Revisiting The ‘F’ Word

By Dale Sparage
Like many female artists and photographers, I’m interested in the concept of the “female gaze”… how women look at women.  For centuries it’s been men on the other side of the canvas or, more recently, the camera, interpreting us. Women were not allowed to express themselves creatively or artistically until the middle of [...]

Detroit Artist and Icon Gilda Snowden Is Living History

Gilda Snowden
Like the artist herself, Gilda Snowden’s studio space is steeped in a rich history. Artists Jerome Ferretti and Aaron Timlin previously occupied the space, so it almost vibrates with creative energy.

To focus on a single work of Snowden’s art is like trying to choose from hundreds of Pinocchios as they came to life, [...]

“Constructed Nature” and “Kandyland”

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Meet the artist, Monica Elizabeth Breen Saturday, October 3, 2009, from 1:00 – 6:00 to . She will be on hand to discuss her current photography and installation exhibition Constructed Nature: A Study in Feminine Affections.
Photo by Monica Breen
New to the Detroit art scene, Monica Bowman is already [...]

On a Path

Summer Love
• As Labor Day looms, I ruminate on summer ‘09: Volleyball in the pool, great road trips, good films, and oh yeah…falling in love. (Again!) Bet you didn’t expect that…so I’ll ease you into the story.
Ignoring that I am “relationship impaired,” out of practice and other important facts, I forged ahead regardless, treading into [...]

The Power of Transformation…

Butterflies: A Symbol of Transformation

butterflies 35mm, 3 blue• In the 1990s I had the privilege of photographing from the nature archive at the Cranbrook Institute of Science. I had recently purchased an enlarging bellows for my medium format camera and couldn’t wait to enlarge some tiny beautiful creature, transforming it into a photograph. When I [...]

Ride On The Art Train…With Stops In Bejing And Glen Arbor

It certainly has been a busy ride this month. I’ve travelled from Bejing to Glen Arbor and back….always on the same quest, searching for those bits and pieces of inspiration that keep driving me onward to create that essential work of art. I seek that one piece that will speak to me, providing all the answers to my never-ending questions about life, art, love and existence, the missing piece to the…

Surfing the web…like eating that fourth or fifth chocolate.

What I love about surfing the web is that it’s so absorbing. You type your search or address and before you know it, hours have gone by. What I don’t like about web surfing is that it’s kind of like eating that fourth or fifth chocolate. I glance at the clock, it’s midnight. I know I should go to bed, but continue anyway. I get pulled in, something draws me further and further into the unknown vastness of…