July / August 2016
Contents
Volume 37, Issue 4
FEATURES
34 Reborn in Rockland
By Katherine Duncan Aimone
The New Center for Maine Contemporary Art Opens
38 Miraculous Detail
By Matthew Swift
The Legacy of Fitz Henry Lane
COLUMNS
Letters
FlashPoints
Gallery FlashPoints
Studio Visit
Jon Gregg
By Arlene Distler
Studio Visit
Samuel Gelber
By Daniel Kany
Theater
Summer Theater
By Jared Bowen
Colors
Green: The Dynamic yet Dangerous Color
By Dian Parker
Culture
Say Something Dammit!
Art and Politics in 2016
By Charles Bonenti
Museums
Old England in New England: The Reopening of the Yale Center for British Art
By Dominic Green
Profile
Laylah Ali
By Sarah Baker
Previews
Save the Dates: Six Highly Anticipated Museum Exhibitions
By Christopher Capozzola
Places to See
Downeast Maine: An Art Scene Emerges
By Carl Little
Film
Frame to Fame: Following Four Filmmakers on Their Journeys
By Ethan Gilsdorf
Books
Summer Reading
By Olivia J. Kiers
REVIEWS & PREVIEWS
SPOTLIGHT
Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads at the Rings Fountain, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy by Susan Boulanger
Chihuly at Schantz Galleries 2016 at Schantz Galleries by Elizabeth Fennell
CONNECTICUT
Emilia Dubicki: New Paintings at FRED.GIAMPIETRO Gallery by Tori Rysz
Yayoi Kusama: Narcissus Garden at The Glass House by Sarah Baker
MAINE
David C. Driskell at Bates College Museum of Art by Edgar Allen Beem
Vaino Kola: Paintings at Turtle Gallery by Carl Little
MASSACHUSETTS
At the Crossroads at Cape Cod Museum of Art by Susan Rand Brown
Splendor, Myth, and Vision: Nudes from the Prado at The Clark Art Institute by Carand Burnet
Kanreki: A 60 Year Journey at Highfield Hall and Gardens by Susan Rand Brown
Summer Drift at Flatrocks Gallery by Emily Avery-Miller
Bierstadt: Nature & National Identity at New Bedford Art Museum/Artworks!
by Christopher Volpe
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Roger Goldenberg: Visual Jazz at AVA Gallery and Art Center by David Raymond
RHODE ISLAND
Mark Freedman: Down & Up at Charlestown Gallery by Alexander Castro
Frances F. Denny: Pink Crush at The Open Aperture Art Gallery by Alexander Castro
VERMONT
Billy Brauer: 50-Year Retrospective at The Bundy Modern by Jasmine Bigelow
Charlie Hunter: Rail Town Noir at West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park by Arlene Distler
IN THIS ISSUE
Calendar
Destination: Cape Ann, MA
Destination: Midcoast & Downeast Maine
Destination: Berkshires, MA
Guide to Schools and Workshops
Destination: Cape Cod, MA
Art Guide
Exhibition Listings
Classifieds
Art Seen