Boston Needs To Make Art, Not Just Consume It
What do we need from the city of Boston’s next chief of arts and culture? The Boston Globe published my thoughts: One measure of a healthy city is the art…Continue Reading →
Arts Leaders Of Color Panel: ‘How Do You Make A Majority-Minority City Not So Segregated?’
In 1970, nearly 70 percent of Boston’s population was white. But according to a 2014 Boston Redevelopment Authority Report, these days, whites account for 47 percent of Boston’s residents—making it…Continue Reading →
Ed Emberley’s Classic How-To-Draw Book Inspires New Mural In Malden
Caldecott Medal-winning children’s book illustrator Ed Emberley visited Malden last night to celebrate the debut of a new mural inspired by his 1970 “Drawing Book of Animals.” “The fact that…Continue Reading →
Providence’s Landmark Alternative Arts Space AS220 Aims To Raise $5 Million To Improve Its Core Empire Street Building
Last Wednesday night, at the University of Rhode Island’s Paff Auditorium in Providence, leaders of AS220 launched the public part of their “All Access” campaign “to comprehensively renovate and upgrade…Continue Reading →
Photos: Cliff Notez Raps At Verb Hotel
“Thank for coming out to my protest tonight,” Cliff Notez said in introduction to his performance at Hojoko at the Verb Hotel last night. The event was part of the…Continue Reading →
Do Crocodiles Make Good Pets And Other Important Facts We Learned At The Museum Of Science’s New ‘Crocs’ Exhibit
Crocodiles, alligators and other crocodilians have flourished for more than 200 million years and now they’ve come to Boston’s Museum of Science in the exhibit “Crocs: Ancient Predators in a…Continue Reading →
Nicole Duennebier’s Sumptuous Paintings Evoke The Old Masters—If They Painted Oozing Piles Of Meat
Nicole Duennebier is one of the most sumptuous painters around. Her new paintings evoke the elegance of 16th century Dutch still-lifes and the fecundity of French rococo garden scenes. But…Continue Reading →
‘The Wiz’ Returns With An All-People-Of-Color Cast And New Orleans Atmosphere
At the heart of the Lyric Stage Company’s production of “The Wiz” are questions of home, says director Dawn M. Simmons. “Do you run away from it or do you…Continue Reading →
Providence Comics Consortium Invites You To Draw Mutants And Monsters At ‘Sketchbook Church’
The Providence Comics Consortium’s “Sketchbook Church,” writes artist Walker Mettling, is “not church in the religious way, church in the Sunday morning way. Maybe in the coffee and bagels way.” It’s…Continue Reading →
Boston Arts Chief Julie Burros Leaving After 3.5 Years
Julie Burros—“Boston’s first Chief of Arts and Culture in more than 20 years,” according to the Mayor Marty Walsh administration—will be leaving the position on June 29 to become “principal…Continue Reading →