Mara Trachtenberg is a lens-based artist who makes fantastical dream worlds out of sugar. I met Mara when I was a grad student at UConn and she was a recent graduate from the same program. Her working method fascinates me and we share a love of Rhode Island and sourdough bread. Mara Trachtenberg is a […]
Sarah Palmer: A Studio of One’s Own
I have never actually met Sarah Palmer. But I am a huge fan of her work, which I found on Instagram, because we have shared students over the years. I taught at a foundation program for Pratt in upstate New York and she picked up where I left off down at Pratt in Brooklyn. I […]
Thomas Allen: A Studio of One’s Own
I discovered Thomas Allen’s work in 2006 when I was a lowly intern at an art gallery in Boston. The work was staged and rephotographed pulp fiction novels-they were clever and provocative. But what I remember most about that show was how unassuming and kind the artist, Thomas Allen, was. I was so pleased to […]
Lorena Molina: A Studio of One’s Own
In the days and weeks following the initial shutdown of nearly everything because of Covid-19 I saw a great deal of commentary on how things are different, how we as a nation would adjust, and how the smaller community of artists would change their practice. I thought of my own art practice, pictures of and […]