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FEATURED PRESS (Scroll down for complete list)

Holding a Mirror to Heaven

Order issue #13 “Make Believe” of Boston Art Review and read collaborative essay by Maria Molteni + Laura Campagna- on parallels between historic Shaker and Spiritualist movements and the present moment

PODCASTS + YOUTUBE INTERVIEWS

Honored to be interviewed by Amy & Risa + the MW Coven for one of my favorite podcasts: Missing Witches! Check out Episode #182 to learn more about Stelle Scopa, Tennessee Italians and Social Magic ✨

Watch my interview about Stelle Scopa + Planet Sedna with JM Hamade


ADDITIONAL MEDIA

For extended and exclusive artist lectures, interviews, and behind the scenes content, join me on Patreon.

FB AIR video feature of my commission including hand-welded and painted basketball hoops + site-specific painting

Kasia of Tarot Map reviews Stelle Scopa and gives it a “10 out of 10” <3


PRESS + PUBLICATION (Complete List)

For an overview of self-published works click here.

2024

Journal of Black Mountain College Studies: Issue 15 RE/ Weaving features BMC Allstars + Ball Handling Score

Center for Liberatory Practice: Medusa~ Myth, Memory, Anti-Monument featured in CLP’s Resource Library

Canvas Rebel: Meet Maria Molteni artist feature

Boston Art Review: Holding a Mirror to Heaven essay in Make Believe Issue 13 (online + in print)

WBUR: Soft Score in WBUR’s Top 14 Shows to See

Boston Art Review: Soft Score in BAR’s Top 13 Shows to See

2023

Boston Globe Feature: Putting Monumentality Underfoot on the Greenway by Cate McQuaid (in print + online)

Beacon Hill Times: New Large Scale Groundwork Placed on Kennedy Greenway (in print + online)

WBZ News Radio: Boston Artist Creates “Gateway to Infinity” to Celebrate Summer Solstice by Carl Stevens

Transgender Studies Quarterly: Volume 10 The Sports Issue, Duke University Press (in print + online)

Dear Adam Silver Art & Sports Podcast: Episode 85 Senda + Sedna and the Times We’re Living Through, interviewed by Abigail Smithson

Starnight Dwell Podcast: Episode 8 Stelle Scopa & Sedna, interviewed by J.M Hamade

Missing Witches Podcast Equinox Episode #182

Tarot Map Reviews Counting to Infinity * Stelle Scopa, giving it a “Ten of our Ten”

2022

Design Museum Magazine: The We Design Issue; New Craft Artists in Action, Community Case Study (in print)

Lifted Lab: Maria Molteni: Counting to Infinity/ Sweeping Stars feature covering contemporary, spiritual art

WSLAM Magazine: The Opening Tip feature on Molteni + NCAA by Kevin Coval - 2nd issue of a new women’s basketball magazine! (in print)

Arts Atlanta: The Shakers, moon walks and fly fishing, this “nature” exhibit covers it all review by Jerry Cullum

Unseen Hours / Lifted Lab online feature

Essay: Dance to the Fountain / Unseen Hours Exhibition Catalog / Fruitlands Museum (in print)

Eccentric Devotions / Femme Salee Magazine (in print)

Unseen Hours listed in Five Things to Do This Weekend / WBUR

Top Murals to Check Out in San Luis Obispo / Mustang News

2021

The Hands: Suspiria’s Morbid Savior Complex / Essay written with Nathan Mondragon / Of Juliet Magazine, Volume 3 (online & in print)

Interview- Sacred Callings: Past Lives, Multimedia Art and Unapologetic Complexity / Art Witch Podcast

Craft Happenings: Winter 2022 // American Craft Council

Space to Create: Shaker Village Welcomes Resident Artists // The Hippo, July 2021

Local Coverage in San Luis Obispo for Seven Sisters Mural: New Times SLO, KSBY 6,

2020

Ideas, Arrangements, Effects by DS4SI / Several of my designs and projects included in printed book / Publisher: Minor Compositions

Visionary New England / Decordova Sculpture Park and Museum + MIT Press (in print)

Revisiting Spiritualism & Finding New Pathways to the Dead / Boston Globe review / Cate McQuaid

Episode 32: Maria Molteni & Basketball Magic / Dear Adam Silver podcast interview with Abigail Smithson

Cookbook for Cosmic Care / Golden Dome School bi-lingual recipe zine (online)

Projects We Love: Hard in the Paint // Public Art Review Issue #59: Redesigning How We Live Together

2019

Revitalization and Recognition // by C. Shardae Jobson // Boston Art Review Issue #4: The Public Art Issue (in print)

Give and Go: A Boston-based art collective uses art and design to promote inclusivity on the basketball court // feature by Rachel Gallaher // Gray Magazine Issue 48: This Changes Everything (in print and online)

Courting the New Bedford Sky with a Secret Message // South Coast Today, Standard Times feature by Linda Roy

Courting the Community // South Coast Today features Clasky Common court + New Bedford Art Museum

Rising Star: Court Artist // Interview with Emily White // Boston University College of Fine Arts Magazine (in print and online)

NCAA + QSS // Interview with Courtney Stock // Boston Art Review Issue #2: Field Work (in print)

2018         

Ectoplasm Selfies // Interview with Elisabeth Krohn // Sabat Magazine

The Dialectic Nature of Shrines @ Dorchester Art Project // by Olivia Deng // Boston Art Review

Meet Maria Molteni // Artist feature in Boston Voyager

Maria Molteni Brings Art, Feminism and a Witch to the Basketball Court with Her New Salem Mural // by Greg Cook // Wonderland

Stitch at New Art: Creating Conversation // by Brian Goslow // Artscope 

 

2017         

Best of 2017: Our Top 20 Exhibitions from Across the US // Hyperallergic

Hard in the Paint: an Interview with Maria Molteni // by Megan Gregory // Big Red & Shiny

Boston Basketball Court Gets a Stunning Rainbow Makeover // by Annie Armstrong // VICE Creators

Inclusive Sports & Recreational Facilities // by Matija // Kulturpunkt.hr

Able Baker's "Selvedge" Sees Painting Through a Totally Different Grain // by Nick Schroeder // The Portland Phoenix

On Our Radar: Maria Molteni, Zoom feature by Andrew Ranallo // American Craft Magazine (in print & online)

With Basketball Court Mural and Handmade Nets, Boston Artist Unites Art and Sports by Greg Cook // WBUR The Artery

Best Boston Public Art Projects of 2016 by Greg Cook // WBUR's The Artery

 

2016      

Ten Artists Selected for Boston Artist in Residence Program published by the Mayor's Office // City of Boston.gov

Revolving Spectrum: The Art of Spiritual Cohabitation // Essay included in 2nd Issue of Binder Magazine // Super Hit Press, Galveston, TX

Emergency Index Vol 5 printed performance art catalogue // Ugly Duckling Press, Brooklyn, NY

Two Residents Selected for Boston AIR Program by David Ertischek // Jamaica Plane News

Playing for Justice: Contesting/Contexting Sport  by Andrea Alessi // ARTSLANT, Berlin

Review: Developing Ideas by Cate McQuaid // Boston Globe

Local Students Get Their Own Exhibit at the MFA by Dialynn Dwyer // Boston.com

Maker Faires in the Nation's Capital by John Anderson // International Sculpture Center

Review + Interview: Art and Athletics Meet at the Clubhouse by Emily Cassel // Somerville Scout

Review: Clubhouse, Somerville & Basketball Court Mural // Boston Globe

Review: L'oeuf et L'oeil (The Egg and the Eye) by Cate Mcquaid //  Boston Globe

 

2015      

Interview: Maria Molteni + Grin by Lindsay Stapleton and Corey Oberlander

Review: Woander at Grin Providence by Sandra Erbacher // Big Red and Shiny

 Our Guide: Giant Art Festival on Boston Harbor Islands Opens This Weekend by Greg Cook // WBUR ARTERY

Pop-up Art Exhibits at Montserrat Galleries by Will Broaddus // The Salem News

NCAA Net Works by AyoSwim // New Image Art Gallery

 

2014     

01.02My Hood  // Cognitive Liberation Magazine

Activism, Social Science, Art by Cate Mcquaid // Boston Globe

Public Art Fosters Local Culture, Strengthens Communities // Cultivating Culture

10 People Who Use Crafting for Activism by Alanna Okun // Buzzfeed

Artist Spotlight- Maria Molteni and the NCAA // Assets for Artists

We Are Responsible for Our Dreams by Maggie Cavallo // Big Red & Shiny

For Craftivists, Hoops Spring Eternal by Robert Moeller // Hyperallergic

Craftivism: The Art of Craft and Activism by Betsy Greer // Arsenal Pulp Press

New Craft Artists in Action Fosters More Close-Knit Communities // Cultivating Culture 

 

2013        

Common Hoops // Interview: Maria Molteni, Founder of New Craft Artists in Action and Knitting Nets for Neighborhood Hoops 

ARTnews // Art Lovers' Crowd-funding Gift Guide 

Beautiful/Decay // Four Artists Redefine Fiber Art 

The New Green Art Machine - Esprit Magazine: http://www.bu.edu/esprit/2013/04/05/the-new-green-art-machine/

Crowd Sourced Culture interview by Alexis Avedisian

Future Boston Alliance: http://www.futureboston.com/about/our-pov/crowd-sourced-culture#.UequHBafd-U

Bee-havior: Festooning the Inflatable Beehive at BU's 808 Gallery by Liz Pelly

Boston Phoenix: http://thephoenix.com/Boston/arts/151278-bee-havior-festooning-the-inflatable-beehive-/

Sübsamsøn Residency Interview - Big, Red, and Shiney:

What's Up at Boston Area Art Galleries review by Cate McQuaid  // Boston Globe! 

Blacklight: Review by Alexis Avedisian // V-E-L-L-U-M

U SAVE / Interview with Maria Molteni - http://v-e-l-l-u-m.com/u-save-maria-molteni/

2012      

Gone Begging: Why Boston Artists Leave and How Things Could Be Different

Phoenix Lifestyle Feature: http://thephoenix.com/boston/life/142603-gone-begging--why-boston-artists-leave-and-how-t/?page=1#TOPCONTENT

Noesis: Speaking in Tongues

Dig Boston: http://digboston.com/experience/2012/08/noesis-speaking-in-tongues/

Boston Does Boston V - Boston Globe: http://articles.boston.com/2012-01-31/arts/31008278_1_disabled-artists-outsider-artists-scrawls/2

Noesis: Boston Does Boston

Dig Boston: http://digboston.com/experience/2012/02/noesis-boston-does-boston/#more-137600

2011      

An Inside Look at Occupy Boston's Last Morning in Dewey Square

Blast Magazine: http://blastmagazine.com/the-news/local-news/an-inside-look-at-occupy-bostons-last-morning-in-dewey-square/

Contemporary And Boston, Opposites No Longer, Pictured performing Trisha Brown's Floor of the Forest at the ICA Boston

New York Times, Arts: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/arts/artsspecial/contemporary-art-finds-new-homes-in-boston.html?pagewanted=2&_r=3

Signs of War: The Afghanistan War 10th Anniversary Highway Banner Project

Boston Phoenix: http://thephoenix.com/boston/news/128249-signs-of-war-the-afghanistan-war-10th-anniversary/ 

How Sweet It Is: Follow the Honey CBS Boston, Boston's Best: http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/11/02/how-sweet-it-is-follow-the-honey/

MFA Men's Room Turns Sudden Gallery

Boston Globe:   http://articles.boston.com/2011-06-16/ae/29666231_1_mfa-artists-exhibit

Artists Sneak Into MFA for Renegade Bathroom Exhibit

WBUR:   http://hubbub.wbur.org/2011/06/15/mfa-bathroom-exhibit Historical, Renegade Art Exhibition at the MFA

New England Journal of Aesthetic Research: http://gregcookland.com/journal/2011/06/15/update-secret-crazy-historic-renegade-art-exhibition-at-mfa/ Flush With the Walls 40 Years Later

Berkshire Fine Arts:   http://www.berkshirefinearts.com/06-17-2011_flush-with-the-walls-40-years-later.htm

 

2010    

Ma Maison Bleue: Maria Molteni by Jeanne Couture

Équinoxe, edition: C'est Beau Escabeau, Québec City, Québec

 Things That Go Bumpkin in the Day by Michael C. Walsh, The Boston Phoenix, Lifestyles Feature

PRESS + POD + PUBLICATION

Essay for Of Juliet Magazine Vol 3, written with Nathan Mondragon