I Visit Real Live Artists’ Studios at ArtCrawl Houston

One of the goals of this blog is to learn more about art, and what better way to do that than to visit artists studios and observe the creative process? It sounded like fun to me, so I grabbed my friend Fayza and my little point and shoot and headed to the annual Houston ArtCrawl [...]

In Chicago This Weekend…

I’ve been quiet lately due to overwhelming work obligations, but I will get a much needed break this weekend when I head to Chicago to visit some friends and take in some incredible art. The exhibit I’m truly jazzed about is Josiah McElheny at the Donald Young Gallery. I have drooled over McElheny’s mirrored glass [...]

Throwin’ Out Some Lurve to Art:21 and Sally Mann

I have been tweeting about Art:21 lately because I have queued the entire series on Netflix. OK, lemme back up. Art:21 is PBS series that discusses art in the 21st century from the artists’ perspectives. I’m wholeheartedly addicted to it. They have clips you can watch on YouTube and they have a blog which I [...]

Chris Jordan: Photography/Collage Exploring the Statistics of American Culture

I first heard about Chris Jordan on Bill Moyers and was intrigued enough to dig further. An ex-corpo lawyer, Jordan now devotes himself to photography full time. In his latest series, “Running the Numbers: An America Self-Portrait” the artist assembles and manipulates small photos into large collages that represent some statistic of American culture. What [...]

Everyday Folks as Celebrities

I stumbled upon The Faces of Bellingham whilst cruising through some blogs, and I gotta say this is a message that resonates with me. Lea Kelley snaps portraits of the everyday people in her town of Bellingham and posts them on this site. She encourages folks to search the site for their photos and comment [...]