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Auditions at the Monson Arts Council

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The Monson Arts Council (MAC) will be holding auditions for the July 2024 presentation of “The Radio Play Disaster” by Don Zolidis. Auditions will be held at Monson Memorial Hall […]

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Cezanne and Van Gogh: Beyond Perception

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Impressionism was one of the most fruitful of artistic movements for what it inspired in the artists of succeeding generations.  It was fruitful, certainly, in the new ground it explored, […]

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Monson Arts Council Spring Art Show

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     The Monson Arts Council 30th Annual Juried Spring Art Exhibition and Sale will open at the House of Art, 200 Main Street in Monson and in Monson’s Memorial Hall at 198 […]

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Leonardo da Vinci

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I have spent the first five posts in this “favorite artist” series indulging myself on that marvelous period in European art: the late 19th century. Now it is time to […]

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Spring Art Exhibition and Sale

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The 30th annual juried art show sponsored by the Monson Arts Council is seeking submissions from artists. Full details are available on the art show pages. The show will once […]

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Art and Fashion to be Presented by MMOA

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The Monson Museum of Art, under the auspices of the Monson Arts Council, will be presenting a special fashion show, featuring authentic period fashions by Laura Asson. The tile of […]

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The Art of Alienation

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One phenomenon which seems to be unique to the modern period is what we can call “urban alienation”: not the isolation of a hermit far from society, but the alienation […]

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Edgar Degas

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Along with Manet, Degas is my favorite artist among the impressionist group.  Like Manet, he rejected the label “impressionist” in his early years, though his later work is solidly in […]

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Brown vs. The Rainbow

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One of the realizations which comes to an artist who tries to record nature is that the range of color available on the palette cannot compete with the range and […]

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Manet

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Having done proper homage to Monet in my last post, let me turn to my two favorites among the impressionist group: Manet and Degas.  While Monets accomplishment wins my highest […]

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