I had the pleasure of inteviewing local artist Adam Estes about his work and influences. I had no preconceived notions of what kind of person he would be, but he is a truly fantastic man. His artwork consists of abstract creatures and brilliant collaborations of ...
Nicole Buckingham is a Baltimore artist who creates figuratively symbolic “puzzles”1, blending together her own imaginary world with a raw global human experience. She recently exhibited her work in Rendering a Narrative: Imagination and Allegory in the Gormley Gallery at The ...
Recently, I spent an afternoon walking through the neighborhood of Old City in Philadelphia. Immediately after stepping foot in this neighborhood, you feel the influence of a generation of artists, who in the nineteen seventies began to transform the neighborhood into a thriving arts district. ...
Gina Pierleoni started out our interview by telling me a little bit about her background. She was five years old when she became interested in art. She had an older cousin who was an artist when she was younger. He was ...
The subject matter of Magnolia Laurie's work derives from her experiences— such as traveling, reading, her childhood, and world events. While she is heavily influenced by other artists, she was fifteen before she first viewed art in a museum setting. Before this point, her ...
In life, people have a differing perspectives based on thier life experience, where they are from, and culture. The same is true in the art world. When someone walks into a gallery to look at art, you never know what they will think or ...
There seems to be a fascination these days with taking simple and inexpensive food and making it gourmet. It could be a pizza with grilled pear and a balsamic reduction, or a hot pretzel stuffed with feta and spinach, or a burger made with ...
They’re all over the newspapers, the magazines, the blogs, TV, twitter… Even your parents know what you’re talking about when you mention “Lolla” and “Roo.” So, what is it about the modern music festival? What makes them different than the festivals of years past? Why ...
Mike Riley's creates art in an unrefined and cartoon-like style that is rarely seen in high art; but even more interesting is what inspires him and just how deep these seemingly simple cartoons are. Riley uses a drawing style and portrays ideas that are ...
After interviewing Shahrzad Taavoni I was inspired. I noticed that I looked at things in a different way. Especially when considering the my relationship to others. I felt I understood what she expresses, how she feels when she seen others work, and how she ...