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Issue 16 (Pre-Order)

Spring/Summer 2026

$21.00

Coming May 16, 2026

All tickets to our launch party on Saturday, May 16 include a free copy of issue 16. 

Copies not picked up at the launch party will be shipped starting May 20. 

All copies of Issue 16 come with a free print copy of Radar, our map of Greater Boston's art spaces and current exhibitions.

Cover: Inside Aspen Golann's studio in Rochester, New Hampshire, she is pictured with Combback Windsor Armchair, Circle Broom, Wheat Broom, Ergo Workstool, and Split Broom.

With contributions by:
Jorge S. Arango
Richard Blanco
Brian Boyles
Marcus Civin
Kaitlyn Ovett Clark
J. Yolande Daniels
Melaine Ferdinand-King
Lindsey Filowitz
Emmy Liu
Nina MacLaughlin
Marianna McMurdock
Mary Amanda McNeil
Dana Moser
Alanna Prince
Elodie Saint-Louis
Shuchi Saraswat
YuTong Shi

Featuring:
Silence Dogood
Aspen Golann
Chenlu Hou
Rebecca Kopycinski
Rixy
Yinka Shonibare
Benjamin Spalding
WEATHERMAN

Reviews
"Revolution! 250 Years of Art & Activism in Boston" at the Boston Public Library
"Say It Loud: AAMARP, 1977 to Now" at the ICA / Boston
"Michelle Lopez: Shadow of a Doubt" at Tufts University Art Galleries
"Eve Fowler: words doing as they want to do" at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute
"Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone" at Peabody Essex Museum

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In this Issue

Title

Author

Category

Link

From the Editor

Jameson Johnson

Letter

Saunderstown Weaving School Continues On

Yutong Shi

Feature

Aspen Golann Goes Against the Grain

Nina MacLaughlin

Profile

Shaping Sanctuary

J. Yolande Daniels

Conversations

Chenlu Hou Builds Stories in Clay

Emmy Liu

Conversation

Benjamin Spalding on Where Bodies Gather

Kaitlyn Ovett Clark

Conversation

Is This For Real?

Dana Moser

Community Voices

everywhere there are precious things

Richard Blanco and Lindsey Filowitz

Artist Project

Bicentennial Blues, Now

Brian Boyles

Special Section: Reconsidering 250

Constantine Manos's Photo Archive Revisited

Shuchi Saraswat

Special Section: Reconsidering 250

Rixy Reimagines Revolution

Melaine Ferdinand-King

Special Section: Reconsidering 250

Silence Dogood's Guerrilla Projections

Marianna McMurdock

Special Section: Reconsidering 250

Maine Tackles the Semiquincentennial

Jorge S. Arango

Special Section: Reconsidering 250

"Revolution! 250 Years of Art and Activism in Boston" at the Boston Public Library

Jacqueline Houton

Reviews

READ

"Say It Loud: AAMARP, 1977 to Now" at the ICA / Boston

Alisa Prince

Reviews

"Michelle Lopez: Shadow of a Doubt" at Tufts University Art Galleries

Marcus Civin

Reviews

READ

"Eve Fowler: words doing as they want to do" at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute

Alanna Prince

Reviews

"Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone" at Peabody Essex Museum

Elodie Saint-Louis

Reviews