Writer-in-Residence

Thanks to Lily Rossebo for her series of terrific posts. Up next is Sarah Stephenson, a New York-based writer from London, via Berlin. She has written for Art In America, …

New Ways of Walking

by Lily Rossebo | Nov 7, 2010

When I first arrived in Scotland to study in the Art, Space + Nature program, I was confronted with the question, “Are you keen on hillwalking?” Not quite sure if …

“Near-Scientific Experiments with Humorous Side Effects”

by Lily Rossebo | Nov 4, 2010

“Near-Scientific Experiments with Humorous Side Effects”

by Lily Rossebo | Nov 4, 2010

Sometime last winter, when the days were at their shortest and the collective spirit seemed to be at its annual low, a friend gave me a DVD copy of Signer’s …

Update from Zurich! In Correspondence with Silvia Popp

by Lily Rossebo | Oct 27, 2010

Update from Zurich! In Correspondence with Silvia Popp

by Lily Rossebo | Oct 27, 2010

Silvia Popp is a video/action artist based in Zurich, Switzerland. Some of her recent projects include STUDIO ACTION, Pamela’s Boutique, Leerstand (Vacancy), and Liberation Station. STUDIO ACTION is collaborative initiative …

Making Sense of Interdisciplinary Practice (Art, Space + Nature=?)

by Lily Rossebo | Oct 26, 2010

Making Sense of Interdisciplinary Practice (Art, Space + Nature=?)

by Lily Rossebo | Oct 26, 2010

Art Space + Nature is a unique, interdisciplinary course that was started in 2003. Seven years later, the course’s objectives continue to be in a flexible and formative state. Unlike …

New guest blogger: Lily Rossebo

by Kelly Shindler | Oct 25, 2010

New guest blogger: Lily Rossebo

by Kelly Shindler | Oct 25, 2010

Thanks to Marissa Perel for her fantastic interviews with Jerry Saltz and David Velasco. Stay tuned for more from her in the coming weeks. Up next is Open Enrollment alum …

Let’s Go There: Marissa Perel and Artforum.com Editor David Velasco Talk Dance

by Marissa Perel | Oct 18, 2010

Let’s Go There: Marissa Perel and Artforum.com Editor David Velasco Talk Dance

by Marissa Perel | Oct 18, 2010

Marissa Perel: The first artistic influences I had were in New York and were choreographers. I was really inspired by the dance world, but didn’t understand why it was marginalized …

Saltz of the Earth: An Interview

by Marissa Perel | Oct 13, 2010

Saltz of the Earth: An Interview

by Marissa Perel | Oct 13, 2010

One of the hot topics among young artists these days is the show Work of Art on Bravo. Take a dozen artists mostly trained in art schools, give them really …

New guest blogger: Marissa Perel

by Kelly Shindler | Oct 11, 2010

New guest blogger: Marissa Perel

by Kelly Shindler | Oct 11, 2010

Thanks to Mike Brenner for his highly entertaining and educational posts about his time running Hotcakes Gallery. Up next is Marissa Perel, a performance artist, writer and independent curator currently …

The Bronzed Fonzie and Threats of Being Shived in the Shower

by Mike Brenner | Oct 8, 2010

The Bronzed Fonzie and Threats of Being Shived in the Shower

by Mike Brenner | Oct 8, 2010

The last year my art gallery, Hotcakes, was open, there were a number of significant yet manageable setbacks, but when Milwaukee’s Convention and Visitor’s Bureau got into the business of …

Running a Gallery on a Shoestring Budget

by Mike Brenner | Oct 7, 2010

Running a Gallery on a Shoestring Budget

by Mike Brenner | Oct 7, 2010

Mike Brenner tells some stories about how he survived financially while owning an art gallery.

So what ARE curators looking for?

by Mike Brenner | Oct 4, 2010

So what ARE curators looking for?

by Mike Brenner | Oct 4, 2010

Mike Brenner discusses what curators are looking for when they choose artists.

How NOT to Approach a Curator

by Mike Brenner | Sep 29, 2010

How NOT to Approach a Curator

by Mike Brenner | Sep 29, 2010

Mike Brenner tells horror stories about artists who wanted to show at his art gallery.

Owning an Art Gallery Was Something I Fell Into

by Mike Brenner | Sep 27, 2010

Owning an Art Gallery Was Something I Fell Into

by Mike Brenner | Sep 27, 2010

Mike Brenner talks about the perils of owning an art gallery and running a nonprofit arts service organization in Milwaukee.

New guest blogger: Mike Brenner

by Kelly Shindler | Sep 27, 2010

New guest blogger: Mike Brenner

by Kelly Shindler | Sep 27, 2010

Thanks to Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin, who provided a generous overview of the contemporary art and artists in Montreal. Up next is Mike Brenner. An Open Enrollment alumnus, Mike attended the Bauhaus-Universität, …

MontreART

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 24, 2010

MontreART

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 24, 2010

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERbtF71JK9o] Last August, Travel+Leisure ran the article Magnificent Montreal, in which Adam Sachs attempted to sum up Montreal, saying “it’s a college town, a dump, a city of art, placid …

What You Give is What You Get: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 23, 2010

What You Give is What You Get: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 23, 2010

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w9yeGIqcLg] Mexican-born electronics artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer creates installations that could not exist without the participation of the public. His art, fueled by human energy, ranges from one-room displays to city-square-scale …

Embodiment and Process: Vida Simon

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 23, 2010

Embodiment and Process: Vida Simon

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 23, 2010

Vida Simon enters her work. The Montreal-based artist creates gentle, introspective drawing installation/performances where we witness her artistic process live and in progress. She literally embodies her own art, working …

The Medium is Not the Message: Adad Hannah

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 21, 2010

The Medium is Not the Message: Adad Hannah

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 21, 2010

Raft of the Medusa (100 Mile House) #2 from Adad Hannah on Vimeo. Adad Hannah’s videos are moving pieces of work. And they move, just barely. What started as a …

Game (as) Art: The Kokoromi Collective

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 20, 2010

Game (as) Art: The Kokoromi Collective

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 20, 2010

Trying to explain GAMMA is kind of like trying to describe Burning Man. The members of Kokoromi Collective best described their annual showcase for game creation and art as a …

Oil on Canvas: Jenny Schade

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 16, 2010

Oil on Canvas: Jenny Schade

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 16, 2010

Jenny Schade thinks she was born in the wrong century. The 25-year-old Montreal-born artist has devoted herself fully to painting — pure oil-on-canvas painting. Her large works depict abstract landscapes …

One Hour Photo: Yves Médam

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 15, 2010

One Hour Photo: Yves Médam

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 15, 2010

A former commercial photographer, Yves Médam has only recently made the shift to fine art in the last 3 years. The French-born artist constructs large format photographic re-inventions of reality, …

Augmenting Reality: Paul Warne

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 14, 2010

Augmenting Reality: Paul Warne

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 14, 2010

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C50_R3cDlY] Paul Warne doesn’t consider himself so much an artist as a designer. While trained in animation and film at the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Warne found himself immersed in …

How Sweet It Is: Shelley Miller

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 13, 2010

How Sweet It Is: Shelley Miller

by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin | Sep 13, 2010

Shelley Miller creates exquisite, intricate artworks out of sugar. In 2009, her mural installation, Cargo, won the People’s Choice award at Montreal’s Mois de la Photo (Montreal’s biennale for contemporary …

New guest blogger: Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin

by Kelly Shindler | Sep 13, 2010

New guest blogger: Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin

by Kelly Shindler | Sep 13, 2010

Thanks to Thom Donovan for his excellent exhibition and artists’ books reviews, and interview with the fascinating Primary Information. Follow his writing and projects back on his own site here. …

5 Questions with Miriam Katzeff of Primary Information

by Thom Donovan | Sep 10, 2010

5 Questions with Miriam Katzeff of Primary Information

by Thom Donovan | Sep 10, 2010

1. What inspired you to start Primary Information? I think there were two reasons to start Primary Information. James [Hoff] and I are both very interested in artists’ books and …

Aspect Blindness: Arnold Kemp and Sreshta Rit Premnath

by Thom Donovan | Sep 7, 2010

Aspect Blindness: Arnold Kemp and Sreshta Rit Premnath

by Thom Donovan | Sep 7, 2010

This past week I received two packages in the mail. The first was from Arnold Kemp, who is an artist, curator, and teacher and currently directs the Visual Studies Program at …

3 Museums, 2 Days (part II of II)

by Thom Donovan | Aug 31, 2010

3 Museums, 2 Days (part II of II)

by Thom Donovan | Aug 31, 2010

II. After my visit to the New Museum, I headed uptown to the Studio Museum in Harlem. What stood out to me at the Studio Museum were a series of sculptural, photographic, …

3 Museums, 2 Days (part I of II)

by Thom Donovan | Aug 30, 2010

3 Museums, 2 Days (part I of II)

by Thom Donovan | Aug 30, 2010

I. This past weekend I visited three museums in New York City — New Museum on the Bowery, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and P.S.1 MoMA in Queens — if …

New guest blogger: Thom Donovan

by Kelly Shindler | Aug 30, 2010

New guest blogger: Thom Donovan

by Kelly Shindler | Aug 30, 2010

Thanks to Meg Floryan for her series of posts on the unmistakable relationship between nature and art. Up next is Thom Donovan. Thom lives in New York City, where he …

The Nature of Art: Blueprints

by Meg Floryan | Aug 27, 2010

The Nature of Art: Blueprints

by Meg Floryan | Aug 27, 2010

As a visitor walking around an art venue, it’s refreshing and pleasing to stumble across green spaces. Open-air and enclosed courtyards featuring lush vegetation and bubbling fountains, outdoor terraces and …

The Nature of Art: Footprints

by Meg Floryan | Aug 24, 2010

The Nature of Art: Footprints

by Meg Floryan | Aug 24, 2010

It’s hip to be high-minded these days. In the cultural spheres, showing awareness of environmental concerns can prove to be a savvy PR move, and architectural firms and museum committees …

The Nature of Art: The Bigger Picture

by Meg Floryan | Aug 20, 2010

The Nature of Art: The Bigger Picture

by Meg Floryan | Aug 20, 2010

We’re accustomed to porticoed Greek temple-style museums, white-walled galleries, conspicuous label texts, a high level of organization, and clearly-defined thematic spaces. For those of us who are city-dwellers, we expect …

The Nature of Art: On Closer Inspection

by Meg Floryan | Aug 19, 2010

The Nature of Art: On Closer Inspection

by Meg Floryan | Aug 19, 2010

Popular opinion concerning the relationship between technology and the environment is of great interest to me; my own graduate research focused on its treatment in mid-century American children’s book illustration. …

Writer-in-Residence

New guest blogger: Sarah Stephenson

New Ways of Walking

“Near-Scientific Experiments with Humorous Side Effects”

Update from Zurich! In Correspondence with Silvia Popp

Making Sense of Interdisciplinary Practice (Art, Space + Nature=?)

New guest blogger: Lily Rossebo

Let’s Go There: Marissa Perel and Artforum.com Editor David Velasco Talk Dance

Saltz of the Earth: An Interview

New guest blogger: Marissa Perel

The Bronzed Fonzie and Threats of Being Shived in the Shower

Running a Gallery on a Shoestring Budget

So what ARE curators looking for?

How NOT to Approach a Curator

Owning an Art Gallery Was Something I Fell Into

New guest blogger: Mike Brenner

MontreART

What You Give is What You Get: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

Embodiment and Process: Vida Simon

The Medium is Not the Message: Adad Hannah

Game (as) Art: The Kokoromi Collective

Oil on Canvas: Jenny Schade

One Hour Photo: Yves Médam

Augmenting Reality: Paul Warne

How Sweet It Is: Shelley Miller

New guest blogger: Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin

5 Questions with Miriam Katzeff of Primary Information

Aspect Blindness: Arnold Kemp and Sreshta Rit Premnath

3 Museums, 2 Days (part II of II)

3 Museums, 2 Days (part I of II)

New guest blogger: Thom Donovan

The Nature of Art: Blueprints

The Nature of Art: Footprints

The Nature of Art: The Bigger Picture

The Nature of Art: On Closer Inspection

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision

The Nature of Art: Let’s Situate Ourselves

New guest blogger: Meg Floryan

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