ArtBeat 2000-2017: Costumes by A.C. Kemp
This month’s Inside-Out gallery show is a retrospective of A.C. Kemp’s eighteen years of costumes for the annual Somerville ArtBeat festival. Each year since 2000,…
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Artist Julie Ann Otis On Reframing As Opportunity
There was a time when Julie Ann Otis would deny that her art is political. But when a colleague put the question to her several…
Dinosaurs and Armored Cats and Giant Robots—Oh My! | SCOUTV Episode #10
“People have pegged me as a whimsical sculptor,” says Somerville’s Hilary Scott. “I enjoy faces, I enjoy making large things. I think of myself as…
You’ve Got a Friend on Highland Avenue | SCOUTV Episode #9
Meet Martha Friend—a found-object assemblage artist and collector who’s spent decades filling her house with art and antiques from around the world.
In The Studio With Michelle Barrett Ceramics | SCOUTV Episode #1
Welcome to the inaugural episode of SCOUTV—a brand new, multimedia collaboration between Scout Somerville and our friends at SCATV, your local community access station.
Home is Where the Hardware Is
If you’re a desk jockey (like us), the phrase “working from home” probably means something akin to “wearing flannel pants and eating cereal out of…
SCOUT PICK: Art, Tech and Virtual Reality Meet in “Interdisciplinary”
“We’re not all on a straight and narrow path, us creative people,” Danielle Festa laughs. “You do a little bit of what you’re passionate about,…
Fiber Arts, Herbalism and Mysticism at Craftwork Somerville
When I first meet Amy Lou Stein, the plan is to chat about Craftwork Somerville, the makerspace she opened in October at 259 Highland Ave. But before long,…
FRIDAY: Firkins, Feminist Fibers, Fun, Friends
This weekend, a new art exhibit at Aeronaut is turning their standing Firkin Friday into Feminist Fiber Friday. For more than two years, local artist…
Artist Rachel MacCabe Begs for Space Saving Decency
Let’s get one thing out of the way up front: Like it or hate it, space saving is illegal in the City of Somerville. That…