Cate McQuaid

I n June, interdisciplinary artist Joanna Tam was moving studios when the email came saying she was a finalist for the Prilla Smith Brackett Award , a biennial prize given to a female-identified artist in Greater Boston.

She’ll perform at CultureFest at Belleforge Arts Center in Medfield this Sunday

R OCKLAND — When Latin soul singer Yelena (La Rosa) Rodriguez was 7, her father brought home a DVD of “Selena,” the

Makeda Wallace is mounting a multimedia spectacle with light-based public art presenter Illuminus

M IDDLEBORO — ”People who weld for a living look at what I do, and they're like, ‘You're nuts,'” metal sculptor Rob Lorenson told the Globe during a studio visit last week.

Building a pipeline from Fall River to an art world many find exclusionary and far off is personal for the married couple behind Fall River Museum of Contemporary Art.

She plays several family members in Seoul in her one-woman show coming to Boston Center for the Arts.

She plays several family members in Seoul in her one-woman show coming to Boston Center for the Arts

But if you want something beautifully imperfect, make it with your hands.

R OCKPORT — Throwing pots is not easy. Just ask potter and pottery teacher Cynthia Curtis, who has taught nearly 1,500 students, most in the studio off the back of her house in the past 25 years.