San Andrés Huayápam is a small village (around 6,000 residents) situated a few kilometers from the city of Oaxaca. San…
Radishes at Christmas
For 125 years, the Mexican community in Oaxaca has celebrated their agrarian roots with a knock-out display of carved radishes…
The Art of Orchids
Exploring your own neighborhood can surprise you. For the past year I’ve driven past a discrete sign on the road…
The Art of Dia de Muertos
Creativity is central in every part of the Dia de Muertos holiday, a time when many in Latin America and…
The Art of Chocolate
Mexican chocolate combines the fragrance of cinnamon with nuts and cacao beans into a unique and memorable taste. When visiting…
The Art of Weaving
The Oaxaca weaving tradition is centered in Teotitlán del Valle, where now over 150 families create rugs and textiles. Their…
Question: What is an artist residency?
Answer: a think tank for artists. The luxury of time, a rare commodity in this over-scheduled world can allow for…
The Color Red
The color red may dominate during Valentine’s Day, but this vibrant color has ruled for thousands of years. Red can…
Portals
Aren’t you curious when you see a locked door, a portal into another environment? Here are a selection of doorways…
Art Installation or home?
My walk today passed by an art installation on the mountain. The rusted steel frame traced out the traditional shape…
Three Kings and the January 6 Uprising
While I sit here in Oaxaca today, January 6, 2022, nearly all residents are celebrating Three Kings Day: a time…
The payphone on the corner
Ten Thousand steps
In an effort to start the New Year off on a good foot, this morning’s walk was nearly ten thousand…
The Art of Cultural Remembrances
This was originally published in 2015 – given that Día de los Muertos is coming up on November 1-2, its…
Intersecting Art, Earth, Fire, Water & Air
The West Strand Gallery is Kingston’s newest gallery, opening this past spring during May: this month they feature the exhibition,…
Stronger Than Dirt
This summer’s exhibition spectacular is “Stronger Than Dirt” at The Lockwood Gallery featuring a retrospective of Melissa Stern’s artworks. Curated…
Fun House: Art of the Surreal and Bizarre
A “Fun House” conjures up memories of traveling circus sideshows offering surprising amusements. Barrett Art Center presented the exhibit “Fun…
The art of Mercados
This entry was written over 6 years ago in 2015, before the world of travel changed. Now when I remember…
The Art of Kinship
The current exhibit at Arts Mid-Hudson is organized by Ransome, a Rhinebeck, New York artist, who invited 22 artists to…
From my bookshelf
Fahrenheit 451 is on my bookshelf – my well-read copy was replaced in 2013 with this 60th Anniversary Edition. Looking…
The Art on the Street
A travel memory from December 2019. We came to explore Villa de Zaachila’s archeological site, but afterwards strolling through the…
From My Bookshelf
Oaxaca al Gusto: An Infinite Gastronomy by Diana Kennedy is on my bookshelf. This is more than a cookbook –…
Women Picturing Women
March is Women’s History Month and we can look back over the last decade where a mere 11 percent of…
Art and Archeology
My longing for travel continues. I’ve been remembering past trips in an effort to soothe my travel pangs. Yagul is…
The Art of a Likely Story
Artists have hungry eyes and their observations on the world builds a lexicon of their own artistic language. D. Jack…
From my bookshelf
Diane Arbus has always been one of my favorite photographers. This book, Diane Arbus: Revelations includes documentation from the retrospective…
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