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Spontaneous Generation: Liam Lee at the Ongunquit Museum of American Art
The Ogunquit Museum of American Art is a fantastic museum in Ogunquit, Maine. It is a beautifully designed midcentury building, low-slung with gorgeous gardens with sculptures, and panoramic windows front and back to take advantage of its spectacular coastal view. From the information on this exhibition of artwork by Liam Lee: “Spontaneous Generation refers to…
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This Saturday – St. Louis Park Art Fair 2024!
I really enjoy participating in this art fair. The venue is beautiful with a great variety of artists, and excellent food and entertainment. I’m especially looking forward to seeing the Youth MiniMarket (ages 8 – 18); I’ll probably be set up early enough to get a quick preview. Here is my table last year: The…
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Toronto Subway Token Earrings
In my continuing occasional series of vacation jewelry, here’s earrings made of subway tokens from Toronto. For a visit in 2019, I calculated the number of times I would use the subway, and the least expensive way to make that happen was to buy tokens. I ended up needing two fewer tokens than I planned,…
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“Identity Portrait Series” Quilts by Blair Treuer
I recently viewed Blair Treuer’s “Identity Exploration” at the Hopkin’s Center for the Arts in Hopkins, Minnesota. From HCA’s website, her work “is an exploration into the role Native American traditional cultural and spiritual practices and beliefs play in shaping the way her family sees itself collectively and the influences or effect it’s had on…
