It was never just about the building. It was about the camaraderie and the constructive criticism, it was about the solidarity and the support system and the culture and the community and the care. It was about romancing the past, revering the present and readying for the future.
Author Archives: Don Wilkinson
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Behind the scenes of an exhibition sparked by chance
Curators regularly take months to plan an art display. And then there are the shows that seem to come out of nowhere, brought about by little more than a serendipitous moment.
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7 artists answer Art Walk’s ‘Call of the Sea’
This year’s theme is focused enough to provide common links and visual conversation but vague enough to allow for personal quirky stories that reveal glimpses into what reverberates for each …
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Husband, wife featured in first Shattuck exhibit return for gallery’s final show
In “The Fluidity of Perception,” ceramicists Chris Gustin and Nancy Train Smith draw inspiration from nature but remain unbeholden to it as their sensibilities shift into different but complementary realms.
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20 feet tall and made of trash, ‘Plastic Rooster’ a sight to see
Portuguese social artivist Bordalo II debuts his latest statement sculpture downtown as part of a DATMA exhibition. Massive in scale, vibrant with color, it demands attention.
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Robert Abele & Mary Moquin exhibit at Marion Art Center strikes home
Abele’s paintings brought back a flood of memories connected to tenement living — the shared hallways … the cramped pantries where meals were cooked … the rights of passage from first kiss to first fistfight …
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Feasts, festivals and fun: Summer on the South Coast
Your guide to all the block parties, art, food and drink, and more. Everything, everywhere, everyone. But not all at once.
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Celebrating the human form at Dartmouth Cultural Center
“Figurative Exhibition,” 26 works by more than a dozen artists working in a variety of disciplines, is on display until June 1
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‘About Face’ at Narrows: More than meets the eye in this portrait exhibit
The face is omnipresent in the exhibition, even as the artists deep-dive into pop culture mainstays such as horror movies, science fiction, and celebrity worship.
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New Bedford Art Museum’s Chihuly glass exhibit signals a rebirth
The Big Reveal later this week and the wonderful current showing was born of a right place, right time serendipitous moment. It would have gone nowhere without the right person to nurture it, and Suzanne de Vegh was the right person in the right place at the right time.