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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Art About Town 2011 Fine Arts
North Adams The Crosswalks Project
By: - May 01st, 2011A crew of high school and college students, and artists created colorful, ersatz Sol LeWitt crossing walks in front of Mass MoCA. Through the summer the organization Art About Town plans to create a series of original designs for the 24 North Adams cross walks. The painting days will be coordinated with summer events.
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Hans-Peter Feldmann at Guggenheim Museum Fine Arts
Hugo Boss Prize Winner Opens May 20
By: - Apr 30th, 2011An exhibition of the work of German artist Hans-Peter Feldmann (b. 1941, Düsseldorf), winner of the HUGO BOSS PRIZE 2010, will be on view at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, May 20–November 2, 2011. Feldmann is the eighth artist to win this prestigious biennial award, established in 1996 by HUGO BOSS and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation to recognize significant achievement in contemporary art.
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OPERA America 2011 Music
Conference to Meet in Boston May 7 to 11
By: - Apr 30th, 2011The Boston Lyric Opera and Opera Boston will co-host OPERA America’s 2011 Conference in Boston from May 7 to May 11. The self-described “National Service Organization for Opera†was founded in 1970 and is based in New York City. It is dedicated to the “creation, presentation and enjoyment of opera.†Its annual conference takes place in different cities and is billed as the largest gathering of opera professionals in the United States.
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Drama Desk Award Nominations Theatre
Broadway 2010-2011
By: - Apr 29th, 2011The Book of Mormon, a musical, leads with 12 nominations. Followed by the revival Anything Goes with 10 and Merchant of Venice with seven.
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Berkshire International Film Festival Film
2011 Program June 2 through June 5
By: - Apr 29th, 2011The annual Berkshire International Film Festival will run from June 2 through 5. The film festival will feature some 70 US and international independent feature films, documentaries, and shorts.
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Bascom Lodge on Mt. Greylock Travel
Open Through November
By: - Apr 29th, 2011Mount Greylock, is the highest point in Massachusetts at 3,489 feet (1,063 m). During the depression years the CCC built Bascom Lodge. Three years ago the artist, Peter Dudek, his brother John, a chef, and his partner Brad Parsons won a competition, a twenty five year lease, to manage the Lodge. The contract entails a half million in renovations over ten years. On May 14 they open for the third season which runs through November.
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Stuart Chase Appointed CEO of 1Berkshire People
New Position for Former Berkshire Musem Director
By: - Apr 28th, 2011Stuart Chase will provide 1Berkshire and its affiliates, the Berkshire Chamber of Commerce, the Berkshire Visitors Bureau and Berkshire Creative Economy Council, with executive leadership in all areas vital to the growth and success of 1Berkshire including strategic and organizational management, fundraising, economic development and marketing.
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The Mount 2011 Season Program Opinion
Opens May 7 through October 31
By: - Apr 27th, 2011The Mount, the historic estate of Edith Wharton, has announced its 2011 summer season. The official opening day is Saturday, May 7. The Mount will be open daily from 10 am to 5 pm through October 31, 2011.
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Pittsfield Gallerist Leslie Ferrin: Two Fine Arts
Rethinking the Creative Economy
By: - Apr 26th, 2011With the high profile Ferrin Gallery space on the market has a flagship of the creative economy in Pittsfield morphed into a red flag? In part two of an in depth interview with Leslie Ferrin we explore the complex reasons behind this decision. What does it imply about the fragile infrastructure and synergy of the arts in the Berkshires? How tough is it to stretch the busy summer season into a year round retail operation? Overall, Ferrin is upbeat about new options and challenges.
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Outer Critics Circle Theatre
2010-2011 Award Nominations
By: - Apr 26th, 2011It is now awards season for New York Theatre. Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators covering New York theater for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, announces its nominees for the 2010-11 season in 23 categories. Sister Act leads with nine nominations followed by eight for Anything Goes. Spider Man which has been in previews for months and is yet to open is conspicuously absent from the nominations.
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American Repertory Theatre Theatre
2011/ 2012 Season
By: - Apr 25th, 2011There will be something old and something new, times two, in the 2011/ 2012 season of the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Mass. Artistic Director Diane Paulus remarked: "Our 2011/12 Season features projects that combine music and storytelling to explore our collective heritage and unique histories. The year will include musical theater inspired by Americana, jazz, folk, and indie-rock, as well as plays with humor and grand expressions of humanity. This will be a season of extraordinary tales, glorious music, creative invention, and community created through shared experience."
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Ferrin Gallery Selling Its Space in Pittsfield Fine Arts
Shifting Focus of the Business Plan: Part One
By: - Apr 25th, 2011With affordable rent in a rural setting Leslie Ferrin has sustained a successful gallery through a difficult economy. But she is now faced with the decision to sell the space in Pittsfield. She plans to focus more on the major art fairs and working with artists whose careers have really taken off with global opportunities. That is measured against a retail business that is only viable during the busy Berkshire summer season.
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NY Screening of The Black Line Journey Film
Peoples of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM) in Colombia
By: - Apr 25th, 2011“The Black Line Journey†presents the Mamos, (Sages) of the Kogui, Arhuaco and Wiwa Indigenous peoples, who live in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM) in Colombia, which they call the “The Heart of the World.†The film will be screened followed by discussion on May 1, at the Anthology Film Archives in New York City.
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HRH Prince William and Kate Middleton Word
Me and the Duke of Windsor
By: - Apr 24th, 2011There is a media frenzy for the Royal Wedding of HRH Prince William and Kate Middleton. Be still dear heart. My coverage of Royalty began in 1947 when I interviewed the Duke of Windsor. He invited me for cookies and cake in his suite at the Waldorf Astoria. But Mom wouldn't let me go. She never explained why.
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John R. Stomberg To Direct Mt. Holyoke Museum People
Leaving Williams After Nine Years
By: - Apr 21st, 2011Several months ago Williams College Art Museum announced its director, Lisa Corrin, will resign as of June. Today we learned that deputy director, John R. Stomberg, at the museum for the past nine years, is also leaving. As of August he takes over as director of the Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art. Come the fall semester it begs the question of who will be in charge at Williams in a transition that may take at least a year.
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Zhou Long’s Madame White Snake Music
Opera Boston Production Wins Pulitzer Prize
By: - Apr 20th, 2011Opera Boston presented the world premiere of Madame White Snake on Feb. 26, 2010 at the Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston, where there were three performances and one preview. Madame White Snake, the first opera commissioned by Opera Boston was conceived by its librettist, Cerise Lim Jacobs, of Brookline, Massachusetts, and her late husband Charles.
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The Bookseller of Dhaka Travel
A Tale from Bangaladesh
By: - Apr 20th, 2011Author Michael Bedford and his wife the artist Sarah Sutro have recently settled in North Adams after many years of living and working in Asia. This is the first of what we hope will be a series of writings about their experiences. Here we are introduced to Bedford's rich and observant narrative style.
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Shakespeare & Company Birthday Bash Theatre
Saturday April 23 Bard Turns 447
By: - Apr 18th, 2011On Saturday, April 23 William Shakespeare turns 447. Shakespeare & Company in Lenox is planning a birthday bash. The fun begins at 1 pm with a performance of Hamlet at 7 pm. There will be cake and a toast following the evening performance. That's a lot of family fun with special ticket prices.
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2011 Pulitzer Prize List Opinion
"Madame White Snake’" by Zhou Long at the Boston Opera
By: - Apr 18th, 2011"Madame White Snake’" by Zhou Long, premiered on Feb. 26, 2010, by the Boston Opera at the Cutler Majestic Theatre won for music. Sebastian Smee of the Boston Globe won for criticism.
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Mass MoCA Summer Schedule Opinion
Wilco and Rosanne Cash to Katharina Grosse
By: - Apr 18th, 2011The summer season at Mass MoCA launches with a concert by Rosanne cash on May 28. Not long after, June 24 to 26, North Adams will be transformed into a tent city ersatz Woodstock for the Wilco Solid Sound Festival. There's also lots to see and enjoy in the galleries of North America's largest contemporary art museum.
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Fred Taylor of Scullers Part Two Music
Fifty Nine Years in Show Business
By: - Apr 18th, 2011After nine years of working for the Serta Mattress Company a career in show biz started somewhat by accident. In 1952 Fred Taylor made a reel to reel tape of Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond at Storyville. After that as Taylor says "One thing led to another." For the past 21 years he has been booking jazz for the renowned Boston club Scullers.
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Fred Taylor on Jazz in Boston, Part One Music
When Copley Square Was Swingin
By: - Apr 17th, 2011For the past 21 years Fred Taylor has been booking the renowned jazz club Scullers. Before that he ran the legendary Jazz Workshop and Paul's Mall. With razor sharp memory Taylor discussed highlights of a career in music that started almost by accident in 1952. With amateur equipment he recorded Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond at Storyville for Fantasy Records. He has been at it ever since.
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Ilona Kudina at Scullers Music
A New CD: Nothing But Illusion
By: - Apr 16th, 2011In her native Latvia Ilona Kudina was initially trained by her father. There was no formal training in jazz which she heard on the radio or jammed with musicians in clubs. Eventually she earned a scholarship to the renowned Berklee College of Music and has remained in Boston since graduation. The gig at Scullers also served to launch a superb new CD Nothing But Illusion.
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Red Sox Nation in a Tailspin Opinion
Panic in April as Team Goes 2-10
By: - Apr 16th, 2011There is no joy in Mudville. Who knew when my buddy Mark invited us to opening day at Fenway that would be just one of two wins by mid April. You have to go to the record book for a slower start. This from the team that pre season was predicted to make it all the way to another World Series. You wish. Panic mode strikes fear in Red Sox Nation. Say it ain't so Joe. The fix is in.
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Lester Johnson at Acme Fine Arts Fine Arts
A Leading Figurative Expressionist Artist
By: - Apr 15th, 2011My overview of Figurarative Expressionism was deleted by the artist, Lester Johnson, from the 1987 museum exhibition catalogue. The essay has finally been published by Acme Gallery in Boston on the occasion of a stunning and insightful exhibition. It is sad and astonishing that the remarkable works on view are not adorning the walls of major American museums. It is time for a reevaluation of this major artist.
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