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Beacon Bonds: Stop #1 – Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Beacon Bonds: Stop #1 – Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Titian Room. Opened in 1903 by art enthusiast & collector Isabella Stewart, the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum in Boston exists as a wholly unique place and experience. The building, designed by architect William T. Sears and constructed 1899-1901 when there were very few properties yet in […]
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catch up with the artist: lori mehta
Since her last exhibition at Beacon Gallery in 2018, “Layers and Light,” Lori Mehta has continued to capture the beauty in everyday moments. Emerging from a life of living near the beach, Mehta’s imagery is categorized by the often weightless moments associated with fabric being caught in the breeze. Full of exaggerated light and shadow, […]
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Meet the artist: Rosa Leff
Hand-cut paper serves as the medium for Rosa Leff’s blend of traditional artistry and the modern as she creates scenic and city landscapes, portraits, and even still lifes. First, Leff’s unique appeal resides in her approach to paper cutting. She captures on cut paper unremarkable scenes that are remade into exceptional works of art with […]
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2019 International Juried Show
Beacon Gallery is again doing a call for art for its annual International Juried Show! Appearing at the South End gallery from January 11th through February 24th, the theme of this year’s show is “Analog | Digital” APPLICATION LINK Blinking rectangles of various sizes dominate our digital daily lives. Cameras and sensors capture our every […]
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A review of Be Here Now by Daniel Perez
We were delighted to see up-and-coming writer Daniel Perez wrote a review of Be Here Now. Click HERE to go over to Delicious Line and read it on the original website!
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Be Here Now Poetry
Poet Matthew Goff was inspired by the works of Raquel Fornasaro and Wendy Shapiro to write two pieces of poetry for our current show, Be Here Now. Matthew Goff’s work was also part of our poetry-art collaboration “Synaesthesia.” We’re delighted to be able to feature his work again! “Terraforming”, Raquel Fornasaro Protection of sprouting […]
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Meet the Artist: Raquel Fornasaro
Another artist behind Beacon Gallery’s September show, “Be Here Now” is Raquel Fornasaro. Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Fornasaro earned a BA in Advertising and Media from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PCU-SP). Fornasaro eventually moved to the United States, where she enrolled in the Fine Arts Program at the Corcoran School of […]