Occasionally a show comes along that so exciting and full of life, color and joy that it’s difficult to fit it into a simple blog post. This is true of Niki in the Garden at Chicago’s Garfield Park Conservatory. Over 30 larger-than-life sculptures by Niki de Saint Phalle are installed in the already wonderful greenhouses [...]
Archive | July, 2007
Lurie Garden
In the middle of Millennium Park is the Lurie Garden. Wandering through the shoulder-tall flowers, I couldn’t help but think of one of my favorite Talking Heads song called (Nothing but) Flowers. “This was a shopping mall, now it’s all covered with flowers…” Now that I re-read the lyrics, could be great topic for a [...]
Millenium Park
It was worth the trip to Chicago just to experience Crown Fountain at Millenium Park. Designed by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, the 50-foot tall glass block towers are lit with the faces of city residents and reflected in a shallow pool of water below. At times the faces spout fountains of water out of their [...]
IQA Journal Interview
An interview that I did for the summer issue of the IQA Journal has just been released. You can read it on line at the Quilts Inc. website here. I worked on answering these questions last May when I was doing a lot of traveling on airplanes, because that’s a great place to get work [...]
Charlie’s Studio
Somehow I walked out of Charlie Van Gilder’s studio (which used to be a bowling alley- how great is that?) without any really good photos of his finished art. But I love this layout of clay pieces waiting to be fired in the kiln, especially the little dog rolling on his back. Charlie has such [...]
August 27-October 14, 2010
opening reception: Friday, August 27, 4-6 p.m.
Stephens College - Davis Art Gallery
Corner of Walnut & Ripley
Columbia, MO 65215
a two-person exhibition featuring
contemporary art textiles by
Pam Kanagawa RuBert &
Annie Helmericks-Louder
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