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Artists Spotlight

The Brookline Arts Center is such an exciting place. In addition to our art classes, exhibitions and wonderful educational programs, our faculty and participating artists are busy making the news.

Karenna Maraj

BAC Jewelry teacher Karenna Maraj opened a gallery and store for jewelry in spring 2010 in Cushing Square, Belmont, where she shows her own work, plus work by other contemporary jewelers. Maraj has been teaching at the Brookline Arts Center since 2008.

Venkat Raman Singh Shyam

Bhopal-based artist Venkat Raman Singh Shyam is featured at the Brookline Arts Center and at a major exhibition of Pardhan Gond Tribal art at Wellesley College's Davis Museum. The exhibitions have been featured on WGBH-TV's Greater Boston and India New England. In mid-April, the artist and curator John Bowles met with a group of Wellesley College alumnae in the ALANA group, to tour and discuss the Brookline Arts Center exhibition.

Katherine Kominis

Photographer Katherine Kominis visited classes at the Brookline Arts Center to document arts and culture in the greater Boston Area as part of the Boston Photography Project. Those works are part of an exhibition in Hunneman Hall at the Brookline Public Library in April 2010, and will be on view at the Moakley Courthouse during the summer of 2010.

Melle Finelli

Brookline Arts Center jewelry and metalsmithing faculty member Melle Finelli has opened an exquisite new gallery at 450 Harrison Avenue, in the SoWa arts district. Visit her on First Fridays, or make an appointment to see her newest work.

Claudine Metrick

Brookline Arts Center painting faculty member Claudine Metrick will be having a solo exhibition during October 2010 at the Guyer Art Barn in Hyannis.

Laura Milkins

Past Brookline Arts Center faculty member and gallery exhibitor Laura Milkins has received a Fulbright Scholarship for her "Walking Stories" project in Mexico City in 2009.

Raul Gonzalez

Popular Brookline Arts Center instructor Raul Gonzalez may be adding new members to his fanbase: lawyers and law students.

Rachel Simon

Writer Rachel Simon led a writers workshop and meeting for individual critiques during Crafts Showcase 2002. She is known for her book, Riding The Bus With My Sister, which has been released in paperback, and broadcast in January 2007, in a production featuring Rosie O'Donnell. Her new book, The House on Teachers Lane, is now available in paperback.

Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly 13-year-old singer-songwriter-saxophonist, made two special performances for the Brookline Art Center. Performing at Isabella Frost's Our Town opening exhibition party and Brookline Open Studios, Art Party. Grace is the youngest musician ever to be a winner of FMJS competition at the 2006 East Coast Jazz Festival. Grace has recorded or performed with world class musicians such as Lee Konitz, Jerry Bergonzi, John Lockwood, Yoron Israel and the list goes on. She will headline at Scullers Jazz Club in August 2009.

See what else our artists are up to.

Click on the artists' names below to visit their Web sites.