October-y news from current and past MCC Artist Fellows/Finalists. Caleb Cole, Dana Filibert, Shelley Reed, and Sarah Wentworth are among the artist exhibiting in Fertile Solitude at the Mills Gallery at Boston Center for the Arts (10/14-12/18, opening reception 10/14, 6-8 PM). The exhibition, curated by FLUX.Boston creator Elizabeth Devlin, explores the idea of reprieve … [Read more...]
Studio Views: Matt Brackett
Among the ideas Matt Brackett explores in his paintings is "the seductive suggestion of the unknown couched in familiarity." In a previous post on ArtSake, the artist explained the power of this tension: "Suggesting wonder or menace within the confines of a naturalistically-delivered image, I try to generate a potential narrative like a machine stores potential … [Read more...]
Andrew Moore: Painting the Concrete and the Abstract
Mass Cultural Council and the New Art Center (NAC) will present the 2016 Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellows in Painting, Choreography, Drawing & Printmaking, and Traditional Arts on September 16-October 15, 2016, at the NAC. Andrew Moore, one of the award-winning painters in the exhibit, shares how his paintings join the observed world with personal histories, the unseen, … [Read more...]
Kim Carlino: Mining the Spaces Between
Mass Cultural Council and the New Art Center (NAC) will present the 2016 Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellows in Painting, Choreography, Drawing & Printmaking, and Traditional Arts on September 16-October 15, 2016, at the NAC. Kim Carlino, one of the exhibiting artists, shares how her intuitive paintings and drawings bring disparate elements together. I think of … [Read more...]
Catherine Kehoe: Shape and Color
Mass Cultural Council (MCC) and the New Art Center (NAC) will present the 2016 Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellows in Painting, Choreography, Drawing & Printmaking, and Traditional Arts on September 16-October 15, 2016, at the NAC. Catherine Kehoe, one of the exhibiting artists, explores the observed world through carefully considered paintings that show us how light … [Read more...]