Skip to content

Life & Art

Writings about life and art by Linda Marston-Reid

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

Poughkeepsie Porch Fest

If you are reading this from the Hudson Valley, New York, you can enjoy the sounds of summer music in…

#HudsonRiverValleyArtists, #localArtists, Art and music, community arts, musicians, performance, Poughkeepsie

“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…

#art, #artexhibition, #painting, #wassaicproject, Art exhibition, art installation, exhibits, Galleries, Hudson Valley, HudsonValleyArtists, interactive, mid-hudson, photography, public art installation

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts
Follow Life & Art on WordPress.com

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 1,241 other subscribers

Linda MarstonReid

Linda MarstonReid

See the latest

  • View Linda.MarstonReid’s profile on Facebook
  • View lmrart@gmail.com’s profile on LinkedIn

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Linda Marston-Reid

Linda Marston-Reid
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Life & Art
    • Join 82 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Life & Art
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...