Category Archives: Art/Architecture
The Colorful and *Very* Mixed Media Work of Artist Jean Betancourt
Jean Betancourt: “I’m a ‘mixologist’ in the world of art. I mix ‘whatever’ because I love junk, kitsch, beads, children’s craft materials – could be anything really. Here is my motto for you, it’s spelled N-N-O, for Not Neat … Continue reading
Photographer Rod Sokal to Have Show at NoHoSAC 7/29
Ceramist Harrison McIntosh at 99
Harrison McIntosh is a master craftsman and Fellow of the American Craft Council. His gorgeous vessels have been described as “timeless, minimalist, and flawless.” Read more in a recent interview for American Craft magazine. Watch an excellent video done for LACMA here. … Continue reading
Long Beach Senior Arts Colony: Reflections Art Show on 7/15
You’re invited to join us at LBSAC for this exciting art show featuring work by professional and emerging resident artists who live and thrive at this unique senior artists community. A live, interactive art installation will be created, in addition … Continue reading
Cartoonist George Booth
George Booth, 87, has been contributing cartoons and covers to The New Yorker since 1969. This week’s cover is one of our favorites. Read more and see a slide show of some of Booth’s work here.
The “Folly” on the Roof of the Met
“The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently opened the second in a series of commissions for its rooftop garden overlooking Central Park. The new installation, ‘Hedge Two-Way Mirror Walkabout,’ is a collaboration between artist Dan Graham [72] and landscape architect Gunther … Continue reading
Love From the Pacific Theater
From Smithsonian.com: Jack Fogarty and John MacDonald served with the Army’s 98th Evacuation Hospital in World War II’s Pacific Theater from 1944 to 1945, where they spent “many an hour sitting around in a jungle clearing,” according to Fogarty, who … Continue reading

