Zea Mays Printmaking
[substratum] An Artistic Inquiry into Printmaking Substrates and their Health Impacts Zea Mays Printmaking, based in Florence, MA, has designed and launched a website as its Prospectus project, entitled [substratum] An Artistic Inquiry into Printmaking Substrates and their Health Impacts. The website centers on five “substrates” — five different materials (wood, linoleum, metal, plastic and […]
Joseph Krupczynski
Springfield Seed Library: Cultivating Ideas for a Healthier City The Springfield Seed Library is a project that catalyzes conversations and actions aimed at creating a healthier Springfield, MA. At the center of the project is a retrofitted library card catalog that serves as a participatory platform, a community archive and an advocacy tool for local […]
Ben Norskov + Marie Cieri + Nathan Phillips
The Process of Elimination A family card game for four to eight players Everyone wants to save the environment, but many people don’t know how they can make a difference in their day-to-day lives. The Process of Elimination presents easy-to-understand water management strategies through the medium of a family card game. The game approaches the […]
Robbie McCauley
More SUGAR Robbie McCauley’s SUGAR premiered in Boston at ArtsEmerson in January 2012. Robbie’s interest in health disparities, reflected in the social, historical and global scope of diabetes, underlies her collaboration with AIC, which set up several multi-session story circles for Robbie and other Boston-area diabetics and also put her in contact with medical and […]
Ellen Driscoll
Distant Mirrors Website + FASTFORWARDFOSSIL Paintings on Recycled Plastic Ellen Driscoll’s Prospectus work relates to her FASTFORWARDFOSSIL installation series (made from #2 plastic) and most directly to Distant Mirrors, which was in the Providence River September – November 2011. In Ellen’s words: “My recent work maps the consumption of just one oil-derivative product, #2 plastic, […]
Mahmood Rezaei-Kamalabad
The Flag of Mercy Owner/operator of Aladdin Auto Service in Cambridge, MA, Mahmood is also an artist and spiritual leader who has been involved with Artists in Context nearly since its inception in January 2009. He co-sponsored a work-in-progress film screening with us in his garage/art gallery, complete with Middle Eastern refreshments and a Japanese-American […]
Daniel Peltz
Unrealized Gain/Loss Daniel’s Prospectus contribution, Unrealized Gain/Loss, comes out of a cross-cultural exploration of notions of retirement and pension systems. About the project he writes: “In a spiritual society, one spends this life preparing for the afterlife; in a secular society, one spends this life preparing for the after-work life. But how do we insure our well […]
Alfredo Jaar + Students
Public Interventions Sponsored by Artists in Context and Cultural Agents Initiative at Harvard University, Alfredo Jaar taught a Public Interventions course in Cambridge, MA, November 2011 – May 2012 to 11 students from the area. His Prospectus contribution consists of video interviews done with him and each of the students about the teaching and learning […]
