Contents
Volume 44, Issue 2
FEATURES
30 10 Emerging Artists 2023
By Maureen Canney, Autumn Duke, Rita A. Fucillo, and Kelly Holt
Shining a Light on 10 Visionary Artists Who Are Leaving Their Mark on New England and Beyond
40 Hopper and Blair Meet in New York
By Osman Can Yerebakan
Hopper Returns to Gloucester This Summer
COLUMNS
7 Publisher’s Letter
8 FlashPoints
10 Gallery FlashPoints
12 Studio Visit
Christopher Volpe
By Susan M. Wadsworth
14 Studio Visit
Kevin Xiques
By Hilary Irons
16 Profile
SPOKE Art
By Jennifer Mancuso
18 Exhibitions
The Healing Arts
By Carl Little
19 Exhibitions
The NCF Gallery
By Jennifer Mancuso
20 Art and Wine
A Search for an Echo Within the Pause
By Paige Farrell
22 Film
Bright Spots Among Oscar Noms
By Loren King
24 Collaboration
TransCultural Exchange: A World of Opportunities
By Cynthia Close
26 Opera
Omar: A Slave’s Story Becomes an Opera
By Susan Saccoccia
REVIEWS & PREVIEWS
SPOTLIGHT
53 From the Heart: Sachiko Akiyama, Chris Chou, Kayla Mohammadi and Tom Fels:
Cyanotypes, Drawings, and Watercolors at AVA Gallery and Art Center by Christopher Volpe
55 Marjorie Minkin: Opacity/Translucency at John J. Moakley Federal Courthouse by B. Amore
CONNECTICUT
54 Norma Minkowitz: Body to Soul at Fairfield University Art Museum by Terri C Smith
54 Dreams & Memories at Florence Griswold Museum by Kristin Nord
MAINE
56 Frances Hynes and Benji Grignon: New Work at Elizabeth Moss Galleries by Carl Little
56 Chansonetta Stanley Emmons: Staging the Past at Maine Historical Society by Carl Little
MASSACHUSETTS
57 Center Street Studio: Translation in Print at University Hall Gallery, UMass Boston by Jack Curtis
57 Kathleen Volp: Stick Season at Boston Sculptors Gallery, The LaunchPad by B. Amore
58 How to See in Total Darkness at HallSpace by Jennifer Mancuso
NEW HAMPSHIRE
58 Alternative Realities of “Kuk” and Kirillova at Mariposa Museum & World Cultural Center by Alix Woodford
59 Myths Retold: Paintings by Rosemarie Beck at University of New Hampshire Museum by Eric Sutphin
RHODE ISLAND
59 Social Fabrics: Textiles and Contemporary Issues at Newport Art Museum by Elizabeth Maynard
VERMONT
60 Spring Opening Reception at Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont by Cynthia Close
IN THIS ISSUE
28 Calendar
50 Art Guide52 Guide to Schools and Workshops
61 Exhibition Listings
71 Classifieds
72 Art Seen
On the cover: Andrew Scripter, Self Portrait, 2018, Four-color risograph print. 8 x 10″ (edition of 10). Courtesy of the artist.