Journalist Roger Cardinal wrote a book titled “Outsider Art” in 1972, introducing the term to describe art that has an unfiltered, even unrefined quality. While Symonds wouldn’t consider herself an outsider artist due to receiving an art education from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, she said she became disillusioned with academic art and high-end commercial art. Establishing Shoe Bones was a way for Symonds to cultivate a welcoming community that is the antithesis of the strictness of formal art galleries.

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“Rachel Maksy is a woman out of a time machine.

“The soft curls in her hair take inspiration from the 1950s; her wardrobe is a mix of corsets, homemade vests, tea-length skirts and vintage shoes; and she does all of the crafting projects that rocketed her to internet stardom in a small, 1800s-era shed in her back yard.

“With more than a million subscribers on YouTube and almost half that on Instagram, the Kingston native is more reserved than you’d expect from a woman whose weekly videos are watched by hundreds of thousands of people and whose talents recently caught the eye of Amazon Studios. Maksy was one of 50 online influencers from around the country recently chosen by the studio to create sponsored content promoting a series, “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” which premiered Thursday.”

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In July, the [ LGBTQ+ Winter Film Series ] received a mini-grant to support and celebrate filmmakers in the area. The group awarded the grant to Noah Duarte, 22, an Acushnet MassArt student for a short film scheduled to shoot in the Azores.

Duarte says the film will explore themes such as queer identity, loneliness, and masculinity. “I feel like it’s my job to be able to share this unique and personal story with everyone,” he added.

Production was completed in September and the film will hopefully be screened during the 2022 winter series.