ArtSake

What happens if you combine a love of glue guns, vinyl records, yummy vegan treats and amazing original tshirt designs all in one hot, sweaty crowded room at Mass Art?  Well, for the price of a scratch ticket, this coming Sunday Mass Market may just be the answer to satisfy your every DIY (that means do it yourself) impulse and support local artists and musicians at the same time! The flea market is bound to have something for everyone whether it’s art, books, music, clothes, djs’ and vegan and veggie foods. Pass the tanning butter (vegan of course).

WGBH has launched a new series, Classical Connections, which proves without a doubt why the Massachusetts classical music scene rocks. The feature airs every Friday, and has both interviews and excerpts of performances by some of the commonwealth’s most talented classical musicians and composers. Get at taste at the WGBH’s webpage.

Head of Hardangerfete Norwegian Fiddle, by Dale Golber, 2003. Photo by Jason Dowdle.

I’m officially blown away.  There’s an article in the Sunday edition of the London Times online that reports on a colorblind painter who is fitted with a device which allows him to paint in color by hearing what he sees. I see a red door and I want to paint it black…R.O.Y.G.B.I.V!

And here in the states, if you are not familiar with the the Hyperscore Project at Tewksbury Hospital, take a moment and check out this video.  Tod Machover, Professor of Music and Media at the MIT Media Lab, along with MIT graduate students and Berklee College of Music created this project with patients and staff at the hospital.

(Photo credit: image from London Times Online)

Here’s a treasure you may not be aware of: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum  generously offers free downloads of recordings of classical music performed live in the museum’s Tapestry room. 

And speaking of treasures, don’t forget to be on the lookout for the stolen 12 missing works of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.  You never know where stolen art will turn up. In fact, yesterday it was reported that a stolen Norman Rockwell painting titled Russian Schoolroom  was found in the private collection of Steven Spielberg.

Photo credit: The Daedalus Quartet played some of Hemphill through-composed pieces for string quartet, including arrangements of famous Mingus tunes.  Image uploaded on flickr by Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.