Tomorrow marks four years since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown, but the resulting radiation still lingers on in the bodies, land, and minds of those affected. The disaster soldiered on for artist Phillip Stearns, too, when he designed A Chandelier for One of Many Possible Ends, a room-sized chandelier made from Geiger counters and flickering LEDs.
Read Colin Dabkowski's preview in Gusto.
Robert Lax was a poet, a pilgrim and a priest of sorts. He lived the last half of his life as a hermit. He wrote incessantly, filling notebooks and generously fulfilling correspondences. Yet his poetry, a powerful distillate, uses very few words.
"This is not a hodoscope. It’s a chandelier," writes Brian Benchoff.
Nancy Weekly responds to a question posed by Charles Burchfield's granddaughter Peggy Haug.
As a high school senior, I was not expecting to do anything like the projects I was assigned to. I had been expecting to be doing minimally important work, but instead I received projects which kept me engaged and stretched me as well as teaching me different tasks that I had no idea even happened behind the scenes in a museum.
Piercy reads her poetry at Burchfield Penney on Tuesday, March 3.
Burchfield Penney biennial exhibition established by Sylvia and Nathan Rosen showcases the best in techniques, materials, style, expertise and ability. Call for entries deadline Friday, May 29, 2015.
Read about one writer's visit to the Burchfield Penney!
Read what Colin Dabowski wrote in Gusto.