The Woven Tale Press, the web’s premier online literary and fine art magazine, brings together notable artists and writers seeking to share their work more broadly with communities actively in quest of unique voices and compelling perspectives.
Vol. V #3 cover artist Christopher Owen Nelson releases his artist statement in video form, detailing his process of portraiture and the necessity of connection.
“No-Time, No-Space, No-Body”
“No-Time, No-Space, No-Body,” Watch Michelle Hold in her studio. Hold explores the abstract, dance like gestures, the vibrations of color, and simple words.
Jeff Alu suggests an alternative way of approaching photographic composition beyond subject matter as seen in his pictures of fractals.
“Structures fall apart and then are reconstructed again.” Holly Wong invites WTP readers into her studio to introduce her large, mixed-media installations.
Five years ago, Joshua Enck found a perfect spot for his studio, in a former 1929 belt factory in Rochester’s north side.
Contributing Editor, Joyce Peseroff reviews this latest anthology of New York Women Poets thematically organized by the story of Eve.
One photographer’s manipulation of a ferris wheel in various photography apps.
“I tell myself to live writing!” Sara London speaks with Lee Briccetti, executive director of Poets House in New York City, on stylistic choices in her work, events from Poets House, her inspiration, and more.
Susan Cantrick creates digital montages from photographs of her completed paintings to create studies for new works. Behind her work, a fascinating hybrid of the tactile of painting and then the digital.
One poet and his aspiration for other poets: “crowd sourcing” recommendations to help people find their new favorite poets.
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The idea for Voice & Vision evolved in our Woven Tale Forum, where members are actively conversing on ways to support one another as writers and artists. These collaborations, where the literary meets the arts, we hope serve as enhancements of these already resonate individual works.
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