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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Jane Hudson Reflects on Art Education Opinion
Former Faculty Member of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts
By: - Nov 17th, 2012We asked Jane Hudson, a now retired faculty member of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, for another opinion on the BFA dialogue "Can Art Be Taught." With her husband Jeff Hudson, a Museum School graduate, they initiated a video art department for the school. Later Jane became involved with the MFA program graduate students in a broad range of media. Currently they live in Williamstown and have the business Hudson's Antiques on the campus of Mass MoCA.
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The Palm Desert Stage Company Revives Mark Twain Theatre
Is He Dead Adapted by David Ives
By: - Nov 16th, 2012The Palm Desert Stage Company kicks off its third season in the Joslyn Center’s Arthur Newman Theatre with Mark Twain’s revived comedy/farce “Is He Deadâ€, adapted by Chicago-born and New York City-based author/playwright David Ives. The comedy is stylishly and briskly directed, by the valley’s reigning comedy/farce director Tres Dean. (Dean directed another Ives’ play, “All in the Timing†at College of the Desert, just last month).
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Olde Forge’s Kirk Grippo Food
Chef/ Owner of Popular Berkshire Hangout
By: - Nov 15th, 2012Chef Kirk Grippo has owned and managed the popular Berkshire pub Olde Forge Restaurant, in Lanesboro on Route 7, for the past fifteen years. He was setting up for a party but paused long enough to chat with us. The annual Festival of Trees at the Berkshire Museum is among the events which he caters. He discussed how it takes a staff of 60 to keep up with the busy restaurant.
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Birches and Baobab Trees Photography
Ancient Spirit Trees
By: - Nov 15th, 2012Birches have fascinated me for many years! In 2009 we were introduced to Baobab Trees during a trip to Senegal, West Africa. Baobab Trees are also ancient trees with attributions of mystical powers since Millennia. The photo project attempts to convey some of the mysteries.
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Olde Forge Restaurant in Lanesboro Food
Winging It
By: - Nov 14th, 2012There are 18 rotating taps for beers including imports and regional seasonals. With more than 200 bottled beers including high end Belgian brews. Add to that state of the art, famous wings. Bottom line The Old Forge in Lansboro, a short drive from Pittsfield, is a Best in the Berkshires destination. Expect long waits on weekends and a boisterous full house. For affordable comfort food the menu is diverse and ambitious.
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James Bondage Film
Rebooting Double Oh No 7 Franchise
By: - Nov 13th, 2012Now 50 the James Bond franchise was running on vapors until an extreme overhaul with Daniel Craig in Casino Royale in 2006. That was followed by Quantum of Solace in 2008 and now Skyfall. There are two more Bond films starring Craig scheduled over the next four years. By then he will be a ripe old 46. In dog years but actually just 44 since the films have already been shot. But, any way you run the numbers, Bond is showing his age.
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Ian Grey's Hummingbirds Photography
Berkshire Photographer Launched Project in 2005
By: - Nov 12th, 2012Ian Grey's hummingbird project started soon after he and glass artist Isabella Raven moved to a wooded property in Florida a mountain hamlet on Route Two a short distance from North Adams. Over the course of seasons he developed an ever more refined strategy for capturing the birds which hover in space while drawing nectar from plants. From an average of 15,000 images per season he culls that down to a handful of keepers to print and exhibit.
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Can Art Be Taught Opinion
Outing the MFA Industry
By: - Nov 10th, 2012Traditionally one became an artist by apprenticing in the studio of a master. Basic skills and ideas were passed along. L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, or The Academy, was established during the French Revolution to teach artists and architects to design and create buildings and public art paintings and sculptures. In diploma granting artisan programs art schools and conservatories taught the skills to pursue a career as an artist, musician or actor. In recent years this has morphed into the art education industry which self perpetuates by granting more BFA and MFA degrees than necessary. There is more supply than demand.
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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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