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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 time (and, hopefully, a rich one) for me to be writing about my process. As Anulfo said, in the middle of my residency on BR&S, I will be picking up and moving across the country to start my MFA degree at San Francisco Art Institute. I’ve also been in the middle of…
Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events, screenings, exhibitions, performances. Here are our choices for you to go & see this week: • Events Tuesday July 9 Sheraton Boston Hotel, Commonwealth Conference Room, Floor 3, 39 Dalton Street, Boston A Panel Discussion on Convergence: A Case Study in Building Community Partnerships Moderator: Karin Goodfellow, Director of the Boston Art Commission Panelists: Toni Gaspard, Community Relations Liaison, The First Church of Christ, Scientist Kelly Brilliant, Executive Director, Fenway Alliance Megan Low, Director of Services, Arts & Business Council of…
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 writing as something outside the artist’s purview. By and large such extreme opinions are regarded as outdated today, particularly in an academic city like Boston. Nonetheless, the effects of long-held prejudices and traditional divisions between the academic and the practical linger within the art world. But interaction with words and language is…
This First Friday, the ICA Boston hosts a special event inspired by their current exhibition of California-based artist Barry McGee. Old-school surf videos mark the night as well as a liver performance by surf-rock band Abadabad. While there make sure to stick around for tours of their current exhibitions. The Museum of Fine Arts First Friday event is hosted from 6:00—9:30 pm. Join them for fine art, and music by DJ Denise LaCarubba. Or you could head to the South End and over to the SOWA District art galleries (450 Harrison…
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. Unlike an ‘Open Studio’ format which is predicated on potential sales, BR&S wants to provide the artist-in-residence with an outlet to place their practice in a more public realm, offering an expanded look at the creative process and placing emphasis on the time ideas and works take to mature. It is not…
Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events, screenings, exhibitions, performances. Here are our choices for you to go & see this week: • Events Friday July 5 Toshio Shibata, Constructed Landscapes On view at Peabody Essex Museum Highland Street Free Fun Fridays On this day, Museums & Cultural venues free! Mass Audubon’s Boston Nature Center Cape Cod Museum of Art Martha’s Vineyard Museum Children’s Museum at Holyoke Volleyball Hall of Fame Peabody Essex Museum Photo: SoWa Artists Guild SoWa, 450 Harrison Avenue, Boston SoWa First Fridays 5-8pm /…
Welcome to Studio Sessions with guest this episode, Ryan Turley. Ryan earned his BFA from Parsons, The New School for Design in 2009, and his MFA from the Pratt Institute in 2011. Ryan creates pieces using a range of methods, often featuring the rainbow spectrum in some way in each piece. His work aims to raise questions not only about perceptions of sexuality in society, but also identities and labels assumed and applied on a larger scale. Listen as Ryan explains how he hopes to do this with his works that range…
Earlie Hudnall, Jr., Lady in Black Hat with Feathers, 1990, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist. © 1990 Earlie Hudnall Interspersed throughout three galleries of vivid paintings and sculptures, the silver gelatin prints on view now as part of PEM’s new exhibition of Modern African American Art draw the eye with their subtlety. In Conversation culls nearly one hundred works of art from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s extensive collection, representing more than seventy decades of creative achievement. But if you aren’t familiar with all of…