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Issue 13: Make Believe

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Issue 13 makes room for many forms of imagining. Maria Molteni and Laura Campagna draw parallels between the nineteenth-century Era of Manifestations and a heightened sense of spiritualism today. Jordan Barrant examines the portals that Caribbean artists have brought to Boston. Emily Sara and Sara Hendren imagine a world where disability design becomes quotidian. In our Community Voices section, we hear from local theater makers about the pieces of stagecraft that have enlivened recent performances. And for our artist project, we asked four artists to each share a design for a mask, with results that are by turns whimsical, playful, and pointed in their social commentary. Plus so much more...

On our cover, Tomashi Jackson's Time and Space (2020) layers archival images from the Civil Rights Movement with ephemera from the 2020 election—an election marked by an uptick in polling place closures. Issue 13 will make its debut just days before the 2024 election. Here, and in conversation with Alisa Prince, Jackson reminds us that history and the present are always intertwined, but more importantly, that the systems we take for granted are never guaranteed.

In this Issue

Title

Author

Category

Link

From the Editor

Jameson Johnson

Letter

Holding a Mirror to Heaven: How parallels between the Shaker Era of Manifestations and early Spiritualism movements might inform our present

Laura Campagna and Maria Molteni

Feature

READ

Blueprints for Building Something Big: The Indigo Arts Alliance is supporting Black, Brown, and Indigenous artists in Maine and beyond

Jessica Shearer

Feature

At ICA / Boston, Caribbean Artists Provide Portals to Other Worlds, But Who Enters?

Jordan Barrant

Feature

READ

Ripple Effect: Lani Ascunción confronts colonial pasts while envisioning liberated futures

Grace Talusan

Profile

READ

A Lifetime of Layering: How Tomashi Jackson moves between history, place, and an ever-expanding practice

Alisa Prince

Profile

READ

Bringing Accessible Design Thinking Out of the Classroom: In conversation with Sara Hendren and Emily Sara

Jameson Johnson

Conversations

Rendering the Self as Myth, Monster, and Muse: In conversation with Hakeem Adewumi

Erwin Kamuene

Conversations

On Kinship with Land and One Another: In conversation with Deanna Ledezma, Josh Rios, and Anthony Romero

Jameson Johnson

Conversations

READ

The Art of Stagecraft: Local theater makers offer a behind-the-scenes look at designs that work magic on stage

Jacquinn Sinclair

Community Voices

Masks

Soyoung L Kim, Laura Beth Reese, Michael C. Thorpe, and Beatriz Whitehill

Artist Project

"Alive and Kicking" at Colby College Museum of Art

Maddie Klett

Reviews

READ

"Barbara Bosworth: The Meadow" at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Kate Schreiber

Reviews

"To a Returning Cloud: Inas Halabi" at Brookline Arts Center

Zach Ngin

Reviews

READ

"Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith" at Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts

Karolina Hać

Reviews

READ

"Scandalous Conduct: A Fairy Extravaganza" at the Great Friends Meeting House

Marcus Civin

Reviews

"John Vo" at Worcester Art Museum

Toby Wu

Reviews

"Displacement" at MassArt Art Museum

Shana Dumont Garr

Reviews

READ

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Review by Zach Ngin

Issue 13 • Feb 04, 2025

Ripple Effect: Lani Asunción Confronts Colonial Pasts While Envisioning Liberated Futures

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Holding a Mirror to Heaven: Parallels Between the Shaker Era of Manifestations and Early Spiritualism Movements

Feature by Laura Campagna and Maria Molteni

Issue 13 • Jan 14, 2025

At the ICA, Caribbean Artists Provide Portals to Other Worlds, But Who Enters?

Feature by Jordan Barrant

Issue 13 • Dec 02, 2024

A Lifetime of Layering: How Tomashi Jackson moves between history, place, and an ever-expanding practice

Feature by Alisa Prince

Issue 13 • Nov 25, 2024

On Kinship with Land and One Another: In Conversation with Deanna Ledezma, Josh Rios, and Anthony Romero

Interview by Jameson Johnson

Issue 13 • Nov 19, 2024

At the Carpenter Center, “Fragments of a Faith Forgotten” Attempts to Piece Together the Undefinable Life and Practice of Harry Smith

Review by Karolina Hać

Issue 13 • Nov 05, 2024

At MassArt Art Museum, "Displacement" Tells a Story of Environmental Destruction and Human Migration

Review by Shana Garr

Issue 13 • Oct 22, 2024

"Alive and Kicking" Packs a Playful Punch at the Colby College Museum of Art

Review by Maddie Klett

Issue 13 • Oct 08, 2024

At Brookline Arts Center, Inas Halabi Filters Destruction Through a Red Lens in "To a Returning Cloud"

Review by Zach Ngin