Diana Weymar: Art as Resistance & The Power of a Sewing Needle
"But a protest such as this, which takes quips and one-liners that are circulated through videos and memes and gives them weight and permanence by turning them into physical, hand-crafted objects might seem to immortalize these sayings that many have come to associate with the worst of society." — Dr. Amy Bryzgel, Professor at Northeastern
The Magic of Memory: Reimagining Resilience in Diasporic Puerto Rican Art
”Tenderly placed in a corner of Unaccustomed Earth is a warm and welcoming assortment of items recognizable to many Caribbean Latin Americans: a wicker bowl of tropically colored decorative fruits, a hand-carved wooden mortar and pestle, and a sharp yellow package of Café Bustelo. I recognized these tributes to the exhibition from a studio visit with one of the show’s two featured artists, Emily Rose, in East Boston. I was welcomed into her at-home studio with cafecito and the delicious smells of her sister cooking a celebratory meal for a family gathering later that evening. While that corner of Puerto Rican home goods was not labeled as an art object in her studio or in the gallery, its function as a conduit for feelings of home grounded me in the magic of memory that swirled around Unaccustomed Earth.” — Jasper A. Sanchez
What was possible to say
”Julia Csekö’s work reminds us of what it means to approach the visual arts as a form of education and social engagement. As a multidisciplinary artist, her practice embraces painting, sculpture, video performance, installation, and most recently, printmaking to comment on social, cultural, and political issues. The serial nature of her artistry allows for exploration and progression. Her Brazilian-American identity informs how she understands symbols of national pride in both countries. For example, words, flags, ribbons, kitchen utensils, food, and heart representations, recur in her work.” — Michaela Blanc
Meet the Artist: Sima Schloss
Schloss’s work seeks to bridge the emotional content individuals, particularly women, seek to dissimulate under a smooth facade. Her work seeks to delve beneath the pretense and explore the incalculable facets of the human psyche.
Meet the artist: Rob "ProBlak" Gibbs
Rob “ProBlak” Gibbs is a visual artist and organizer who has transformed the cultural landscape of Boston through graffiti art since 1991.
Meet The Artist: Caron Tabb
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.
Meet The Artist: Nayana Lafond
LaFond's work focuses on social justice or, rather, injustice and the call for awareness. The artist speaks through her artwork of her indigenous roots and background in scope of the inequities and long line of social challenges faced by groups within underserved populations.
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.
Meet the Artist: Diana Weymar & The Tiny Pricks Project
Tiny Pricks began as Weymar’s personal project, without any inkling of the prominence it would gain within less than a year. In January of 2018, she decided to channel her frustration with Trump’s conduct into embroidery, stitching “I am a very stable genius” onto a piece of fabric that belonged to her grandmother. This practice soon became more frequent, and Weymar’s creations quickly began to circulate on social media, inspiring others to pitch in with their own.
Meet the Artist: Ibrahim Ali-Salaam
From the outset of known visual art, humanity has been captivated by the task of representing the body. Though this instinct has been subverted in the last century as art has moved further and further into the realm of the abstract and conceptual, many artists continue to draw on the human form for inspiration. Few contemporary artists, however, have made the figure as focal as Ibrahim Ali-Salaam.
