From the Chair

Feb 13, 2017 | Essay, From the Chair

For JR on his 16th birthday- We don’t get to choose what moves us or when we might be moved. I have often found myself drawn to works of art that, intellectually, I have no interest in or even that I find antithetical to my own esthetic. I have found that work...
ART 448: Making Comics classroom survey

ART 448: Making Comics classroom survey

Feb 10, 2017 | Comics, Courses

Lynda Barry’s survey of the the equipment, machinery, and tech in her Comics classroom needs to be shared. Um… for my room…. A projector I borrowed from the Image Lab at WID that have to return to them someday. An old paper-cutter that came with the room. A...
Echo Spectrum Exhibition with Leslie Smith III

Echo Spectrum Exhibition with Leslie Smith III

Feb 6, 2017 | Events

February 24 – March 28   Artists: Sarah Bednarek, Nelleke Beltjens, Vivien Collens, Hanz Hancock, Lauri Hopkins, Anna Kunz, Patrick Morrissey, Andy Parkinson, and Leslie Smith III Reception: February 24, 7-9pm Location: Trestle Gallery 850 3rd Ave, Suite...

From the Chair

Feb 6, 2017 | Essay, From the Chair

I am in New York for a few days to attend a film screening and speak on a panel and have plugged into the generative energy of the city as much as possible. I am always struck, on these short intense trips, by the juxtaposition of seemingly unrelated and random...