Posts Tagged ‘folk art’
Road Trip: South Carolina
August 17, 2011
I think Mia and I have started a tradition with our niece and nephew. For the second summer in a row, the four of us have gone on a short road trip during our visit, somewhere that’s close enough to home that we can leisurely drive there and back on the same day, while seeing [...]
2011 | Blog | Media: mixed media | Tags: artists, folk art, Places, Road tripsComments (0)
Wore Out Art Supplies
August 16, 2011
Every time I throw away an abused, no-longer-serviceable paintbrush, I think of the Reverend Howard Finster: “LIFE:TIME ART-SUPPLIES WORE OUT BY HOWARD FINSTER” Just look at all those dried-up Sharpies! He staple-gunned every single one he ever used–along with every pencil nub, every squeezed-out tube of paint–all around the walls of this little outdoor building. [...]
2011 | Blog | Media: mixed media, Sharpies | Tags: art museums, artists, folk art, Road tripsComments (0)
Vermont Studio Center: The Bread and Puppet Museum
November 3, 2010
The Bread and Puppet Museum has to be seen to be believed. None of the pictures you’ll see here can possibly do it justice, but I found myself snapping away anyway, to the point where I ran down the batteries in my camera less than halfway through the place. Located in Glover, VT, the Museum [...]
2010 | Blog | Tags: Ancient cultures, art museums, artist residency, artists, authors, Cuban art, folk art, political art, Road trips, Vermont Studio CenterComments (3)
Paradise Gardens
August 30, 2010
I should have met the Reverend Howard Finster in 2000. He used to sit on his front porch in Summerville, GA once or twice a week, at a scheduled time, to make himself available to his fans. That included banjo players looking to jam, young art students, fans of the musical group REM…I didn’t realize [...]
