the Boston Center for the Arts’ Mills Gallery on Friday, September 5 from 7-10pm. Libations are on us! Tickets are $20, which can be purchased…
Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events, screenings, exhibitions, performances. Here are our choices for you to go & see: / / / / / / / / / / / / Tuesday August 19 2014 Janky Donuts and Tavern Road team up for deliciousness on Tuesday August 19th. 145 Pearl St. #5, Boston, MA Janky Donuts Pop-Up Not one for false advertising, Tavern Road will help the infamous Janky Donuts make good on its promise to bring “handmade donuts for your mouth” to Lot F Gallery in Downtown…
“Boston Common” highlights the people and organizations that shape Boston and New England’s cultural sector by going straight to the source to find out who they are, what they are doing, and how and why they do it. We hope that the interview series will champion some of the exemplary work being done, shed light on neglected issues facing our arts scene and community, build connections among individuals and organizations, and expand the networks on which we rely. In our newest installment, we talk to artist Marlon Forrester. Tell us about your…
At the invitation of Mobius’ Director Daniel DeLuca, artist Kevin Clancy embarked on We Are Responsible for Our Dreams, a nomadic three-week residency through Cambridge, Boston, Worcester, Providence, New York and Martha’s Vineyard lasting the month of July. The newest development in Clancy’s work dedicated to portable spaces and utopic visions, We are Responsible for Our Dreams involved a series of events in homes, studios, public spaces, galleries and secret spots facilitated in, on or around a 21’ x 21’ hand-sewn blanket. Each “Dream Session” was conceived in collaboration with a colleague,…