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Repository 218: International Women’s Day | Reconstructing Art Herstory
On this International Woman’s Day in 2019 it’s time to recalibrate your bullshit meters, and slice into truth as best you can with respect to the rearview mirror on prominent female artists. There are two bold, female artists with three hundred years between them, whose vision and talent were overshadowed by the sad tales they were aligned with: one with sexual violence by a man, and one with a violent war by men. The story of their accomplishments needs revisiting…
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Repository 175: Subject as Object | Modern Photographic Portraiture
Portraiture has a long esteemed and reviled history in the annals of art history. At once it is a way to support the business of making art, a necessary evil, and at once a serious exploration of the dynamics and psychological tensions between sitters and artist. While I am mostly familiar with the history of painting portraiture, I’ve had more practical experience in photography with trying to memorialize my young family as we speed through the sands of time. Fine…
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Repository 143: Studio Tour | Celaya in Miami
If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be. -Maya Angelou On the day of Ms. Angelou’s passing and in reverence to her quote above, I’d like to introduce my readers to Jennifer Esperanza, a Santa Fe-based photographer who is everything but normal, and truly amazing. We’ve met virtually and I’ve enjoyed learning about her practice and goings on. She gets around (lucky lady!), and is as curious as a cat. So…
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Repository 114: Bon Mots | How to Grow a Woman from the Ground
Several months ago I wrote about a collaboration I was facilitating between a writer and photographer. The result was a gorgeous short story. I spent the last month or so pitching the story and photos to different literary and art journals. Two have responded with a resounding yes, and today the story is live in the winter issue of the Lantern Journal. I hope you enjoy as much as I do!! And a giant thank you the the talented and…
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Repository 95: Bon Mots | Artists + Writers = Love
I have just completed one of the more exciting little projects I can remember of the past several years. Collaborations with artists are never easy, and I am always contemplating their honesty, their effectiveness, and their power. It requires a dropping of ego, and faith in the process: something rare in the arts and otherwise these days. While I am not ready to share all the delicious details, I will say that I am overwhelmed with the generosity and creativity…
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