Francene J. Levinson

Francene J. Levinson

“There are challenges to creating modular paper sculptures that are like carving stone.” Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Francene J. Levinson, who was born in Brooklyn, is a digital artist based in Portland, OR. She has transformed modular, three-dimensional origami into fine art. She draws inspiration from nature, with series on birds, oceans,…

Inside the Studio: Rosalyn Driscoll

See Driscoll’s work in WTP Vol. VI #10 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. By Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer This fall, artist Rosalyn Driscoll said goodbye to her beautiful, downtown studio. For thirty years,…

Interview: MoMA Curator Paulina Pobocha on  Brancusi

Interview: MoMA Curator Paulina Pobocha on Brancusi

Through February 2019 at the MoMA Interview by Emilia Dubicki, WTP Art Correspondent On exhibit now through February 18, 2019, at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, are eleven quite monumental sculptures by Constantin Brancusi. Born in rural Romania in 1876, Brancusi learned carving as a youth, and throughout his life worked in wood,…

Inside the Studio: Michael Kesselman

Inside the Studio: Michael Kesselman

See Kesselman’s work in WTP Vol. VI #6. 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. By Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Michael Kesselman loves going to his studio at the Peninsula Museum of Art (PMA) in Burlingame,…

Site Review: Virginia Mahoney

Site Review: Virginia Mahoney

Pushing Back Against Tradition By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Virginia Mahoney is a mixed-media artist living and working in Boston, Massachusetts, whose work is not easily categorized. Growing up, she was much influenced by her mother, who was quite creative at home, with cloth, thread, yarn, paint, and shells. Following in her mother’s footsteps, Mahoney…

Site Review: Andrea Rae

Site Review: Andrea Rae

Fabric Art and the Universal By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Andrea Rae is a mixed-media artist who blends fabric, soft sculpture, and photography in both representational and symbolic work that explores humanity’s correlations rather than our differences. Her site presents a multitude of individual works as well as large-scale installations. Rae began experimenting with different…

Site Review: DeJeonge Reese

Site Review: DeJeonge Reese

Culture and Body Image in Art By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor DeJeonge Reese began her art training in ceramics as an undergraduate at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. Later, while earning her MFA at Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia, she began working with other materials and established new creative concepts. She set out to…