September / October 2014
Contents
FEATURES
Consenses: Festival of the Senses
By Cate McQuaid
Sally Taylor turns a childhood game into a groundbreaking art event.
Who Opens a Gallery Today?
By Elizabeth Devlin
Five gallerists discuss their strategies for a new economy.
State of Affairs
By Ric Kasini Kadour
How New England galleries make their way.
Columns
Letters
FlashPoints
Gallery FlashPoints
Massachusetts Studio Visit
Gayle Wells Mandle
By Anna Kasabian
New Hampshire Studio Visit
Peter Milton
By Debbie Hagan
Archives
Judy Chicago:
Behind the Trailblazing
By Susan Mulski
Sculpture
Sculptor Designs Palace for Hummingbirds
By Doug Norris
Design
Order Emerges from Chaos in Clark’s Ando Addition
By James McCown
Galleries
Childs Gallery: Something Old, Something New
By Debbie Hagan
Exhibitions
Within the Hay, Jamie Wyeth
By Robyn Day
Artist’s Perspective
Finding the Right Gallery
(And Making It Work)
By Stephen M. Schaub
Museums
Cape Ann Museum:
Renewed, Reimagined
By Jasmine Bigelow
Architecture
By Whatever Name, Shaping a Vibrant Urban District
By James McCown
Destination
Pioneer Valley
By Samantha Wood
REVIEWS & PREVIEWS
SPOTLIGHT
Of Land & Local at various locations in Vermont by Ric Kasini Kadour
CONNECTICUT
Winfred Rembert at Kehler Liddell Gallery by Judy Birke
Somewhere Between Creation and Destruction at Joseloff Gallery by Donna Fleischer
MAINE
Andrew Wyeth: The Linda L. Bean Collection at Ogunquit Museum of American Art by Carl Little
Bernard Langlais at Colby College Museum of Art by Carl Little
MASSACHUSETTS
Luisa Rabbia: Waterfall, 2014 at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum by Shawn Hill
Abstract (Photo) Expressionists at Panopticon Gallery by Elizabeth Devlin
Susan Erony: Review at Trident Gallery by Susanna Jackson
The Unknown Hopper: Edward Hopper as Illustrator at Norman Rockwell Museum
by Charles Bonenti
Sight Specific: A Selection of American Perceptual Paintings at Concord Art Association
by Robert Moeller
Lesley Dill at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum by Elizabeth Devlin
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Aaron T Stephan: DownPour at McIninch Art Gallery by David Raymond
Allan Houser: A Centennial Exhibition at Hood Museum by David Raymond
RHODE ISLAND
Amy Goodwin/Mark Freedman: Diamonds and Rust at Charlestown Gallery by Janine Weisman
Audible Spaces at David Winton Bell Gallery by Anya Ventura
VERMONT
Exposed at Helen Day Art Center by Cynthia L. Close
Peter Schumann: King Solomon, the Great Love Poet at BigTown Gallery by Cynthia L. Close
In This Issue
Calendar
Focus On: Pioneer Valley
Artist Directory
Guide to Schools and Workshops
Art Guide
Exhibition Listings
Classifieds
Art Seen
ON THE COVER: Art New England’s annual Gallery Issue shares new insights and perspectives into the many
facets of this vital realm. For its cover, a paper-backed frame is wired—a familiar task signifying the final step before a work is displayed to the public. Design courtesy of Dinah Ribarsky, 2014, hand-formed picture wire.
Photo: Shane Godfrey Photography.