‘Cat Alley’ Murals Honor Felines In Manchester, N.H.
Murals honoring cats fill the north side of Cat Alley, also known as Dean Avenue, just off Elm Street in Manchester, New Hampshire, between Lala’s Hungarian Pastry (836 Elm St.)…Continue Reading →
Janet Zweig’s ‘What Do We Have In Common?’ On Boston Common
“Who owns the atmosphere?” “Who owns the street?” “Who owns the power?” “Who owns community?” These are some of the questions written on small, flat boxes arrayed across the lawn…Continue Reading →
Moki Cherry’s Visionary Tapestries From Her ‘Total Art And Life Project’
Swedish artist Moki (Karlsson) Cherry and African American jazz trumpeter Don Cherry saw themselves as “modern nomads” as their toured the world with their art and music. “For traveling, fabric…Continue Reading →
Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Cosmic Nature’
“My pumpkins, beloved of all the plants in the world,” Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has said. “When I see pumpkins, I cannot efface the joy of them being my everything,…Continue Reading →
Goodbye To Nahant Artist Norman Laliberte
“We’re not here to do what has already been done,” Norman Laliberte said in a 2017 interview with Squash House Media. “That’s the most important thing about art.” Liberte, who…Continue Reading →
Shea Justice’s Visual Diary Of Sordid U.S. ‘History As It Unfolds’
Boston artist Shea Justice’s scrolls unspool across the walls of Spoke Gallery in Boston, an illustrated stream-of-consciousness journal of the United States’ sordid political and civil rights history from the…Continue Reading →
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 ‘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 ‘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 →
Christina Forrer’s Psychologically-Charged Tapestries
“It’s usually something that happens in my daily life or that I see, a fight between two individuals, a conflict where there’s aggression towards you,” Christina Forrer said in a…Continue Reading →