‘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 →
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 →
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 →
Silvia Lopez Chavez Paints ‘Undercurrent’ At Peabody Essex Museum
Silvia Lopez Chavez of Chelsea, Massachusetts, paints “Undercurrent” at the Peabody Essex Museum, March 12, 2022. It will be part of the exhibition “Climate Action: Inspiring Change,” which is due…Continue Reading →
Firefighter Weathervane Atop Beverly Farms Fire Station
Firefighter weathervane atop Beverly Farms fire station in Beverly, Massachusetts, March 6, 2022. (©Greg Cook photos) If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms you appreciate,…Continue Reading →
Whales Signs
Whales signs at the Pilot House restaurant in Gloucester, Massachusetts, March 11, 2022. If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms you appreciate, please support Wonderland…Continue Reading →