Arts Paper
As the editorially independent arm of The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, the Arts Paper seeks to celebrate, explore, and investigate the fine, visual, performing and culinary arts in and around New Haven.
In the midst of barren landscape, a stretch of long, winding road disappears into the horizon and sunset, engulfed in a bursting sun. Where it leads, no one knows: it is surrounded by red, muddy earth, the ground cracked and uneven. As color stretches across the canvas, a viewer’s eye gravitates towards the middle, where a roaring, red ball of fire seems to stare right back.
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Alisa Bowens-Mercado teaches in Westville. Jarelis Calderon Photos.
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A copper “specimen box” encases an old whiffle ball bat. The plastic of the tip of the bat is torn, revealing a hollow interior. At the lip of the gash, dirt, like dried blood, coats the yellow plastic skin.
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