Articles by Rachel Mason

Chris Vargas

by Rachel Mason | Oct 7, 2011

Chris Vargas

by Rachel Mason | Oct 7, 2011

Chris E. Vargas and I went to high school together at Grover Cleveland High, a public school in Reseda, in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. The tattooed …

MPA

by Rachel Mason | Oct 6, 2011

MPA

by Rachel Mason | Oct 6, 2011

A few weeks ago I went to Chelsea to see Robert Melee’s show at Andrew Kreps Gallery. As I was enjoying the way the gallery space seemed to unexpectedly take a turn, …

Chris Bogia and The Fire Island Artist Residency

by Rachel Mason | Oct 5, 2011

Chris Bogia and The Fire Island Artist Residency

by Rachel Mason | Oct 5, 2011

I want to devote this entry to Chris Bogia who envisioned and created (along with co/founder, curator, and writer Evan Garza) the Fire Island Island Artist Residency (FIAR). About a …

Dawn Kasper

by Rachel Mason | Oct 4, 2011

Dawn Kasper

by Rachel Mason | Oct 4, 2011

  When I was a kid my grandmother took me to visit her hundred-year-old aunt in a nursing home in Phoenix, Arizona. I was hopelessly bored for several days. Wandering …

Circus

by Rachel Mason | Oct 3, 2011

Circus

by Rachel Mason | Oct 3, 2011

I always wonder what to say when people ask me about the Circus of Books. My brothers and I enjoy sending each other Yelp reviews of my parents’ business. Like …

Organs in the Snow

by Rachel Mason | Sep 27, 2011

Organs in the Snow

by Rachel Mason | Sep 27, 2011

Several months ago, I was invited to perform at an event organized by Scott Kiernan. I didn’t fully know what it was, but it had something to do with a …