Inside the Studio offers a behind-the scenes peek into the work environments of WTP artists, as well as insight into their creative process within these resonate spaces. My Montclair, New Jersey, studio is a small, cozy space in my home, where work often trails down a long hallway just outside, and drifts into other spaces.…
Art Spotlight: Renae Barnard
Cleanse See Renae Barnard’s work in WTP Vol. VI #4 paper and thread 9” x 13” x 6” Renae Barnard is interested in exploring the network of interactions between perception, time, and the inadequacy of language. Much of her work grapples with what progress means, including changes in our environment, as well as changes in…
Literary Spotlight: Art Beck
From WTP Vol. VI #4 SONNETS TO ORPHEUS, Part One, 14 Rainer Maria Rilke Translation by Art Beck We’re companions to the flower, the vine leaf, the fruit. They don’t just speak the changing language of the seasons. But a multi-colored revelation that climbs from darkness with a glint, perhaps, of the envy of the dead…
Art as Healing and Headbands
Wearing Your Happiness By Sandra Tyler, Editor-in-Chief Last week, I attended a fundraiser for Healing Headbands Project, Inc., a unique operation that integrates art-making with the perhaps lesser known “art” of laughter. The melding of these two is the healing catalyst for hospitalized children in their daily struggles to get well, even just to survive,…
WTP Artist: Karen Fitzgerald
The Art of Tondo and Gilded Works Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Karen Fitzgerald’s work has been widely exhibited in the United States, including at the Queens Museum of Art, Islip Art Museum, Rahr-West Museum, Madison Art Museum, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Institute of Art Design, the University of Arizona Tucson, and the…
Featured Bookmarks: The Arts
May 2018 By Donald Kolberg, Art Bookmarks Editor Monthly highlights of online resources and websites informative and inspiring for artists or art enthusiasts. Most are free. Suggestions are welcomed. Kolberg Lands Cover Art This little ditty of a bookmark is mine. Gage Publishing published their May/June magazine and my artwork is on the cover. Hope you like…
Explicating the Poetic Process
“My writing process saves a fair percentage of time for self-doubt and lack of artistic confidence.” By Amy Nawrocki, WTP Guest Writer It starts with an encounter. There is a notarized mammal, a dead serpent, and a preserved misspelling. Then a mythical flash of inspiration, the grabbing for tool and template, and the clumsy yet…
Art Spotlight: Rachel Singel
Seed Explosion See Rachel Singel’s work in WTP Vol. VI #4 intaglio on handmade mitsumata paper 16’’ x 20’’ My imagery comes from what I see in nature. From a hollow in a tree to a break in the clouds, absence is a recurring motif. These spaces intrigue me, and I begin to wonder where…
Literary Spotlight: Wally Swist
From WTP Vol. VI #4 Hydrangea By Wally Swist These deciduous plants adorn the lawns on which they lavish panicles, large white flowerheads, growing among spear-shaped evergreen leaves. The bushes are as showy as their flowers that are often thought to resemble pom-poms. Every spring and summer, I observe their enormous blossoms bob among their…
Site Review: Naomi Schlinke
Random vs. Intentional in Abstract Painting By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Naomi Schlinke describes two artistic careers in her website. During the 1970s and early ’80s she was a professional modern dancer and choreographer with the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company and the Joe Goode Performance Group, both based in San Francisco. The San Francisco contemporary…
Inside the Studio: Renae Barnard
Inside the Studio offers an inside peek into the work environments of WTP artists, as well as insight into their creative process within these resonate spaces. By Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Renae Barnard is recognized by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) as a Leadership in Energy Accredited Professional (LEED AP) and by…
Eye on the Indies
A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Reviews Editor THE LIBRARY: A CATALOGUE OF WONDERS by Stuart Kells (Counterpoint Press, 2018). 224pp, hardcover, $26.00. li · brar · y “What the libraries of the future will be like is something we should be imagining now.” —Neil Gaiman, 2013 Lecture for The…