VOLUME 44, ISSUE 5
FEATURES
39 Art at the Kent
Three Curators, an Historic Building as a Muse, The Lady of the House, and the Wind
by Kelly Holt
42 The Future is Coming and It’s Not Far Away
Tom Starr’s “Historic” Markers Warn of Changes to Come
by Cecily Miller
46 Galleries and Community
You Can’t Have One Without the Other
by Kelly Holt
50 Gallery Vignettes
Five Inspiring Stories from Across the Region
by Charles Bonenti, Rita A. Fucillo, Shanta Lee, Alix Woodford
COLUMNS
8 Publisher’s Letter
10 FlashPoints
12 Gallery FlashPoints
14 Studio Visit
Shey Rivera
by Elizabeth Maynard
16 Studio Visit
Curtis Speer
by Emily Randolph
18 Profile
Rob “ProBlak” Gibbs
by Jennifer Mancuso
20 Community
Waterville Creates
by Carl Little
22 Reinvention
Anni Mackay Realizes a Big Vision in a Small Town
by Cynthia Close
24 Milestone
NESA Celebrates its 75th
by Pamela Ellertson
26 On Screen
Lakota Nation: A Blend of Past and Present, Truth and Myth
by Loren King
28 Journal
Let’s Be Practical
by Robert Beck
30 Exhibitions
Imperfect Beauty: Why Socially Engaged Art is Everywhere Now
by Christopher Volpe
32 Reunion
Match Game, One Year Later
by Kelly Holt
34 Gallery Talk
Q&A
by Autumn Duke
38 News
Steel Sharpening Steel: Artist for Humanity Fellowship
by Jennifer Mancuso
REVIEWS + PREVIEWS
SPOTLIGHT
81 Alison Hildreth: Fifty Years; Late Summer: Alison Hildreth Prints and Drawings,
Darkness Visible at Speedwell Projects, New Era Gallery, and Center for Maine
Contemporary Art by Carl Little
84 For the Love of Vermont: The Lyman Orton Collection at Bennington Museum and Southern
Vermont Arts Center by B. Amore
88 Kent Monkman: The Great Mystery at Hood Museum of Art by Eric Sutphin
CONNECTICUT
80 Mickalene Thomas / Portrait of an Unlikely Space at Yale University Art Gallery
by Susan Rand Brown
80 95th Season Preview at The Flinn Gallery by Autumn Duke
MAINE
82 Lucy Kalian: Tree Series at The Gallery at Somes Sound by Carl Little
82 Northwoods: Absence and Presence. The Art of Alan Bray and Poetry of Wesley McNair
at Monson Arts Gallery by Carl Little
MASSACHUSETTS
83 Refreshments at the Sea: American Artists on Cape Cod at Cahoon Museum of American Art
by Jack Curtis
83 Taking Place at HallSpace by B. Amore
NEW HAMPSHIRE
86 Double Image with Frankie Brackley Tolman and L.A. Dierker at Jaffrey Civic Center
by Susan Wadsworth
RHODE ISLAND
86 Movement + Color: Kate Huntington at Gallery Sitka™ by Emily Randolph
VERMONT
87 Gallery 34 at The River Gallery School by Bret Chenkin
87 Elements of Shelter
IN THIS ISSUE
36 Calendar
64 Destination: Vermont
71 Destination: New England
74 Art Guide
79 Guide to Schools and Workshops
89 Exhibition Listings
103 Classifieds
104 Art Seen