NASA-produced glass becomes beautiful art
I met glass artist Syed Ahmad at The Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival. This annual festival in The Woodlands (Houston) is held in mid-April. It attracts a wide range of artists…
THE ROSSETTIS: Dreaming with open eyes
Tate Britain is currently hosting an exhibit of the most extraordinary English paintings of the 19th century. It is simply entitled The Rossettis, who were four siblings: Gabriel, Christina, William…
Grounds for Sculpture – A Garden of Delights in New Jersey
When one thinks of New Jersey, especially if you’re a native New Yorker, “vacation” does not come to mind. What many people underestimate about the Garden State are its beautiful…
DONATELLO in London
Who was the greatest sculptor of the Renaissance? Most would vote for Michelangelo (1475-1564), but solidly in second place must surely be Donatello (1386-1466), who died just 9 years before…
Wonderspaces Austin
The California- based Laiken Neumann company brought Wonderspaces to Austin in 2020, four years after its inception. The immersive art experience, where the audience gets right up close to the…
Lauren Lee McCarthy – Surrogate Performance
In the College of Fine Arts at UT Austin, the School of Design and Creative Technologies (SDCT) sponsored Lauren Lee McCarthy, one of several artists in the Creatives on Campus…
Ballet and the Holocaust
How to express ineffable suffering through dance? That is the question Austin Ballet director Stephen Mills asked himself; the answer would propel him a years-long journey of discovery full of…
THE ANGELS ARE WEEPING for Virginia Zeani
I had the privilege of meeting the great opera singer Virginia Zeani in Fort Lauderdale in 2013. She died a few days ago at age 97. Zeani made her debut…
Mr. Spock’s Vincent
If after-play questions are any indication, some people in the audience at the play Vincent had no idea it was developed by none other than Leonard Nimoy. His Star Trek…
Hope and Eternity – Elements of Steven Lavaggi’s Art
For over fifty years, artist and jewelry designer Steven Lavaggi has pondered these questions. What is hope? What is eternity? Do angels answer prayers? His moniker is the ‘Artist of…