The Time for Nuance is Over? by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Walking into the first floor of the Whitney Biennial, one is immediately accosted by what can only be described as the cacophony of 2016–2017. The first step off the elevator lands you in front of Dana Schutz’s “Elevator,” a bright jumble of bodies and bugs…
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Featured Bookmarks: The Arts
June 2017 By Donald Kolberg, Arts Bookmarks Editor Monthly link highlights to online resources and websites that seem informative and inspiring for artists or art enthusiasts. Most are free. Suggestions are welcomed. With June here, the arts step up their presence around the world. For many artists the nice weather means opening the doors to studios, while here at…
Jean Eng: Bonsais and Bathtubs
“By miniaturizing the landscape…it is possible to protect, nurture and if necessary, regenerate that which is endangered.” by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Jean Eng was born in Sudbury, Ontario and graduated with high honors from Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario. Since then, she has worked as a freelance illustrator before becoming a painter. Her work…
Site Review: Pen + Brush
Achieving Gender Parity Through the Arts by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Founded in 1894 by Janet and Mary Lewis, Pen + Brush has been at the forefront of gender parity in the arts for over 120 years. In its current incarnation as a gallery in the Flatiron District of New York City, Pen + Brush…
Video: Against Self-Sabotage
Performance with Charcoal By Brianna Baurichter See her work in WTP Vol. V #4 “Against Self-Sabotage” is a three-part performance utilizing drawing and dance. Part one consists of covering a space in charcoal. Part two, titled Commune (Intermission), invites viewers to join me in whittling down charcoal to be added to a bowl of water. Part…
Brianna Baurichter: Hybridity in Hybrid Form
“I am very interested in hybridity as tool for discovery” by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Brianna Baurichter is an artist and curator currently based in the Midwest. Baurichter recently earned her MFA in Drawing from Kendall College of Art and Design, and has previously studied in Chicago, IL for her BFA and Visual Arts Management…
Don Bergland: From Paint to Digital
“Anything that could be imagined could be created.” by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Don Bergland is currently an Associate Professor of Art Education at the University of Victoria and has been an active exhibiting artist for over fifty years. During that time, he has worked through a variety of professional media, from oil on canvas…
Holly Wong: Without Fear of Failure
“I start a new piece by looking at materials and holding them in my hands.” by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Holly Wong is an artist who lives and works in San Francisco, California. She studied at the San Francisco Art Institute where she graduated with a Master of Fine Arts with a concentration in New…
Leah Oates: Multiple Exposures
“Time is layered and not frozen into one single moment” by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Leah Oates studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, the Art Institute of Chicago and is a Fulbright Fellow for Printmaking at Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland. In 2016 her series Transitory Spaces was featured in the MTA Arts and…
Sooo-Z Mastropietro: Painting with Fabric Tubes
“Variables actually help me reach for new challenges and push the limits.” by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Sooo-Z Mastropietro graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York with a BFA in Fashion Design and Textile Design. From textile design, to oil painting, to estate renderings, to playing classical bass in regional symphonies, her philosophy…
Christopher Owen Nelson: Portraits of Infinite Possibility
“I experienced the most transcendent oneness I had ever felt.” by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Christopher Owen Nelson, a painter, musician, and sculptor native to Colorado, studied Fine Arts at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. Nelson’s artwork has been been featured in Western Art Collector; Luxe Interiors and Design; Western Art and…
WTP Artist: Brian Wehrung
“The photographic medium doesn’t need to be about documentation.” Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Brian Wehrung graduated from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio with a degree in engineering. An entirely self-taught artist, he started pursuing photography as a hobby, only professionalizing in his fifties. His highly technical training as an engineer continues to influence…