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DIG Year End 2020

Visual Arts

VIDEO: ARTISTS VS PANDEMIC

Written by SIRUN LI Posted January 21, 2021 Filed Under: A+E, COVID, Video, Visual Arts

Still from the video Artists vs. Pandemic by Sirun Li.

Performing artists are facing particularly high unemployment in this COVID-wracked year of 2020. Alison Qu, Jude Torres and Alexa Albanese are Boston local artists who live under this pandemic. These interviews were conducted between September to November.  Here is a video for their stories during this unprecedented time.

Filed Under: A+E, COVID, Video, Visual Arts Tagged With: Art, artist, pandemic, Video

WOKE IN PROGRESS III: DEAFENING SILENCE AT BOSTON’S TWO BEST-KNOWN ART MUSEUMS

Written by HEATHER KAPPLOW Posted December 30, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

Though hundreds in the Boston area signed the June 2020 Open Letter from Boston Arts and Cultural Workers in Demand of Racial Equity and Social Transformation that began this inquiry, listing their professional affiliations along with their names on the petition, many have been reluctant to talk about what they or their institutions have done or plan to do since making these commitments.

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Art, arts, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Open Letter from Boston Arts and Cultural Workers, Politics, Protest, racial equity, racism

BETTER BOSTON ARTS: MICHAEL LEWY

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 17, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Better Boston Arts, COLUMNS, Visual Arts

Being “paid with exposure” does not work. “You can die of exposure.”

Filed Under: A+E, Better Boston Arts, COLUMNS, Visual Arts Tagged With: 1970s, 70s, Art, arts, Boston, coronavirus, COVID-19, DigBoston, future, Interview, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, Michael Lewy, multimedia, scifi, Vision, visual art

CARTOON: HYBRID ART CLASS!

Written by STEPH MARCUS Posted December 1, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Comics, COVID, Fun, Visual Arts

HYBRID ART CLASS! Cartoon by Steph Marcus.

(1st week in the elementary art room)

Filed Under: A+E, Comics, COVID, Fun, Visual Arts Tagged With: Art, comic, coronavirus, COVID-19, education, elementary, grammar, hybrid, K-12, Steph Marcus, teaching

BETTER BOSTON ARTS: SUMEYA ALI

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 13, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Better Boston Arts, COVID, Interviews, Visual Arts

Addressing the lack of representation of young Black and Brown artists

Filed Under: A+E, Better Boston Arts, COVID, Interviews, Visual Arts Tagged With: African Community Economic Development of New England, Art, artist, Artists For Humanity, Better Boston Arts, Boston, Center to Support Immigrant Organizing, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, immigration, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, Politics, racism, Somalia, Sumeya Ali, Youth Ubuntu Project

BOSTON ARTISTS FEAR DISPLACEMENT. A FAMILIAR STORY, WITH A POTENTIAL TWIST

Written by MARIE UNGAR Posted November 11, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

With Humphreys Street Studios property on the market, artists may lose their community.

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: artists, Humphreys Street Studios, James Cooper, Kara Elliott-Ortega

BETTER BOSTON ARTS: JULIA CSEKÖ

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 30, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Better Boston Arts, COLUMNS, Interviews, Politics, Visual Arts

Stealth Latina 2018. Self portrait by Julia Csekö.

Ask artists how we would like our work funded

Filed Under: A+E, Better Boston Arts, COLUMNS, Interviews, Politics, Visual Arts Tagged With: Art, artist, Better Boston Arts, Boston, Brazil, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, immigration, Jason Pramas, Julia Csekö, Massachusetts, Politics, racism, SOMERVILLE

BETTER BOSTON ARTS: IARITZA MENJIVAR

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 16, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Better Boston Arts, Interviews, Visual Arts

Iaritza Menjivar. Photo by Elias Williams.

We satisfy “diversity requirements” by ignoring diversity

Filed Under: A+E, Better Boston Arts, Interviews, Visual Arts Tagged With: artist, arts, Boston, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, DigBoston, future, Iartiza Menjivar, Interview, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, SOMERVILLE, Somerville Arts Council, Vision

WOKE IN PROGRESS II

Written by HEATHER KAPPLOW Posted October 8, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

"Taking Action is Thinking, in an Academic Context"

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Abigail Satinsky, Boston Arts for Black Lives, Tufts University Art Galleries

BETTER BOSTON ARTS: MARJORIE KAYE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 6, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Better Boston Arts, COLUMNS, Interviews, Visual Arts

Marjorie Kaye

This is our opportunity to start from the ground up

Filed Under: A+E, Better Boston Arts, COLUMNS, Interviews, Visual Arts Tagged With: artist, arts, Boston, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, DigBoston, future, Galatea Fine Art, Interview, Jason Pramas, Marjorie Kaye, Massachusetts, Vision

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