Spencer IcasianoArts WriterSpencer Icasiano reports on artists and culture-makers for WBUR, with an emphasis on amplifying marginalized voices. They’ve also written for various alt weekly and online publications.Recently publishedIn 'Alice In Rainbowland,' LGBTQIA+ Artists Send A Message With MovementIn the A.R.T.’s virtual show, dance is the medium by which the classic story of a girl tumbling through a rabbit hole is transformed into a space that holds and...Local CoverageJun 8, 2021From Seminar To Online Journal, 'Freedom School' Celebrates Contemporary Black CreatorsActivist and scholar Najha Zigbi-Johnson created a space for Harvard students to explore the works of contemporary Black thinkers and cultural producers. Now she's bringing this work online with a...Local CoverageJul 17, 2020Jade Sylvan's 'Beloved King' Finds Space For Queerness In Biblical StoriesThe Cambridge-based artist's latest project adapts the Biblical story of a young David through a queer lens.Local CoverageMar 9, 2020In ‘Labored Landscapes,’ Artist Daniela Rivera Reveals Her New RealityWhen the Chile-born artist moved to Boston in 2002, she realized that a lot of her work didn't make sense anymore in the context of her new environment. The work...Local CoverageOct 8, 2019Sneha Shrestha Wants 'Mindful Mandalas' To Be 'A Source Of Pride' For Boston's Young ArtistsFor “Mindful Mandalas,” Shrestha designed a project that allowed her to work with children while integrating the mindfulness practice she was raised with in Nepal.Local CoverageSep 25, 2019AdvertisementThis Boston Artist Protests Social Media Censors And Celebrates Bodies By Photographing Nipples“I mean the fact that a robot or an algorithm has the almighty power to determine what someone's gender is, is sickening. It is frightening,” artist Ally Schmaling says.Local CoverageAug 2, 2019In Netflix’s ‘Blown Away,’ Artist K. Momoko Schafer Holds Up Glass In A New LightBorn in Boston, Schafer began exploring glassblowing during her undergraduate years at MassArt, motivated by the lifelong challenge glass presents and the opportunity to push her own boundaries.Local CoverageJul 17, 2019'Is Your Thotbot Glitched?' You Might Already Be In Rebecca Kopycinski's Dystopian ExtravaganzaThe show is a culmination of an artistic body of work bridging Rebecca Kopycinski's interests in filmmaking, music and live performance.Local CoverageJun 26, 2019‘Alleged Lesbian Activities’ Brings Back Boston’s Lost Dyke BarsWhile the success of the gay rights movement has paved the way for LGBTQIA+ people to live more openly, assimilation has also seen spaces that were once community pillars go...Local CoverageApr 4, 2019These Non-Binary Bostonians Create Space For Everyone In The MFA's 'Gender Bending Fashion' ExhibitThe exhibit showcases a storied history of disruption and transcendence in design. Throughout the galleries, designers and wearers speak of the intersections between their fashion and their gender, sexual, racial...Local CoverageMar 19, 2019Next Page
In 'Alice In Rainbowland,' LGBTQIA+ Artists Send A Message With MovementIn the A.R.T.’s virtual show, dance is the medium by which the classic story of a girl tumbling through a rabbit hole is transformed into a space that holds and...Local CoverageJun 8, 2021
From Seminar To Online Journal, 'Freedom School' Celebrates Contemporary Black CreatorsActivist and scholar Najha Zigbi-Johnson created a space for Harvard students to explore the works of contemporary Black thinkers and cultural producers. Now she's bringing this work online with a...Local CoverageJul 17, 2020
Jade Sylvan's 'Beloved King' Finds Space For Queerness In Biblical StoriesThe Cambridge-based artist's latest project adapts the Biblical story of a young David through a queer lens.Local CoverageMar 9, 2020
In ‘Labored Landscapes,’ Artist Daniela Rivera Reveals Her New RealityWhen the Chile-born artist moved to Boston in 2002, she realized that a lot of her work didn't make sense anymore in the context of her new environment. The work...Local CoverageOct 8, 2019
Sneha Shrestha Wants 'Mindful Mandalas' To Be 'A Source Of Pride' For Boston's Young ArtistsFor “Mindful Mandalas,” Shrestha designed a project that allowed her to work with children while integrating the mindfulness practice she was raised with in Nepal.Local CoverageSep 25, 2019
This Boston Artist Protests Social Media Censors And Celebrates Bodies By Photographing Nipples“I mean the fact that a robot or an algorithm has the almighty power to determine what someone's gender is, is sickening. It is frightening,” artist Ally Schmaling says.Local CoverageAug 2, 2019
In Netflix’s ‘Blown Away,’ Artist K. Momoko Schafer Holds Up Glass In A New LightBorn in Boston, Schafer began exploring glassblowing during her undergraduate years at MassArt, motivated by the lifelong challenge glass presents and the opportunity to push her own boundaries.Local CoverageJul 17, 2019
'Is Your Thotbot Glitched?' You Might Already Be In Rebecca Kopycinski's Dystopian ExtravaganzaThe show is a culmination of an artistic body of work bridging Rebecca Kopycinski's interests in filmmaking, music and live performance.Local CoverageJun 26, 2019
‘Alleged Lesbian Activities’ Brings Back Boston’s Lost Dyke BarsWhile the success of the gay rights movement has paved the way for LGBTQIA+ people to live more openly, assimilation has also seen spaces that were once community pillars go...Local CoverageApr 4, 2019
These Non-Binary Bostonians Create Space For Everyone In The MFA's 'Gender Bending Fashion' ExhibitThe exhibit showcases a storied history of disruption and transcendence in design. Throughout the galleries, designers and wearers speak of the intersections between their fashion and their gender, sexual, racial...Local CoverageMar 19, 2019