Featured image: Staring at the Son installation view at the University of Kentucky Art Museum (Lexington), 2024, 4k looping video, silicone life cast, plaster life-cast, lumber. Image courtesy of the artist. Written by Linda Marcus Empathy is what you will likely feel when you encounter the art of Christina A. West. The UW-Madison assistant professor’sContinue reading “Christina A. West “Alternate Gaze””
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Artist Kellie Romany Explores Identity and Connection Through Abstraction
Featured image: Kellie Romany, Hold Me, Artist book, 6.5” x 4.5”, 2023. Courtesy of the artist. by April Behnke For interdisciplinary artist Kellie Romany, materials are a conduit for exploring complex ideas about identity and human connection. Based in Chicago, Romany’s practice spans painting, drawing, ceramics, and bookmaking. In each medium, her work delves intoContinue reading “Artist Kellie Romany Explores Identity and Connection Through Abstraction”
Photo Opp: Making Photography Accessible to All
Feature image: “From Our Streets” Opening. Images courtesy of Photo Opp. By Rachel Hausmann Schall Nestled within a residential area in Appleton, Wisconsin, Photo Opp is a gallery and community space focused on photography. It functions as a collaborative workspace that provides opportunities for residents of the Fox Cities to learn about photography, darkroom processing,Continue reading “Photo Opp: Making Photography Accessible to All “
Derrick Buisch: The Knowable and Unknowable
Feature image: UFO Grid – ongoing series. Courtesy of the artist. Written by Linda Marcus “Drawing is a way of seeing into your own nature.”- Richard Serra Derrick Buisch uses vibrating colors, lines, and shapes to create a kind of energy, anxiousness, and ambiguity that leaves the viewer wanting more. It’s a peak into Buisch’s natureContinue reading “Derrick Buisch: The Knowable and Unknowable”
Arts of Life Builds Community and Breaks Barriers for Artists with Disabilities
Featured image: Arts of Life West Town location studio interior. Courtesy of The Arts of Life. Written by April Behnke It’s the first time I’ve visited Arts of Life, but I know exactly where I am. The nonprofit, which works to empower individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities through art, is in Chicago’s West Town neighborhoodContinue reading “Arts of Life Builds Community and Breaks Barriers for Artists with Disabilities”
Mary Jones: Navigating a Place of Being Through Memory and Imagination
Feature image: “Mary Jones: Coddiwompling”, March 8 – April 13, 2019, at the Tory Folliard Gallery. Image courtesy of Tory Folliard Gallery. Frank Juárez One of the joys of experiencing art is connecting the dots. My first introduction to Mary Jones’s work was in a group exhibition at Tory Folliard Gallery in the Historic ThirdContinue reading “Mary Jones: Navigating a Place of Being Through Memory and Imagination”
Switch Grass Paper Offers Chicagoans an Innovative Take on an Ancient Medium
Featured image: Aya Nakamura and Megan Diddie cooking kozo and mitsumata fibers. Courtesy of Switch Grass Paper. Written by April Behnke During many long drives to and from Fresh Press Paper, the papermaking studio at University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Chicago-based artists Megan Diddie and Aya Nakamura dreamed of a place to make paper closerContinue reading “Switch Grass Paper Offers Chicagoans an Innovative Take on an Ancient Medium”
Purple Window Gallery Collective
Featured image: Fuzz, 2023 Installation: Works by 54 fiber and textile artists. Documentation by Amy Shelton. Curated by Lauren Iacoponi and Naomi Elson. Linda Marcus Don’t be surprised if when you visit Purple Window Gallery inside Mana Contemporary in Chicago, Illinois, you won’t find the color purple and there’s no window. The name functions now moreContinue reading “Purple Window Gallery Collective “