FEATURES
30 Summer of Joy
Prevent it from flying by too fast by over-planning
Make it your most arts-filled summer yet
by B. Amore, Cynthia Close, Autumn Duke, Frances J. Folsom, Jennifer Mancuso,
Kristin Nord, Terri C Smith, Alix Woodford
38 It’s Only Natural: Lessons from the Natural World Explored through Film and Black Poetics
How life is magnified and impacted through art informed by nature
by Shanta Lee
COLUMNS
5 Publisher’s Letter
6 FlashPoints
10 Gallery FlashPoints
12 Studio Visit
Leah K. Woods
by Abbi Kenny
14 Studio Visit
Eric Hopkins
by Carl Little
16 Profile
Meclina Gomes
by Jennifer Mancuso
18 Theater
The Flynn, a Reckoning, and a Rebirth
by Cynthia Close
20 In Tribute
Beloved Cartoonist Ed Koren
Left Us Laughing
by Cynthia Close
22 Book Review
Joel Meyerowitz: The Pleasure of Seeing
by Jack Curtis
24 On Screen
Two Films Give Artist Hilma af Klint Increased Visibility
by Loren King
25 Journal
Going Solo: Painting Downeast
by Robert Beck
26 Community Shelter Cultivation
by Kelly Holt
REVIEWS + PREVIEWS
SPOTLIGHT
52 Mark Towner: An Active Imagination at Heftler Visiting Artist Gallery by Autumn Duke
54 Bosco Sodi: Origen at Harvard Art Museums by Susan Boulanger
CONNECTICUT
53 Barkley L. Hendricks in New London at Lyman Allyn Art Museum by Kristin Nord
MAINE
53 Sam Cady: Nature, Construction, Abstraction at Caldbeck Gallery by Carl Little
55 Kate Russo: Storyteller at Sarah Bouchard Gallery by Carl Little
55 Louise Nevelson: Dawn to Dusk at Farnsworth Art Museum by Kelly Holt
MASSACHUSETTS
56 Nelson Stevens: Color Rapping at Springfield Museums by Jennifer Mancuso
56 Tony Sarg: Genius at Play at The Norman Rockwell Museum by Charles Bonenti
57 Cyclical Arboretum at The Art House by B. Amore
57 Old Growth: from the Northern Berkshires to the North Shore at Lynn Museum/Lynn Arts
by B. Amore
58 Aaron Fink: Slice at Jane Deering Gallery by Julianna Thibodeaux
58 2023 Student Lending Art Program Exhibition at List Center for the Arts by Jack Curtis
NEW HAMPSHIRE
59 Eto Otitigbe, 2022 Saint-Gaudens Fellow at Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
by Eric Sutphin
RHODE ISLAND
59 Hunt Slonem Solo Exhibition at Jessica Hagen Fine Art + Design by Emily Randolph
VERMONT
60 Bobby DiTrani and Delia Robinson at Gallery in the Woods by Bret Chenkin
60 Nor’easter: Paintings by Terry Ekasala, Rick Harlow, and Craig Stockwell at The Bundy Modern by Kelly Holt
IN THIS ISSUE
28 Calendar
41 Destination: Maine
45 Destination: New England
48 Art Guide
50 Guide to Schools and Workshops
61 Exhibition Listings
71 Classifieds
72 Art Seen