Twenty-five years ago, the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati exhibited Robert Mapplethorpe’s “The Perfect Moment” and was immediately met with controversy. Nine of the first people through the door were a grand jury who looked at the 175 images and deemed seven of them to not only be offensive but criminal because of their explicit sexual content. The grand…
Art all around Philly! The first weekend of October, hundreds of artists opened their doors to the public as part of the Philadelphia Open Studio Tours. Check out some of the artists– and my other art wanderings around the city– below. A little visit to the Center of Art in Wood when I was walking around Old City…
Here we are, back in the land of neutral seasons. Snapshots from my San Francisco summer. Renegade Craft Fair 28 Chinese at the Asian Art Museum. Museum of Craft and Design: Asha Tea in Berkeley. Mathilda at the Orpheum with Nancy, and an art installation in Hayes Valley. Farewell to Sun & Elliot as…
Paris. With its reputation for romance and its streets packed with history, art, and culture, it’s probably safe to call it one of the most beautiful cities in the world. And though this wasn’t my first trip to Paris, the only other time I had been was on a tour with my AP European History class…
Dalen sat in front of Stephanie at a new church they were both visiting one day, and they met during the unusually long ‘meet and greet’ time after the service. Stephanie left the service thinking she’d never see Dalen again…until he walked by her a few blocks from her home. They ended up walking together to Trader…
Sometimes, it rains. Literally, metaphorically, sometimes we have to adapt and change our plans. With some things going on in Silvia’s life and forecasts of rain for the week, we seriously considered cancelling the engagement shoot. But I am so very glad we didn’t. It became a reprieve from the rest of the world, a…