Michelle Frazier
What are you working on? I am working on several things right now. The first is an armature torso (wire, plaster gauze) piece that I’ve had for a while. Finally figured out how I wanted to finish it, and I’m letting the piece dictate how it wants to look. I’m exploring drawing/painting, taking short breaks … Read more
Ellen Bonett
You were recently selected as an Art in the Open participating artist. For the city of Philadelphia, the litter in our streets is a constant problem. Recently, our city was given the appropriate title of second dirtiest city in the U.S. out of 35 cities in a survey published in “Travel and Leisure” magazine. … Read more
Kate VanVliet
As founder and studio manager of BYO Print, tell us a bit about the organization/ space. BYO Print is a printshop for intaglio, relief printing, silkscreen and other etching-press based printing methods. We opened our doors last spring to young and emerging artists who needed an affordable place to make prints. We were part of … Read more
Hassen Saker
What are you working on? Oh, that’s a loaded question to start with! I’ll try to keep to my purely creative projects, rather than the documentary films and interviews, social network organization and entrepreneurial stuff. That being [not] said, I’ve been working on a multimedia ‘novel’ project for over 20 years, which spawns sub-projects via … Read more
Book Review: A Raven in the Looking Glass by Christiane Cegavske
A Raven in The Looking Glass, a collection of poetry and art by Christiane Cegavske reviewed by James Tressel As the back cover states, the works in this collection were “rescued from tattered notebooks and sketchbooks” filled over a twelve year span. Accordingly, there is diary-like intimacy about these pages. Reading A Raven in the … Read more
Women and Water
WOMEN and WATER: An International Women’s Day Show (RUNS MARCH 9-APRIL 8, 2011) International House Philadelphia 3701 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Wednesday, March 16th Opening for International Women’s Day celebration Sponsored by: Penn’s Provost office for the “Year of Water,” Penn Women’s Center, Center for East Asian Studies, Middle East Center, South Asia Center, … Read more
