FEATURING TALENTED LOCAL ARTISTS
This Really is a Love Song
“One of my first memories was being in my father’s studio – music playing – him working on a large canvas.” Bruce Smith has fond memories of his childhood, underscored by the experience of being the son of widely celebrated abstract painter Hassell Smith who, himself, was quoted as saying “I am concerned I’m bringing the painting into much closer relation with music…”
It was music, notably percussion, that captured Smith’s interest, from using his mother’s knitting needles to tap out rhythms to volunteering to play […]
Living at the Edge
“My father was a blacksmith and a carpenter. I learned at his side.”
Chelsea Miller is looking at an elegant carving knife of her own creation, remembering how she moved from New York actor to celebrated creator of highly sought after knives all within the sphere of family influences and support. As she so succinctly sets the stage, “I was home schooled by my mother and life-schooled by my carpenter-blacksmith father.”
“I had moved from Vermont to New York City to study acting and pursue it as […]
Storytelling without Words
Amber Maida does not simply enter a room. Fully aware of her surroundings and sensitive to the energy found there, she moves like the dancer she was trained to be. As an artist, her work is fully reflective of her spiritual and physical journeys, the triumph she had over what could have been debilitating disease and an intense connection with her Native American heritage.
The rhythm of routine
“My work begins with a spiritual ritual of Chi-cultivation, grounding me deeply into the earth; embodying its energy and […]
Art as Meditation
Richard Klein’s The Understory at ICEHOUSE Project Space, Sharon
Richard Klein is an artist of note who has cobbled together a life of creating, curating and writing about art and its influence. With a career that extends beyond 20 years as curator at The Aldrich Contemporary in Ridgefield, CT, he has embraced the awesome task of presenting works by such titans as Janine Antoni, Sol LeWitt, Mark Dion, Roy Lichtenstein, Hank Willis Thomas, Brad Kahlhamer, Kim Jones, Jack Whitten, Jessica Stockholder, Tom Sachs, and Elana Herzog.
At […]
