Archive for the ‘Visual Art’ Category

An Off the Wall Lesson in Artistry from Matson Jones

On two successful artists – Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns – who modeled true creativity.

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A Spritz of Patchouli

Think of sociology, or literature, but with pictures on the projector screen to hold your attention in class.

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Diego Rivera
and the Gods of Detroit

Even as I admire Rivera’s fresco cycle, I wonder if we will ever get back to the garden.

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Women of the House

A poem/photo essay in collaboration with Kelly Langner Sauer.

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Verse

A poetic photo essay featuring photographer Claire Burge.

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In Defense of Quatchi

Quatchi, Miga, Sumi, and Mukmuk – you’ll be seeing a lot of them for the next few weeks. A Vancouver native clues us in.

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Project 365 | 2009

I saw what’s beautiful in my life – the simple, ordinary, lovely things I have that have sustained me through this year’s ups and downs.

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The Saturnine Age and the Modern Genius

Fine art is a recent category midwifed by the Renaissance humanists, reared by Enlightenment philosophers, and now, in the 21st century, it has grown old beyond its years and has forgotten its own nature.

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Albert Hastings and Other Strangers

Photographs of our possessions and domestic patterns can be portraits, just like the photographs of our faces.

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Paper Gives Peace

Neo craft is an embodied art that slows us down and grounds us in what is.

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