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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Christina Olsen to Head Willams Museum People
Joins College on May 1
By: - Jan 19th, 2012Williams College today announced the appointment of Christina Olsen as the Class of 1956 Director of the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA). Olsen is currently the director of education and public programs at the Portland Art Museum and previously worked at the Getty Foundation and Getty Museum.
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Jonas Dovydenas War and Peace in Afghanistan Photography
Berkshire Community College Exhibition Through February 17
By: - Jan 18th, 2012Between 1985 and 2010 the Berkshire based photographer Jonas Dovydenas made 13 trips to Afghanistan to create an edited portfolio of some 12,000 images. A selection of work has been densely hung, salon style, in the Koussevitzky Art Gallery at Berkshire Community College (BCC) in Pittsfield where they will remain on view, Monday through Friday, 9AM to 5PM through February 17.
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Catherine Russell at Mass MoCA February 18 Music
Jazz Singer to Appear in the Hunter Center
By: - Jan 16th, 2012Catherine Russell, who has earned comparisons to jazz icons such as Ella Fitzgerald and Bessie Smith, will share her soulful blues on Saturday, February 18, at 8pm in MASS MoCA's Hunter Center in a concert sponsored by Amtrak.
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Jane and Jeff Hudson Rock Mass MoCA Music
Re-release of 30-year-old LP Flesh
By: - Jan 15th, 2012Some 200 senior citizens stayed up late last night at Mass MoCA to cheer on their peers Jane and Jeff Hudson. They were cool to the point of stoic performing loud synthrock with pulsing, robotic, rhythm tracks. The occasion marked the re-release of their 30-year-old indy album Flesh. It was a fun night.
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John Douglas Thompson Two People
Developing the Terry Teachout Play Satchmo
By: - Jan 14th, 2012This summer at Shakespeare & Company John Douglas Thompson will premiere a one man play Satchmo at the Waldorf written by the Wall Street Journal drama critic Terry Teachout. Thompson is in the early stages of research on the life and music of the legendary jazz musician Louis Armstrong.
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Brooks Ashmanskas a God of Carnage People
A Comedic Bare Knuckles Slug Fest
By: - Jan 14th, 2012With Brooks Ashmanskas, currently playing in God of Carnage at The Huntington Theatre, you come to expect the unexpected. Starting with a straight interview it doesn’t take long for the wheels to come off. From there it devolves into a comedic, bar knuckles slug fest. But all in outrageous fun. Read this and weep. Tears of hysterical joy.
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Wilco Solid Sound Festival a No Go Music
Set To Return in 2013
By: - Jan 13th, 2012Cancel your hotel reservations and put away the tent and camping gear. Damn. There will be no Wilco Solid Sound Festival at Mass MoCA this June as there has been for the past two years. That's tough darts for fans and merchants alike. The rock band will perform a benefit for MoCA on a date TBA and return with the festival in 2013.
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Chunky Move at Mass MoCA March 24 & 25 Dance
Co Sponsored with Jacob's Pillow
By: - Jan 13th, 2012Jacob’s Pillow Dance and MASS MoCA will co-present leading Australian contemporary dance company Chunky Move in Connected. Based in Melbourne, the company brings “blasts of choreographic excitement†(Jack Anderson, New York Times) to its performances.
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Thespian John Douglas Thompson One People
Next Up Iceman Cometh at Chicago's Goodman
By: - Jan 12th, 2012John Douglas Thompson discusses working with Sam Waterson and Bill Irwin this season in King Lear at the Public Theatre in New York. And pending plans for Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh in Chicago at the Goodman Theatre with Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy.
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Tony Simotes Plays His Markers on Berkshire Theatre Theatre
Getting Shakespeare & Company Back on Track
By: - Jan 11th, 2012In announcing a stunning, star studded program for the 35th season of Shakespeare & Company, now in his third season as artistic director, Tony Simotes provided indicators of what to expect in the future. This summer he will play his aces with former teacher and friend Olympia Dukakis in The Tempest. The company's homegrown star, John Douglas Thompson, returns after a hiatus in a new one man play Satchmo at the Waldorf.
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Shakespeare & Company 35th Season Theatre
Olympia Dukakis and John Douglas Thompson
By: - Jan 10th, 2012For the 35th season of Shakespeare & Company there is a stunning contrast between the old- King Lear and the Tempest- and the new Satchmo at the Waldorf. Olympia Dukakis will play Prospero in The Tempest. In a play being written and developed by Wall Street Journal drama critic, Terry teachout, John Douglas Thompson returns to Lenox in a one man show focusing on jazz legend Louis Armstrong and his mobbed up manager Joe Glaser
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Gail Burns Part Three Opinion
Community Service in Addition to Theatre
By: - Jan 09th, 2012After Hurricane Irene hit and destroyed 300 homes in Williamstown I was among the first responders and I am proud to say that my work recently became incorporated as a non-profit called Higher Ground dedicated to providing ongoing assistance to the flood victims and working long-term on the crucial need for affordable housing in North County.
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Gail Burns Part Two Opinion
Publishing GailSez Since 1997
By: - Jan 08th, 2012Writing reviews of some dozen theatre companies within a two hour radius of her home in Williamstown is just one aspect of Gail Burns. Since 1997 her site GailSez has become an invaluable documentary resource of theatre in the region. This is part two of a critical discourse.
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Gail Burns of GailSez Opinion
Covering Berkshire Theatre Since 1997
By: - Jan 08th, 2012Few Berkshire based critics see more theatre than Williamstown based Gail Burns. She is know for feisty, passionate over the top reviews. Her on line site GailSez includes not only her own reviews but compiles lists and links to all of the other critics in the region. She also posts press releases and casting calls. It is a massive archive reaching back to 1997. This is the first segment of an extensive dialogue.
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Barrington Stage Salutes That's Entertainment Film
Series of Classic Film Musicals Starts January 28
By: - Jan 05th, 2012That’s Entertainment! Barrington Stage Company salutes the American movie musical with a special film series on the big screen at the Mainstage (30 Union Street) beginning January 28. Free for kids under 13.
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Year Ends on High Note for S&Co. Theatre
Looking forward to 34Th Season
By: - Jan 04th, 2012With its 34th Performance Season still running until March 25, Shakespeare & Company Artistic Director Tony Simotes announces a strong end to its 2011 performance year on both critical and financial fronts.
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Barrington Stage Streams 92nd Street Y Opinion
Walter Isaacson on Steve Jobs January 24
By: - Jan 03rd, 2012Barrington Stage Company (BSC) continues the “Live from NY’s 92nd Street Y†Simulcasts with three programs for winter 2012.
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Janus the Two Faced Roman God Opinion
Looking at the Arts Behind and Ahead
By: - Jan 02nd, 2012It is that time of year when we look back at the highlights and insights of the past season. Take a deep breath and anticipate what lays ahead for 2012. There is much to remember as well as look forward to.
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Clem DeRosa Drummer and Jazz Educator People
was co-founder of the International Association for Jazz Education
By: - Dec 30th, 2011Pittsfield based jazz entrepreneur Ed Bride remembers a friend and colleague Clem DeRosa. The Texas based drummer and educator was the founder of the International Association of Jazz Education.
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Artist Helen Frankenthaler at 83 People
Her Paint and Reputation Spread Thin
By: - Dec 28th, 2011In 1952 a remarkable painting "Mountains and Sea" placed a recent Bennington College graduate, Helen Frankenthaler, in a position of innovator of what critic/ boyfriend, Clement Greenberg, dubbed Post-Painterly Abstraction. The movement is more widely known as Color Field Painting. We discussed her work in 1981 during an exhibition at the Rose Art Museum. At 83 she died on December 27.
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Boston Art Dealer Joan Sonnabend People
Created Collections for Sonesta Hotels
By: - Dec 26th, 2011When Boston art dealer. Joan Stoneman, married Roger Sonnabend she had an enormous influence on his family owned chain of Sonesta Hotels. Under her charge the international hotel chain pioneered the policy of purchasing and commissioning major collections of contemporary art. She is remembered as a formidable presence during the transition of the contemporary art scene in Boston during the late 1960s and 1970s.
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Darrah Carr Dance Jan 21 at Mass MoCA Dance
Combines Traditional and Contemporary Irish Steps
By: - Dec 24th, 2011Darrah Carr Dance will present two separate repertories-ModERIN and Irish Extravaganza. Both will feature Irish duets and fusion works, with the Irish Extravaganza also concentrating on traditional group dances. The program will also feature live music on the accordion and spoons
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Sculptor John Chamberlain at 84 People
Car Crash as Art and Metaphor
By: - Dec 23rd, 2011Car Crashes with their bent and distorted slabs of polyrchormed sheet metal were the inspiration and metaphor for the signature work and jagged life of sculptor John Chamberlain. An appreciation with memories of time spent with the artist in the late 1960s and 1970s in New York and the Berkshires.
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10x10 On North Opinion
Pittsfield Winter Festival February 16 to 26
By: - Dec 20th, 201110x10 On North, the Berkshires’ first-ever winter contemporary arts festival, will creatively enliven downtown Pittsfield February 16 through 26, 2012, with a dynamic mix of new art, dance, music, theatre, and more.
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Jeff and Jane Hudson Music
Antique Rockers to Perform at Mass MoCA January 14
By: - Dec 19th, 2011Today Jeff and Jane Hudson are antique dealers with a shop at Mass MoCA. On January 14 their presence at Mass MoCA will explore a different approach. Back in the day they performed as The Rentals and later simply as Jeff and Jane. At least for one night they plan to knock the rust off the pipes and polish their rock n roll shoes. Should be a hoot.
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