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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 12 2014 Catch the return of Boston Open Screen at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, this Tuesday. Coolidge Corner Theatre 290 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA Boston Open ScreenBoston Open Screen is BACK! Help us start the new season with a blast at the Coolidge Corner Theatre! Open Screen is Boston’s one and only open…
Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events, screenings, exhibitions, performances. Here are our choices for you to go & see: / / / / / / / / / / / / Wednesday 6 – Friday 8 August 2014 August 6-8, the Institute of Contemporary Art hosts the 6th annual National Covening for Teens in the Arts. For the first time, the entire first day is free and open to the public. Institute of Contemporary Art, 100 Northern Ave, Boston, MA Give & Take: A National Convening for Teens…
Welcome to the Studio Sessions podcast, this time with guest Chuck Chaney. Chuck earned a BA from the Brooks Institute of Photography in 1992, and an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 2008. He is the founder of the Homestead AK artist residency in Alaska, which several previous guests on the podcast have participated in. He also makes his own work which tends to deal with issues of personal and cultural identity. In some projects he deals with prominent American ideals such as westward expansion,…
“The Creative Process in Modern Japanese Printmaking” is an all-too tiny exhibit at the MFA–typical but unfortunate for a museum that houses the largest collection of Japanese prints in the United States. Nonetheless, the show is an oasis of quietude and sublime detail among the museum’s larger dark, imperious Asian galleries. Covering a defining moment in Japanese printmaking, the focus of the exhibit is the move from ukiyo-e (“The Floating World”) prints of the 18th and 19th centuries, which most of us associate with Japanese prints, to a new breed of prints…
Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events, screenings, exhibitions, performances. Here are our choices for you to go & see: / / / / / / / / / / / / Thursday July 31 – Sunday August 31 2014 Esther Pullman, Bedroom Mirror, Annisquam MA, Archival pigment print, 2009. Jane Deering Gallery, 18 Arlington Street, Annisquam, MA Blue arrived, and its time was paintedThere were two inspirations for this exhibition. One, the simplicity of a summer sky; the other, the poem Azul by Spanish poet Rafael Alberti (1902-1999).…
Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue—known for launching the careers of many young artists and recognizing exceptional talent among those already established—is returning to Boston after five long years. Beginning today, the organization is accepting applications from all visual artists living and working throughout the metro Boston area.* The organization, founded originally in 1997 in San Francisco as The Arts Council, encourages individuals and collaborative artists working in all media and at any stage in their career to apply. Artadia Awards range in value between $5,000 and $20,000, with ongoing professional…
Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events, screenings, exhibitions, performances. Here are our choices for you to go & see: / / / / / / / / / / / / Tuesday July 22 2014 Future Folk at TT The Bear’s Place on Tuesday. TT The Bears Place, 10 Brookline Street, Cambridge, MA Future Folk: Movie Screening & Performance The History of Future Folk is probably the best alien folk-duo sci-fi action romance comedy movie of all time. Which is to say – this charming movie about two…
Welcome to the newest episode of Studio Sessions with guest Stacy Scibelli. Stacy earned her BFA as the Massachusetts College of Art in 2004, and her MFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2009. Working in fabrics, Stacy’s work often involves creating unique articles of clothing. In her more recent series, she has begun to reverse the process, deconstructing existing articles of clothing and reassembling them into visual art pieces. Listen as Stacy discusses her interest in the medium of fabric, and the different types of fabric and clothing based pieces…