Addressing and exploring pressing issues, including climate change, social justice issues and personal freedoms through multiple art genres, the second “WOW (Wisdom of Women)” exhibition takes place from May 4 through June 23 at Workshop13 at the Artworks Gallery, 69 Main St. (Route 9), Ware, Massachusetts. “Art is most meaningful when it provokes thoughts that lead to change… Source ..read more

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Massachusetts offers dozens of Open Studios weekend events across the Commonwealth, throughout the year. The majority take place in the spring, summer and fall, and most take place annually, though a few take place twice a year, for example, in Dorchester and Somerville. A handful take place monthly, including in SOWA in Boston’s South End and at Western Avenue Studios in Lowell. Source ..read more

Author Ken Grossinger believes that art doesn’t just reflect the world but can help change it. In his inspiring and informative book, “Art Works, How Organizers and Artists are Creating a Better World Together,” The New Press, 2023, Grossinger suggests that in the service of social movements, organizers use artists, artists create art, museums and art institutions engage with and promote these… Source ..read more

In the New England Wax exhibition “Transparency,” on view at Wellfleet Preservation Hall from May 21 to June 27, encaustic, wax is employed in many different media combinations to explore diverse concepts of what compromises art today. An art technique most famous for its role in the Fayum Egyptian funerary portraits of 100-300 AD, encaustic has been thor- oughly modernized. Source ..read more

The “TAPPED IN: Bridging Hearts and Minds Through Art and Science” exhibition, held at the Umbrella Arts Center and curated by Stephanie Marlin-Curiel and Dr. Linda Booth Sweeney, offers a profound exploration of the marriage between art and science during its two-month run. This groundbreaking showcase, which continues through June 8, seamlessly integrates large outdoor public art installations… Source ..read more

In “Pondering Environmental Anxieties,” Patricia Fietta and George LeMaitre have put together an extravagant call and response phenomenon to be displayed this May at Future Lab(s) Gallery in North Adams, Massachusetts. Utilizing the rather large, elongated space of the gallery, the pair has gathered a variety of installations in several different mediums, all heartfelt, yet many a humorous… Source ..read more

Historically, Gloucester, Massachusetts, has been a source of inspiration and contemplation for artists, as they delve into the layers of history woven within its landscapes, oceans and collective memories. From May 10 through Memorial Day, the Manship Arts and Residence (MARS) program presents “The Net Works,” a multisensory installation that encapsulates the narrative of Gloucester’s fishing… Source ..read more

Long before I went to graduate school to get my master’s in nonfiction writing, I got a degree in interior design from a school in Boston’s Back Bay. I loved working in the design field — creating residential and commercial spaces, and models for developers to show off their condos or senior housing. I even created a fun disco space where an antique MG graced the middle island of the bar. Source ..read more

Amidst over 2 million square feet of cultural space in the Greater Boston region, there are two unsung heroes in the city of Somerville that aim to preserve and create arts space. In 2019, Somerville adopted a Fabrication District along with an ACE (Arts and Creative Enterprise) requirement when developing. The spirit of the Fabrication District is to preserve these usually 100-year-old-plus… Source ..read more