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…
Engaging Audiences panel, May 8, 2014; seated left to right: panel chair Molleen Theodore, Yale University Art Gallery; Tess Korobkin, Yale University Art Gallery; Cyra Levenson, Yale Center for British Art; Luis Croquer, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington; Marla…
While writing this series, I have had conversations with people from all facets of Boston’s arts ecosystem about the concept of Boston as an “innovation hub” and the role that art might play therein. While I’ve spoken with curators, artists,…
Throughout my conversations surrounding this series, the need for infrastructure has emerged as a dominant theme in considerations of art’s role in the innovation hub. In my last post, I discussed the crucial experiments and perspectives artists bring to Boston.…
In my continuing exploration of art’s role in the branding of Boston as an “innovation hub,” I was eager to speak with Boston artists. While the diversity of artists working in Boston makes it nearly impossible to construct a comprehensive…
The weekend before last, the annual Creative Time Summit brought individuals with various relationships to social practice art to New York for a series of presentations and conversations at the NYU Skirball Center. The theme of this year’s Summit, Art,…
In my last post, I discussed Boston’s push to brand itself as an innovation hub and raised questions about the role of art within this context. As I continue the series, I am engaging diverse members of the city’s art…
American cities are having a moment, and Boston is no exception. Throughout the nation, cities are seeking to reinvent themselves (especially in the context of post-industrial soul-searching), and to orient themselves within an economy that is increasingly based on ideas,…