‘Dance of Opposites’ At Drive-By Projects
“Dance of Opposites” is an exhibition of drawings by Meg Alexander, clay sculpture by Jody Burr, and paintings by Isaac Jaegerman at Drive-By Projects, 81 Spring St., Watertown, from April…Continue Reading →
Charles Burchfield: From Rugged Realism To Visionary America
“I long for the old forgotten moods,” the painter Charles Burchfield once wrote, “for endless summer days spent in the Ohio hills … for the old burning optimism—for the joy…Continue Reading →
Marilyn Pappas Addresses Feminism, War, Beauty, Aging As She Draws With Thread
By the 1990s, Marilyn Pappas was making textiles depicting ancient Greco-Roman sculptures of goddess. “I felt that even in their broken, battered state—they wouldn’t have a head, or one breast…Continue Reading →
The Little Crying Girl In ‘Black Dolls’ At New-York Historical Society
The sad little girl with tears on her ebony face was crafted around 1922 by Leo Moss. It’s said the African-American carpenter and handyman from Macon, Georgia, began making dolls…Continue Reading →
Osprey Along The Saugus River
Spotted an osprey eating what looked like a fish along the Saugus River and Northern Strand Community Trail in Saugus today, April 8, 2022. Also saw red-wing blackbirds, geese, grackles,…Continue Reading →
Ed Emberley: Drawing Made (To Look) Easy
“This is the whole secret—this is an alphabet,” children’s book creator Ed Emberley has told Cambridge artist and writer Caleb Neelon about the philosophy behind his celebrated how-to-draw books. Take…Continue Reading →
Beatrix Potter And The Letter That Birthed Peter Rabbit
“My dear Noel, I don’t know what to write to you, so I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits whose names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter,”…Continue Reading →
Sea Lions, Orangutans, Lions At Brookfield Zoo, Chicago
Lions, gorillas, orangutans, sea lions and more at Brookfield Zoo, outside Chicago. If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms you appreciate, please support Wonderland by…Continue Reading →
Bread And Puppet Theater’s ‘Finished Waiting’
Our friends Bread and Puppet Theater performed “Finished Waiting” at First Church in Cambridge tonight as part of their spring tour of the Northeast. The tour continues through April 3…Continue Reading →
Ariel Bordeaux’s ‘Clutter: A Scatterbrained Sexual Assault Memoir’
Ariel Bordeaux’s “Clutter: A Scatterbrained Sexual Assault Memoir” (Fieldmouse Press) is a beautiful 80-page nonfiction graphic novel of anxieties and terrors. It spans from her childhood to becoming a mom,…Continue Reading →