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the wee bee: December 2012
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Thursday, December 20, 2012. And how have you been? Admit it, you thought that I was going to go all of 2012 without making a post, didn't you? You did. It's okay. I grant that it was looking rather bleak, but lo! Here we are. Reunited. And it feels so good. How have you been? Matt first asked me to "lend him my artistic eye" and act as videographer for THE SCAM. Dressed as a sea monster in search of her ancestral home. (I really. The project was filmed in Maryland over the course of two weekends and whi...
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May | 2015 | Quirk
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The intersection between quirky and beautiful. It’s All in How it’s Packaged. May 27, 2015. June 12, 2015. Those of you who know my sculpture. Know that I’ve been a bit label-obsessed for the last couple of years. Well, actually make that for the last 30 years, when I started collecting sardine and olive oils cans:. I ask you: does this ad make you want to run out and buy a Frigidaire? Much, much older labeling and packaging can be seen at the Heidelberg Apothecary (and Alchemy) Museum. Czech Republic ha...
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March | 2015 | Quirk
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The intersection between quirky and beautiful. Historic, Haunting Eastern State Penitentiary. March 27, 2015. March 27, 2015. For those of you who pining for a very unusual and moving site visit closer to home (OK, I’m making an assumption a lot of my readers are from Boston) you could visit the Eastern State Penitentiary. Of the architecture was designed to house inmates in solitary cells (a Quaker based idea, considered a forward thinking, humane notion at the time! Artists can apply to do an art insta...
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Oh Ursula! | Quirk
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The intersection between quirky and beautiful. May 6, 2015. May 15, 2015. Last post from the infamous Ossuary trip! Who stood patiently waiting for us outside the Basilica of St. Ursula. And I once again showed our muddlement with the map. (Cologne, like Boston, favors nonparallel streets which challenge any logic one tries to apply to the cause of getting from here to there). These few pictures cannot do justice to what one encounters as one enters the side chapel (the Golden Kammer. Save yourself the t...
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The Sculpture Center / Exchange Exhibition with the Boston Sculptors Gallery
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Exchange Exhibition with the Boston Sculptors Gallery. June 8 - July 14, 2012, at The Sculpture Center. Stirring the Waters Between Two Bodies. Boston Sculptors Gallery in Cleveland. Caroline Bagenal Laura Evans Peter Haines Michelle Lougee Julia Shepley Jessica Straus Margaret Swan Marilu Swett Hannah Verlin Andy Zimmermann. June 8 5:30 - 8:00 PM. 6:30 - 7:15 PM. Artists Talks in the Euclid Avenue and Main Galleries with Marilu Swett, Peter Haines, Julie Shepley, Jessica Straus, and Andy Zimmerman.