At a now defunct Art School in the early Aughts, a bunch of us got together and founded an event called In the Margins. The idea was to break down barriers between disciplines at our weird little school in the woods and spend an evening sharing what we were creating – in whatever form that took – outside our classes. This website is that event in blog form.
Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is perhaps better known for the art that doesn't hang there than the art that does. This past weekend, I made the trek into Boston for a visit.
In the late 1800 to early 1900s the building of European-style 'castles' had a bit of a moment among the uber-wealthy in America. Inspired by medeival to rennessaince-ish architecture (emphasis on ish) these buildings are perhaps the closest we can get…
The forests of New England are young. The trees here are survivors of a dendrological apocolyse that saw the entire region all but clear-cut in in an agricultural boom that peaked between 1830–1880. The forests have started to revocer, but echos of that event remain in the stone walls and empty foundations that dot the landscpape.
I love museums. Art museums, science museums, history museums. Love 'em all, and New England has lots of museums. Some of the best known ones (the MFA, the Gardner) can be expensive (relatively) and a hassle to get to. This is where Little Museums come in. Galleries and houses with free or low-cost admission, often located in places one wouldn't expect.