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“Rembrandt’s People,” Wadsworth Atheneum, Oct. 10, 2009, to Jan. 24, 2010.
Brian Knep “Exempla,” Tufts, Sept. 10 to Nov. 15, 2009. Also Brain Knep, Rotenberg Gallery, Nov. 19 to Dec. 23, 2009.
“Drawings That Work: 21st Drawing Show,” Boston Center for the Arts, Sept. 11 to Oct. 25, 2009.
Kirsten Hassenfeld, Brown’s Bell Gallery, Aug. 29 to Nov. 1, 2009. Also at Cade Tompkins Editions/Projects, Sept. 25 to Nov. 14, 2009.
“First Hand: Civil War Era Drawings from the Becker Collection,” Boston College’s McMullen Museum, Sept. 5 to Dec. 13, 2009.
Alec Soth “Dog Days Bogota,” Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Sept. 9 to Nov. 28, 2009.
“Sacred Monsters: Everyday Animism in Contemporary Japanese Art and Anime,” Tufts, Sept. 10 to Nov. 22, 2009.
“The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480 – 1650,” RISD Museum, Sept. 18, 2009, to Jan. 3, 2010.
“Pixilerations [V.6]: New Media Art,” RISD and 5 Traverse, Sept. 24 to Oct. 10, 2009.
“Platform 1: Andrew Mowbray,” DeCordova, Sept. 26, 2009, to Jan. 3, 2010.
“Work by Women Billboard,” Hive Archive, October 2009 to June 2010.
“Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow,” Currier Museum of Art, Oct. 10, 2009, to Jan. 3, 2010.
“Act Up New York: Activism, Art and the AIDS Crisis, 1987-1993,” Harvard’s Carpenter Center, Oct. 15 to Dec. 24, 2009.
“Rare Bird of Fashion: The Irreverent Iris Apfel,” Peabody Essex Museum, Oct. 17, 2009, to Feb. 7, 2010.
“Secrets of the Tomb 10A: Egypt 2000 BC,” MFA, Oct. 18, 2009, to May 16 (originally was Jan. 10), 2010.
“Focus on Four: Rhode Island Photographs by Gertrude Käsebier, Lewis Hine, Charlotte Estey and Aaron Siskind,” Newport Art Museum, Oct. 24, 2009, to Jan. 24, 2010.
“Harry Potter: The Exhibition,” Museum of Science, opens Oct. 25, 2009.
Iron Guild’s Halloween Iron Pour, Steel Yard, Oct. 30, 2009.
“Krysztof Wodiczko: The Veterans Project,” ICA, Nov. 4, 2009, to March 7, 2010.
Gerry Bergstein & Henry Schwartz; David Aronson, Boston Expressionists at Danforth Museum, Nov. 18, 2009, to March 14, 2010.
“Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker,” 45 prints from MFA collection, MFA, Nov. 21, 2009, to July 3, 2010.
“Harry Callahan: American Photographer,” MFA, Nov. 21, 2009, to July 3, 2010.
“Golden Legacy: Original Art from 65 Years of Golden Books,” Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Nov. 24, 2009, to Feb. 28, 2010.
“Andy Warhol: A Recent Acquisition Exhibition,” Bannister Gallery at Rhode Island College, Dec. 9, 2009, to Jan. 8, 2010.
“Robert Indiana and the Star of Hope,” Farnsworth Art Museum, June 20 to Oct. 25, 2009.
“Contemporary Outlook: Seeing Songs,” MFA, July 1, 2009, to Feb. 21, 2010.
“Viva Mexico! Edward Weston and His Contempraries” and “Vida y Drama: Modern Mexican Prints,” MFA, May 30 to Nov. 2, 2009.
Fawcett’s Antique Toy & Art Museum, Waldoboro, Maine, ongoing.

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Maine Arts Commission Good Idea Grant Programs.
Massachusetts Cultural Council.
New Hampshire State Council on the Arts.
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts grants, deadlines: April 1 and Oct. 1.
Vermont Arts Council: artist development grants, deadline: 60 days prior to activity.

Yokelist Manifesto Number 1: Boston lacks alternative spaces?
Yokelism at the 2008 Boston Art Awards.
Yokelist Manifesto Number 2: Montreal case study.
Yokelist Manifesto Number 3: Hire locally.
Yokelist Manifesto Number 4: We need coverage of our living artists.
Yokelist Manifesto Number 5: We need local retrospectives.
Yokelism update: Coverage of our living artists: Sebastian Smee responds.
Yokelism update: Dangers of Provincialism.
Yokelism update: Re: Dangers of Provincialism.
Yokelist Manifesto Number 6: Could the CIA help?
Yokelism at the 2009 New England Art Awards.

Fawcett’s Antique Toy & Art Museum, Waldoboro, Maine.
Gropius House in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
Frank Lloyd Wright's Zimmerman House in Manchester, New Hampshire.

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Davis Museum

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Hood Museum of Art

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Montserrat College of Art

Musee Patamecanique

National Heritage Museum

Rhode Island College's Bannister Gallery

Simmons College's Trustman Art Gallery

Tufts University Art Gallery

Williams College Museum of Art

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Clark Art Institute

Harvard Art Museum

Harvard's Peabody Museum

Institute of Contemporary Art

Museum of Fine Arts

New Bedford Art Museum

Photographic Resource Center

Portland Museum of Art

RISD Museum

Worcester Art Museum

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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Cook, Percival in Chicago

My pal Kari Percival of Boston and I will be presenting “The Hall of Natural and Despicable Wonders” at Green Lantern gallery, 1511 N. Milwaukee Ave., second floor, Chicago, from Sept. 6 to Oct. 4. Opening reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6. If you happen to be in Chicago please come by.

Pictured from top to bottom: Two woodcuts by Kari Percival and then a relief-print banner, comics pages, and a relief-print banner by Greg Cook.