by Ann Landi | Sep 10, 2018 | Features
The degree has come under attack in recent years, but many say it’s worth the investment. Just know what you’re looking for—and consider a few alternatives. “MFA stands for yet another Mother-Fucking Artist,” declares one of the disgruntled students in a...
by Ann Landi | Sep 4, 2018 | Vasari21 Radio
Barbra Drizin Social Media for Artists SoundCloud Facebook “Social media is a game we all have to play,” says Barbra Drizin, a veteran of Silicon Valley and the founder of Start from Scratch Social Media, a consulting service for artists, writers, and entrepreneurs....
by Ann Landi | Sep 3, 2018 | Features
More of nature’s bounty from the garden As mentioned in Part One, flowers simply never go out of fashion. Here are a dozen more artists who have found ways to put a fresh spin on a centuries-old subject. Peggy Klineman: “Living in New York City, I longed to be in...
by Ann Landi | Aug 26, 2018 | Did You Know?
Can you picture the austere Dutch modernist dancing barefoot? “Critic Clement Greenberg would describe Mondrian’s work as ‘passion mastered and cooled,’ and that described the artist as well. He had set up his studio in a Victorian house with curved arches, but in...
by Ann Landi | Aug 26, 2018 | Under the Radar
Like many little girls, Marietta Patricia Leis first set her sights on becoming a ballerina. “At the age of seven I was entranced with wanting to be a ballet dancer,” she says. As a child in suburban East Orange, NJ, she studied dance every day after school, and...
