Designed to Heal our Eyes and Hearts By Donald Brackett, WTP Guest Writer Time Shadow, The Ambient Paintings of Bernadette Jiyong Frank. July 9 – August 29, 2020, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco. This remarkable body of work by Jiyong Frank, in its harmonious entirety, is the opposite of the hyper-speeds of technology and celebrates…
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Light in the Darkness
Dark Before Dawn Video by Elder Gideon Set on a vast prairie landscape, Dark Before Dawn is a short experimental documentary that plumbs the liminal moment of balance between light and darkness, beginning and end. From the same dark silhouettes of the landscape, this intimate meditation unfolds scenes gazing east into the dawn or west…
Maya Kuvaja
Mixed Media Inspired by Magical Realism By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Inspired by the literary movement Magical Realism, Maya Kuvaja’s storytelling paintings explore the way we perceive and construct our own realities. It’s no wonder she includes in her artist statement a quote by Gabriel García Márquez: “What matters in life is not what happens…
Cindy Rinne
Fiberverse: Quilted Paintings By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor The first paragraph of Cindy Rinne’s artist statement is a quote by Josef Albers: “To experiment is at first more valuable than to produce; free play in the beginning develops courage.” For over thirty years, Cindy Rinne has embraced that philosophy in her mixed-media fiber work, by…
Art Papers
November 2018 Featured Bookmarks 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. Art Papers From their “About” page: “Art Papers is an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization that provides an accessible forum for examining, discussing, and documenting the full spectrum…
Featured Bookmarks: The Arts
October 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. Taking Stock of Painting Today John Yau from Hyperallergic.com has put together an article that you should definitely read. Reviewing the Painting: Now and Forever, Part III exhibition at New York’s…
Inside the Studio: Susan Clinard
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. Susan Clinard began her sculpture career over twenty years ago. She works in wood, clay, bronze, stone, and mixed media. As the artist-in-residence for the Eli Whitney Museum,…
Interview: Bill Hall and Rebecca Michelman
Artmaking, and the Curatorial Process Interview by Emilia Dubicki, WTP Art Correspondent WTP art correspondent Emilia Dubicki interviews Bill Hall and Rebecca Michelman to gain insight into Hall’s art-making and Michelman’s curatorial process, and how the two crossed paths. Hall was included in Print Facets: Five Centuries of Printmaking and Enchanted Landscapes, two print exhibits…
Jodi Colella’s FiberLAB
Experimental Fiber Art Workshops By Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer A native of Massachusetts, Jodi Colella creates provocative, tactile artwork that often includes public participation and uses a broad range of materials. She has exhibited widely and has been featured in Huffpost Art & Culture, Artscope, The Boston Globe, Harvard Crimson, 500 Felt Objects, Boston…
Art Roundup: New York City
Winter 2017 Highlights By Emilia Dubicki, WTP Art Correspondent Four times a year, WTP art correspondents from around the country will report back on the previous season, with images from exhibitions you otherwise might have missed, and their own insights into these varied venues. On a particularly cold but bright blue-sky February day, I walked…