A New Column Asking "How Can We Make Our Arts Scene Better Than It Was Before the Pandemic?"
INTRODUCING BETTER BOSTON ARTS
Visual Arts
DIAS DE CONSUELO
Graphic novelist Dave Ortega recounts his grandmother’s immigration story
THEY’RE DRAWING A MOVEMENT, SOMETIMES IN THE MOMENT
“The role of art is to continue to show that out of pain comes beauty.”
COLORING BOOK PROCEEDS TO GO TO BLACK INSTITUTIONS, CAUSES
Co-author says “the younger Chinese generation in America should be more political than their parents”
HOOP TUBE: TRANSFORMING PUBLIC SPACES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
“In the midst of all this, people have been really interested in what I’m doing, eager to talk. It is different from putting art in galleries.”
PANDEMIC PORTRAITS: A BOSTON PHOTOG’S PICS OF FRIENDS IN ISOLATION
These are the few human beings I had contact with during that time. As the state reopens, may these portraits represent a glimpse into what the past few months felt like for some young people in this city and others.
CURATORS, CREATIVES AIM TO INDIVIDUALIZE ART IN THE NEW VIRTUAL AGE
“Going to galleries and museums is going to be very different, because people are not going to be willing to stand in a room with one hundred other people.”
BOSTON-BASED ARTISTS ARE STRUGGLING TO WORK
Artists are seeing their worlds close during the pandemic. The exhibits, displays, and sales that provide their income have come to a halt, and artists in and around Boston have found themselves alone and unsupported by the government while struggling to find their footing financially.
