Day: September 24, 2021

Elizabeth James-Perry's “Raven Reshapes Boston” garden at the Huntington Avenue lawn on Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, June 22, 2021. (Photo © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Art Greg CookSeptember 24, 2021 0

How Aquinnah Wampanoag Artist Elizabeth James-Perry’s Idea ‘To Garden Wherever We Need To’ Came To The MFA’s Front Lawn

Last year, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts reached out to Aquinnah Wampanoag artist Elizabeth James-Perry to develop a project. She is a biological illustrator and gardener, as well as an…Continue Reading →

Josh Gray's watercolor pen drawing from "Josh's Fantastical Menagerie" at Left Bank Gallery, North Bennington, Vermont, 2021. (Courtesy)

Art Greg CookSeptember 24, 2021 0

Josh Gray’s ‘Fantastical Menagerie’

“The number-one thing people say about people’s art is it makes them feel happy,” Arla Foster told the Bennington Banner about her son Josh Gray. “That is his purpose.” “Josh’s…Continue Reading →

Jessica Straus's “Stemming the Tide” at Boston Sculptors Gallery, 2021. (Courtesy)

Art Greg CookSeptember 24, 2021 0

Jessica Straus’s ‘Portrait Of The World Without Us’

“In this installation, I wanted to paint a portrait of the world without us,” Boston-area artist Jessica Straus says in a video about her exhibition “Stemming the Tide” at Boston…Continue Reading →