The Project on Civic Reflection, under Elizabeth Lynn’s leadership, has grown in leaps and bounds and brought very meaningful dialogue to my life, as well as many others. The announcements, below, were made this week.
I wish Elizabeth the best of luck in this new chapter of her life. I wish Adam all the best as well as he takes on the helm of the Center for Civic Reflection!
I’m so excited that Rebecca Kinkead is showing work at the West Branch Gallery and Sculpture Park in Stowe!
I first saw her work in the Supreme Court in the Montpelier Art Walk in April. I was blown away by how very simple and yet so profound her images are. I believe she uses a palette knife to achieve her unique style.
Alongside works from Adelaide Tyrol, the show, Vivre/To Live, will run from July 9 through August 7th. The Opening Reception will be Saturday, July 9th from 7-9 pm. see you there!
Believe it or not, Google isn’t infallible. Neither are humans. I recently lost a significant amount of data in Google Analytics – a real tragedy that had me crying for an entire day and still confounds me. I was adding a new profile onto my account. I revisited it a few days later and the other, main profile was missing.
Apparently, I am not the first person to whom this has happened. The Google Analytics forums are full of people who have lost profiles and years of data. Either an employee deletes it when she quits, out of spite, or one user deletes it from their screen and that deletes the entire profile for all three users. Or, as in my case, and which seems shockingly common, it just disappears.
This review first appeared in the Vermont Art Zine in November 2010. It was a result of a“Writing About Art” class at Studio Place Arts led by Marc Awodey.
Elizabeth Nelson’s “In Between” show at the Supreme Court is a series of puzzles to be solved. Nelson works in mixed media, but largely acrylics, in this show and in many of the two dozen pieces photographs are hidden, painted over and into the work. A sideways glance down the hall of the exhibit reveals the slightly shiny spots in the pieces that contain the photos, drawing the viewer into a search-and-find game.
In a month when my “To Do” list seems to experience a growth spurt, I needed a book that would help ease and focus my mind. October, I’m learning, is an overwhelming mix of events, deadlines, anxieties and exhaustion at the end of a particular work cycle. Less: Accomplishing More By Doing Less, with it’s soothing green cover and simple table of contents, seemed to promise a light at the end of the tunnel.
Marc Lesser, author of Less and Z.B.A – Zen of Business Administration: How Zen Practice Can Transform Your Work and Your Life, is a Zen teacher with an MBA. I certainly thought I could learn a few things from this guy!
Since my mid-teens, I’ve been a volunteer and activist. I’ve worked on all kinds of issues and in all kinds of communities, from senior citizens to youth, from hunger and poverty to symphonies, from politics and gay rights to education and inner transformation.
In recent years, I’ve struggled with where I should put my time, energy and money, in order to have the largest impact possible. The more I take apart every issue and dig deeper and deeper, the more I realize: it all comes down to water.
Later this month, I’m going to take a class, Writing About Art with Marc Awodey, at Studio Place Arts. I’m so excited! Check out this description:
“There’s more to visual art than meets the eye, and writing about an exhibition contextualizes the show while encouraging the writer to consider work at a deeper level. In this workshop we’ll be visiting and discussing exhibitions at local venues such as the Governor’s office, The Supreme Court lobby, and the T.W. Wood Gallery in addition to spending time with the shows at SPA.
