Jess Curtis Interview

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The Knitting Clock

Norwegian-born artist Siren Elise Wilhemsen created the Knitting Clock in 2010 to measure time three-dimensionally.

Every passing of a half hour is marked by the knitting of a stitch, a full day is measured by a full circle around the …

what’s The Work about?

I am in the midst of research for curating the performance for an exhibition of the work of Irish artist Patrick Graham at Meridian Gallery in early 2012.  One brief essay I read by him begins with a beautiful passage, …

Occupy the Art World

Dear colleagues,

After twenty-five years of being (by choice) a temporary “insider” in the “art world,” I still haven’t found satisfactory answers to many questions. If we were …

Regrets of a Former Arts Funder

John Killacky, a former arts funder at the San Francisco Foundation, recently wrote a great piece of the systemic issues facing culturally specific arts organizations, as well as the challenges faced by those who fund them. I highly recommend this …

Knit v. Crochet

A few weeks ago, I decided to teach myself you to knit; after many years of crocheting, I’ve decided to see what life is like on the other side.  While crocheting will always be dear to my heart (and perhaps …

the woman invisible to herself

I was approached last month by the venerable Mary Armentrout to moderate a discussion on her “solo”, the woman invisible to herself.  I will be joining the artistic team on Sunday, July 17th following the performance.  In preparation, I’m …

Looking In From Out

…‘everyone’ is talking about this moment.

And by ‘everyone’, I mean about 10 people, who have become a little world to me. A clique, then. But its a clique that is pretty unstable in some ways, and definitely subject to …

San Francisco Emerging Arts Professionals

For the past eight months or so, I have been a fellow at the San Francisco Emerging Arts Professionals (EAP).  EAP is a fantastic organization aimed at offering tools, career training and networking opportunities to people interested in making an …

Art Thoughtz: Hennessey Youngman

How to be a Successful Artist

TO QUOTE B.I.G. “I BEEN IN THIS GAME FOR YEARS/ IT MADE ME AN ANIMAL/ THERE’S RULES TO THIS SHIT/ I WROTE ME A MANUAL/ A STEP BY STEP BOOK TO GET YOUR GAME …

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Turbulent, by Iranian artist Shirin Neshat

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de Certeau

“In modern Athens, the vehicles of mass transportation are called ‘metaphorai.’ To go to work or come home, one takes a “metaphor”– [....] Stories should also take this noble name: every day, they traverse and organize places; they select and …