Charles Giuliano
Bio:
Publisher & Editor. Charles was the director of exhibitions for the New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University where he taught art history and the humanities. He taugh tModern Art and the Avant-garde for Metropolitan College of Boston University. After many years as a contributor, columnist and editor for a range of print publications from Art New England, Art News, the Boston Phoenix, the Boston Herald Traveler and Patriot Ledger, to mention a few, he went on line with Maverick Arts which evolved into a website.
Recent Articles:
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The 2012 Boston Biennial Fine Arts
The Gallery at Spencer Lofts
By: - Nov 09th, 2012It finally had to happen. A Biennial coming to a neighborhood near you. In this case The Gallery at Spencer Lofts in Chelsea. For an entry fee of just twenty five bucks artists can put that all important entry, Biennial, on their resumes. By the way, the juror, one Branden Harrington III is a "noted Boston artist and all around cool guy." Frankly we've never heard of him or I and II. Is this a scam or spoof? You decide. Caveat Emptor. Check out the video.
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2013 James and Audrey Foster Prize Fine Arts
ICA Announces Finalists for Biennial Award
By: - Nov 09th, 2012Sarah Bapst, Katarina Burin, Mark Cooper, and Luther Price were named finalists for the 2013 James and Audrey Foster Prize, the ICA's biennial award and exhibition program for Boston-area artists, the museum announced today. Bapst, Burin, Cooper, and Price will participate in an exhibition organized by Helen Molesworth, Barbara Lee Chief Curator, on view at the ICA from May 1 through July 21, 2013.
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Rita Coolidge at the Clark Nov. 30 Music
Annual Holiday Walk Weekend in Williamstown
By: - Nov 08th, 2012Like all of her musical endeavors, A Rita Coolidge Christmas is a project that comes straight from the heart, reflecting the love she feels for the holiday and the many memories it evokes. Memorable Coolidge chart-toppers include “Fever,†“We’re All Alone,†“One Fine Day,†“(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher,†“The Way You Do the Things You Do,†“All Time High,†“Superstar,†and many others.
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Just 45 Minutes From Broadway Film
Indie Film by Henry Jaglom
By: - Nov 07th, 2012Henry Jaglom is an American actor, and a writer/director of sometime quirky and idiosyncratic films that often deal with women’s issues, or subject matter that main- stream writer/directors often eschew. Jaglom relishes the filmic road less traveled.
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Mark St. Germain’s The Best of Enemies Theatre
New Jersey’s George Street Playhouse Nov. 27 – Dec. 23
By: - Nov 07th, 2012Barrington Stage Company announces that the acclaimed new play, The Best of Enemies, by Mark St. Germain (Dr. Ruth, All the Way and Freud’s Last Session), will be presented from November 27 through December 23 at New Jersey’s George Street Playhouse, 9 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ. For tickets call 732-246-7717 or purchase online at www.georgestplayhouse.org. Opening night is Friday, November 30 at 8pm.
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Art at North Adams Regional Hospital Fine Arts
New Installation of Community Art Program
By: - Nov 07th, 2012For the past several years the North Adams Regional Hospital has hosted semi annual installations of the curated Community Art Program. Following a call for artists a selection of some 200 plus works are displayed in the corridors and waiting rooms. While there is an emphasis on landscapes, still life and abstractions this time the graven image has been added to the mix. While eclectic, the Hospital shows are always upbeat, fun, and even surprising. Surely these colorful images help to ease the aches and pains of visitors.
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Further Thoughts on the Artist Tim Nichols Fine Arts
Responding to Reader Comments
By: - Nov 05th, 2012My blog on Tim Nichols and the subsequent comments from people who knew him, opened up my eyes to the difficulty of simple descriptions of a life as long as Tim’s. As we all navigate our life, how we must appear to others is so variegated that in the end there is not one Tim but as many as there were observers of his life
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Gerald Elias Musican and Author Word
Tanglewood Violinist and Mystery Writer
By: - Nov 04th, 2012Violinist Gerald Elias departed the Boston Symphony Orchestra some years ago for greater opportunities in Salt Lake City. He returns each summer to get his "orchestral fix" performing with Tanglewood. Several years ago he conflated music and writing with a series of successful mystery novels. We met briefly during WordFest a weekend long writer's conference at The Mount.
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14th Williamstown Film Festival, 2012 Film
Mostly about Shorts
By: - Nov 03rd, 2012The October 2012 WFF went off without a hitch, well almost. BerkshireFineArts has already given overviews of this year's film festival. This report is primarily about short films, or Shorts, and their highly succesful screenings during a five day long movie feast!
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Hugo Boss Prize 2012 to Danh Vo Fine Arts
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Announces Winner
By: - Nov 02nd, 2012The Hugo Boss Prize 2012 has been awarded to Danh Vo, announced Richard Armstrong, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, and Claus-Dietrich Lahrs, Chairman and CEO, HUGO BOSS AG. Vo is the ninth artist to receive the biennial honor that was established in 1996 to recognize significant achievement in contemporary art.
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Chinglish at Lyric Stage of Boston Theatre
David Henry Hwang Play November 30 to December 23
By: - Nov 01st, 2012Named one of Time Magazine’s 10 best plays of 2011, Chinglish follows an American businessman as he heads to a bustling Chinese province looking to cash in on the area’s growth potential. It is a hilarious comedy of mistranslation and manners by Tony and Obie Award-winning playwright, David Henry Hwang, author of M Butterfly. It comes to Lyric Stage of Boston from November 30 to December 23.
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Berkshire International Film Festival Updates Film
Tickets on Sale and Heirloom Meals Events
By: - Nov 01st, 2012Passes and packages for the annual Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF) for May 30 to June 2, 2013 are now on sale. Heirloom Meals’ Christmas Special is the follow-up program to the widely-seen and highly-praised Heirloom Meals’ Thanksgiving Special. Like the Thanksgiving Special, the Heirloom Meals’ Christmas Special features real people, with real food and heartfelt memories.
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Gayby Jenn Harris’ Qwan Song Theatre
How Randy Harrison Goes Viral
By: - Oct 30th, 2012For the brilliant young comic, Jenn Harris, the indy film, Gayby, which was screened at the recent Williamstown Film Festival may be her breakthrough. We spoke with her about the film and her work with the young company QWAN. She and Randy Harrison appeared for a one nighter with Qwan at the Colonial Theatre this past summer.
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Arlo Guthrie at the Colonial Theatre November 16 Music
Celebrating Woody's Hundreth Birthday
By: - Oct 30th, 2012Arlo Guthrie will play the Colonial on November 16 at 8pm to honor his father, Woody Guthrie, and all that he contributed to Folk Music. For this concert only, Arlo will be accompanied by his family, to celebrate Woody Guthrie's life and music.
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Light & Landscape at Storm King Art Center Fine Arts
Sculpture Exhibition Through November 11
By: - Oct 30th, 2012Storm King Art Center, with its 500 acres of rolling meadows and wooded groves, is arguably North America ’s most beautiful sculpture park. Just one hour north of New York City, its impressive collection has continually grown…and it just keeps getting better and better. Deftly organized by Associate Curator Nora Lawrence, Light & Landscape features the work of fourteen artists “all who use a variety of strategies to engage with light as a central component of their work.â€
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Old Jews Telling Jokes Theatre
Oi Vey Such a Play
By: - Oct 30th, 2012Forget about Next Year in Jerusalem and get off your butt – tokhes if you are Jewish – over to the Westside Theatre to see Old Jews Telling Jokes. Whatever your persuasion, religious or otherwise, unless you are made of stone – and in that case stay home – you will leave the theatre laughing.
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Spiders Alive! American Museum of Natural History Fine Arts
Original Web Masters on View in NY to December 2
By: - Oct 29th, 2012Cleverly cashing in on this Spiderman craze – Why not! They do house the world’s largest research collection of spiders – is the American Museum of Natural History’s mini-blockbuster Spider’s Alive! Populated by hordes of excited children with parents in tow, this show which runs through December 2 appears to be the most popular exhibition in the city.
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Cyrano de Bergerac Returns to Broadway Theatre
A Nose Job by Douglas Hodge
By: - Oct 29th, 2012Cyrano, thanks to the Roundabout Theatre Company, is back on Broadway with Douglas Hodge as the nosed one. I wish I could say that their production of Cyrano – among the most romantic theatrical chestnuts and long a favorite of mine – blew me away. Alas, and sadly, no such occurrence took place.
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Collected Stories at Coachella Valley Repertory Theatre
Donald Margulies Play with Eileen T'Kaye and Erika Whalen
By: - Oct 29th, 2012Jack Lyons keeps us up to date with California Theatre. Here we writes about Eileen T’Kaye as Ruth, and Erika Whalen as Lisa, as they grapple with Donald Margulies’ basic premise in Collected Stories. First, their onstage chemistry is absolutely palpable. And as such, they produce moments of sublime craftsmanship that do not compete, but are moments that compliment one another. Their interaction recalls the classic film All About Rve.
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Renowned Chef Gerhard Schmid of Haflinger Haus Food
Berkshire International Club Celebrates Octoberfest
By: - Oct 27th, 2012Many recall the fine cuisine of Chef Gerhard Schmid from his Gateways Inn in Lenox in the late ‘70s and ‘80s, and the Devonfield Inn, formerly known as Haus Andreas in Lee, from 1980-1994. He is now presiding over the kitchen of Haflinger Haus an elegant mansion in Adams, Mass. Some 40 members of the Berkshire International Club gathered there to enjoy his special Octoberfest menu.
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Digital Art and Online Art Classes Opinion
From John Dewey to No Child Left Behind
By: - Oct 26th, 2012The US Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts a 13% increase in graphic design jobs over the next decade, requiring even more students capable of demonstrating creativity and originality through professional digital and graphic art portfolios. Just how will hard hit arts education during an era of drastic budget cutbacks meet the challenge of preparing the next generation for these much needed new jobs?
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Top Chef Tom Colicchio Off Camera Food
Dissing Michelin While Touting American Cuisine
By: - Oct 26th, 2012​Top Chef Tom Colicchio attended the premiere of Dreamscapes, a Wolfgang Hissen documentary profiling Berkshire artist Stephen Hannock. His works hang in Colicchio and Sons and overall a dozen New York restaurants developed by the chef and Andy Meyer. During the recent the Williamstown Film Festival we engaged Colicchio in a lively and revealing dialogue.
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2012 Williamstown Film Festival Part Two Film
Arcadia, Gayby, Richard Russo, Supporting Characters, Circus Dreams
By: - Oct 24th, 2012The second and final part of Williamstown Film Festival covers events on Saturday and Sunday. The five day festival drew some 1,200. With so much to absorb in a short time we offer some higlights and insights for the 14th annual WFF.
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Olympia Dukakis To Return to Shakespeare & Company Theatre
Mother Courage and Her Children Slated for Next Summer
By: - Oct 24th, 2012“I’m absolutely ecstatic to have Olympia join us again for our 36th Season,†says Simotes. “Our collaboration on The Tempest proved to be a successful one both artistically and personally. It was another chapter in our rich history together, and I’m excited to continue writing that history next summer. Olympia has an infectious energy that inspires one's artistic soul. She’s a dear friend and mentor. I’m eager to explore the depths of this fascinating play with her and Apollo, and once again share her immense talent with our audiences.â€
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Williamstown Film Festival Reaches Its Goals Film
Part One: Thursday and Friday Events
By: - Oct 23rd, 2012Now in its 14th year the Williamstown Film Festival has been compressed from two weekends to one Wednesday through Sunday stretch. That saw an increase of guest artists and visitors who hung in for the duration of the unique cinematic event. Yet again, artistic director, Steve Lawson, concocted a heady mix of many short films and several stunning features. There was a sell out for the thursday opening night of Dreamscape, followed by a party at Mezze. On Friday Mass MoCA was packed for Knuckleball. This is the first of two reports and several interviews.
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