Tag Archives: drawing

Mural Fortitude

OBJECT ID, ACCESSION NUMBER

A warning appears at the entrance…

Read More 0 Comments

States of Nature

IMG_5618_2000bi

[Ed. Note: After this story published, the Yale University Art Gallery announced it would be closing to the public from March 13 to April 15, 2020, due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.]

On my way into the Yale University …

Read More 0 Comments

Unsettling In

IMG_1598_2000ai

We have expectations of our furniture: that it will be comfortable, sturdy, beautiful, useful. But…

Read More 0 Comments

Near and Wide

IMG_1472_1500ci

Two days before the launch of this year’s City-Wide Open Studios festival, the Orange Street headquarters of organizer Artspace was awhirl with color and activity. …

Read More 0 Comments

Maker Space

IMG_0566_1500bi

The artist-teachers at Creative Arts Workshop make what they do look easy. Their students know it’s not. …

Read More 0 Comments

Lost in Space

img_5855_988dii

A photo essay.

In a fitting end to an extended term, this year’s City-Wide Open Studios held its fourth and final weekend—there are usually three—in an extended space: Erector Square. …

Read More 0 Comments

Public Access

Cut paper by Marcela Staudenmaier.

A photo essay.

Private art spaces weren’t so private during Private Studios Weekend, when nearly 40 artists at 17 locations left their doors unlocked and said…

Read More 0 Comments

Top Drawer

Michael Sloan

“He’s my alter-ego. He has his head in the clouds. He likes to travel. He appears in places that I love and have lived in: Hong Kong, Paris, New York. I miss them. So when I’m working on a drawing …

Read More 0 Comments

Mr. Mix-It

IMG_0230_1000c

A black-and-white man carved from rolling hills, bird’s-eye cornfields and fat streaks of lightning gives new meaning to the phrase “double-breasted jacket.” Below a tense, corded neck, his suit splits off-center, leaving two ties cinched in …

Read More 0 Comments

Raised Voices

IMG_3819_1000b

The titles of the works in Voicings, City Gallery’s new art show, are rich enough to make funny poems out of. Here’s a haiku using five of them:…

Read More 0 Comments