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Here’s a blast from the past. This was originally published in 2010. I’ve never been all that excited about Chihuly—you know the world famous glass sculpture artist who seems to pop up around the world in less than traditional art venues. I haven’t understood what all the fuss...
It was kinda weird thing to do. We went to to Chicago for a weekend. Instead of visiting Chicago Art Museums we headed up the coast of Lake Michigan to check out the Milwaukee Art Museum. I’m so glad we did. It was a wow. This DesignDestinations.org post was originally...
Seattle Sculpture #3 by Peggy DePersia, guest blogger Theoretically it might not be deemed a ‘sculpture’ yet, it reads like one to me, jutting into space as it does above the Seattle landscape with its bird’s eye relationship to Puget Sound. On a recent self-guided tour of all things...
Last week I had a very brief stop over in Chicago with barely enough time to do anything so I decided to challenge myself with snapping whatever photos I could using my new IPhone 5S. The buzz about this phone is that the camera is better than ever. I decided to try and see what […]
If you happened to wander into UICA (Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts) during ArtPrize this year you might have noticed the striking front desk. It doesn’t look like most reception desks you see at art museums, public...
If you do a Google search on 3-D Street Art, one of the first names to pop up is Edgar Mueller. He’s been doing this fascinating form of art for a lot of years so his work is front and center in the world of the “Art of Deception.” In this form, artists use […]
ArtPrize is less than two weeks away and already colorful and creative art work is popping up in Grand Rapids to be admired, enjoyed and soon to be voted on. I’m really pumped about what I’m seeing. Going to be another really great time in Grand Rapids. Recently I took a short...
Kate Dernocoeur, guest blogger My first arrival in Prague was by train, a lucky happenstance. In that way, this bowl of a city was delivered to me from the rim of the flat plains surrounding it like Brigadoon appearing from the mists. Working as a teaching assistant for Western Michigan...
I arrived in Chicago the day AFTER the big snowstorm expecting to see lots of snow and I did. What I didn’t expect and thoroughly enjoyed were the hundred colorful and artistic acrylic HEARTS lined up on both sides of Michigan Avenue. The Hearts, a project sponsored by Northwestern’s Bluhm...
Home again…..after three stimulating days in New York City. I’ve loved this city for 40 years. It is filled with memories of visits during my early married years, excursions with our children and multiple trips to cover the fashion shows for the Press. Before the children were...