art

ATM Envelope Art - Did you draw this?

stevegarfield — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:29:07 -0400

ATM Envelope Art by stevegarfield, on Flickr CC BY-NC-SA

I saw this art on an ATM envlope yesterday at the Bank of New England on Centre Street. I thought it was cool so I took a picture and uploaded it to flickr.

Expressions of Poverty, Aug 14th 7pm

bostonfireflyproject — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:16:39 -0400

Come join the Boston Firefly Project for a night of art, poetry, and activism as we raise awareness around the issue of poverty worldwide. Local artists, poets, and writers will be presenting and displaying their work on Thursday, August 14th from 7-9pm at the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy on 113 Brattle Street in Cambridge, a short walk from the Harvard Square T stop. Come meet other activists in the area and take part in the convergence of art and human rights - snacks and beverages provided!

The Philistines of Somerville's Foss Park

Ron Newman — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:03:46 -0500

Somerville has a well-deserved reputation for fostering and supporting the arts.

Some residents near Foss Park want to change all that. They've hoodwinked a couple of aldermen into asking the state to paint over a mural in the park, claiming that it somehow interferes with their ability to sell their houses.

He kisses thy hand, ART, but not in flattery

adamg — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:13:27 -0500

If you can avoid one Shakespeare production this year, make it ART's "Julius Caesar," Zolok writes:

... Bloated, loaded up with inpenetrable symbolism, rife with robotic acting and glacially paced at a torpid three hours plus, this has to be one of the worst Shakespeare productions I've ever seen ...

Nobody calls him a blue-nosed cryptofascist and gets away with it

adamg — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:06:33 -0500

Art wars are so much fun, especially when you have no idea who most of these people are but really appreciate some good high-brow vituperation.

You gotta have Dot aht

adamg — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:14:25 -0500

Chris and Erin report on an interesting collaboration between two Dot. Ave. businesses to build a permanent sculpture project: Dot Art Clay Station will be installing sculpture in the window of the Dot-2-Dot Café now readying for opening at 1739 Dorchester Ave.

Free today. Napoleon exhibition. Museum of Fine Arts.

the zak — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:37:47 -0500

Today a one time opportunity for free viewing of the Symbols of Power Napoleon exhibition and all of the Museum of Fine Arts during the Martin Luther King Day open house
http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/sub.asp?key=15&subkey=2140
http://www.mfa.org/napoleon/
http://mfa.org/press

Wear a universalhub symbol of power... Meet other people at the museum who've read the bits of local interest at http://universalhub.com

On audition

adamg — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:37:19 -0500

Alecia Batson describes going on an audition at the American Repertory Theatre:

... I set my pitch pipe and music on the chair that was available, expecting to read first and sing second, which is what happened, but only after what seemed an eternity of awkward silence in which one looked me up and down, another perused my resume, and the artistic director introduced the reader to me. I felt a bit as though I was up for auction, being judged wholly on my appearance. I couldn't tell if they were waiting for me to take the reins or if I should wait for direction. One of them said, "Okay," so I inquired, "What would you like for me to start with?" One of the two selections was requested, so I performed that with the reader and then I was asked to "sing something", which I did, performing the song I'd been preparing all week. ...

What do you call 1,000 old cell phones in a pile?

adamg — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 18:55:04 -0400

If you're Robert Pettit, you call it art. Pettit, an Allston artist, is trying to add to his 1,000-phone pile for an installation:

... If you have some old phones you want to donate to my project my building is having open studios on the weekend of November 10. swing by and check out my work along with 40 other artists. The address is 119 Braintree in Allston, down the street from the Sports Depot. ...

Pettit's previous cell phone art.

Why State Street Bank is making a mistake giving $10 million to the MFA

adamg — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:33:35 -0400

Thomas Garvey: Have the folks singing State Street's praises actually seen the monstrosity Malcolm Rogers is planning to build?

... Admittedly, the State Street moolah will only fund the $500 million monster indirectly - but really, if it was ever appropriate to "starve the beast," this is just such a time. ...