Typically when I think about autumn, I can’t help but think about school: as an incurable bookworm, I spent many a fall afternoon kicking up leaves while carrying a ton of books in cautious mittens. Heading into October this year found me headed back to school – books and all – but this time on…
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It’s been a busy week so far here at the house studio at Casa Corteza: prepping materials, work, and artists for the Works in Progress show scheduled for tomorrow has kept us on our toes! There’s a whole series of posts waiting to be written
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Curious about the behind-the-scenes creation of Tēixiptla, a new communal participation installation?
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I’ve written briefly before about my simultaneous fascination and frustration with the commonly held (and oftentimes promoted) perception of the “Art(ist) as Magic.” As a persona, it’s exciting, mysterious; pretentious, elitist; showy but humble; true and false. The juxtaposition of contradictions seems to “fit” the artist, but is it a good fit?
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