Photographer Noritaka Minami creates captivating photography exploring visions of architecture and urban building - visions of a future that never materialized. Work from his 1972 series will be exhibited in the group show Fertile Solitude (Oct 14-Dec 18), opening at the Boston Center for the Arts Mills Gallery on Friday, October 14, 2016, reception 6-8 PM. We asked the … [Read more...]
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Drastic Shifts in Your Art
Periodically, we pose a question to artists about an issue they face in their work and lives. Whether prompted by external or internal forces, artists often make major adjustments to their art and process. We asked artists in different disciplines, Have you ever taken your work in a drastically new direction? View a gallery of some of the diverse work of the … [Read more...]
John Kuntz Goes Epic
Theatre artist John Kuntz has an epic imagination, whether for inhabiting the turmoil of a 600-lb man as an actor or for conjuring the interwoven stories surrounding a mysterious hotel as a playwright. But until recently, he hadn't written plays on an epic scale. Intriguing then that the Circuit Theatre Company, the troupe producing John's latest play The Annotated History … [Read more...]
Studio Views: Elizabeth Alexander
Elizabeth Alexander (Sculpture/Installation Fellow '11) creates installations, dazzling in complexity and beauty, that draw from lineages in fine art, craft, design, and conceptual art. Here, she offers views into her studio as she prepares work for the group show Pedigree at the New Art Center in Newton, MA (9/16-10/14). My studio is located in the newly renovated … [Read more...]
What Makes an Arts Community Thrive?
Community can be a place, a group, an environment, a conversation. In the arts, community means all that and something more. We recently asked artists in different disciplines: What makes an arts community thrive? Lara JK Wilson, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Fellow, Board member and Instructor at Grub Street Writers, Inc. What makes a thriving writers' community? The short … [Read more...]
How Do You Incorporate the “True” in Your Art?
Truth, whether revealed, bent, created, or discovered, told straight or told slant, is central to the creative process. Sometimes, the question of what is and isn't true in art can become a deep source of controversy. We've been exploring issues artists encounter in their work, and we recently asked artists in different disciplines: How do you incorporate the "true" in your … [Read more...]
