Michelle Rogers Pritzl is an artist based in New York. In her series Not Waving But Drowning, she visually gives voice to the psychological torment endured within the confines of her former marriage. Many people make sacrifices in order to keep family together or to adhere to others’ expectations. It takes strength and courage to […]
Art + Science: Blood and Kin: JP Terlizzi
JP Terlizzi is an artist based in Manhattan, NY. His work focuses on memory and identity. In his series Descendants, he creates art pieces that envision physical and emotional connections between himself and his family lineage. He creates art constructions, combining paper and pigment ink (photographs of his ancestors), cloth (pieces of string) blood and […]
Art + Science: Blood and Kin: Michael Koerner
Michael Koerner, Ph.D. (b. 1963) is a scientist and a photographer who specializes in historic/alternative photographic processes. As a scientist and organic chemistry professor, he conducts scientific research. In his series My DNA, he experimented for years with chemical reactions to create organic abstractions using tintype process. Yet, beyond aesthetics, his work reflects the story […]
Mary West Quin: 100 Butterflies: A Prayer for Peace
Mary West Quin is a photographer and educator based in Alabama. In her recent series 100 Butterflies: A Prayer for Peace, she created one hundred platinum palladium contact prints of found butterflies. The remains were collected on walks with her children and on a butterfly migratory path located on a 2- lane road she traveled […]
Art + Science: The Exhibition
What exactly is Art + Science? Does the convergence of these two fields help the imaginative thinkers to create a new kind of art? Or does it help those who rely on objective knowledge to expand the field of science? It’s clear that science, especially with the aid of current technology, can provide artists with […]
Sue Palmer Stone: Embodiment: Salvaging A Self
Sue Palmer Stone is a photographer based in Connecticut. The photographs from her series EMBODIMENT: SALVAGING A SELF shed light on the artist’s current state of physical stability and instability stemming from an autoimmune condition. In these photographs, found objects are entangled, wrapped, bound and enveloped, creating a sense of tension that hovers between deterioration […]