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Watercolor and Print Sale to Finance the Studio Build Project!

history As many of you know I have had studios all over the city of Boston.  This also means that I have moved around a lot over the course of my career here. I had a studio I loved in Hyde Park for many years, a condo I bought into.  The developer was, well let’s… (read more)

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Live from Mrs. G’s House: Episode 3-Elaine Reichek

I lucked out with Elaine Reichek.  She was in town for the unveiling of her facade project for the Gardner Museum.  It’s taken from the correspondence between Mrs. G. and Henry James.  David and his crew had just finished installing the piece when I met up with Elaine for a talk in the Living Room…. (read more)

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Live from Mrs. G’s House: Episode 2-Dr. Jennifer Hall

I was so glad that I got the opportunity to reconnect with Dr. Jennifer Hall.  She has long been an inspiration and a touchstone for me in my artistic practice and my teaching practice.  Jen was recently made Professor Emerita of Massachusetts College of Art and Design, where she taught for over 30 years.  She… (read more)

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Live from Mrs. G’s House: Episode 1-Maggie Cavallo

I’ve always wanted to have a talk show.

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has a Living Room and because they are and have been so wonderful to me and many other artists, they have allowed me to come to Mrs. G’s house, and sit in the Living Room and have talks with artists and whomever else. This is my first one and I could not have chosen a better guest.

Maggie (not Margaret) is an artist, educator, curator, and the mind behind, within and through out Alter Projects.  Because of her varied ways of participating in the art world I thought it would be great to talk to her about publics, practices, Boston, and engagement.

I loved talking to her.  She’s brilliant.  I hope you enjoy the show.

 

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I fit the description….

This is what I wore to work today. On my way to get a burrito before work, I was detained by the police. I noticed the police car in the public lot behind Centre Street.  As I was walking away from my car, the cruiser followed me.  I walked down Centre Street and was about… (read more)

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New Writing from Emily Abendroth

This is the third in a new series of poems and writing commissioned for Art and Everything After.  Poets and writers chose from a selection of new drawings called companions. Ms. Abendroth selected the image above.  A full size image can be seen here. According to Taste By Emily Abendroth You were not a prominent man, per se, but you had about… (read more)

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A letter to Colin, my former gallerist….

  Hello Colin, I was looking at Houzz.com and I came across a few pictures of your work with The Xanadu Group. The site is impressive and I really enjoyed seeing the videos of you and your team installing the large scale projects.  I also appreciated seeing all of the inspirations.  It is clear that what you… (read more)

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Here’s what we know….

There is no safe place for black people in America. Black people do not have the presumption of innocence.  The law is not organized for their protection, rather it is organized around their annihilation. There are highly funded media outlets and personalities that perpetuate racist stereotypes and hate speech against black people. When black people… (read more)

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