Elsewhere is a potent concept in art. But the work that people like Liz Devlin of FLUX. Boston are doing, everyday, to add a bit of awesome to the local art scene sure makes us glad to be here. Liz, along with creating the online arts journal FLUX. Boston, is curating the show Elsewhere at Distillery Gallery in Boston. We asked her about her work's fluctuations, surprise … [Read more...]
Interviews
Steven Barkhimer on Blood Rose Rising
Steven Barkimer is a past MCC Fellow for playwriting and a well known and respected artist in the local theatre community. A live, episodic, theatrical "mini-series" he co-wrote, Blood Rose Rising, is about to begin performances at Naga in Cambridge. Blood Rose Rising is a multi-media theatre series that unfolds over a season, with episodes performed in repertory (read more … [Read more...]
Cur8or: Jay Critchley
There's no stopping time or tide. Yes, the beloved Herring Cove Bathhouse in Provincetown, MA, has seen its last ill-fitting bikini. Or has it? Proposals are now being accepted for the 10 Days of Art 2012 Festival, a multi-media exhibition at the Herring Cove Beach Bathhouse in the Cape Cod National Seashore. Before the Bathhouse is torn down and the ocean moves up the beach's … [Read more...]
Cur8or: Ann Jon of SculptureNow
In addition to being a nationally exhibited sculptor, Ann Jon is also the director of SculptureNow. That means that in between creating fascinating nature- and architecture-inspired 3D works, she organizes an annual outdoor display of sculpture in Western Mass., including this year's exhibitions in Lenox (through Oct. 27) and Hinsdale (through June 1, 2013). Here, Ann … [Read more...]
Cur8or: Candice Smith Corby and Leslie Schomp
Artists Candice Smith Corby and Leslie Schomp are wearing multiple hats (visually dazzling ones, no doubt). As they continue to create personally resonant mixed-media art, they're also curators of Self/Fabricated, an intriguing exhibition of work by artists (including the curators, Jan Johnson, and others) who explore autobiography through cloth and stitching. The show opens at … [Read more...]