Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty May Be in Danger

Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty May Be in Danger

Robert Smithson’s widow Nancy Holt sent a letter out today to notify people that his masterwork Spiral Jetty is in jeopardy of being destroyed due to oil drilling. Here is Holt’s full letter and a way for people to voice their concerns. Yesterday I...
That Darn Melanie Schiff

That Darn Melanie Schiff

Melanie continues to be one of the freshest bright lights in Chicago Art community! Aside from teaching, making, and curating as any good young Chicago artist does, she is one of only two Chicago based artists (Jennifer Montgomery is the other) in the 2008 Whitney...
Art Fair Madness

Art Fair Madness

It has struck me as strange that while people continue to delight in talk of an art market crash, the number of Art Fairs just proliferates. It is a bit like watching the Cold War Arms race. Just keep building them till you bankrupt the smaller spaces and smaller...

Teaching Orange County

Roland Young is an often lauded and very well respected member of the design faculty of Pasadena’s Art Center College of Art and Design. A few years ago a “You Tube” video made its way around to the younger faculty at the art schools across America....
Tired of being “Bad at Sports”?

Tired of being “Bad at Sports”?

https://57c978.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/i/news/2008-powerthirst.mp3 Tired of being “Bad at Sports”? Well if so, thanks to the power of sciences and the interweb you now can consume Powerthirstâ„¢. With this beverage you can topple tall things that were previously….....
The Ultimate Art School Building

The Ultimate Art School Building

The Ultimate Art School Building wasn’t built in NYC of course (space issues) or Chicago (would have to be built with cut stone) or Kansas City even (doesn’t have fountains in the design) no the Ultimate Art School building was built in none other then the...