We recently asked artists to share the local artists that excite them. Here is part two of a two-part collection of their responses. Ariel Freiberg, visual artist I feel lucky to be living in Massachusetts's ever-expanding landscapes of creative and inspiring practices. At the moment, these are the artists have me twirling. Natasha Bregel makes tenderly painted domestic … [Read more...]
Studio Views: Ariel Freiberg
Ariel Freiberg's paintings intrigue and implore, exaggerate and embellish, all the while eliciting "a bit of an adrenaline rush." Here, she invites us into her studio - and as collaborators on her new project. My Dream Harvester community arts project is an open forum for accounts of dreams from slumber or wished aspirations. Dream Harvester and I will be live and dreaming … [Read more...]
Open Studios Season
It's the Spring season for artists' open studios. You feel it in your creative bones. Perhaps you even smell it: the whiff of acrylic paint and turpentine, the melting of glass and firing of kilns. In April and May, all over the state, artists are opening up their studios to the public, a unique opportunity to experience newly made art in the place it's made. It's also a … [Read more...]