This month I've got two exhibits on display in North Adams, Massachusetts until Christmas; the home town of the renowned Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art [Mass MoCA]. In the first show, examples of my collage and painting work is on exhibit. This is in the Berkshire Artists' Colony Eagle Street Gallery . Located in the Flatiron building [ that's a picture of it on the right ], my work is in...
Fresh off the heels of a visit to Western Massachusetts’ burgeoning Mass Moca Museum and their current featured exhibit of Sol Lewitt’s vibrant line art, Sarah Ivanyi’s trio of geometrical light-pieces entitled Fractal, Arcal, and Cumulus strikes a particular chord (if you’ll pardon the requisite pun). There are similarities between the two, indeed. But [...]
NORTH ADAMS, Mass., November 16, 2009 – The Eclipse Mill Gallery, at 243 Union Street in North Adams, MA, will present “Holiday Small Works” from November 20 through December 20. The exhibition, curated by glass artist Isabella Raven, will open...
Tricks of the Trade is a professional development seminar series for artists, artisans and creatives. You do not want to miss the kickoff seminar of this eighteen part series! PRICING : What is your work worth? Pricing your artwork can...
North Adams, MA - Abigail Nessen Bengson and Shaun McClain Bengson present “Ain’t That Good News” a raucous vaudevillian cabaret on Saturday November 7 at 8 pm in MASS MoCA Club B-10. Call 413.662.2111.
Mike McGinn ‘82, who is running for mayor of Seattle, reminds you to please mail or drop off your ballot: You can drop your ballot at any of King County Elections’ drop boxes by 8 PM on Election Day. Dan Blatt ‘85 analyzes the race in NY-23. Mass MoCA says VOTE VOTE VOTE: “Too-close-to-even-hazard-a-guess elections for mayor in [...]
Over at the Hero Complex blog, Geoff Boucher talks with Leonard Nimoy about his lifelong passion for photography, which is coming into focus Saturday night at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. Nimoy, an avid art collector along with his...
Welcome back to Tuesdays with Jeffrey (preempted last week). Every Tuesday for the last month, we've spent one hour with the one and only Jeffrey "El Chod" Chodorow, looking over his shoulder as he readies, opens, and steadies his newest...
Calling all art-loving Trekkies: Leonard Nimoy is celebrating Halloween by taking pictures of the most crazily outfitted attendee at the Santa Monica Museum of Art’s Halla Gala. Nimoy, who has practiced fine art photography since the age of 14, is offering a private portrait session at the Viceroy Santa Monica hotel to whomever wins the gala’s [...]
The Williamstown Film Festival begins today! Lots of interesting events in the line-up, but this one stands out for me: WFF returns to MASS MoCA on Friday night, October 30th with La Nave de Los Monstruos (The Ship of Monsters), a Mexican sci-fi musical in which Venusian women land on Earth in search of men. Ethel, [...]
Yale just held a panel discussion on conservation and artist intention. This kind of thing drives me a little crazy:Not all work inevitably degrades, though. Some art improves with careful conservation. [Yale University Art Gallery director Jack] Reynolds showed a...
North Adams, MA - For the third year, the Williamstown Film Festival will hold a benefit during its inaugural weekend. On Saturday, October 24 festivities begin with 5:30 pm dinner in Mezze's new catering space at 777 Cold Spring Road...
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The Knitting Machine (2005), installation, knitting large flag Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art 2005, as installed at Mass MoCa, North Adams, MA. THE BIG KNIT Knit one, Purl one.... Renowned international textile artist Dave Cole is visiting Australia as part of the Big West Festival . In his first visit to our shores, Cole will be working with a team of ‘knitters’ to convert an...