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 [...]
Lurie Garden
by PaMdora on 18. Jul, 2007 in Journeys, Other Artists
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
by PaMdora on 15. Jul, 2007 in Journeys, Other Artists
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
by PaMdora on 13. Jul, 2007 in Press
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
by PaMdora on 13. Jul, 2007 in Other Artists
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 [...]
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Emmie: Looks beautiful, Pam. As always. And the picture o...
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PaMdora: What a great compliment, thanks!...
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PaMdora: Thanks Gerrie, I love that you think that! I like ...
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Jacque: It looks great! I hope I can get there and see it...
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Fitzy: ..but the photo you caught of the little boy stari...

