Tag: news
-
Artist Meclina Priestley Participates in Sheltered, a Group Show at UMass Dartmouth
Beacon Gallery is excited to share that artist Meclina Gomes Priestley, who is represented by the gallery is featured in a meaningful group show entitled Sheltered, at the University Art Gallery, College of Visual & Performing Arts at UMass Dartmouth-Star Store Campus, which started on May 24th and runs until September 8, 2022. Priestley joins […]
-
International ROLLO Project & Beacon Gallery
Beacon Gallery is pleased to announce that two of its artists, Meclina and Caron Tabb, are participating in the first United States version of ROLLO, the Rolling art project. Each has contributed a piece to one of the two curated shows, and Meclina was honored to be one of the two curators. ROLLO TLV-BOS, an […]
-
Humanity Is Not A Spectator Sport: Reading #5 (January 3-17)
Paired with Caron Tabb’s current exhibition, “Humanity Is Not a Spectator Sport“, a selected series of readings seek to align messages and ideas formed in Tabb’s show with concepts and works of others in the real world. In “Humanity is Not a Spectator Sport”, Tabb unflinchingly invites the viewer to both experience her own struggles with […]
-
Humanity Is Not A Spectator Sport: Reading #2 (November 22-December 5)
Caron Tabb’s newest show, Humanity Is Not A Spectator Sport explores many subjects, from her white privilege to how all viewers can engage in social justice through art. Using not only her own works, body, mind and experience, but also gallery walls, Tabb’s feminist contemporary art as a jewish female artist leads to unique creations. Weaving in her South African origins, her Israeli upbringing and her last two decades in the United States, Tabb’s unique yet international style in art sets her apart. Now working from Boston, her conceptual wall art and sculptures continue to grow and evolve.
-
CATCH UP WITH THE ARTIST: Ibrahim Ali-SALAAM
Ibrahim Ali-Salaam is a local Boston-based contemporary artist. Inspired by the German Expressionist movement and Boston Expressionist reinterpretation, his work often focuses on the human form and ways in which its figure can be positioned and contorted. As such, Ali-Salaam’s work seeks to build an insightful commentary on the boundaries of society and culture in […]
-
A Devastating Flood in SoWa – ways to support the community
While Beacon Gallery was spared any water damage, our neighborhood is now dealing with the 1-2 punch of COVID-19 and a 30-inch watermain break on April 14th. Here is a photo from Boston Fire Department so you get a sense of what it looked like: The water rushed in quite dramatically and knocked over furniture, […]
-
Beacon Gallery and its artists in the media
Beacon Gallery’s Caron Tabb was honored with the nod to make the Boston Museum of Fine Art’s menorah for this year’s Hannukah celebration. Hyperallergic wrote a fabulous article on the event, and on Tabb’s piece. Check it out here! Beacon Gallery’s Art Dash also got a mention in Wicked Local’s Newton Tab! For a full […]
-
Beacon Gallery in the Media
Beacon Gallery and its artist Aja Johnson was recently featured in the cover article for Boston Design Guide’s Prelude magazine. Aja Johnson’s piece was described as “an exuberant turquoise” and it certainly is a focal point in the room. Here’s the final page where we were mentioned, followed by the full article in order. Full […]
-
Beacon Gallery in Art New England
We were delighted that Art New England remembered last spring’s Photographing The Female exhibition and included us in their “Art New England Photography Index”! It was fun to try to come up with facts to amaze and amuse – and we loved the one that they chose! Read the article and enjoy! As always, we […]
-
Caron Tabb in The Jewish Advocate
Check out the latest press on Caron Tabb, a piece in The Jewish Advocate: Always so delighted when our artists get press!