Category Archives: Uncategorized
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Margaret Fuller 1810-1850-From Transcendentalist Philosopher to Investigative Journalist
Margaret Fuller, pioneering feminist, journalist, philosopher of the Transcendental circle, drowned off the shore of Fire Island in 1850.
This entry was posted on June 23, 2017 and is filed under Feminism, Uncategorized. -
Kerry James Marshall Maestro and Shaman
Kerry James Marshall Retrospective glories in the humanity and history of African Americans, and confronts the prejudices of the white eye, the white museum, the white art history
This entry was posted on March 1, 2017 and is filed under African American history, American Art, Art and Activism, art criticism, Art of Democracy, Black Art, Black Panthers, Ethnicity, Uncategorized. -
Benny Andrews: The Bicentennial Series predicts America Today *
Benny Andrews Bicentennial Series created in the early 1970s predicts the disfunction of our nation today.
This entry was posted on February 24, 2017 and is filed under African American fiction, Arican American history, Art and Activism, Art of Democracy, Black Art, Black HIstory Month, Contemporary Art, Uncategorized. -
The Spirit of Standing Rock
Art inspired by the Standing Rock resistance is appearing everywhere and in all media
This entry was posted on February 14, 2017 and is filed under Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Contemporary Art, Contemporary Indigenous Art, Culture and Human rights, Deborah Lawrence, Standing Rock, Uncategorized. -
Maria De Los Angeles: Artist, Activist, Undocumented
DACA Delayed Action for Childhood Arrivals a program that provides temporary status to young people brought here as children may be cancelled any day. Maria De Los Angeles, a DACA who is not afraid to speak out, addresses the tensions and anxieties of immigrant families in her drawings and performances.
This entry was posted on January 24, 2017 and is filed under art criticism, Art of Democracy, Feminism, Immigration, Uncategorized. -
The Artnauts: A Global Collective of Artists for Peace
The Artnauts, an art collective, travel to places of conflict and collaborate with artists in places such as Palestine, Guatemala, Bosnia, the Amazon, even China.
This entry was posted on December 3, 2016 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Ecology, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Uncategorized. -
“Liberty Denied: Immigration, Detention, Deportation” an exhibition
“Liberty Denied: Immigration, Detention, Deportation” on display at the Museum of Culture and Environment at Central Washington University in Ellensburg features fifteen artists in many media addressing the nightmare of immigration, detention and deportation, some of the political and economic forces that lead to it, as well as the positive contributions that immigrants make to this country.
This entry was posted on October 11, 2016 and is filed under Uncategorized. -
Constellations (Asterismos) on Amorgos in the Cyclades
Constellations, (Asterismos) a multimedia arts festival on the remote Cycladic Island of Amorgos is run entirely by volunteers with creative performers donating their time. Now in its fourth year, it gets better every year.
This entry was posted on July 31, 2016 and is filed under Amorgos Greece, Art and Activism, Art and Ecology, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Uncategorized. -
Montmartre!
Montmartre has a radical history in politics and art. It still retains an independent spirit and atmosphere.
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Mona Hatoum at the Tate Modern
Mona Hatoum overtly expresses violence in her early performance works, then through metaphor with minimal materials she brings that sense of threat into our own bodies and lives.
This entry was posted on July 12, 2016 and is filed under Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Art in Beirut, Art in War, Contemporary Art, Feminism, Palestine, Uncategorized, Women Artists. -
Break Free From Fossil Fuels Pacific Northwest Anacortes
Break Free From Fossil Fuels Pacific Northwest a coming together of more than a thousand people, on land and sea, to insist on working together to end the plundering the earth.
This entry was posted on May 18, 2016 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Ecology, Art and Politics Now, Backbone Campaign, Contemporary Art, ecology, global justice, indians, Indigenous activism, Uncategorized. -
“Mood Indigo: Textiles from Around the World”
Mood Indigo:Textiles from Around the World at the Seattle Asian Art Museum provides provocative juxtapositions of textiles and new perspectives on the color Indigo.
This entry was posted on May 5, 2016 and is filed under Textiles, Uncategorized. -
May Day Art and Writing Booth 2016
May Day Art and Writing Booth “How have Immigration Laws affected you?”
This entry was posted on May 2, 2016 and is filed under Immigration, Uncategorized. -
“Ai Wei Wei Fault Line” at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art
San Juan Islands Museum of Art is a wonderful new venue for contemporary art with a dynamic director. Here I write about the Ai Wei Wei and Goya exhibitions along with the installation by Dana Lynn Louis
This entry was posted on April 13, 2016 and is filed under Contemporary Art, Uncategorized. -
Ritual Cleansing on Site of Murders of homeless people sponsored by SHARE/WHEEL
SHARE/WHEEL a unique homeless empowerment organization held a cleansing ritual for people who were killed and injured in an encampment under 1-5. SHARE/WHEEL combines support, creativity and drug/alcohol free tent cities. Please support them.
This entry was posted on March 12, 2016 and is filed under Uncategorized. -
Walid Raad Scratching on Things I Could Disavow
Walid Raad Scratching on Things I Disavow at the Museum of Modern Art probes the interconnections of art, money, history, in the Middle East, focusing on Saadiyat (Happiness) Island in Dubai.
This entry was posted on February 23, 2016 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Art in Beirut, Art in War, Contemporary Art, Uncategorized. -
The Museum of Modern Art and the Art of Disruption
Museum of Modern Art disrupts our expectations in one exhibition after another, engaging political art, reinterpreting historical modernists and surprising us with irreverence.
This entry was posted on February 20, 2016 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Uncategorized. -
Abounaddara and Syria Freedom Forever: Making visible the ongoing tragedy of Syria:
Two blogs about Syria make visible with video, drawings, signs, and photographs, the realities for people on the ground as they are on the receiving end of bombs from one country after another.
This entry was posted on December 16, 2015 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art in War, Syria, Uncategorized. -
“¡Presente!: The Young Lords in New York”
El Presente at El Museo del Barrio features the Young Lords of 1969-71, their activism and their art, a wonderful piece of history.
This entry was posted on December 8, 2015 and is filed under American Art, Art and Activism, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Black Panthers, Feminism, Feminism, Uncategorized. -
Art AIDS America at the Tacoma Art Museum on World AIDS Day
On this World AIDS Day, I offer a review of the comprehensive exhibition at the Tacoma Art Museum, Art AIDS America. It includes 127 works, many media, and a thesis that artists who addressed AIDS in the 1980s and 1990s permanently changed the course of American art by demonstrating strategies to address political issues.
This entry was posted on December 1, 2015 and is filed under American Art, Art and Activism, art criticism, Contemporary Art, democracy, First Nations Art, Uncategorized. -
“Not Vanishing: Contemporary Expressions in Indigenous Art, 1977 – 2015”
“Not Vanishing: Contemporary Native American Art, 1977 – 2015” features 78 works of art by 49 artists from 23 tribes in the Northwest. In all media, and combining aesthetics, politics, history and urgent contemporary issues, this show at the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, Washington, is not to be missed. It closes on January 3.
This entry was posted on November 24, 2015 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Ecology, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, indians, Indigenous activism, Indigenous Art, Photography, teddy bears, Uncategorized. -
A visit to the home of contemporary Turkish Artist Tomur Atagök
A visit to the home of contemporary Turkish artist Tomur Atagök provided me with new insights into her paintings and collages about politics and nature.
This entry was posted on October 19, 2015 and is filed under Contemporary Art, Feminism, Turkish Women Artists, Uncategorized. -
“Tuzlu Su” “Saltwater” Istanbul Biennial 2015
“Tuzlu Su”, (Saltwater) hides its purpose behind science, mysticism, and a strenuous itinerary that requires viewers to sail on the Bosphorus and the sea of Marmara.
This entry was posted on October 15, 2015 and is filed under Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul Biennial 14, Turkish Women Artists, Uncategorized. -
QUIET INSIGHTS INTO STRUGGLE AND JOY AWAIT YOU AT THE WING
the subtle and beautiful exhibition “Constructs” at the Wing Luke Museum features interactive installations by Asian Pacific Women Artists ranging from a canvas house to calligraphy carried into the landscapes of Seattle. Each installation is both personal and universal in their implications.
This entry was posted on September 24, 2015 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Contemporary Art, Feminism, Uncategorized. -
I GRIEVE FOR SYRIA, VICTIM OF CULTURAL GENOCIDE
Henry Matthews appalled by the refugee crisis and recalling the generosity and optimism he experienced in Syria before the Civil War, agonizes over the fate of people he met there. He grieves for the loss of life and the destruction of cultural heritage in Damascus, Aleppo, Hama, Palmyra, Raqqa, and Deir Ez-Zor.
This entry was posted on September 16, 2015 and is filed under Syria, Uncategorized.
