Jul 18, 2019 | News
NEWTON – The artwork of Lora Jost [BFA ’11], Rachel Epp Buller and Emily Schroeder Willis will be featured in “Our Lives. Past, Present, Future,” a new exhibit opening July 27 at Carriage Factory Art Gallery. Lora Jost is a graduate of Bethel College in North...
Jul 18, 2019 | News
For Faisal Abdu’Allah, it was an art teacher who played Miles Davis and John Coltrane records as the young student painted. Those early jazz sessions encouraged the London teenager to pursue a career in art. Inspiration — entire life paths — can spring from small...
Jul 2, 2019 | News
The days of summer are fleeting, and when the forecast calls for sun and warm temperatures, one must take advantage and explore unknown areas. Thus it was that I decided to drive to the Sandwich, New Hampshire area for a hike on a trail that looked like fun. I never...
Jun 21, 2019 | News
An art exhibit aimed at uniting women against bigotry, intolerance and racism is now in Madison but intended to travel throughout Wisconsin, gaining collaborators along the way. Artists Kelly Parks Snider, J. Leigh Garcia [MFA ’18] and Rachael Griffin [MFA...
Jun 20, 2019 | News
The Tory Folliard Gallery is ushering in summer with two new exhibitions by painter Mary Alice Wimmer [MFA ’64] and metalworker and sculptor Jessica Calderwood. On display through July 6, Wimmer’s “New Paintings” and Calderwood’s “New Sculpture” feature fine...
Jun 20, 2019 | News
Angelica Contreras, a mixed-media artist with a full-time job as a bilingual resource specialist, recently worked afternoons, evenings and weekends creating 61 small paintings — mixed-media, wash and acrylic paintings on paper, depicting Day of the Dead dolls with...