Venues

Want to help out another artist and be part of her community sculpture? Harriete Estel Berman is seeking #2 pencils for an artwork about standardized tests. Here’s what she says: Send any and all used pencils, especially broken, chewed, eraser-less, and worn down to a nub. I need over 30,000 pencils to assemble a new […]

Lisa Call is at it again. Stirring up all kinds of mischief on her blog. Thank goodness! Somebody needs to keep us on our toes and question the status quo. Seriously, Lisa is introducing an important (and controversial) topic. Her postings are about the contemporary quiltworld, but much of what she (and her commenters) have

Did you ever make a piece of art that you would never sell–no matter how much was offered? P.S. 1 in New York is opening “Not for Sale,” an exhibition containing artwork that the artists have vowed never to sell. It’s a response to what the curator deems an overly-commercial market. Down-and-dirty “art for art’s

I just returned from a perfectly fine exhibit at our local Foothills Art Center here in Golden, CO. The title is “REALationships: Works of Surreal Inspiration” and was curated by Michael Chavez. Even though I had plenty of Modernism in my art history career, I still think of Dali when I think of Surrealism, and

It’s been almost ten years since I’ve visited the Columbia Museum of Art. And it has a new home since my last trip. On a very cold, rainy day, I was slightly annoyed that the entire staff was preoccupied with an after-hours reception for Blue Cross & Blue Shield. Tables, food, flowers, and gift bags

I finally got to visit the High Museum of Art. This is a fabulous Richard Meier-designed building that opened to rave reviews in 1983 (has it been that long?). In 1991, the American Institute of Architects cited the High as one of the “ten best works of American architecture of the 1980s.” It’s the third

Artist J.T. Kirkland is taking the bull by the horns and holding his own art opening in New York–in his hotel room! He’ll be there this week, so check it out if you’re in the area. Read the details and the logistics involved in his semi-secret show: J.T. Kirkland’s New York exhibit. Thanks to Lisa

As I said, I visited artists studios in Evergreen, CO, last weekend. One artist had a great wall for displaying her art. She had installed what appeared to be 1×4" planks in horizontal and vertical crossings. Across each was a series of nails and thumbtacks. These allow her to slap up a painting she’s working

I waited until the last week to see “Colorado Modernism, 1930-1970” at the Foothills Art Center and now I’m kicking myself. It’s a show I would like to see again and it closes tomorrow. The curator did a first-rate job selecting and installing the work. So, here’s my warning: visit exhibits when they first come