Category: Former Shows
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Meet the Artist: Mateo Recka
The art of Mateo Recka is dreamy and fluorescent, reflecting the artist’s deep nostalgia for the culture of his childhood in the early 90s. He returns again and again to the image of an all-American Saturday morning, chasing the delight of waking up to the vibrant innocence of the morning cartoons and the calming aura…
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Meet the Artist: Stephanie Christopher
Stephanie Christopher was beginning to lose hope in her efforts to find her unique creative voice when she developed orb art. Compressing recycled paper into tiny spheres, she discovered that when combined in the magnitude of thousands, the orbs could be used as a medium themselves, adding bold texture and vibrancy to any composition. In…
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Meet the Artist: Stephanie Osser
Stephanie Osser is an artist of many talents who has built her practice on tackling new media and making them her own. Her start was in illustration, working for the New England Aquarium to design engaging visuals for their exhibits alongside freelance work that brought her from children’s books to cookbooks to trade publications. Many…
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Meet the Artist: LaShonda Cooks
LaShonda Cooks is an artist, insurance adjuster, and activist based in Dallas, Texas. Known for her poignant pointillism, her work seeks to explore our notions of beauty, norms, and identity. Cooks is also a longtime collaborator of Jamaal Eversley, the central figure behind Beacon Gallery’s Real F.R.I.E.N.D.S. exhibition opening on September 4th. The two artists have known…
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Meet the Artist: Melissa Shaak
Melissa Shaak became an artist, in her words, by accident. Following two decades of work as a senior administrator at Babson College, a chance encounter with a friend inspired her to explore artmaking. In the years since, Shaak has developed her creative practice into a full-time career, finding representation as a core artist at Fountain…
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Meet the Artist: Youveline Joseph
The art of Youveline Joseph is invariably vibrant, incorporating elements of her Haitian heritage alongside her love of makeup and fashion. Born in Haiti, but raised in Brockton, MA, Joseph has been creating art for as long as she can remember, though her affinity for portraits emerged more recently. Struck by the lack of representation…
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Meet the Artist: Stephanie Ayotte
Stephanie Ayotte is a dedicated seamstress with boundless enthusiasm for taking on new projects. From the beginnings of her passion at the age of ten, she has tackled accessories, costumes, womenswear, menswear, and everything in between, always eager to realize and improve upon the designs she imagines in her head. Recently, her work has been…
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Meet the Artist: Jamaal Eversley
Jamaal Eversley is the architect and initiator behind “Real F.R.I.E.N.D.S,” an ongoing series that features his bright and eccentric collaborations with fellow artists. Since its conception over two years ago, the series has been remarkably fruitful, transferring Eversley’s signature brand of vibrant cubist pop art into shoes, ceramics, and fabric design, while serving up delightful…
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Meet the Artist: Diana Weymar & The Tiny Pricks Project
3,500 individual pieces, hundreds of artists hailing from across the U.S. and around the world, and a devoted following of over 56,000 on social media comprises the Tiny Pricks Project, the brainchild of artist and activist Diana Weymar. These staggering numbers reflect a creative movement that has promoted embroidery as a subversively understated means of…
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Artist Talk: Sara Trail of Social Justice Sewing Academy
Check out our live artist talk with Social Justice Sewing Academy founder Sara Trail! It was such a pleasure to speak to her and to learn about the inspiring work she’s doing around the country. If you want to get involved feel free to get in touch with them or email the gallery and we…