Bread and Puppet Theater: Sourdough Philosophy Rises at Cyclorama
Dave Goodman (I.B.I.S. Radio)BOSTON/South End - Peter Schumann wants to ferment your brain. He’ll provide the vat filled with sourdough bread, garlic, and the crucial ingredients for political...
View ArticleFinding Home: The Odysseus Project at Art @ 12
Liz DeWolfBOSTON/Fort Point - Since June 12, the Odysseus Project has been on display at the gallery Art @ 12 in Fort Point. The exhibit, featuring "work by artists and veteran-artists focusing on...
View ArticleICONOGRAPHIC: An Ode to the Obsolete
Liz DeWolfBOSTON/Jamaica Plain - In a time when new iPod models are released every few months, the ways in which we work, play, and express ourselves have become increasingly dependent on digital...
View ArticleCommonWealth: National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture To Host 2009...
Liz DeWolfFrom August 26-29, the Boston branch of the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC) will welcome hundreds of members from arts and media communities nationwide for its biennial...
View ArticleArtist and Social Activist Jenny Holzer Premieres New Work
Shirley Moskow (Independent)On a Tuesday night in December, when much of New England was hunkered down against the cold, hundreds of people stood on the sidewalk in front of the Portland Museum of Art,...
View ArticleFigures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography
Sue KatzThe Victoria and Albert Museum in London has magnificent collections of objects housed in an extraordinary building, but I go there rarely, as so much of their permanent collection is, in fact,...
View ArticleA New Vision: Modernism Photography" at the Currier Museum of Art"
Shirley MoskowAfter decades of knocking on museum doors, photography finally got invited in as a full-fledged member of the arts establishment. And it did it by following the perennially popular...
View ArticleAnsel Adams Through A Different Lens
Shirley MoskowOn one of these dog days of summer, treat yourself with a refreshing visit to the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, for a dip into the featured exhibition: Ansel Adams: At The Water’s Edge.
View ArticleArt Around Boston
Shirley MoskowArt is cool. This summer, Boston area museums offer great places to revive body and soul. They’re air-conditioned, and they’re inviting.
View ArticlePublic Art Being Privatized?
Somerville Neighborhood NewsSomerville, Mass. - The Union Square Post Office is up for sale. It might become a condo development, or a café or a gallery. Once the deal is done, residents may lose...
View Article"Boston Strong?" Art Show at Community Church of Boston, April 15-22
OMB StaffLocal artists Darrell Ann Gane-McCalla, Shea Justice, and Jason Pramas have some problems with the "Boston Strong" slogan.
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