Feature image: Studio Shot, 2024. Photo: Tommy Martino. By Linda Marcus Disgust and discomfort are precisely the reactions Emily Mulvaney hopes to evoke in viewers of her art. “I like it,” she says. “I knew leaning into abject imagery and textures would allow me to play with that sense of the unknown. I’m more offended when there’sContinue reading “Emily Mulvaney: Intersection Between Art and Science”
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Drive Thru: John Himmelfarb
Feature image: John Himmelfarb. Photo: Rick Graves. By Matthew Rose In 2024, “How Things Stack Up,” The Koehnline Museum of Art in Des Plaines, Illinois, celebrated a 60-year survey of John Himmelfarb’s art. Bringing together the artist’s earliest and most recent works, Himmelfarb’s abstractions in paint, and the range of his sculpture in wood, steel,Continue reading “Drive Thru: John Himmelfarb”
Exploring the 12×12 Project at Miller Art Museum
Feature image: Lois Bielefeld at the Miller Art Museum. Image courtesy of the museum. By Frank Juárez If you visited the Miller Art Museum in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, you may have seen seasonal exhibitions on the 2nd floor, paying homage to artist Gerhard Miller, a Sturgeon Bay artist and founder of the Miller Art Museum. The exhibition space wasContinue reading “Exploring the 12×12 Project at Miller Art Museum”
Colour into Focus Explores Queer & Trans Perspectives Through Collage
Feature image: Tyrone McKie, St. Mary, Jamaica & Luis Martin, Brooklyn, NY. By allison anne and Jeremy P. Bushnell Colour into Focus is an ongoing series of publications devoted to showcasing the work of an international roster of queer and trans collagists. The first issue debuted in 2025; its second issue was released in April ofContinue reading “Colour into Focus Explores Queer & Trans Perspectives Through Collage”
Jessalyn Finch: The Body as Art
Feature image: Photo: Bill Cameron. By John Sievers “It was almost as if my drawings were already a type of choreography,” says Minnesotan artist Jessalyn Finch. She describes herself as a Body Experience Artist and an Installation Architect. Her movement towards these practices has been full of starts and stops. Currently based in Rochester, MN,Continue reading “Jessalyn Finch: The Body as Art “
A Moment of Return: Part 1
Feature image: Akindele John. Photo: Genre: Urban Arts. By Samantha Timm My recent visits to the Walker’s Point Center for the Arts to see “Genre’d: Expressions of Blackness” and a conversation with Nakeysha Roberts Washington, curator of the exhibition and CEO of Genre: Urban Arts sparked my interest in the work of Nigeria-based artist AkindeleContinue reading “A Moment of Return: Part 1”
Let’s Go to the Lake: Where Bathers Bath and Artists Find Their Muse
Feature image: Jan Serr, Observers: Woman with Blue Umbrella, Oil on Linen, 2011. Courtesy of the artist. Jan Serr Summer Paintings: Looking at the Lakefront from Villa Terrace Co-curated with Jan Serr Opening event: August 5, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. August 6, 2026 – November 29, 2026 Villa Terrace Museum & Gardens, 2220 NContinue reading “Let’s Go to the Lake: Where Bathers Bath and Artists Find Their Muse”
A Conversation That Grew: The Story of Studio Break
Feature image: Subset, Greg Edmondson & Lisa Bergant Koi, April 2023. By April Behnke Tucked away in a small garage, deep in Chicago’s western suburbs, is one of the region’s hidden contemporary art gems: Studio Break. I recently spoke with David Linneweh, the artist who runs it all. While Studio Break is also a gallery, itContinue reading “A Conversation That Grew: The Story of Studio Break”
Jade Pergl: A Sense of Calmness
Feature image: Jade in her studio. Photo: Aloy Xiong. By Frank Juárez Jade Pergl is a recent BFA graduate (2024) from Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. She earned a degree in Fine Art + New Studio Practice with a focus in painting and a minor in writing. My first encounter with her work wasContinue reading “Jade Pergl: A Sense of Calmness”