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Deciphering Erratic Murmurs: Freddy LaFage at Perimeter Gallery

Freddy LaFage, Murmur.
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Freddy LaFage’s new body of work at Perimeter Gallery in Belfast, Maine, explores the struggle of time and the process of letting ideas emerge. by Kathy Weinberg

Kathy Weinberg November 5, 2015 Reviews, Vol. 1, No. 3: November 2015

“Maine” Artists? Beginning to unpack regionalism

A survey of curators, critics, and artists reveals what we think of as “Maine” art. Jacob Fall investigates in this introduction to a series.

Jacob Fall November 5, 2015 Theory, Vol. 1, No. 3: November 2015

LINES of FLIGHT: Jimmy Riordan’s translations

"In 2014, in the sorting and melting of lead type, each ingot became the physical representative, in scale and in weight, of the number of times a letter was used in the text; another form of translation, this one conveying a sort of inverse Oulippan challenge to the 'reader' of this new variant." — Julie Poitras Santos on Jimmy Riordan's work
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Julie Poitras Santos’ essay takes the act/ion of translation as its territory and looks at Jimmy Riordan’s translation of Francis Jammes “Le Roman de Lièvre” into English, as well as into various representations and reflections of the work in visual form.

Julie Poitras Santos September 29, 2015 Essays, Vol. 1, No. 2: October 2015

Studio Visit: Timothy Wilson’s Pentimento

Timothy Wilson in his studio. Portrait by Mette Lützhøft.
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Jenn Corey visits Timothy Wilson in his studio, discussing life and work between Maine and New York, pay-to-play gallery models, and painting the overwhelming beauty of weather and nature.

Jenn Corey September 29, 2015 Studio Visits, Vol. 1, No. 2: October 2015

Meta-Review: Kenny Cole at BUOY

Installation view of Kenny Cole's Flood: From Noah to Babel and Beyond at BUOY in Kittery, ME.
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A found review by Narciso Philostratus looks at Kenny Cole’s show at BUOY, outlining a history of mimetic complexity in works we often don’t (or can’t) read in their totalities. by Jeffrey Ackerman

Jeffrey Ackerman September 29, 2015 Reviews, Vol. 1, No. 2: October 2015

IN CONVERSATION with Richard & Alexis Iammarino

Left: Richard Iammarino, Big Yellow, 50" x 50", 2015. Photo by Scott Sell. Right: Iammarino, Unterhalter, and Truhn, Oak Street Mural (detail).
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Rockland artists Richard Iammarino (painter & sculptor) and Alexis Iammarino (painter & dancer) discuss their father-daughter influences, spontaneity, mastery, and compulsion. by Douglas W. Milliken

Douglas Milliken September 29, 2015 Interviews, Vol. 1, No. 2: October 2015

All Art is Outsider Art, Part 2: a quick guide to the making of an art epicenter

A step-by-step guide to constructing the new art epicenter. Above, a model of the Guggenheim New York by Little Building Co.
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Mariah Bergeron continues her serial on the New York art epicenter with a guide to using political, economic — and yes — artistic tools for taking over the (art) world.

Mariah Bergeron September 29, 2015 Essays, Theory, Vol. 1, No. 2: October 2015

Art as Index: Lina Viste Grønli at MIT

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“List Projects: Lina Viste Grønli” at the MIT List Visual Arts Center moves through philosophy, art, linguistics, and poetry, connecting us to the 20th century’s greatest thinkers. by Skye Priestley

Skye Priestley September 29, 2015 Issues, Reviews, Vol. 1, No. 2: October 2015

What is our Common Field? notes from Hand in Glove 2015

Lunch on Day 2 of Hand in Glove: an artist meal introduced by Mona Smith, of Healing Place Collaborative, and artist Seitu Jones. Photo by the author.
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One attendee’s perspective from the Hand in Glove 2015 conference in Minneapolis: what is our common field and how do we define our practices inclusively? by Jenna Crowder

Jenna Crowder September 29, 2015 Essays, Reviews, Vol. 1, No. 2: October 2015

Kevin Clancy’s Portable Utopias

Kevin Clancy, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR DREAMS, nomadic platform, 21' x 21'. Photo by Carson Davis Brown.
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Kevin Clancy sat down for a meandering conversation on a sunny day in Maine before heading back to his home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to discuss his nomadic art practice, portable utopias, dreaming spaces and his recent residency on the Deer Isle Archipelago with Cabin Time. by Irina Skornyakova

Irina Skornyakova September 28, 2015 Interviews, Vol. 1, No. 2: October 2015

Why The Chart?

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So, what’s The Chart really about? The story of the birth of The Chart. by Ashleigh Burskey

Ashleigh Burskey August 24, 2015 Issues, Vol. 1, No. 1: September 2015

All Art is Outsider Art: deconstruction of the art epicenter

NY in ME: a map of New York having sex with Portland. Image by the author.
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An intro to a serial involving Maine art and: New York art world centrism, geopolitical economy, regional identity, gentrification, and the (d)evolution of the scene. by Mariah Bergeron

Mariah Bergeron August 24, 2015 Essays, Vol. 1, No. 1: September 2015

Maisie Broome: Ingenious Caretaker

The artist, Maisie Maeve Broome, is wrapped up in her work.
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Annika Earley talks to MYFAWNWY’s Maisie Broome about camouflage, ritual, and creating a body of work completely off the grid.

Annika Earley August 24, 2015 Interviews, Vol. 1, No. 1: September 2015

Finding Community in Kezar

The Kezar Falls Woolen Mill. Photo by Ben Wilkins.
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The creative community doesn’t just exist in bigger cities — and in a small village, the work might even have a bigger impact. by Marques Bostic

Marques Bostic August 24, 2015 Initiatives, Vol. 1, No. 1: September 2015

Where is the art world? Cultural mapping at the Institute for American Art

participant map: artworld 2.
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Participant-made maps at the Institute for American Art in Portland, Maine, start to reveal different cultural understandings. by Chris Stiegler

Christopher Stiegler August 22, 2015 Theory, Vol. 1, No. 1: September 2015

Creative Parenting: Supporting Artistic Motherhood

Lenka Clayton, "63 Objects Taken from my Son's Mouth", (2011–2012), materials as described by Clayton: "acorn, bolt, bubblegum, buttons, carbon paper, chalk, Christmas decoration, cigarette butt, coins (GBP, USD, EURO), cotton reel, holly leaf, little wooden man, sharp metal pieces, metro ticket, nuts, plastic “O”, polystyrene, rat poison (missing), seeds, slide, small rocks, specimen vial, sponge animal, sticks, teabag, wire caps, wooden block". Image courtesy lenkaclayton.com.
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As the subject of children and parenting becomes more prevalent in global contemporary discourse and in academia, is Maine’s creative economy prepared to encourage and support women artists with families? by Alana Dao

Alana Dao August 21, 2015 Essays, Vol. 1, No. 1: September 2015

Shedding Light on Darkness

Michel Auder, still from "Untitled (I Was Looking Back To See If You Were Looking Back At Me To See Me Looking Back At You)", (2014), three-channel video installation. Image courtesy Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
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A pair of shows at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art trace our understanding of night from the mid-19th century to the present day. by Skye Priestley

Skye Priestley August 20, 2015 Reviews, Vol. 1, No. 1: September 2015

Personal Graphemics

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Engine blends disciplines in Ode to Letters. by Ian Carlsen

Ian Carlsen August 20, 2015 Reviews, Vol. 1, No. 1: September 2015

The Interlopers: Toni Jo Coppa at the LC Bates Museum

Toni Jo Coppa, "The Monk" (left) and "Watching" (right), 2012, plastic doll eyes, sewing pins, cheesecloth and paint on altered taxidermy forms. Image courtesy L.C. Bates Museum.
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Toni Jo Coppa’s strange menagerie of unnatural history is at home in Hinckley’s LC Bates Museum. by Jacob Fall.

Jacob Fall August 15, 2015 Reviews, Vol. 1, No. 1: September 2015

Drifting + sharing at The Royal Open

The Royal Open. All images by the author.
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Genevieve Johnson + Douglas W. Milliken’s The Royal Open. documented by Jenna Crowder

Jenna Crowder August 14, 2015 Initiatives, Vol. 1, No. 1: September 2015

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