A Person Is Not Dead While Their Name Is Still Spoken By Ron Fortier, Co-Founder of The Artists Index “Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?”— Sir Terry Pratchett I updated that timeless thought. But its sentiment lies at the heart of...
THE DANDELION: OUR ORIGINAL LOGO When we began our quest to document the lives and legacies of the South Coast’s artists, we chose the dandelion as a symbol of the spirit of the South Coast's creative communities. It reflected the ubiquitous nature of creativity—how...
The Southcoast Artists Index Salon Series The Artists Index Salon Series brings local artists together for expert-led workshops and networking opportunities on topics that matter most to the creative community. There is no cost to attend the events, but space is...
Written by: Scott Bishop Some trips take you from one place to another. For first-time author Kimberly Ward, the 7,000 nautical mile, two-year trip that she, her husband, and their 10-year-old daughter took from Mattapoisett to Grenada ushered them from their old life...
200th podcast milestone The Southcoast Artists Index Will Soon Drop Its 200th Podcast! AN IN-FOCUS ARTICLE By Ron Fortier The Southcoast Artists Index Podcasts have documented the legacies of over 200 Southcoast Artists. Here they are! Adam Gomes | Albertus van Beest...
2024 The YEAR IN REVIEW & A PEEK AT 2025... AN IN-FOCUS ARTICLE By Ron Fortier Unprecedented! Even the use of this word has been unprecedented. The definition, "without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled," describes...
TIME The Best Gift to Give Any Artist At Any Time... AN IN-FOCUS ARTICLE By Ron Fortier I wasn’t going to start this article with a quote. No time to look for a good one, I thought! The quote, however, found me. I was listening to a review about the Georgia O’Keefe...
She Was My Inspiration, Mother, Fado Singer... AN IN-FOCUS ARTICLE The Emilia Moraes Story: Final Chapter. Along with Mary Jean Blasdale the curator of the New Bedford Whaling Museum until her retirement in 2006 who researched, wrote, and published the Artists of New...
The Gallery X Documentation Project... Supported in part by an ARTnet/Wicked Cool Places grant JUNE 20, 2024 The Artists Index Website Project was co-founded and launched in July 2012 by Ron Fortier and Jeff Wotton as a collaborative community digital archive...
We're Looking for Underwriters to Support... Our New Podcast Series! From Jazz to Urban to Folk to Painters to LGBTQ+ to Cultures FEBRUARY 7, 2024 We're looking for underwriters! As a nonprofit, The Artists Index continues to search for stories and information about...
