Frank Juárez In 2021, the Peninsula School of Art hosted its artist-in-residence program with 6 artists from across the country. I learned about this program via social media. Since then, visiting this program has become an annual Winter tradition. Lucky for me, each time we visited we ended up knowing one of the two artists. According toContinue reading “Peninsula School of Art Artist-in-Residency 2024”
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The Davis Street Drawing Room Offers Opportunity to Learn, Reflect, and Create
April Behnke Among the picturesque homes on a quiet, tree-lined street in Evanston, Illinois is an extraordinary contemporary art project: The Davis Street Drawing Room. The endeavor launched in the fall of 2022, with artists Anne Wilson and Sofía Fernández Díaz – also its project manager – at the helm. Knowledge of and participation in theContinue reading “The Davis Street Drawing Room Offers Opportunity to Learn, Reflect, and Create”
Michael Pfleghaar: Moments and Memories
Frank Juárez I was introduced to the work of Michael Pfleghaar by artist and CULTIVATE director Mallory Shotwell. After looking at his website and scrolling through his Instagram, I knew I wanted to learn more about his work. I was drawn to how he approaches clay giving it its own identity through playful compositional elementsContinue reading “Michael Pfleghaar: Moments and Memories”
Jordan Martins: Camouflage and Concealment
Linda Marcus Playing and exploring is what Jordan Martins wants viewers to do when they encounter his work. The Chicago based artist, curator, musician and educator works in collage and pushes photography and painting in unexpected ways to propel collage in new directions. Martins says, “I wanted to create a painting that is on the brinkContinue reading “Jordan Martins: Camouflage and Concealment”
Seeking Truth Through Imagery: Photography by Alayna Pernell
Linda Marcus Insatiable curiosity is what motivates and fuels Alayna Pernells’ photography practice. “It starts off with a thought, but there’s always a question on top and that is what helps to guide me; then I can work from there”, according to Pernell. Her continuous questioning of the world and the structures in it hasContinue reading “Seeking Truth Through Imagery: Photography by Alayna Pernell”
Crit Connection Provides Artists with Camaraderie and Professional Support
April Behnke When artist Ruth Lantz moved back to her home state of Illinois during the pandemic, she felt the sense of disconnection so many of us experienced during this challenging period. But rather than settle for isolation, she took a leap into the unknown, forming Crit Connection, a virtual community of artists that’s beenContinue reading “Crit Connection Provides Artists with Camaraderie and Professional Support”
Light and Loss, Hope and Connection
Linda Marcus Jaymee Harvey Willms is masterful at putting things back together, especially after she purposefully breaks them. The assemblage artist and Director of the Villa Terrace and Charles Allis Art Museums current body of work involves taking quotidian objects and breaking them and remaking them into new sculptures. “I started to break things andContinue reading “Light and Loss, Hope and Connection”
Bringing West Africa to the Midwest
Kaleb Williams On the surface it may not seem that athletes and artists have much in common, but acrylic painter Sahr Ngekia is blurring the lines in his own way and at his own pace. A modern renaissance man, Sahr (pronounced “saw”) seesaws back and forth between the analytical complexities of medical sales to hisContinue reading “Bringing West Africa to the Midwest”
Waves For Change
Jillian Talarczyk, Founder & Artistic Director of the Madison Public Art Project I recently spent time with Madison’s most in-demand muralist, Audifax. Our days together raced by while Audi, as she encourages her friends to call her, painted her newest commission, a site-specific mural entitled Riding Waves. Despite the intense installation schedule, we found time to chatContinue reading “Waves For Change”