So speak three tiny creatures in Sabrina Scott’s graphic novel witchbody. Mere insects, but reaching in their minds to what might lie beyond them.
Much like humans look to the unknown and wonder where further secrets may lie. We live in a universe so complex that we ourselves have barely begun to understand it. What wonders, what mysteries, what terrors and cures lie ahead?
Dapper Bruce Lafitt joined us to talk about The Game is Mine, his solo exhibition at Alchemy Gallery. Growing up, he followed his grandmother’s advice, trying different things as he searched for what to do with his life. He thought of this process like a game. Now as a
professional artist, he is in control, and the game, so to speak, is his. To learn more about Lafitt’s life and work, listen to the complete interview.
Chase Biado chatted with us about his show, Elf Energy, which closed recently at DIMIN. He named the show around halfway through creating the works in the exhibition. At the time, as he surveyed the work he was creating
and considered the feeling he was trying to create, he thought about the moment on the dancefloor when you’re becoming part of the crowd but perhaps still self-conscious, applying this kind of feeling to the elf figures he has been painting. Listen to the complete interview to learn more about his work and his mysterious subjects.
Anais Reyes is the Senior Exhibitions Associate of Curation at the Climate Museum, where she works on planning, researching, and writing exhibitions that educate and empower visitors. She
received her BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with focuses in curatorial studies and painting, and she received a post baccalaureate certificate in interdisciplinary climate and environmental studies from Columbia University. She has previously worked at the American Museum of Natural History, the New Museum, and the Whitney Museum.
As the last clutch of cold grips the Northeast U.S., the time has come to begin shaking off winter’s muffled energy and embrace the coming renewal of spring. Soon the grass will be green and the birds will sing. What will you be doing then? Artists are particularly obligated to make their own way in terms of finding fresh
horizons for their personal and professional advancement, but the good news is that opportunities abound if you know where to look. Here are a few to get you started.
When the time is right for you to turn your art into your livelihood, where do you turn first? How does one build a successful career in the art world, a place notorious for its
roadblocks and exclusive members-only status? The truth is that you absolutely can forge a life as a working artist, you simply need the right tools, just like with anything else. One of those tools is knowing what sort of opportunities are available – and there are a lot of them – here are a few to get you started.
These are positive and / or negative reviews of galleries, art fairs, consultants, writers, online pay to play
offers, residencies and more – all written by artists so that other artists can beware of situations where institutions treat artists badly, or that end up costing the artist money or are outright scams.
