Posts Tagged ‘artists’
Published in The Lavender Review
June 12, 2013
I’m very happy to be part of the latest issue of The Lavender Review, an art and poetry journal by and for lesbians. I’m in great company, alongside artists and writers such as Leonard and Virginia Woolf, Man Ray, Romaine Brooks, Artemisia Gentilleschi, Berenice Abbott, and the wonderful Hannah Barrett, whose digital collages inspired me [...]
2013 | Blog | Media: digital collage | Tags: Artistic inspiration, artists, authors, People in the news, publicityComments (1)
Exquisite Corpse: Precursor to Mad Libs
June 10, 2013
When my class finished earlier than expected the other day, I filled the time with my favorite go-to art game, Exquisite Corpse. The teacher’s aides wrinkled their noses at the sound of that, but it’s a great game to play with any age or level of ability. My students this week have special needs, but [...]
2013 | Blog | Media: drawing | Tags: art education, Art movements and -isms, artistsComments (0)
The Two Mona Lisas
May 19, 2013
A second Mona Lisa (on the right), which was discovered just before World War I, was recently classified as an authentic Leonardo. Tests by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, based on the personal “signature” of Leonardo’s brand of geometry, along with carbon dating, are certain enough to call this the first of his two [...]
2013 | Blog | Tags: artistsComments (0)
Road Trip: Tacoma Art Museum
April 26, 2013
The Tacoma Art Museum is a total delight. Three people in the past month since I’ve moved to the Seattle area have told me it’s not to be missed, and they’re right. It’s a beautiful new building (built in 2003) in a beautiful part of town, overlooking Mt. Rainier, and some other architectural gems like [...]
2013 | Blog | Tags: Art movements and -isms, art museums, artists, authors, baseball, contemporary art, People in the news, Places, Road trips, sculptureComments (0)
Maura McGurk Named Artist of the Week by theStudio4Art
November 26, 2012
TheStudio4Art named Maura McGurk “Artist of the Week” for her paintings in response to gay bullying, and recognized her for her work with various charities that stand behind LGBT youth. In bestowing this honor, theStudio praises the paintings and mixed media work that not only display “a magnificent use of color and texture”, but also [...]
2012 | News | Media: acrylic painting, mixed media | Tags: artists, gay art, gay bullying, political art, publicityComments (0)
Mapping a Memorable Man
November 25, 2012
I just funded my first Kickstarter campaign. What is Kickstarter you ask? It’s an online source of funding for (mostly) creative projects that might never get made otherwise. The way it works (ideally) is that lots of people give small amounts of money to invest in a project, for example, the filming of a movie, [...]
2012 | Blog | Tags: Artistic inspiration, artists, maps, PlacesComments (0)
Hurricane Sandy: Art and Recovery
November 8, 2012
Governor Cuomo observed this week, “We have a 100-year flood every two years now.” Hurricane Sandy has made the relationship between the natural and built environment painfully clear, it is critical that we build for the future with this knowledge in mind. – Molly Dilworth I’m a believer in the power of art to help, [...]
2012 | Blog | Tags: artists, donations of artwork, Places, weatherComments (0)
The Pop-Up Museum of Queer History
September 24, 2011
I’m still thinking about the recent show at Leslie Lohman Gay Art Foundation–which by the way, was just transformed into the Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art–congratulations to them! The exhibition was The Pop-Up Museum of Queer History, in its second incarnation. Earlier in 2011, it popped up in a Brooklyn location, and [...]
2011 | Blog | Tags: art exhibitions, Art installations and performance, art museums, artists, contemporary art, gay art, movies, patron saints, People in the newsComments (0)
Electronic Arts Festival, Governor’s Island
September 21, 2011
Mia and I attended the Electronic Arts Festival in various locations on Governor’s Island, my new favorite place to look at art. In the Trinity Chapel there, we participated in Blue Morph, an interactive installation about “nano, not color”, by Victoria Vesna and James Ginzewski. The installation is set up this way: you enter the [...]
2011 | Blog | Tags: art festivals, Art installations and performance, artist statement, artists, color, Mia, PlacesComments (0)
Street Cred, or Street Ed?
September 20, 2011
Graphic designer Jason Shelowitz isn’t going to take this sitting down. Tired of seeing people clipping their nails on the subway, and of the many various assaults on the senses and sensibilities of New Yorkers as we make our way through this city of more than 8 million people, he is taking his plea for [...]
2011 | Blog | Tags: artists, Places, public artComments (0)
Road Trip: Sedona and Abstract Expressionism
September 16, 2011
In Sedona, it was easy to see the birth of Abstract Expressionism all around us. That sounds strange, even as I write it, because the movement is so closely associated with New York. But many of the painters were actually from, or lived in, the American West, (including Jackson Pollock, Clyfford Still, and Mark Rothko), [...]
2011 | Blog | Media: oil painting | Tags: Ancient cultures, Art movements and -isms, Artistic inspiration, artists, movies, Painting, Places, Road tripsComments (0)
Governor’s Island, New Art Destination
September 15, 2011
Mia and I spent a day at Governor’s Island over the holiday weekend, and it was a treat. The island has gone from military installation to art destination in a few short years, and it’s a great place to relax, get away, and indulge in some art. Let’s get this out of the way first–it’s [...]
2011 | Blog | Tags: art festivals, Art installations and performance, artist residency, artists, Mia, Places, public art, studioComments (0)
Public Art: Fashion District
September 14, 2011
Check out these red female figures that float and twist on posts above eye-level on Broadway in the Fashion District. This project by Joan Benefiel seems to add light to Broadway from the inside of these figures, radiating out. Anything that adds a little light to NYC is a great thing.
2011 | Blog | Tags: artists, figurative art, Places, public art, sculptureComments (0)
Public Art: The Andy Monument
September 12, 2011
New Yorkers always tend to look down as they speed around town, probably to avoid stepping in anything nasty. But there’s lots to see when you keep your eyes above street level. This sculpture of Andy Warhol, by Rob Pruitt, is located at the northwest corner of Union Square Park, outside of the building where [...]
2011 | Blog | Tags: Art movements and -isms, artist statement, artists, figurative art, gay, Places, public art, sculptureComments (0)
The Museum of Motherhood
September 10, 2011
As Mia and I were walking down the street the other day, we saw a large banner that proclaimed a new museum opening, right in our neighborhood. This was news, and how could we not have known about it, just three blocks from our place? It’s called the Museum of Motherhood. We wandered over and [...]
