Podcast appearances and mentions of jen mergel

Katherine Mitchell DiRico uses drawing, sculpture, light, and sound elements to create multimedia installations that investigate how we negotiate connectivity and sense perception in today’s networked world. Solo exhibitions include the Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA; Carol Schlosberg Alumni Gallery at Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA; Five Seven Delle Project Space, Boston, MA; Porcelynne Gallery, San Francisco, CA; and a solo commission by HUBweek. Selected group exhibitions include the Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland; Stockwell Studio, London, England; Transmediale Festival, Berlin, Germany; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Grossman Gallery at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and the Massachusetts Campus Compact Conference on Civic Engagement, Boston, MA; SOMArts Cultural Center, 66 Balmy Gallery, and Crucible Steel Gallery, San Francisco, CA; and the September Gallery, Hudson, NY. Katherine was awarded the Montague Travel Grant and the President’s Research Grant from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the 2018 Walter Feldman Fellowship from the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston, juried by curator Jen Mergel. She holds a BA from Smith College and the University of Dakar, Senegal, and an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Tufts University. All images courtesy of the artist 00:00 - Introduction 00:39 - Katherine Mitchell DiRico 02:27 - Digital Light Field - Lisel 05:15 - Instruments of Synesthesia 25:00 - Current Work 32:15 - Paris To Sleep - Violent Femmes 35:52 - Outro 36:14 - Finish

Over 300 newspapers ran editorials today to promote freedom of the press. Linda Pizzuti Henry, the Boston Globe’s Managing Director, joined us to talk about how this came about and what to make of this moment. Then we asked you: Will this defense of a free press prevail? Could it backfire if President Donald Trump spins this to prove his theory that the media are out to get him? *John Rosenthal, *founder of the advocacy group Stop Handgun Violence, discussed a student-led march across Massachusetts to protest gun violence. Former Suffolk County Sheriff *Andrea Cabral *discussed the controversial use of fentanyl in the execution of a Nebraska inmate. Jen Mergel, Boston-based curator, and Karen Mauney-Brodek, president of the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, discussed a new public art exhibit featuring the innovative "fog sculptures" of artist Fujiko Nakaya. Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, died today at the age of 76. We opened up the lines and asked you what her work meant to you. Columnist and author *Alex Beam *explained the large rodent that is becoming an invasive species in some American wetlands. *Jonathon Alsop *of the Boston Wine School shared the surprising rise of a new way of enjoying wine: From a can.

On LIVE Arts with Savona we hear PART TWO of the panel discussion with the artist JR and gallerist Jeffrey Deitch talk about his career and installation SO CLOSE.On the exterior of Pier 94 at the Armory Show, the artist and 2018 Academy Award nominee, JR, debuted a monumental work, transforming archival Ellis Island photographs into a large-scale installation.Presented in partnership with Artsy and Jeffrey Deitch, SO CLOSE(2018) was the marquee feature of the fair’s Platform section, curated by Jen Mergel, who selected fifteen site-responsive works sited around Pier 92 & 94 under the theme, The Contingent.

On LIVE Arts with Savona we hear the artist JR and gallerist Jeffrey Deitch talk about his career and installation SO CLOSE.On the exterior of Pier 94 at the Armory Show, the artist and 2018 Academy Award nominee, JR, debuted a monumental work, transforming archival Ellis Island photographs into a large-scale installation.Presented in partnership with Artsy and Jeffrey Deitch, SO CLOSE (2018) was the marquee feature of the fair’s Platform section, curated by Jen Mergel, who selected fifteen site-responsive works sited around Pier 92 & 94 under the theme, The Contingent.Part One of this talk with the artist.