May/June 2018
Contents
Volume 39, Issue 3
Features
In Their Own Words
By Jock Reynolds • Dan L. Monroe • Anne Collins Goodyear and Frank H. Goodyear • Peggy Fogelman
Reflections from Four Museum Directors
They Bought What?
By Charles Bonenti
Recent Acquisitions at New England Museums
Columns
Publisher Letter
FlashPoints
Gallery FlashPoints
Studio Visit
Ida Schmulowitz
By Cerys Wilson
Studio Visit
Tschabalala Self
By Cat Balco
Profile
Jarvis Rockwell
By Michelle Aldredge
Curator’s Eye
A Closer Look at Georgia O’Keeffe’s Birch and Pine Trees–Pink
By Sharon Corwin in conversation with Sarah Baker
Museum Experiences
“Welcome!” New England Museums Throw Open Their Doors to Engage New Audiences
By Laura Holland
Museums
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! New England’s Iconic Illustration Trail
By Charles Bonenti
Museums
The Art New England Museum Index
By Olivia J. Kiers
Museums
The Deaccessioning Dilemma: Can Museums Maintain Standards and Support Themselves in Crisis?
By Dan Yaeger
Theater
Moulin Rouge! The Musical Reopens Boston’s Emerson Colonial Theatre
By Jared Bowen
Reviews & Previews
Spotlight
Toyin Ojih Odutola: The Firmament at Hood Downtown by Sarah Baker
CONNECTICUT
Celia Paul at Yale Center for British Art by Susan Rand Brown
Jani Ruscica: Fold in and Fall Flat at Contemporary Art Galleries, University of Connecticut by Jacquelyn Gleisner
MAINE
Matt Blackwell at Greenhut Galleries by Carl Little
Spencer Keeton Cunningham—Arrival at Space Gallery by Carl Little
MASSACHUSETTS
Fantastical, Political at Fitchburg Art Museum by Christopher Volpe
Carol Prusa: Dark Energy at Heftler Visiting Artist Gallery, Manninen Center for the Arts, Endicott College by Julianna Thibodeaux
Domestic Memory: A Group Exhibition at Abigail Ogilvy Gallery by Sarah Baker
Klimt and Schiele: Drawn at Museum of Fine Arts Boston by Julianna Thibodeaux
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Art Up Front Street: Spring Open Studios at Art Up Front Street Gallery by Debbie Kane
Bunny Harvey at Aidron Duckworth Art Museum by Cerys Wilson
RHODE ISLAND
Eileen Siobhan Collins: Quinta Essentia at IMAGO Foundation for the Arts by Alexander Castro
The Phantom of Liberty: Contemporary Works in the RISD Museum Collection at RISD Museum by Cerys Wilson
VERMONT
Zachary P. Stephens: Are We There Yet? at Catherine Dianich Gallery by Arlene Distler
Tom Merwin: The Effects of Bird Song on Shifting Strata at Vermont Supreme Court Gallery by B. Amore
In this Issue
Calendar
Destination: Vermont
Destination: Berkshires, MA & Beyond
Summer Getaway Guide
Guide to Schools and Workshops
Art Guide
Exhibition Listings
Classifieds
Art Seen
On the cover: James Turrell, Once Around, Violet (Shallow Space), 1971. Collection of Tallulah Anderson. © James Turrell. Photo: Florian Holzherr.