Yesterday was “Bloomsday” when all over the world (but most especially in Dublin) devotees of James Joyce celebrate the master. Salem probably was never one of the hot beds of celebration historically, but when combined with the opening of Rex Amos’ show of collage, chine colle and ephemera at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, […]
Category: Art work
Kellie’s New Work
I had lunch with Kellie the other day and after “exchange of information” over chicken caesars, she showed me the beautiful died fabrics she has been making. She’s using a method from an Australian artist name India Flint (“Eco Colour”) where the fabric encases plant and other found material that acts as the color source, […]
Rex Amos at the Hallie Ford Museum
Don’t forget the Rex Amos show of elegant collages and chine colles opening Saturday. Besides the beautiful finished work, there will be plenty of ephemera to look at…a lifetime of words and images and thinking about both. Wednesday I had the fun of helping R to do the layout in the cases, which were empty […]
News Bulletin: Church Street Bridge/MIG Pizza
Through much detective work, and with the help of my trusty crew of reporters, I have discovered the identity of the anonymous artist who lives under the Church Street bridge…though the secret stays right here…anonymity is all. New things happening down there… but I think an OVERALL scheme is needed , and here’s my choice….MANY […]
Tin Types
Photographer Alexandra Opie is spending the summer with grant support learning to make tin types…an historic but little used photographic method. She is working with her student Ariel to learn the process, so that each of them can go in a different creative direction. She invited me up to the dark room to get my […]
Variety or Confusion??
Since Thursday evening we’ve been on the road and have seen such a variety of stuff I hesitate to try and cram it into one little post…but here goes… Thursday evening we went up to see Stephan Soihl’s new show at Blackfish Gallery…a real tour de force of his mechanized sculptures…created this year in spite […]
Alaska 2…Art Found and Made
Howard and Amy took a trip on the ship Infinity early in the spring through the Panama Canal, and they told me there was a David Hockney on board someplace. When we boarded I asked at the desk for a list of the art on board and I was told “That does not exist, Madam”. […]
ONE A DAY…
(and I don’t mean vitamins)…Laura suggested that we each make one small piece a day for a month and I (what was I thinking???) agreed. Mine are fabric/quilt oriented and I’ve had a LOT of fun with them. They’re portable, serendipitous, funny, sad. Here’s a few: (I have 27 completed as of this writing…) […]
More Found Art…
Ellen and Karen both called to say I should go to the Church Street bridge and look over the side…remember the Salmon that appeared on the island during flood season? and then the flood waters rose and washed to salmon away??? Well the waters have receded and now something new is happening down on the […]
“The Mystery Project”
You know I really like Art House Coop and their Sketchbook Project. But all spring I’ve also been doing some of their weekly projects, that have been fun and very amusing. The current one is called “The Mystery Project.” I received a nice Prismacolor marker in the mail along with the instructions which included a […]
On The Way 