March/April 2018
Contents
Volume 39, Issue 2
Features
10 Emerging New England Artists
By Alison Williams
A Jury of Six Selects an Extraordinary 10
Take 12
By Christopher Capozzola
Art + Tech Tackles Our Brave New World
Columns
Publisher Letter
FlashPoints
Gallery FlashPoints
Studio Visit
Vivan Beer
By Christopher Volpe
Studio Visit
Rebecca Hutchinson
By Susan Rand Brown
Profile
Tony Cokes
By Cerys Wilson
Business
Art Selfies: Is Instagram
Worth the Time?
By Benjamin Cassidy
Curator’s Eye
A Closer Look at Kara Walker’s
U.S.A. Idioms
By Mary Schneider Enriquez in
conversation with Sarah Baker
Architecture
Form Follows Flora: Biomorphic
Architecture in New England
By James McCown
Film
Step
By Ethan Gilsdorf
Theater
Giving Voice:
Ken Urban, Playwright
By Jared Bowen
Reviews & Previews
Spotlights
Alex Schweder and Ward Shelley: Your Turn by Susan Hodara
2018 Portland Museum of Art Biennial by Carl Little
CONNECTICUT
Mighty Minis at Melanie Carr Gallery by Jacquelyn Gleisner
MAINE
Black and White: Louise Nevelson/Pedro Guerrero at Farnsworth Art Museum by Carl Little
Go Where the Map Takes You: The Intersection of Cartography and Creativity at Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education, University of Southern Maine by Carl Little
MASSACHUSETTS
Colleen Fitzgerald: Stamina at ArtsWorcester by Stace Brandt
The Hans Hofmann Legacy: Creative Diversity at Cape Cod Museum of Art by Susan Rand Brown
Otherwordly at Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery, Bristol Community College by Liz Lee
Georgia O’Keeffe: Art, Image, Style at Peabody Essex Museum by Julianna Thibodeaux
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Jay W. Mead: Re-purposed at AVA Gallery and Art Center by Susan B. Apel
Syndicates: Andrew Witkin (among others) at UNH Museum of Art by Christopher Volpe
NEW YORK
This Place at Picker Gallery, Colgate University by Olivia J. Kiers
RHODE ISLAND
Wanders at Chazan Gallery at Wheeler School by Alexander Castro
Peter Cohen: Works at Newport Contemporary Fine Arts by Julianna Thibodeaux
VERMONT
Self-Confessed! The Inappropriately Intimate Comics of Alison Bechdel at Fleming Museum by Cynthia Close
Petroglyphs, Flora and Frenzied Encounters: The Hand-Pulled Prints of Betsey Garand at White River Gallery by David Raymond
In this Issue
Calendar
Destination: Boston, MA
Artist Directory
Guide to Schools and Workshops
Art Guide
Exhibition Listings
Classifieds
Art Seen
On the cover: Zoe Matthiessen, Taxonomy, 2017, ink on paper, digital spot color, 9 x 12”. Courtesy of the artist.