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It’s an Art, Art, Art, Art, Arty World
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Pae White, Professional at the Independent Art Fair
8 art fairs, 2 cities, 6 museums, 10 exhibitions, 12 galleries, thousands of artists= art heaven and fried eyeballs
A Trip to NY for the Art Fair Week
Well, I didn't think I had the stamina, but I made it through seven straight days of art fairs, galleries, musuem exhibitions and surveys and artist visits, as well as NYC restaurants and theatre. Hard life, right? It was visual saturation on an overwhelming scale but also, a celebration of art on every level, not just aesthetically, but commercially as well. The mother of all art… read more
Fossils and Art
Friday, January 13, 2012
Chris Ulrich, Palm Frond, fossil plate
There are miles and miles of high desert and mountains that separate Casper and Kemmerer, Wyoming. Seeing that rugged landscape from above is like soaring over a giant and vast beast. As far as the eye can see, there are snow covered passes and deep valleys that cast a spell of quiet and solitude. The ridges and rock formations resemble the spine of a sleeping creature snaking endlessly through the landscape. Protected in the pressurized comfort of a small plane, my four companions and I fly to our destination on the western edge of Wyoming. We are the guests of… read more
Intersections Between Life and Art
Monday, December 12, 2011
There are fewer things that I love more than an adventure. Leaving the balmy south with its humidity, monstrous mosquitoes, blues music, grits, bayous, neurosis, and charm for a place of mountains and plains, endless skies, vast distances, communal isolation, and pioneer spirit was a perfect opportunity to test my adventure quotient. It’s been almost one year since I pulled into the driveway of my new home in Casper and I haven’t been disappointed.
What is it about the vastness of this space that invites an inward reflection and contemplation of the visual marks of the… read more
A Visit with Tracy Linder
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
I had the wonderful pleasure of visiting the studio of Tracy Linder in Molt, MT (near Billings) in early October. We are going to mount a retrospective of her body of work in May-August of 2012 at the NIC (opening May 25, 2012). Her studio and home is very remote. She and her husband and horses live in the middle of the prairie. Nothing but the wind, sun, sky and animals for company. It is the greatest pleasure of what I do that I get to enter into artist studios and get a small glimpse of their working process. Tracy… read more
Thursday, May 30, 2013
2013 Nic Fest
Friday, June 28, 2013
Gallery Talk with Zak Pullen
Saturday, June 29, 2013
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