Rick Bartow spoke Friday at the Hallie Ford Museum of art about his recently installed commission at the Museum of the American Indian (part of the Smithsonian) on the Mall in Washington, D.C. I got some bad pictures of the slide show, but the talk was fascinating featuring Rick, his technical assistant John Bayner (?) […]
Tag: Art
The Manuscript Arrives!!!
Writing a book is a long and often arduous process…in R’s case a lot of fact-checking and just sitting and thinking, talking with friends/relatives/colleagues of the subject, arranging for photos to be taken, talking to collectors…LONG. But there are a few terrifically exciting moments and one such is the day the proofs arrive…TODAY for instance. […]
SUN…
Well the sun is gone and the rains are setting in, but last week in California I sat in the sun on Carolyn’s deck, and put the final stitches on this little quilt I started in Alabama at the Camp McDowell Gee’s Bend quilting week. and here it was on the floor as I was […]
Butterfly Dogs
I hope those of you living nearby can join us (the Salem Public Library Foundation) on Sunday evening, October 21st at the library (585 Liberty Street NE) at 6:30… The tickets are only $5 before the event, available at the circulation desk at the library or from me or one of our intrepid planning committee […]
The Art Department….c. 1972…Willamette University…
Ran across this photo that I thought you locals might enjoy… here is the Willamette University Art Department in about 1972 or 73…left to right… Carl Hall (painter) Cameron Paulin (art historian) Roger Hull (art historian) and Robert Hess (sculptor)… but REALLY the most important figure in the group is the Manuel Izquierdo sculpture called […]
Art Laundry…Part 1
I leave Friday for California, for a 10 day sojourn in Fort Bragg. Carolyn Schneider and I will be doing an installation at the Lost Coast Culture Machine…”Hull and Schneider met in a seventh grade art class in the Chicago suburbs, where Lake Michigan is the ocean.” We’ll be examining the iconography of a mid-west […]
Friday Was Neighborhood Day…
Friday I stayed pretty much in the neighborhood, but luckily this is a neighborhood with fun stuff happening…neighbor and book artist Ann Kresge agreed to do a quick tutorial for me on a couple of basic book formats, before I go off to California for my week at the Lost Coast Culture Machine with Carolyn […]
Thursday was ART day…
And Thursday began wistfully, as I had to take down my show WHICH… I thought looked smashing (she said modestly…) but…time marches on and they have to sweep up and return the key to the space on Saturday so… …off we went, with a car full of art, as usual… and later on to […]
Wednesday was quilt day…
Mary lives in Tennessee but she keeps track of things. She emailed me that quilter Elizabeth Barton was going to speak on the 12th at the Columbia FiberArts Guild in Portland, so I went along to hear her. What a hoot. Barton is English, born and raised in York (though now living in Athens, Georgia)…and […]
Jonathan Bucci at SAA
Went to Jonathan Bucci’s opening last night and really liked the show…paintings, sculpture and a lino cut or two. Though a sculptor, Jonathan has been working for a couple of years on a long series of views of a sprig of oregano. One of the best things in the show for me was a black […]
On The Way 