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…
Poughkeepsie Porch Fest
If you are reading this from the Hudson Valley, New York, you can enjoy the sounds of summer music in…
“If You Lived Here You’d Be Home By Now”
The exhibition at The Wassaic Project’s Maxon Mills could be the summer adventure you have been craving. The three co-director/curators…
Something Blue
The color blue is overwhelmingly everyone’s favorite color choice. While a number of surveys over the years have theories explaining…
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