RECENT + FEATURED PRESS (Scroll down for complete list)

PODCASTS + YOUTUBE INTERVIEWS

ADDITIONAL MEDIA

PRESS + PUBLICATION (Complete List)

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2024

Maria Molteni: The Intersection of Basketball, Craft, and Mysticism: Soft Score exhibition feature in Greg Cook’s Wonderland

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

Medusa Consciousness: Samhain 2024: Missing Witches Podcast Episode 247

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

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

MEDUSA ~ Myth, Memory, (Anti) Monument: risograph publication printed by Snake Hair (in print + online)

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

The Art of Ectoplasm: Encounters with Winnipeg’s Ghost Photographs, University of Manitoba Press (in print)

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”

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

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

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