by James Heflin | Jul 8, 2015 | Arts
When it comes to paintings of someone sitting around glumly, few have reached the level of notoriety of “Whistler’s Mother.” Even though the painting, which indeed does depict painter James McNeill Whistler’s mother, is actually entitled “Arrangement in Grey and...
by James Heflin | Jun 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
Northampton’s Hosmer Gallery (inside the Forbes Library) offers an intriguing abundance of art this month. For the series “Curatorial 365,” Easthampton’s Leslie Tane (whose work is pictured) created a 4×6-inch postcard every day during 2014. Each was crafted...
by James Heflin | Jun 2, 2015 | Arts
If you need a bestiary in order to catalogue your animals, who better to make one than a disparate group of artists? Curator Rob Kimmel gathered just such a group for the exhibition/bestiary called Horns to Tale. The artists include, among others, Sophie Argetsinger,...
by James Heflin | Jun 2, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Film, Leisure, Music, Stage
Summertime, and the livin’ is greatly enhanced by a calendar ripe with performances. In a Valley that comes alive with music, theater, and every other incarnation of the arts, it can be tough to know where to turn. We’ve compiled a short list of highlights from the...
by Kristin Palpini | May 27, 2015 | Arts, Blogs, News, The Uncanny Valley
Behind the scenes at the Wistariahurst Museum in Holyoke in the 1990s, Stephen Petegorsky made a delightful discovery: “hundreds of taxidermed animal specimens — most of them really ratty — stuffed in a storage closet.” He borrowed some stuffed animals for photo...
