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Today I came across the artist Jason Hackenwerth at Lost at E Minor — the link was just a super cool photo of his epic balloon-based art works but I tracked him down. I love the regularity he’s able to achieve in the pattern of the balloons and the way look threatening but then you […]

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Tomorrow is the Whitney Museum’s annual art party, which also has an auction component. I was going through the art that they’re auctioning and came across the artist Michele Oka Doner who I can’t believe I didn’t know about before. Her work is also inspired by nature, she also makes large scale figural works as […]

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In the last 24 hours I’ve spent time with two friends who are in the contemporary art world – one an old friend and one a new friend. Through the course of conversations with them both I was reminded about where I came from in an educational sense. I went to Skidmore, which I chose […]

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I have a vague memory of being somewhere in Western Massachusetts looking at colleges and walking right into a Patrick Dougherty installation. I have no idea if this is actually true or if in my dreams somewhere there was an amazing sculptor using saplings as construction material but Patrick’s work exists either way. Above, The […]

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I just Googled some how tos on needle felting so as to not waste any roving and I came across Stephanie Metz so I needed to pause and share before starting whatever project I may be getting involved in. Over a year ago my brother sent me one of Stephanie’s teddy bear studies as a […]

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Robert Wechsler is an Ohio-born, Los Angeles-based artist whom I’m not sure how I came across. I know that in my adoration of Design Glut though I have stumbled across many other artists whose work I would classify as ironic. Like the above, Everything’s Coming Up Roses, which when left on cloth reveals the image […]

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I can’t find as much out about Hannah Verlin as I would like. She is showing with Michelle Lougee at the Boston Sculpture Gallery right now but her website won’t let me click on its links. Both a blessing and curse – her work is, as a result, able to speak more for itself. This […]

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Last night Charlotte sent me a great find – Michelle Lougee – a sculptor showing at the Boston Sculptors Gallery through June 28. For the obvious natural elements I think Char thought her work would be up my alley but in reading more about her I realize that a lot of her work is focused […]

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This weekend I had the pleasure of going to the SoWa Art Open Market, which is like a real live Etsy in the South End of Boston. There were so many great artists making everything from dog leashes to hats to jewelry in addition to food vendors like bakers, jam makers, and a hot dog […]

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This weekend I was down in Baltimore for my brother’s fiance’s bridal showers. I met my mom on the train from New York to Baltimore as she was down in Philadephia to see various art exhibits with my father and uncle and aunt who were in from San Francisco. She immediately started showing me photos […]