This summer’s exhibition spectacular is “Stronger Than Dirt” at The Lockwood Gallery featuring a retrospective of Melissa Stern’s artworks. Curated…
Something Blue
The color blue is overwhelmingly everyone’s favorite color choice. While a number of surveys over the years have theories explaining…
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
Arts and Crafts of Mexico has been my go-to guide for years as I’ve learned about the traditional crafts made…
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…
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