When legacy and mystery collide
Joerg Dressler on making "Wild Companions," on view at Alden Gallery through Aug. 20.
Ocean in a drop
Playing in the tides of creation
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How to catalyze your family
Are you a middle schooler in a dysfunctional family? Here's one smart trick to bring everyone together
"It's only paper and ink"
Painter Barbara Grad went to Mixit Print Studio to translate her vision to woodblock prints
Feeling a place in your bones
Traditional landscapes look out at the scenery. "Internalized Landscapes" at Overlap Art Space finds them reflected within.
The art of installing
In which an art critic full of doubt tries to decorate, with a little help from her friends
Crafting the heavens
How Marky Kauffmann made her chemigram "Black Sea Planets," now in the 12th International Exhibition at the Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts
The siren call of the visiting nurse
Or, as Nietzsche wrote,“Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love”
Where biology meets enchantment
Beth Galston on crafting "Beech Columns" in "Natural Connections" at Washington Street Art Center
"I'm melting!" On change, fluidity, and the rigors of the riverbank
"Cutaway" at Brandeis's Kniznick Gallery considers boundaries and permeability
Close to my bones
Anne Neely on painting "Best Clouds" after remission from cancer. Her show "Wonder of the Light" is at Elizabeth Moss Galleries in Portland through August 15.
To all the bros I've loved before
Notes on love, feminism, masculinism, and the Graham Platner of it all
The parable of the f***ing muck bucket
Thoughts on the nation's 250th, taking out the trash, and letting people in
Yearning for a past that never was
William Evertson on how he made "Consumed by the Never Was," on view in "Patchwork" at Florence Griswold Museum
An intimate gathering of friends
Mark Cooper and Joel Janowitz strike a balance at Jane Deering Gallery
Map-making, mark-making
To create "Blue Bridge," in "Night Blooms" at Lucy Lacoste Gallery, Lily Fein drew upon a map her grandfather's cousin made of their hometown in Poland
Would you kiss this toad? Or the emperor's ring?
"CITADEL" at Fall River Museum of Contemporary Art reflects on luck, walls, and power
To show or not to show
Avital Sagalyn was an extraordinary painter, but she did not exhibit her work for decades. See it now in "Avital Sagalyn: Mid-Century Provincetown" at PAAM through Aug. 2.
When "safe" means "stuck"
I found a vision bigger than my fear
Uncertainty isn't a problem to solve
Jackie Reeves on painting "Big Plans" in "Larger Than Life – Drawings in Time," her solo show at Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Just a drifter out of touch with reality
I was seduced by righteousness. Then it knocked the creative spark right out of me.