Visiting Boston’s Holy Shrine To Those We’ve Lost To AIDS
“Every one of us has a name. Every one of us deserves to be witnessed, deserves to be seen,” artist Michael Dowling tells me today when I visit “Medicine Wheel,”…Continue Reading →
A New Home For Public Artwork ‘May This Never End’
Chicago artist Matthew Hoffman’s “May This Never End”—a 319-foot-long text artwork that debuted along Boston’s Rose Kennedy Greenway in 2016—has a new home, the City of Boston reports. The yellow…Continue Reading →
Thoughts On Art And Life From The Sculptor Of Ducklings In Boston’s Public Garden, Nancy Schön
“I wanted my sculptures to be outdoors in parks, where people of all ages could touch and enjoy them,” writes Nancy Schön, the West Newton artist best known for her…Continue Reading →
Exhibit Looks At How Crafters Are Sewing, Embroidering And Knitting The Resistance
“They are designed to amplify the voices of front line groups fighting for the rights of immigrants,” writes New York artist Alexandra Zevin of her appliquéd “Liberty Knows No Borders”…Continue Reading →
Trailblazing Feminist Artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles Plans Cambridge Projects
Trailblazing feminist artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles (far right) was up here from New York last week to plan projects with the Cambridge Arts Council (one of my day jobs)–and I…Continue Reading →
ICA Announces First Art For Its Planned East Boston Satellite: Dolphin Videos
The first exhibition in the Institute of Contemporary Art East Boston satellite space opening in summer 2018 will be light and video projections of dolphins by Los Angeles artist and…Continue Reading →
Artists Under The Dome
Yesterday was the 11th annual Artists Under the Dome event, an annual meetup of artists from across the state and political leaders at the Massachusetts State House in Boston. Above, Massachusetts…Continue Reading →
‘We Have A Home For ArtFarm And We Have It In Writing’
Disclosure: I regularly work with the Somerville Arts Council to present festivals in the city. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *…Continue Reading →
Ife Franklin’s Ancestor Slave Cabin and Ring Shout
“We’re here to celebrate black people today,” said Boston artist Ife Franklin, as she was joined by more than 100 people for the presentation of her fourth ancestor slave cabin/praise…Continue Reading →
Bread And Puppet Theater’s ‘Domestic Insurrection Circus’ in Cambridge
Rainy weather led to Bread and Puppet Theater performing its satirical, papier-mache “Domestic Insurrection Circus” inside First Church in Cambridge on Sept. 3, 2017. Acts mocked Donald Trum (though not…Continue Reading →