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Writings about life and art by Linda Marston-Reid

Radishes at Christmas

For 125 years, the Mexican community in Oaxaca has celebrated their agrarian roots with a knock-out display of carved radishes…

#Oaxacatravel, artesanosdeOaxaca, communityarts, FelizNavidad, Mexico, MexicoCulture, MexicoFolclorico, NochedelosRabanos, OaxacaBonito, Oaxacatraditions

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…

#Mexicotravel, #travelphotography, botanical, botanicalgarden, flora, localCulture, orchids

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…

DiadeMuertos, Mexicotraditions, OaxacaCulture

The Art of Chocolate

Mexican chocolate combines the fragrance of cinnamon with nuts and cacao beans into a unique and memorable taste. When visiting…

#cooking, Mexico, MexicoCulture, travel

The Art of Weaving

The Oaxaca weaving tradition is centered in Teotitlán del Valle, where now over 150 families create rugs and textiles. Their…

#MexicoFolkArts, #Oaxacatravel, FolkArt, Mexico, MexicoCulture, NaturalDye, OaxacaArtesenios, OaxacaArtists, Weaving

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…

#artexhibition, art residencies, artists, emerging artists, Galleries, sculpture

The Color Red

The color red may dominate during Valentine’s Day, but this vibrant color has ruled for thousands of years. Red can…

#Oaxacatravel, art history, folk art mexican artesanias, Mexican folk arts, Mexico, MexicoCulture, murals, public art, travel

Portals

Aren’t you curious when you see a locked door, a portal into another environment? Here are a selection of doorways…

Doorway, entrance, Mexico, MexicoCulture, portal, puerta, travel

Art Installation or home?

My walk today passed by an art installation on the mountain. The rusted steel frame traced out the traditional shape…

#art, #HudsonRiverValleyArtists, #Oaxacatravel, #RobertHite, HudsonValleyArtists, Mexico, MonaHatoum, Oaxaca, photography, public art, RachelWhiteread, sculpture

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…

#Mexicotravel, art and activism, January6Commission, lostresreyes, real life, ThreeKingsDay

The payphone on the corner

#Mexicotravel, #Oaxacatravel, Mexico, travel

Ten Thousand steps

In an effort to start the New Year off on a good foot, this morning’s walk was nearly ten thousand…

#Mexicotravel, #Oaxacatravel, art and life, Mexico, MexicoCulture, MorningWalks, murals, public art, travel

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…

#dayofthedead, #elDiadelosMuertos, #MexicanCulture, #Mexicotravel, Mexico, travel

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,…

#art, #artexhibition, #HudsonRiverValleyArtists, #localArtists, #painting, environmental art, Hudson Valley, WestStrandGallery

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…

#artexhibition, #Gallery #ArtCollectors, #HudsonRiverValleyArtists, #KingstonARTS, #localArtists, #MelissaStern, #painting, #popularculture, AlanGoolman

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…

#art, #BarrettArtCenter, #fantastical, #PoughkeepsieJournal, #surrealism, Art exhibition, Galleries

The art of Mercados

This entry was written over 6 years ago in 2015, before the world of travel changed. Now when I remember…

#MexicanCulture, #MexicoFolkArts, #MexicoFood, #Mexicotravel, #travelphotography, folk art mexican artesanias, Mexican folk arts, Mexico, travel

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…

#art, #artistdialogue, #creativity, #localArtists, #painting, #PoughkeepsieJournal, exhibits, Galleries

From my bookshelf

Fahrenheit 451 is on my bookshelf – my well-read copy was replaced in 2013 with this 60th Anniversary Edition. Looking…

literary arts, storytellers, writers

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…

#dayofthedead, #elDiadelosMuertos, #MexicanCulture, #MexicoFolkArts, #Mexicotravel, #Oaxacatravel, folk art mexican artesanias, Mexican folk arts, Mexico, Mural, murals, public art, travel

From My Bookshelf

Oaxaca al Gusto: An Infinite Gastronomy by Diana Kennedy is on my bookshelf. This is more than a cookbook –…

#cooking, #MexicanCulture, #MexicoFood, #Oaxacatravel, Mexico, OaxacaFood, travel

Women Picturing Women

March is Women’s History Month and we can look back over the last decade where a mere 11 percent of…

#painting, Art exhibition, exhibits, LehmanLoebArtCenter, photography, sculpture, Vassar College, WomensHistoryMonth

Art and Archeology

My longing for travel continues. I’ve been remembering past trips in an effort to soothe my travel pangs. Yagul is…

#MexicanCulture, #MexicoFolkArts, #MexicoHistoricalSite, #Oaxacatravel, #sacredplaces, #Yagul, Mexico, travel

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…

#art, #comics, #DJackSolomon, #HudsonRiverValleyArtists, #localArtists, #painting, #popularculture, #TheLockwoodGallery, AlanGoolman

From my bookshelf

Diane Arbus has always been one of my favorite photographers. This book, Diane Arbus: Revelations includes documentation from the retrospective…

#DianeArbus, #FromMyBookshelf, photography

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