Tulips Bloom at Long Hill
Tulips are blooming at Long Hill, the estate operated by the Trustees of Reservations in Beverly. The Trustees report: “From 1916 to 1978, Long Hill was the summer home of…Continue Reading →
Those We’ve Lost To Coronavirus: Danforth Co-Founder, 'Jaws' Actress, Artist David Driskell, Boston City Hall Designer
First published April 2, 2020. Last updated June 12, 2020. This is intended at a memorial tribute to people in our local cultural community whom we have lost to the…Continue Reading →
New Murals On Beverly’s Cabot Theatre Aim To Illuminate All The Creativity Going On Inside
NOTE: I’ve been commissioned by the Essex County Community Foundation to help document/promote cultural projects from its Creative County Initiative, which is supported by Boston’s Barr Foundation. On a broiling…Continue Reading →
Photos: Opening Night Of Crossing Water Festival In Salem And Beverly
NOTE: I’ve been commissioned by the Essex County Community Foundation to help document/promote cultural projects from its Creative County Initiative, which is supported by Boston’s Barr Foundation. Crossing Water, from…Continue Reading →
Fatty Spice’s 'Tunnel of Self-Love': ‘Be Your Own Valentine’
“‘Tunnel of Self-Love’ is the offspring of the line in the Bible ‘your body is a temple’ and John Mayer’s line ‘your body is a wonderland,’” Fatty Spice (aka Dani…Continue Reading →
Photographer Jess T. Dugan: ‘My interest In Gender And Masculinity Comes From My Own Process Of Defining Gender For Myself’
Jess T. Dugan says the photos in her series “Every Breath We Drew”—on view at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, Massachusetts, from Jan. 14 to March 16—add up to…Continue Reading →
Improbable Places Poetry Tour Brings Poetry To A Bike Shop, A Bank, A Farm, A Swimming Pool And (Tomorrow, Maybe) A Viking Ship
The idea for the Improbable Places Poetry Tour arrived at a time when Colleen Michaels’s daughter was young and they’d walk everywhere, especially along Cabot Street in Beverly, where they…Continue Reading →
‘The Beast’ At Montserrat Is A Giant Bull To Go Inside And Try To ‘Cross Political Divides’
Yesterday, John Preus was busy putting the finishing touches on “The Beast,” his giant sculpture of a bull that divides the gallery at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, Massachusetts,…Continue Reading →
Rose Olson’s Luminous Abstractions: ‘They Want Open Air, Open Light, Open Windows’
Rose Olson begins her luminous abstract paintings by finding the right wood and sanding it and sanding it smooth. “It has to glow, the grain has to glow at the…Continue Reading →
‘Go to the Light’ blacklight screenprints at Monsterrat
“Go to the Light,” the blacklight screenprints exhibit at Montserrat College of Art’s 301 Gallery at 301 Cabot St., Beverly, Massachusetts, Oct. 21 to Nov. 9, 2016. Including (pictured above) John…Continue Reading →