My newest article for Art21 features an interview with my mentor in graduate school, Beverly Fishman, who shares her thoughts on being a teaching artist. Read the entire post here.
“Being an artist is a very rich and self-directed life. The rewards are great because you are living out your own vision, but you have to work very hard at it.” — Beverly Fishman
Image courtesy of the artist and Galerie Richard, New York, NY.
I wrote an article for Art21 on Occupy Wall Street and how it has been shaped by its internet memes. You can read the article, “Top 10 Memes of Occupy Wall Street” here.
Below are several images that did not make the cut…
Happy Holidays!
Love,
Jacquelyn
In my post this month for Art21, Artist Beverly Fre$h and author Gigi Rosenberg offer pointers on funding for artists. Read the article here.
My first post for the new column Praxis Makes Perfect at Art21 is now online! In this post, I introduce myself to readers.
I have also included a selection of work and a few words from 13 recent MFA graduates. Check out what they have to say about being a young artist!
Here is the link to the article, “End-troducing” | Art21.
Big thanks to all the artists who contributed to this post:
Amanda Long, N. Sean Glover, Ely Kim, Christian Benefiel, Christi Birchfield, Mary Reid Kelley, Johanna Wolfe, Jordan Wayne Long, Robin Walker, Brie Ruais, Brendan Clark Smith, Lauren Ruth, Joy Holland, Satoru Nihei, Santtu Mustonen
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I will be writing for a new column about emerging artists beginning this fall for Art21. My first post for “Praxis Makes Perfect” will be posted on the 13th of October. In the meantime, you can read the introductory post for the new column here.
Thank you again to Santtu Mustonen for designing the logo (above).
Self Portrait, 2011, oil on board, 8 x 10 inchesI am what is around me.
Women understand this.
One is not duchess
A hundred yards from a carriage.
These, then are portraits:
A black vestibule;
A high bed sheltered by curtains.
These are merely instances.
–from my own tattered copy of Wallace Stevens, The Collected Poems, page 86
Vintage Books, New York, copyright 1982
Tuomas, 2011, oil on panel, 5 x 7 inches
Tuomas (II), 2011, oil on panel, 9 x 12 inches
My final post from Helsinki for Art21 is out now. You can read about the Finnish artist Katja Tukiainen and the Doctor of Fine Arts program at Kuvataideakatemia (Finnish Academy of Fine Arts) at this link.
Katja Tukiainen, "Paradis e (Extension of my personality)," from the series of painting installations "Katja Tukiainen: Paradis a-z," Finnish Institute in Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia, 2010. Courtesy the artist
Last week I was a guest blogger for the US Embassy Helsinki’s social media site, the Beat of America. You can read my post “All Aglow with Marimekko” on the recent Marimekko exhibition at the Design Museo in Helsinki here.
Feel free to comment or e-mail me at jgleisner@gmail.com!
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