If you are an artist and are still wondering what Facebook might be for, the answer doesn’t get any clearer than this: Jerry Saltz edits artist statements on Facebook. You will need a Facebook account to read the thread.
Mr. Saltz is a professional critic– he knows how to use words to set a fire. But [...]
The studio will be open to visitors during this year’s 13th edition of the D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival on Saturday, September 25 and Sunday, September 26, 2009 from 1- 6 PM each day.
The Dumbo Festival website has a complete list of the 80+ participating studios, as well as links that will get you [...]
There is something resonant about a grand landscape space presented on a tiny sheet of paper. It’s not just the magic trick of making something small read big– though that is fun. As Jake Berthot once pointed out to me– small scale implies distance, so a small scale painting of a distant landscape benefits from [...]
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. – Samuel Beckett
It’s a nice quote from Beckett, and a fantastic online literary journal. The current front page at Failbetter.com includes poetry by Rachel Springer, a story by Alix Ohlin, an interview with Robert Fanning, and, I am very happy to say, a gallery [...]
Admittedly, there is some irony when a painter who was “raised without television” has something to say about Bob Ross. But the television painting programs that I did see as a child certainly made an impression. I know I saw Bob Ross programs a few times, and there was also something shown in elementary school [...]
This was a fun project: my friend Vanessa Mikk (a.k.a. CheapGirlDraws) has been sending specially prepared Moleskine notebooks out in all directions in a sort-of expanded-sketchblog-slash-exquisite-corpse mail-art-experiment. The idea is that each artist does a sketch and then passes the notbook along to someone else, either by hand or by mail. I was honored to [...]
You can still see work from the recent show at LIMN Gallery in San Francisco by visiting the neighboring LIMN furniture & design showroom at 290 Townsend Street. LIMN’s showroom website has more about visiting the showroom. Wandering in the showroom is fun: there are beautiful vignettes combining art and design around every corner.
One of the first really exciting painting resources I remember discovering online was Bruce MacEvoy’s website handprint. When I was actively engaging with my limitations as a watercolor painter several years ago, his comprehensive section on the medium was invaluable. Lately, I have been enjoying exploring the newer section on color vision. Mr. MacEvoy [...]
I first encountered the second story meeting room at the Brooklyn Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends during a wedding a few years ago. More recently, I’ve been there with Callie as she progresses toward becoming a seminary student and a chaplain. It’s a special room. Unassuming in every way, the strongest sensations [...]
LIMN has posted an album of photos of the show and opening on their website. It was nice to see the work presented with such care in LIMN’s exceptionally beautiful space. Thanks to Christine and Dan and Tingting for working to make the show possible and thanks to everyone who came out to join the [...]