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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WGBH Slashes Jazz Programming Opinion
Radio Community Reacts Supporting Eric Jackson and Steve Schwartz
By: - Jun 22nd, 2012This week's news that WGBH is downgrading its local jazz programming by more than 50% has ignited a firestorm in the tightly-knit community of jazz announcers. Veteran announcers Eric Jackson and Steve Schwartz, with combined service of more than 55 years in jazz radio, were informed that Eric's long-running weekday show (Mon-Thurs, 8pm-midnight) would be moved to the weekend, and Steve's Friday evening program will be terminated.
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Casts Announced for WTF Productions Theatre
Last of the Red Hot Lovers and Far From Heaven
By: - Jun 21st, 2012Williamstown Theatre Festival Artistic Director Jenny Gersten announced today the full cast and creative teams for Last of the Red Hot Lovers, which will be presented on the Nikos Stage from July 11 through July 22 (opening July 12), and the Preview Production of Far From Heaven, which will play the Main Stage from July 19 through July 29 (opening July 21). Both shows begin rehearsals today in preparation for their runs at the Festival.
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City & Guilds of London Art School Degree Show Fine Arts
27 June to 1 July 2012
By: - Jun 21st, 2012The 2012 Degree Show presents work by BA Painting, Sculpture, Conservation and Historic Carving graduates. They will exhibit in the School's historic buildings in Kennington. Unique among London art schools, City & Guilds offers progressive ideas shared with a strong foundation in drawing and craft skillswithstudents enjoying an exceptionally generous student-to-tutor ratio.16 painters and 3 sculptors will be exhibiting alongside 8 Conservators and 13 Historic Carvers.
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Tigers Be Still at Chicago’s Wit Theatre
Three Ring Circus for Fringe Companies
By: - Jun 20th, 2012With three stages Chicago's Theatre Wit collaborates with some forty of the Second City's 200 plus theatre companies. We attended the final weekend of the hit comedy Tigers be Still which Kim Rosenstock wrote and developed in New York at Roundabout before it moved to Wit. What a hoot.
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Stars of Williamstown Theatre Festival Meet and Greet Theatre
Blythe Danner, Tyne Daly, David Hyde Pierce, Bob Balaban
By: - Jun 20th, 2012On Thursday, June 28 the Williamstown Theatre Festival launches its season with the opening night of two shows. Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" directed by David Hyde Pierce with Tyne Daly is on the Main Stage. The more intimate Nikos Stage will feature the world premiere of The Deep Blue directed by Bob Balaban with Becky Ann Baker and a return to Williamstown after a long absence of a perennial favorite, Blythe Danner. Yesterday WTF artistic director Jenny Gersten hosted a meet an greet with the directors and their stars.
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Immediate Family by Paul Oakley Stovall Theatre
Directed by Phylicia Rashaad at Chicago's Goodman
By: - Jun 19th, 2012Conforming to Aristotle’s paradigms for drama Immediate Family by Paul Oakley Stovall the action involving an African American family gathered for a wedding occurs at a furious pace with over the top histrionics, directed at warp speed by Phylicia Rashad, all in one day.
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Marvin Gaye Rocks Chicago Theatre
Jackie Taylor’s Black Ensemble Theater
By: - Jun 19th, 2012The remarkable Jackie Taylor built the new $19 million Black Ensemble Theatre. She also writes, produces and directs musicals about the immortals of soul. Currently a boffo hit "The Marvin Gaye Story: Don’t Talk About My Father Because God Is My Friend" is the coolest show of a sizzling Chicago summer. Let's get it on.
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Eastland at Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre
Premiere of Andrew White Musical
By: - Jun 18th, 2012On 24 July 1915 some 2,572 employees of Western Electric Company boarded The Eastland for an outing. While still docked the overcrowded, top heavy vessel sank in 20 feet of water. There were 884 deaths. Improbably, Andrew White, the artistic director of the renowned Lookinglass, has written a musical based on that tragedy. Will the production sink or swim with audiences? It was well received on opening night but needs overhaul in dry-dock.
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E. L. Doctorow's The March Theatre
World Premiere at Chicago's Steppenwolf
By: - Jun 13th, 2012The renowned Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago has just closed the world premiere of The March, adapted and directed by Frank Galati from the novel by E. L. Doctorow. The ambitious two and a half hour production with an enormous cast and a simple staging needs a major overhaul if it hopes to have a life beyond Chicago.
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Jacob's Pillow Dance 2012 Dance
Full Schedule June 16 through August 26
By: - Jun 07th, 2012Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival kicks off June 16 with the 80th Anniversary Gala, followed by “a veritable dance explosion†(Claudia La Rocco of The New York Times) of more than 300 free and ticketed performances, talks, exhibits, classes, and events spanning three months.
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King Lear at Shakespeare & Company Theatre
Lenox Production June 16 to September 1
By: - Jun 07th, 2012King Lear runs from June 16 through September 1 in S&Co.’s Founders’Theatre. Press Opening is on Friday, June 23 at 7:30PM. This profound and devastatingly beautiful tale of regret is directed by Rebecca Holderness who sets the stage in 1906 Russia as the monarchy is crumbling and Lear’s world descends into madness.
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The Puppetmaster of Lodz Opens June 21 Theatre
Launches Berkshire Theatre Group's Theatre Festival Season
By: - Jun 07th, 2012The Puppetmaster of Lodz by Gilles Ségal, translated by Sara O'Connor and directed by Brian Roff will begin Berkshire Theatre Group's Theatre Festival season at The Unicorn Theatre, 6 East St. in Stockbridge on June 21 with an official press opening on June 23.
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Kristen van Ginhoven Offers Workshops Theatre
WAM Director To Teach Actors and Directors
By: - Jun 07th, 2012Kristen van Ginhoven, WAM’s Artistic Director, will teach a workshop over the summer where she will share what she learned while recently working at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada. The workshop will be offered June 18 in Schenectady, NY at Proctor’s Theatre and July 22 at Eleven in Great Barrington, MA.
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Dr. Ruth All the Way at Barrington Stage Theatre
Mark St. Germain World Premiere June 19 to July 21
By: - Jun 06th, 2012Barrington Stage Company, the award-winning regional theatre in downtown Pittsfield, under the leadership of Julianne Boyd, Artistic Director, and Tristan Wilson, Managing Director, is proud to present the world premiere of Dr. Ruth, All The Way by Mark St. Germain, directed by Julianne Boyd.Starring stage, film and television actress Debra Jo Rupp (That 70s Show), Dr. Ruth, All the Way will now run from June 19 through July 21 at St. Germain Stage(formerly Stage 2) at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center, 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield. Opening Night is Saturday, June 30 at 8pm.
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Ralph Brill on Photographer Leonard Freed People
Eclipse Mill Exhibition and Other Projects
By: - Jun 05th, 2012A version of the traveling exhibition The Italians by the late photographer, Leonard Freed, will be presented in August at the Eclipse Mill Gallery by the gallerist/ entrepreneur Ralph Brill. We met with Brill to discuss Freed and other wide ranging thoughts and projects. There was a focus on North Adams as the former home of Arnold Printworks and Sprague Electric prior to becoming home to Mass MoCA.
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100 Boston Painters Fine Arts
An Ambitious Publication by Chawky Frenn
By: - Jun 04th, 2012From the Colonial Era through the present Boston has been notable for its passion and commitment to painters. The artist Chawky Freen has succeeded in the daunting challenge of publishing an overview of 100 Boston Painters. This is an invaluable contribution to an aspect of contemporary art in Boston.
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Grita Insam 1939-2012 People
Vienna Gallerist Ist Tot
By: - Jun 04th, 2012We spent quality time with Vienna gallerist Grita Insam. We recall visiting her main and project galleries. Over wine and sausages she revealed that she was formerly a champion ballroom dancer. It was among her many unique qualities.
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Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry at BIFF Film
For China Ai Weiwei or the Highway
By: - Jun 04th, 2012This past week the Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei was absent from the Serpentine Gallery in London for a new work created in collaboration with the architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. Previously he worked with them on the renowned "Birdsnest" design for the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Olympics. Since release on bail following months of interrogation in June, 2011 the artist has been forbidden to communicate with the media or leave the country.
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BIFF in Pittsfield Film
A Rainy Saturday at the Movies
By: - Jun 03rd, 2012After the opening night of Ethel on Thursday we continue coverage, Friday through Saturday, of the seventh annual Berkshire International Film Festival. Yet again there was a stunning mix of features and unique documentary films.
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Michael Snow and Wanda Koop at Mass MoCA People
Dialogue with Canadian Master Artists
By: - Jun 01st, 2012During the intensely busy opening weekend we attempted to interact with artists in the sprawling Mass MoCA survey Oh Canada. The selection mostly focused on younger and lesser known artists. The exceptions proved to be two internationally recognized artists Wanda Koop and Michael Snow.
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Omari Hardwick to Film Verses & Flow Television
TV One Debuts August 31.
By: - Jun 01st, 2012On June 11, “Verses & Flow†will begin filming its second season at the historical Belasco Theater in Downtown Los Angeles. This year’s host is American actor and Georgia native, Omari Hardwick.
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Ethel Opens 7th Annual Biff in Great Barrington Film
Kathleen Introduces Sister Rory’s HBO Documentary
By: - Jun 01st, 2012A matriarch of the Kennedy dynasty, Ethel, the widow of Robert and mother of eleven, is a sporty, fun loving but guarded private individual. When HBO decided to commission a documentary they asked her daughter Rory. Everyone was shocked when Ethel consented to be interviewed by her youngest daughter. What Ethel declines to discuss is warmly fleshed out for her nine surviving children. It provided a stunning launch to the 7th annual Berkshire International Film Festival
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Berkshire International Film Festival Film
Complete Schedule May 31 to June 3
By: - May 30th, 2012The 7th Annual season of The Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF) will celebrate this year with the latest in independent feature, documentary, short and family films. The festival runs from May 31 – June 3, 2012 in Great Barrington and June 1 – June 3rd in Pittsfield, MA and will be showcasing over 70 films in independent filmmaking.
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OMG Canada at Mass MoCA Fine Arts
Daunting Survey of Canadian Art
By: - May 28th, 2012From now through March, 2013 Mass MoCA will display the first major museum level survey of contemporary Canadian art in the United States. The work of sixty plus artists was selected through a process of some 400 studio visits over the past few years by curator Denise Markonish. It's a lively, upbeat, sprawling exhibition but don't expect any quick answers to the question of what is Canadian about Canadian art. Mostly it's like contemporary American art just less familiar and farther north,.
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Edward Maeder Seminar at Berkshire Botanical Gardens Fine Arts
The Rose in Art and Fashion—700 Years June 12 to 14
By: - May 28th, 2012The eminent curator and author Edward Maeder will lead a three-day seminar at Berkshire Botanical Gardens (BBG) with lectures on "The Rose in Art and Fashion—700 Years", and "Gardens in the Decorative Arts". The lectures will be followed by hands-on demonstrations and workshops: "Exploring Paper Possibilities with Collage and Floral Inspiration". The events will be held June 12 to 14, at BBG, 5 West Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge, Massachusetts 01262
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