Astrid Hiemer
Bio:
A cultural critic and writer, Astrid grew up after WW II in Hamburg, Germany, and emigrated to the United States in the 1960s. She was formerly the assistant director (Administrative Officer) of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT under Otto Piene, with whom she has worked in the past several years editing, translating, and researching for a major book about his life and career. While at The Center she knew and worked with many multi-media artists. In addition to professional work as an editor and translator she is also a poet, and writer of fiction. Most of her written work is accompanied by her own photographs.
Recent Articles:
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Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival Front Page
Overview of a Week in the Sun: Literally and Culturally
By: - Oct 01st, 2015The 10th Tennessee Williams Theater Festival in Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, occurred from September 24 to 27 with great success during a week of daily sunshine. The weather helped: there were outdoor performances on the beach and on a large deck of the Boat Slip. The town took part with venues including Town Hall, the former High School, a radio station and a Night Club. Of course, two major plays were smashingly performed at the Provincetown Theater. And the buzz was all about TW - Tenn at Ten!
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Lost and Found Word
With a Photo Spoof
By: - Sep 18th, 2015When you’ve lost your set of keys / You, once again, realize the complexities in your life.... is the beginning of a poem and photo series. Who cannot relate to that or other 'lost' things or time and many other unfortunate circumstances in life? Keys, in fact, are just a small matter and my excuse to photograph in September the remaining glory of our garden.
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Tanz im August, Berlin, Germany 2015 Front Page
Dance in August ended 4 September
By: - Sep 08th, 2015The 27th International Dance Festival was scheduled from 13 August to 4 September. The Artistic Director, Virve Soutinen, invited international dance companies, dancers and choreographers from more than 20 countries to present a fascinating survey of contemporary dance world-wide.
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Foreign Affairs, Berliner Festspiele, Germany 2015 Front Page
International Performing Arts Festival ended July 5
By: - Jul 08th, 2015Artistic Director Matthias von Hartz offered a 'Gesamtkunstwerk,' combining performance and visual arts aspects during the ten day long festival. Included were the 24 hour long lasting 'Mount Olympus' by Belgian director/choreographer Jan Fabre with Troubleyn Company. Then, Tim Etchells and Forced Entertainment offered 'Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare' - all 36 Shakespeare plays, reduced to each 45 minute plots, over nine days. A stunning success! As intended, performers and audiences were challenged to their limits.
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European International Book Art Biennale Front Page
Bucharest, Romania with Artists from 22 Countries - Until June 30, 2015
By: - Jun 24th, 201580 artists from 22 countries are currently participating in an art book exhibition in Bucharest, which is following the 2014 Moskow, Russia, Biennale. Organizers are the National Association for Visual Contemporary Arts in Romania and D. Fleiss & East West Artists Association of Germany. A program with daily events adds to the exhibition's lively cultural activities.
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TransCultural Exchange Conference 2013 Fine Arts
4th Conference in Boston
By: - Oct 20th, 2013The four day conference ended on October 13. It was titled: International Opportunities in the Arts: Engaging Minds and drew more than 400 artists, administrators and participants from many art related venues worldwide. An exhilarating experience!
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250 Year Old Southern Live Oak Tree Photography
Hosting Epiphytes: Spanish Moss and Resurrection Fern
By: - Sep 27th, 2013A series of photographs with a short report will remain on the BFA Project Space. These 16 photos were a gift, received from a very old Southern Oak Tree and the people, who care for the massive tree, hanging Spanish Moss and Resurrection Fern.
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2013 Conference by TransCultural Exchange Fine Arts
Engaging Minds Worldwide in Boston, October 10 – 13
By: - Sep 21st, 2013This will be the fourth biannual conference presented by TransCultural Exchange. Always dynamic programming will offer again a slew of options to participate, connect with people from around the globe, get energized and enthusiastic about career and the State of the Arts.
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'COLORS' by Sarah Sutro Fine Arts
Reflections on Planet Earth and Art
By: - Jul 04th, 2011Sarah Sutro is a painter, writer and poet. Her latest publication, COLORS, Passages through Art, Asia and Nature was published in 2010. This one hundred page book offers one thousand bits of wisdom, knowledge and information about living thoughtfully, carefully and well - here and abroad.
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Honoring Otto Piene at Grand Palais, Paris Fine Arts
Conference and Monograph Presentation
By: - May 06th, 2011Otto Piene's close to 800 page monograph, by publisher Ante Glibota of Delight Edition, Paris, was recently introduced at City Hall in Duesseldorf, Germany. Now,a conference, honoring Otto Piene and his life's work, will be held at the Grand Palais in Paris, on May 17. It will be a grand affair!
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International Arts Opportunities Wrap Up 2011 Fine Arts
Conference: TransCultural Exchange - Part Two
By: - May 03rd, 2011The article reports about the last two days of an extensive and exhausting or exhilarating conference. Again, included are direct links to many organizations, universities and speakers from around the world.
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Wrap Up TransCultural Exchange Conference 2011 Fine Arts
International Opportunities in the Arts - Part One
By: - Apr 29th, 2011The third conference, presented byTransCultural Exchange in Boston, closed on Sunday, April 10 to great applause for director, Mary Sherman, sponsors, board members, staff and volunteers. It was again a phenomenal effort with participants from around the world. If you were not in the position to attend the conference, but have ambitions to exhibit or work internationally, or attend national or international retreats, residencies or symposia, please also read this article. It includes a number of hyperlinks to organizations and websites for easy research.
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Boston is Happening in April Fine Arts
International Art Conference and Two Film Festivals
By: - Apr 04th, 2011BFA recently previewed the conference on International Opportunities in the Arts, which TransCultural Exchange is presenting from April 7 - 10. Then, the International Film Festival will be held from April 15 - 24 (BIFF) and the Independent Film Festival (IFF) will follow at the end of the month, from April 24 - May 4.
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Monograph: Otto Piene by Ante Glibota Fine Arts
Book Launch at Duesseldorf City Hall
By: - Mar 19th, 2011It has taken longer than I recall, twenty-three years, for a major publication to be presented in Duesseldorf, Germany. The book was printed in Italy with 3000 exquisite illustrations; many photographs were never published before. The text is bilingual, English and German, and includes thirty-seven essays by internationally renowned art historians, art theorists and artists. These, of course, are in addition to Glibota and Piene's essays. The book is presented in 756 pages.
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2011 International Opportunities in the Arts Fine Arts
Transcultural Exchange - 3rd Boston Conference
By: - Mar 15th, 2011Appropriately titled: ‘The Interconnected World’ the conference will be held from April 7 – 10. Mary Sherman, the TransCultural Exchange director, again will bring together global speakers and participants in a chock-full four day long conference. Interactive panel discussions, exhibitions, music events, book and poetry readings, portfolio reviews, workshops demystifying subjects and much more will offer new opportunities in the US and world-wide organizations at an ever greater event.
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Dawn and Bill Guild at 'Tunnel City Gallery' Fine Arts
Two Artists Exhibit in a Busy Environment
By: - Feb 27th, 2011A frequent question is: Where to show? Artists look for places to exhibit their work. To be represented by a gallery is at best a gallery that actually sells your work. But, it is also prestigious to be 'a gallery artist.’ The Guilds belong to NAACO, a Coop Gallery in North Adams, and currently show in several rooms at ‘Tunnel City Coffee’ in Williamstown, until the end of April.
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Dhaka-Kathmandu Fine Art Fusion 2010 Fine Arts
Curator Rafique Sulayman
By: - Feb 04th, 2011Berkshire Fine Arts.com introduces Rafique Sulayman, who will open an exhibition; 'Celebrating International Mother Language Day...' on February 11 in Thimphu, Bhutan. Artists from ten countries world-wide will participate and one of the sponsors is the Embassy of Bangladesh in Thimphu. Here, Sulayman, who is based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, writes about his 2010 exhibition of art fusion.
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Searching for Origins: Australian Art and Culture Fine Arts
Six Weeks Traveling to Cities and Outback
By: - Dec 01st, 2010Jean-Marie Delverdie and his wife Maryse Roumengous spent six weeks criss-crossing parts of Australia, wishing to deepen their knowledge of Australian Art and Culture. They came to visit Manon, their young grand-daughter with David, Manon's father. It's a bit of complicated family history but there they were, also searching for Australia's Culture and History.
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Searching for the Origins of Austgralian Art and Culture Architecture
By: - Dec 01st, 2010anything over 255 chars will be deleted.
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Serpentine Fence by Beth Galston Fine Arts
A Fence Becomes a Sculpture at South Street Mall Park
By: - Nov 18th, 2010Serpentine Fence is the latest in a series of public art projects Beth Galston had been commissioned to design in the past twenty years. The fence is made of regular chain link material to create an environmental sculpture: Tall purple metal mesh, anchored to curved rails and posts set at various angles. The fence also lights up at night ! It was recently dedicated at the South Street Mall and Courts in Jamaica Plain, Boston.
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The Roads of North America: Part Two Travel
Visiting Friends, Art and Natural Wonders
By: - Sep 23rd, 2010Here's Part Two of entries from my daily diary, while traveling in North America. We started out in Massachusetts in May this year, drove through six States West and South to reach lower Texas, where we spent five nights. Texas is big and beautiful ! Then on to New Mexico, North to Arizona and Utah, East to Colorado ! From there through six more States, before reaching Massachusetts and Home again. Coverage begins in New Mexico.
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The Roads of North America, Part One Travel
Charles was Driving Ms. Astrid, the Navigator
By: - Aug 28th, 2010After 6500 miles and 33 days, we returned home ! We had traveled through more than ten states, visited many museums and other cultural sites. We saw America's natural wonders, spent lovely days with old friends and met many interesting people along the way. Please follow us through our journey via photos and entries in my diary.
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Gerit Grimm & Michael Boroniec at Ferrin Gallery Fine Arts
The Things They Left Behind
By: - Apr 20th, 2010During a studio visit in March we interviewed and observed Gerit Grimm at work. She and Michael Boroniec were resident artists at Project Art in Cummington, Massachusetts. Currently they are exhibiting their finished ceramic sculptures at Ferrin Gallery in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
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