“What I really want to do in my work is to help people connect with art by whatever means they want to come to it, and see how it could be part of their lives.”
Thirty years of art and friendship
Wolf Kahn and Mara Williams look back on the past three decades at BMAC.
“It’s been quite a journey.”
At the age of 20, Lily Hevesh (aka @Hevesh5) is already one of the best known domino artists in the world. She returns to the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center for the 12th Annual Domino Toppling Extravaganza on Sunday, September 29, 2019 at 5:30 p.m.
"It all started in Putney."
“I’ve been a Midwesterner for 40 years, and I’ve always photographed. But my experience in the country and in a small town in Vermont has been a very important part of my photography.”
Art at the boundaries
“Bathers on Akumal Beach.” “An unselfconscious, lone figure.” “The sky swallowing the sun.” The three artists of “Ocean’s Edge” share thoughts about their imagery, influences, and inspirations.
“Cartoony and real at the same time”
"Using art to open the eyes, minds, and hearts of kids is a huge part of what we do,” said BMAC Director Danny Lichtenfeld. “You never know what will come of an experience like this. Will some of these kids be inspired to make art of their own? Will they become lifelong museum-goers? Will they view the world around them in new and exciting ways?"
“One must keep on looking.”
In many ways, that is the job of the artist: to get people to look and reconsider things they might be taking for granted.