Writer-in-Residence

Amanda Beroza Friedman completes her March blogging residency with this post, the second part of her recent exchange with Mira Schor.

An Avatar of Self: A Conversation with Mira Schor (Part 1)

by Amanda Beroza Friedman | Mar 27, 2013

An Avatar of Self: A Conversation with Mira Schor (Part 1)

by Amanda Beroza Friedman | Mar 27, 2013

In her final post, our March bloggerin-residence interviews artist and writer Mira Schor.

A Conversation with Mandolyn Wilson Rosen

by Amanda Beroza Friedman | Mar 12, 2013

A Conversation with Mandolyn Wilson Rosen

by Amanda Beroza Friedman | Mar 12, 2013

Our March blogger-in-residence speaks with artist Mandolyn Wilson Rosen about the process of painting spaces inspired by her immediate surroundings.

A Conversation with Jen Schwarting

by Amanda Beroza Friedman | Mar 4, 2013

A Conversation with Jen Schwarting

by Amanda Beroza Friedman | Mar 4, 2013

Amanda Beroza Friedman talks with artist and writer Jen Schwarting about Google searching for “drunk girls.”

New Blogger-in-Residence | Amanda Beroza Friedman, Artist, Brooklyn, NY

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 1, 2013

New Blogger-in-Residence | Amanda Beroza Friedman, Artist, Brooklyn, NY

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 1, 2013

Introducing Amanda Beroza Friedman, Art21’s blogger-in-residence for the month of March.

Magic in Rural Southwestern Wisconsin: Meg Leary Sounds Off at ACRE Residency

by Alicia Eler | Feb 27, 2013

Magic in Rural Southwestern Wisconsin: Meg Leary Sounds Off at ACRE Residency

by Alicia Eler | Feb 27, 2013

Alicia Eler completes her blogging residency by interviewing two-time ACRE resident Meg Leary who “explores the corporeal body of the diva and performer.”

New Bonds and Studio Space Lead to Creative Leaps: Stacia Yeapanis on Chicago’s BOLT Residency

by Alicia Eler | Feb 25, 2013

New Bonds and Studio Space Lead to Creative Leaps: Stacia Yeapanis on Chicago’s BOLT Residency

by Alicia Eler | Feb 25, 2013

For the penultimate post in her series on artist residencies, Alicia Eler chats with Stacia Yeapanis about a yearlong residency close to home.

Carrie Schneider Adds a Finnish Touch

by Alicia Eler | Feb 22, 2013

Carrie Schneider Adds a Finnish Touch

by Alicia Eler | Feb 22, 2013

Alicia Eler talks to former Fulbright fellow Carrie Schneider about her time in Finland and affinity to artists from the region.

An Earthquake Strikes Aspen Mays’s Starless Fulbright Fellowship to Chile

by Alicia Eler | Feb 20, 2013

An Earthquake Strikes Aspen Mays’s Starless Fulbright Fellowship to Chile

by Alicia Eler | Feb 20, 2013

Alicia Eler profiles artist and former Fulbright fellow Aspen Mays who traveled to the astronomy capital of the world to make new work.

Art21 Magazined x DressHead Long Sleeved Dress – Button Down Front / Wide Cuffs / Shirt Tail Style

by Beth Allen | Feb 20, 2013

Art21 Magazined x DressHead Long Sleeved Dress – Button Down Front / Wide Cuffs / Shirt Tail Style

by Beth Allen | Feb 20, 2013

This Art21 Magazined x DressHead Long Sleeved Dress – Button Down Front / Wide Cuffs / Shirt Tail Style has a sexy rounded neckline with a wide style and drop …

From Performance Artist to Object Maker: How Reality Television Changed Young Sun Han’s Practice

by Alicia Eler | Feb 15, 2013

From Performance Artist to Object Maker: How Reality Television Changed Young Sun Han’s Practice

by Alicia Eler | Feb 15, 2013

Alicia Eler profiles Season 2 “Work of Art” contestant Young Sun Han.

France is for Phonies: Julie Lequin Isolated in Paris

by Alicia Eler | Feb 12, 2013

France is for Phonies: Julie Lequin Isolated in Paris

by Alicia Eler | Feb 12, 2013

Alicia Eler profiles artist Julie Lequin whose residency in Paris turned out to be a “jail-made-out-of-gold.”

Christopher Meerdo Experiences the Icelandic Landscape Through the Body of a Decomposing Sperm Whale

by Alicia Eler | Feb 8, 2013

Christopher Meerdo Experiences the Icelandic Landscape Through the Body of a Decomposing Sperm Whale

by Alicia Eler | Feb 8, 2013

How did a three-month residency in Iceland and a dead whale change the work of Chicago–based artist Christopher Meerdo? Art21’s blogger-in-residence has the story.

Traveling with Peregrine Honig’s American-Argentinian Twin Boys

by Alicia Eler | Feb 4, 2013

Traveling with Peregrine Honig’s American-Argentinian Twin Boys

by Alicia Eler | Feb 4, 2013

Alicia Eler on the relationship between an artist’s residency in Buenos Aires and blond-haired, blue-eyed boys in the work of Peregrine Honig.

How Residencies Change an Artist’s Practice

by Alicia Eler | Feb 1, 2013

How Residencies Change an Artist’s Practice

by Alicia Eler | Feb 1, 2013

Alicia Eler kicks off her blogging residency with some words about the role of residencies in artist’s lives.

New Blogger-in-Residence | Alicia Eler, Art Critic and Curator, Chicago, IL

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 31, 2013

New Blogger-in-Residence | Alicia Eler, Art Critic and Curator, Chicago, IL

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 31, 2013

Introducing our February blogger-in-residence, art critic and curator Alicia Eler.

Brain on the Beach: Seven Essential Sources for Art and Cognitive Science

by Michael Neault | Jan 30, 2013

Brain on the Beach: Seven Essential Sources for Art and Cognitive Science

by Michael Neault | Jan 30, 2013

Michael Neault completes his blogging residency with a roundup of things to read.

Aslant a Brook: A Scientific Approach to Comparing the Gallery and the Virtual

by Michael Neault | Jan 24, 2013

Aslant a Brook: A Scientific Approach to Comparing the Gallery and the Virtual

by Michael Neault | Jan 24, 2013

What’s the difference between the live and the digital viewing experience? Blogger-in-residence Michael Neault writes about a recent study by scientists in the UK.

The Teetering of the Diagonal Line

by Michael Neault | Jan 17, 2013

The Teetering of the Diagonal Line

by Michael Neault | Jan 17, 2013

Blogger-in-Residence Michael Neault contemplates a question that artists and scientists have tried to answer: Can you reduce visual perception to a few fundamental elements?

Tracking the Gaze

by Michael Neault | Jan 7, 2013

Tracking the Gaze

by Michael Neault | Jan 7, 2013

Blogger-in-residence Michael Neault writes about the science of eye tracking. What are our eyes doing when looking at a work of art?

The Art + Brain Files

by Michael Neault | Jan 3, 2013

The Art + Brain Files

by Michael Neault | Jan 3, 2013

Blogger-in-residence Michael Neault begins his two-week stint with some words about neuroaesthetics. What can we learn from this emerging field of study?

New Guest Blogger: Michael Neault, Content and Media Producer, Portland, OR

by Jonathan Munar | Dec 31, 2012

New Guest Blogger: Michael Neault, Content and Media Producer, Portland, OR

by Jonathan Munar | Dec 31, 2012

The Art21 Blog’s newest guest blogger is Michael Neault, a content and media producer at Second Story Interactive Studios

#fail: The End of Self-Portraiture

by Jeffrey Augustine Songco | Dec 28, 2012

#fail: The End of Self-Portraiture

by Jeffrey Augustine Songco | Dec 28, 2012

From Andy Warhol to Cindy Sherman to James Franco, Jeffrey Augustine Songco considers the development of self-portraiture and its future as an art form.

The Aesthetics of My Instagram

by Jeffrey Augustine Songco | Dec 25, 2012

The Aesthetics of My Instagram

by Jeffrey Augustine Songco | Dec 25, 2012

Guest blogger Jeffrey Augustine Songco considers the aesthetic parallels between his Instagram feed and great works of art.

Veep: Humor in Materials

by Jeffrey Augustine Songco | Dec 24, 2012

Veep: Humor in Materials

by Jeffrey Augustine Songco | Dec 24, 2012

Guest blogger Jeffrey Augustine Songco discusses the role that humor plays in art.

Sandy, Sex, and Survival

by Jeffrey Augustine Songco | Dec 18, 2012

Sandy, Sex, and Survival

by Jeffrey Augustine Songco | Dec 18, 2012

Guest blogger Jeffrey Songco wonders if artwork about sex and sexuality is also to some degree always about survival, as well.

Invisible Relationships

by Jeffrey Augustine Songco | Dec 17, 2012

Invisible Relationships

by Jeffrey Augustine Songco | Dec 17, 2012

Guest blogger Jeffrey Augustine Songco looks at the “invisible” relationships that are formed between artists, and between artists and audiences.

New Guest Blogger: Jeffrey Augustine Songco

by Claudine Isé | Dec 17, 2012

New Guest Blogger: Jeffrey Augustine Songco

by Claudine Isé | Dec 17, 2012

The Art21 Blog’s newest blogger-in-residence is former “Praxis Makes Perfect” columnist Jeffrey Augustine Songco!

Art in the Aftermath: Systems of Finding and Giving Relief

by Serena Qiu | Dec 13, 2012

Art in the Aftermath: Systems of Finding and Giving Relief

by Serena Qiu | Dec 13, 2012

Serena Qiu talks to Christy MacLear of the Rauschenberg Foundation and Holly Greenfield of auction house Paddle8 about hurricane relief efforts sponsored by their respective organizations.

Art in the Aftermath: Unpacking the Flooded Art Party with Artists Charlotte Kidd and Z Behl

by Serena Qiu | Dec 6, 2012

Art in the Aftermath: Unpacking the Flooded Art Party with Artists Charlotte Kidd and Z Behl

by Serena Qiu | Dec 6, 2012

Guest blogger Serena Qiu attends a “flooded art party” at a gutted collective studio space in Red Hook.

Art in the Aftermath of Sandy

by Serena Qiu | Dec 3, 2012

Art in the Aftermath of Sandy

by Serena Qiu | Dec 3, 2012

It’s now been just over a month since I watched on the news as houses and lives were swept away, feeling guilty and isolated as I sat on my couch …

New Guest Blogger: Serena Qiu, Arts Writer, Brooklyn

by Claudine Isé | Dec 3, 2012

New Guest Blogger: Serena Qiu, Arts Writer, Brooklyn

by Claudine Isé | Dec 3, 2012

The Art21’s newest guest blogger is Serena Qiu, a Brooklyn, NY-based arts writer.

A Conversation with Barry Jones: How To Generate PR for Ephemeral Works of Internet Art

by DC Spensley | Nov 19, 2012

A Conversation with Barry Jones: How To Generate PR for Ephemeral Works of Internet Art

by DC Spensley | Nov 19, 2012

Guest blogger DC Spensley talks to Barry Jones, associate professor of art at Austin Peay University, about the difficulties of publicizing internet art projects.

New Guest Blogger: DC Spensely, Artist, San Francisco

by Claudine Isé | Nov 19, 2012

New Guest Blogger: DC Spensely, Artist, San Francisco

by Claudine Isé | Nov 19, 2012

Thanks to Honora Shea for her guest blog posts over the past two weeks. Next up, we have David “DC” Spensely, a San Francisco/Silicon Valley based artist. During his time …