Rockport's Shape Maker: Cynthia Curtis

As ceramicists know, clay has a life of its own. As much as an artist can consciously manipulate it, clay can exude an otherworldly spirit. Judy Bidw...

Central Square Mural

Lynn’s pain and its glory are depicted in a new mural on the LynnArts Building in Central Square, the hub of this blue-collar city of 90,000. T...

The Musial Method

It might be a middle-aged man who’s enduring the heartache of divorce, or a little girl whose mother recently passed away. It might be a family...

The Ipswich Museum's Historic Properties

Katherine Chaison fell for museums early. Growing up in the Washington, D.C., area, she loved visiting the Smithsonian museums dedicated to natura...

The Montalto Bohlen Collection

Attention museumgoers: Our beloved PEM has something exceptional on view through June 21, 2015. Audacious: The Fine Art of Wood is a gem of an exhibi...

Camera Coach: SEE Shore Photography

Kelly Mintz first fell for photos as a child, watching slide shows of the pictures her father took of family events. She studied photography in colle...

Lowell's American Stonecraft

Some local farmers are reaping a surprising product from the soil— high-end tableware. Turns out a bumper crop of rocks can be made into desira...

Kaminski Auctions Houses Treasures from the North Shore and Beyond

When Oprah Winfrey decided to clean house at her residences in Indiana, Maui, Chicago, and Santa Barbara, she contacted Beverly’s Kaminski Auct...

John Cameron Cabinetmaker

Walking into the Gloucester workshop of cabinetmaker John Cameron is a little like entering a wormhole into his busy, buzzing, creative mind. One wal...

Area Artisans Make One-of-a-Kind Items

MIKE FOLEY Photo by Sarah Phillips Mike Foley is one of those exemplary people who not only lead full, professional lives, but contin...