The Deserted Toy Shop Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Susan Malmstrom attended California State University, Long Beach, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a specialization in Printmaking. She was awarded a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts from the University of California at Irvine. Since 2011, she has been installing…
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Fernanda Vargas: All Wrapped Up
Batik Pieces out of Bedsheets Video by Fernanda Vargas See her work in WTP Vol. IV #10 Read more about Vargas’s “All Wrapped Up” project, with a written description and a gallery of in-process photographs, here. Fernanda Vargas is an an artist, educator, citizen of the world, and mother of two teenagers. She has explored multiple art forms, including…
WTP Artist: Ryan Schroeder
“Relics That Reflect Reality” Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Ryan Schroeder received his MFA from the New York Academy of Art and his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. His paintings have been exhibited in numerous galleries, including an upcoming exhibition, Ryan Schroeder: Recent Paintings at the Chenango Arts Council, Norwich, NY. He has…
WTP Writer: Charlotte Holmes
Into the Grass Labyrinth Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Charlotte Holmes is a writer, a poet, and a teacher of creative writing. Her first book, Gifts and Other Stories, was published in 1994. Published by BkMk Press in 2016, her new collection of stories, The Grass Labyrinth, has been hailed as “a contemporary classic.” Holmes received…
WTP Artist: Ivette Cabrera
Women Who Wear Crowns Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Ivette Cabrera is a Nicaraguan-born artist currently residing in Wynwood Miami, Florida. She migrated to the United States with her mother and siblings at the age of three to escape the Sandinista Revolution. She studied Interior Architecture and Design at the Academy of Art University and Marketing at…
Site Review: T Barny
A 25-Year Collaboration with Stone by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Sculptor T Barny’s fascination with the Möbius strip began long before his career in the arts: in a second grade science class. The Möbius strip, a shape with only one side and one continuous edge, eventually became a 50-year obsession and a symbol for continuity and connection…
Art Spotlight: Ryan M. Schroeder
Nodus Tollens See his work in Vol. IV #10 Oil, enamel, raw pigment, sand, and charcoal on burlap 52″ x 68.5″ I paint abandoned spaces that resonate with me. Some paintings are made perceptually, and others from photographs. However, my main focus is finding a means to visually transmit the dominant psychological feeling of a…
WTP Artist: Kelly Zélen
Sculpting Hidden Emotions with Steel Wool Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Kelly Zélen received her BFA from the New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University, Boston, MA in 2005. Since then, her sculptures have been exhibited around Massachusetts and New York, including a solo show at Colo Colo Gallery in New Bedford. Jaeger:…
Site Review: The Studio Visit
Virtual Studio Visit and Critique By Richard Malinsky, arts editor The Studio Visit (TSV) is a web journal of artist interviews, curated by a dedicated team and contributors focused on contemporary visual artists and their individual processes. TSV is based in Washington, D.C., and recently expanded its presence to Berlin, Germany. Many of the artists featured are…
WTP Artist: Gil Desiano Bitton
From Margin to Center Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Gil Desiano Bitton is a painter living in Tel Aviv. He received his MFA from The Faculty of Arts – Hamidrasha at Beit Berl College. Bitton’s work was featured in multiple solo exhibitions in Israel, including The Artists House, Tel Aviv and Sissman Gallery, Tel…
WTP Artist: Daniel Ketelhut
The Vitality of Becoming Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Daniel Ketelhut is an emerging painter who currently resides in San Diego, California. Ketelhut received a B.A. in Studio Art from San Diego State University. He has participated in the Art Pulse Mentor Program in San Diego, under the mentorship of McLean Emenegger and Peter Frank. Ketelhut’s…
PaletteArt
From Accident to Environmental Art Movement by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor According to Lisa Levasseur, the founder of PaletteArt, the movement began as a fruitful accident: “When I painted my first acrylic painting, I was mixing too much paint and it would dry before I could use it all. So, I chipped it off my…