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As a lifelong runner, last week marked not just the terrorization of my town but the terrorization of one of my favorite things to do, other than seeing art. For me, there is nothing as simple as putting on a pair of shoes and propelling my body through space. When I run, I find a mix of joy and simplicity; it’s a way to disconnect for a moment from all the stuff I have to do. It’s a sincerely selfish time that helps replenish my brain by clearing away everyone and everything…
With the end of Big Red & Shiny’s first academic year back quickly approaching, we’ve been taking stock of the past 8 months to identify our successes and re-evaluate where we’d like to have a larger impact. One part of our mission has always been to highlight new voices within our cities—emerging artists who are bringing exciting ideas and techniques to their mediums or those who may just be graduating into our arts scene. Around this time every year we are provided with some of these best new voices and, given the…
We’re hustlin’ to finish the semester out here at UMass, so apologies for being scarce. I’ve managed to write a bunch and take loads of pictures, but not much is postable just yet. So for this week’s post, I’m going to take a cue from a great pal’s inquiry about what it’s been like to be an artist in Boston. I spent the first few years out of school in Boston scratching out dollars wherever I could like some hungry old hen. Working at 4, sometimes even 5 part-time jobs simultaneously was…
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 April 23* Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 ArtisTalk: Doris Salcedo 6pm—8pm / Free Tuesday April 23 Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, 85 W. Newton Street, Boston NEFA Presents Public Art Discussion Series: Building For the Outdoors 5-8pm / Free, register here. Public transportation is recommended. Tuesday April 23 swissnex Boston, 420 Broadway, Cambridge MA Contemporary Photography of…
Welcome to this episode of Studio Sessions with guest Rob Andrews. Rob is a performance artist whose pieces often deal with ritual and transformation. Sometimes these are rituals that he creates himself, and other times they are more or less borrowed directly from the practice or mythology of various cultures. While the pieces typically center on Rob’s experience of transformation through the process, it frequently becomes about peoples’ reaction to the pieces at the same time. Listen as Rob explains the cultural stories and practices that inspire his works, and what he…
The Gelman Gallery at the RISD museum turned into a personal exhibit space secret for me a while ago. Despite being located on the second floor of the museum, it is very easy to just get on the escalator and bypass it completely. Gelman is reserved for RISD students, both BFA and MFA, to come together, curate, collaborate, and present their vision to the community, regardless of how large the number. The most recent show in the space, “Body: Talk,” curated by Namwoo Bae, MFA 13 Digital+Media and Ahrong Kim, MFA 13…
The Peabody Essex Museum has continued its dynamic contemporary art series, FreePort, now in its sixth iteration, with an installation of Nick Cave’s famed soundsuits. This exhibition goes beyond merely placing the suits themselves in the galleries as sculpture, and brings them to life in an immersive video and sound installation, showing how in spite of their apparent fragility, they exist to be in motion. Photo by James Prinz Photography. Courtesy of the Nick Cave and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. In Drive-by, Cave uses the spatial and temporal properties of video…
This is the story of how one student’s year long effort brought solace and joy to a community when it was most needed. In spite of the crystalline air and brilliant sunshine, Tuesday morning was dark for Bostonians near and far. Following the marathon bombings, the entire city echoed with sobriety, anger, and sadness. Yet, serendipitously, it was on this day that Leah Medin poured a sheet of gold, soft as a caress and reaffirming as a cheer, onto many wounded hearts. Her gesture was simple, but took months of planning and…