Artscope Magazine

11/12/2025

The next FeministFuturist presentation, “M/Othering Resistance,” will be on view starting this Friday, November 14 with an opening reception from 6-8 p.m. at Piano Craft Gallery, 793 Tremont St., Boston, Massachusetts, that includes a performance by Paloma Dinel Chesky. “M/Othering Resistance is a multifaceted experiment including video, installation, sculpture, painting, fiction, and photography” that “engages with one of humanity's most fundamental definitions: the role of those who pass on wisdom, courage, and the capacity to resist from one generation to the next.” Participating artists are Freedom Baird, Christina Balch, Jocelyn E. Marshall, Karen Meninno, Homa Sarabi, and Artscope contributors Marjorie Kaye and Carolyn Wirth. The exhibition concludes on November 30.

For gallery times and news on related FeninistFuturist events, visit feministfuturist.com or pianocraftgallery.com.

For more of Brian Goslow’s “Capsule Previews” from the November/December 2025 issue of Artscope Magazine, visit https://artscopemagazine.com/2025/11/capsule-previews-25/.

11/09/2025

This Sunday, Nov. 9, Rose Umerlik, whose “Remember, the world is beautiful …” exhibition is on view at 3 Walker Contemporary Gallery, 3 Walker St., Kittery, Maine, will be on-hand at the gallery to talk about her work from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

“The title alone trumpets the transformation she’s undergone in her life. Her transformation was born in struggle and led to progress,” writes Linda Sutherland, reviewing the exhibition in our new issue.

“And the art… stunning. Expansive. Expressive. And at certain times, mysterious. She works on massive panels she constructs, then layers with multiple grounds to create a rigidity capable of holding up to aggressive pencil drawings, and the repeated laying down and wiping away of paint and markings. She layers graphite lines and stains the surface with color. She works through numerous ideas before settling on a “story.” Perhaps she sees a human experience, like in the way two forms relate to each other. Or the interaction of lines within a color field.”

The show continues through January 2026. Read Sutherland’s full feature on Rose Umerlik in the November/December 2025 issue of Artscope Magazine, available in magazine form at partnering galleries, museums and art centers throughout New England, by mail order, or purchasing online digital access at https://artscopemagazine.com/2025/11/the-shape-of-resilience/

11/08/2025

“Impressions: Printmaking by: Matt Brown, Daryl Storrs & William Hays opens today, Nov 8, at the Edgewater Gallery on the Falls, One Mill Street, Middlebury, Vermont; there’s an open reception at 3 p.m. followed by an artist talk.

Mays, along with his wife, Nina Rossi, are profiled by Marjorie Kaye in our latest issue.

“Hays’ printmaking is process-oriented, introspective and methodical,” writes. “He mixes the precise beauty of the landscape with the slight stream of the extraterrestrial stemming from his own personal visual revelations.

“Hays has been focused on the landscape for over 54 years.
The constant in his heart and mind had always been the transcendent beauty of the landscape. His quest became the search for a personal voice, one that manifested in the direct transmission of the overwhelming awe felt amid the natural world. He realized that he had honed his technical skill but continued to search for his individual essence.”

Hays work can also be seen in two current exhibitions: “Formed by Impression,” on view through November 21 at the de Menil Gallery at the Groton School, Groton, Massachusetts; and “Ink & Impressions: 110 Years of the Society of American Graphic Artists,” where it can be seen through Feb. 13 at the Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgewater, Connecticut. It’s also on view at the Gallery in the Woods, Brattleboro, Verrmont, which also displays the work of Nina Rossi.

Read our complete feature on William Hays and Nina Rossi in the November/December 2025 issue of Artscope Magazine, available for free in magazine format at partnering galleries, museums and art centers throughout New England or by mail order or online digital purchase at https://artscopemagazine.com/2025/11/kenetic-energies-ect-ect/

11/07/2025

“These are the times when artists express themselves the most.” The artist reception for “Liberty & Justice for All: Artists Act to Protect Freedom of Expression” takes place tonight, First Friday, November 7 from 6-8 p.m. at Galatea Fine Arts Alcove Gallery, 460 Harrison Ave. , Boston.

Director Michela West tells the story of how the project came together in our new issue: “The project comes at a time when the country is in turmoil, with many fearing that the country is moving toward authoritarianism. Historically, art has played an important role in resistance through many great works that have spoken truth to power. Recently, there has been an upsurge in demonstrations and creative posters, along with internet memes. These have become important vehicles of dissent here in the United States.

“Several nearby galleries assisted in the project as well as many regional artists. In the prospectus, Galatea encouraged artists everywhere to submit pieces to make their voices heard and protect the country's freedom of expression. The gallery hopes to take the lead by spreading awareness and creating a unique vehicle that allows for all voices.”

Read the complete story in the November/December 2025 issue of Artscope Magazine, available for free in magazine form at partnering galleries, museums and art centers throughout New England as well as by mail order or digital purchase at
https://artscopemagazine.com/2025/11/we-will-not-be-silenced/

11/07/2025

“Labor of Love,” our November 6 Artscope email blast! features “Grain Elevators,” watercolor paintings by Joyce McJilton Dwyer, on view through November 15 at 6 Bridges Gallery, Maynard, Massachusetts; “Hammers on Stone: The Granite Industry on Cape Ann,” on exhibit through February 1, 2026, at Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Massachusetts; and “Pressing Editions: American Labor in Print,” on view through December 21 at the Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, Massachusetts.
Our latest blast! is sponsored by Art Basel, Bromfield Gallery, Boston Antiquarian Book Fair, New Britain Museum of American Art, League of N.H. Craftsmen, B. Lynch, Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Fenway Open Studios, Multicultural Arts Center, Art Complex Museum and Artscope Online.

Read the November 6 Artscope Magazine email blast! here: https://conta.cc/4of3KN0

11/06/2025

“The nature of collage is to create works of art from pieces of found, formed, and collected materials” and to “comprehensively describe this work is to begin a lifelong discourse on technique and metaphor” which is what the artists of “Pieced,” an exploration of collage curated by Jessica Burko and featuring artists Flo Antoine, Lisa Barthelson, Merill Comeau, Sam Fields, Claudia Ruiz Gustafson, Nancy Harrod, Amy Hitchcock, Oscar Lazo, Wendy Seller (whose work is seen here), and Mark Younkle, that’s on view through January 9, 2026 at the Gallery at Atlantic Wharf, 290 Congress St., Boston, Massachusetts, does. “Using shears and tape, pixels and thread, residue and stain, this Fort Point Arts Community exhibition is part and parcel of the vibrant, and sometimes disruptive, language of collage.”

Read more of managing editor Brian Goslow’s Capsule Previews in the November/December 2025 issue of Artscope Magazine: https://artscopemagazine.com/2025/11/capsule-previews-25/

11/06/2025

This November, “People, Places, Things,” a retrospective featuring works from Gary Duehr’s two decades of taking photographs in Boston, will take up the front two exhibition spaces at Bromfield Gallery, 450 Harrison Ave., Boston, Massachusetts,, which he’s managed since 2003. Brian Goslow previews the show, which has its opening reception this Friday, Nov. 7: from 6-8 p.m. as part of SoWa Boston’s First Friday activities, in our new issue:

“While most photographers tend to have a main beat or an extended subject focus period that follows them throughout their career, Duehr jumps around subject matters like a water bug,” he writes.

“I have given myself permission to take pictures of anything that interests me, from people on elevators to the messy interiors of cars, from closeups of ice cracking on ponds to blurry scenes from the Chicago L,” Duehr explained. “Many of my projects are ongoing, but some reach a stopping point where I feel they are starting to repeat themselves.”

While there are over five dozen series of Duehr’s works documented on his website, only a dozen are represented at the Bromfield. “I focused on newer work that represented my vision, and I tried to mix it up with people, places and things — my three broad categories.”

Read the complete feature on photographer Gary Duehr in the November/December 2025 issue of Artscope Magazine, available for free in magazine form at partnering galleries, museums and art centers throughout New England and via online purchase at artscopemagazine.com.

11/05/2025

C. Rose Smith, whose “Untitled no. 15, Washington Mills, Lawrence, MA,” 2022 archival inkjet print is featured on the cover of our new issue, will discuss their “A Silent Rage” exhibition, tonight, Wednesday, November 5 at 6 p.m. with educator, poet, playwright, and M.C. Will C. (AKA Will Chalmus) at Kniznick Gallery at the Brandeis University Women's Studies Research Center, Epstein Building, 525 South St., Waltham, Massachusetts.

Reviewing the show, J.M. Belmont writes, “C. Rose Smith weaves a story of what cannot be hidden,” using a dozen. carefully posed and captured images that charts the transatlantic cotton trade that propped up much of the American economy in its first 100-odd years.

“In a supple and rich black-and-white, Smith graces the interiors of southern plantation homes and wanders around the exteriors of New England textile mills, places where enslaved Black persons themselves could never go, only the products their labor bought,” Belmont notes. “While Smith is the sole human subject in these photographs, the historical environments around them — from weathered brick walls to gaudy Antebellum décor — elucidate as much as they provide backdrops.”

The November/December 2025 issue of Artscope Magazine arrives this week throughout New England and can be ordered at artscopemagazine.com

11/02/2025

Day two at Holliston Mill Studis! Tell Siri to get you to 24 Water St., Holliston, Massachusetts. Who to see and what to expect? Visit https://www.hollistonmillstudios.com

11/01/2025

Over 70 artists are putting on the final touches before opening their doors for the 2025 Waltham Open Studios today, Saturday, Nov. 1 and tomorrow, Sunday, Nov. 2 from noon – 5 p.m. at Waltham Mills at 144 Moody St. (where you can visit Artscope’s Elizabeth Michelman in the Riverstreet Artists section of Building 4) and Lincoln Studios & Metalwerx Studio at 289 Moody St. in Waltham, Massachusetts. Full details at walthamopenstudios.org; Artscope Magazine is proud to once again be a sponsor of this always memorable annual event.

A free, family-friendly event on Moody Street in the heart of Waltham, where artists open their studios to share their work and creative process.

10/28/2025

Artscope Magazine’s Carolyn Wirth recently traveled to Western Massachusetts to stop by Chesterwood in Stockbridge to view “Modeling Women: Female Models and Artists at Chesterwood,” which closes for the season this Friday, Oct. 31, and The Mount (Edith Wharton’s home) in Lenox, which offers free admission year-round for its grounds and sculpture path.