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Welcome to our second expanded year-end issue of artscope magazine. While it would be naïve to ignore the current economic downturn and its potential, and in some instances already devastating affect on the galleries, museums and institutions we cover, there’s been at least one enthusiastic result this fall that bodes well for the arts long term.
Thanks to New England’s emphasis on building a strong creative economy in recent years, more people then ever are attending fairs, festivals and open studio events to pick up one-of-a-kind gifts for the holidays and to develop personal art collections. In mid-September, thousands of people flowed through the galleries and booths at the South End Open Studios in Boston and the stART on the Street Festival in Worcester, to name a couple. As you plot your holiday shopping, check out this issue of artscope for details on other wonderful opportunities to pick up quality gifts made in studios close to home – and help the local economy.
Also watch for holiday shows on our New England campuses, where the work of prominent alumni can be purchased
alongside that of students just starting to make names for themselves. While there, check out the current exhibitions;
this issue reviews shows at MassArt, Harvard, MIT, Simmons, Mount Ida, UMass-Amherst, Brown, RISD, Bowdoin
and the Fine Arts Works Center in Provincetown.
We always try to call attention to fresh artists and galleries and in this issue, we’re proud to introduce you to Luis
Villanueva and his Colo Colo Gallery in New Bedford through the writing of Sarah E. Fagan. Her profile is joined
by Taryn Plumb’s glimpse of Hartford artist Balam Soto’s “Ofrendas 3: Day of the Dead” exhibition at Colo Colo.
Meanwhile, Hope Stockman visited Julia Featheringill’s Cambridge studio to get an early look at her “Indelible”
exhibition at Carroll & Sons Gallery. The gallery opened in Boston’s South End earlier this fall.
Elena Sarni introduces us to Portland mainstay Andres Verzosa, whose mentoring of artists at Aucocisco Gallery has played a key role in that city’s downtown revival, as has Susan Maasch Fine Arts, which will be getting one of the last shots at our outgoing president through Kelly Jo Shows’ “Bushwacked” exhibition.
Keeping with the belief that the true spirit of the holiday season is best felt while helping others, Roanna Forman profiles the Longwood Symphony Orchestra and previews its December 6 concert to benefit Artists With
Alzheimer’s.
The winner of this month’s centerfold contest is Daniel Coury, whose untitled photograph offers an elegant look at the banal. Thanks to our judges: artscope writer Minying Tang; Paula Tognarelli, Deputy Director of the Griffin Museum of Photography; and artscope’s associate publisher Christy Woods. And don’t miss our special best-ofthe-rest section, featuring cover and centerfold contest submissions from the past 12 months. For our March/April 2009 third anniversary issue, we’re looking for submissions of work in the encaustics medium. Full details can be found in the classified section in the back of this issue.
As the year comes to a close, we’re hoping you’ll share your thoughts on our magazine and our coverage of the visual
and performing arts in New England, so we can continue to evolve in 2009. Please take a few minutes to fill out our
reader’s survey at artscopemagazine.com and be entered to win a one-year subscription to artscope.
Thanks for your readership and support in 2008.
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