By Sarah Peters Kernan Listen here, or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Sarah Kernan talks to Alexandra Makin, a textile archaeologist specializing in early medieval embroidery. She is a professional embroiderer, trained at the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court Palace and also holds a PhD in Anglo-Saxon Studies. Alex is a Third Century Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her publications include Textiles of the Viking North Atlantic: Analysis, Interpretation, Re...| The Recipes Project
By Esther Martin People love Stuff. They’ve always loved Stuff. For hundreds of years, humanity has made a practice of collecting the Stuff they love. These collections carry alternative implications, showcased and flaunted to establish both the status and identity of the owner. The act of collecting is easy to dismiss as a type of overconsumption, but it is deeply tied to a person’s need to establish their sense of self, and to identify where they fit into the social spectrum. Collectors...| The Recipes Project
By Charlotte Gaudry When we talk about historical reconstruction, “making” can be understood as the act of bringing the past back to life, recreating what once existed. This fits closely with the goals of the reconstruction I have in mind for my thesis project. It is not just about restoring objects or practices, but about exploring new ways of understanding and “making” history itself. It’s a process that can engage all our senses: sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing. In this s...| The Recipes Project
By Sarah Peters Kernan Listen here, or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! A content warning. Please note that this episode contains a detailed description of the death of eels in preparation for a meal. In this episode, Sarah Kernan speaks with Neil Buttery, a historian of British food. He is an award-winning author of several books, including A Dark History of Sugar; Before Mrs. Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England’s Most Influential Housekeeper; The Philosophy of Puddings; and Knea...| The Recipes Project
By R. Claire Bunschoten & Ben D. Lee On the Netflix show Culinary Class Wars, Korean American chef Edward Lee makes food to make identity. In the semi-final round of the South Korean cooking competition show, chefs are tasked to create a dish communicating their life story. Signature dishes abound: elaborately crafted songshu guiyu and … Continue reading Mixing Rice, Making Self: Chef Edward Lee’s Theory of Bibimbap →| The Recipes Project
The post Geography in the News Summer 2025 appeared first on Internet Geography.| Internet Geography
The Summer 2025 issue of Southern Alumni Magazine is now online. With features on: We’re also celebrating the 100th anniversary of the SCSU Alumni Association and sharing a Southern love story courtesy of alumni writer Allison Stoutland. She and her husband, Jeff Stoutland, have a combined four Southern degrees, writing credentials, and two Super Bowl […] The post Southern Alumni Magazine appeared first on News at Southern.| News at Southern
The decades since James Schuyler’s death have seen publication of his Collected Poems and many other writings—but no full-length biography until this essential and sensitive new volume by Nathan Kernan. By Claude Peck The post James Schuyler: The Absolute of Feeling appeared first on Rain Taxi.| Rain Taxi
Readers interested in learning more about Benjamin Franklin’s scientific achievements will find much to appreciate in Richard Munson’s new biography of the founding father. Reviewed by Rasoul Sorkhabi The post Ingenious appeared first on Rain Taxi.| Rain Taxi
Poet and scholar Rachel Trousdale discusses her debut full-length poetry collection, Five-Paragraph Essay on the Body-Mind Problem, which playfully examines the intensity of romantic love, the entropic joys of parenthood, wild spaces, humor, and more. Interviewed by Stephanie Burt The post As Necessary as Cupcakes: An Interview with Rachel Trousdale appeared first on Rain Taxi.| Rain Taxi
Poet Sarah V. Schweig’s understated language captures the flat affect of our digital lives and offers an ironic look at our civic malaise. Reviewed by Walter Holland The post The Ocean in the Next Room appeared first on Rain Taxi.| Rain Taxi
In this poignant essay collection, Bailey Gaylin Moore transforms the gaps in her memory from nodes of panic to active spaces of re-creation. Reviewed by Nick Hilbourn The post Thank You for Staying with Me appeared first on Rain Taxi.| Rain Taxi
Poet Esther Lin discusses how she drew from tales, texts, and oral family history in writing her new collection Cold Thief Place, which explores the fear and instability of growing up as an undocumented child in the U.S. Interviewed by Tiffany Troy The post One Dreams of Place: An Interview with Esther Lin appeared first on Rain Taxi.| Rain Taxi
In its mixture of literary ambition and old-fashioned showmanship, John Pistelli’s latest novel is a throwback to the efflorescence of popular literary fiction in the mid-late 20th century. Reviewed by Andy Hartzell| Rain Taxi
By Sarah Peters Kernan Listen here, or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! In this episode, Sarah Kernan speaks with Crystal Dozier, Associate Professor and anthropological archaeologist at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas. She is Chair for the Department of Anthropology, Director of Wichita State’s Archaeology of Food Laboratory, and City Archaeologist for the city of Wichita. Crystal describes researching food and foodways using archaeological approaches, including expe...| The Recipes Project
By Anna Marie Smith and Tom Cook, Fatto a Mano Project Into the depths of Italian culinary history, there remains a search for the most exotic pasta shape; a culinary journey into transitory perfection and ephemeral uniqueness. Then, lies the humble gnocchi. A lump. A dumpling shaped and formed by old hands crooked and weathered or tiny fingers touching raw dough for the first time. The singular gnocco stands alone as Italy’s poor mass of unhinged flour. Like the sculptor before us, gnoc...| The Recipes Project
By Sarah Peters Kernan Listen here, or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! In this episode, Sarah Kernan talks to Victoria Flexner, food historian and founder of the historical dining collective, Edible History. She is the author of A History of the World in 10 Dinners: 2,000 Years, 100 Recipes, published by Rizzoli in 2023. Through these projects and her Substack newsletter, Victoria expertly communicates history through food. Follow Victoria Flexner on Substack and Instagram for upda...| The Recipes Project
By Bonnie Shishko and Shawn Bowers As college professors with three combined decades of First-Year Writing experience, we’re observing two unsettling trends: first, that traditional undergraduate students are increasingly unlikely to tackle academic writing without relying on AI-tools, and second, that they are increasingly likely to hold rigid beliefs about writing—what it is, what it can do, and what it should sound and look like. As a result, we’re noting a third phenomenon: in the...| The Recipes Project
By Ángel Tuninetti and the Centro de Estudios Heñói Team Paraguay is a poster case for the damage that industrial agriculture can cause on food security and food sovereignty. The landlocked South American country was almost self-sufficient in food production until the 1990s, mainly thanks to the diversified crops and animal production of the fincas … Continue reading “Recetario Soberano”: Defending Sovereignty One Recipe at a Time →| The Recipes Project
How my family survived a harrowing home invasion| The American Scholar
McAninch, Chase, OMS-IV1; Dellamaggiore, Gino, MD2 1University of Pikeville, Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine 2VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System Abstract Background Posterior interosseous nerve neurectomy (PINN) has been reported to provide durable pain relief and preserve wrist range of motion (ROM), particularly in active patients. This case report describes a 21-year follow-up after isolated […] The post Long-Term Follow-Up After Posterior Interosseous Neurectomy in a Military ...| AOAO
Ibraheem Qureshi, BS1; Shawn Rahman, DO2; Brian G. Webb, MD2 1New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, 101 Northern Blvd, Glen Head, NY 11545 2JPS Health Network, 1500 S Main St, Fort Worth, TX 76104 Abstract Background For the first time in its history, the FIFA World Cup was held in the winter […]| AOAO
In the overgrown field, I am lying in the wildflowers, cradled in Queen Anne’s Lace and honeysuckle, and asters and cornflowers, and looking up to the sky with the white fast clouds, and I feel the earth dance in a wild spin, and it makes me dizzy, and I see the black wrecks of charcoal, from the fires burning beneath the tall red brick smokestack, a murmuration released into the air and caught in the winds, and they are patterning with us, but the best part is the ripe sweet whole smell...| Centaur
“An openhearted ensemble has collaboratively created an extraordinary experience of communal connection,” wrote DC Theater Arts critic John Stoltenberg of The Art of Care | Photo: Chris Banks A recent […] The post Caring acts appeared first on Georgetown Today.| Georgetown Today
Photo: Lisa Helfert Cancer survivorship research initiative studies life after diagnosis and treatment When Georgetown family medicine physician Sarah Kureshi felt a strange mass in her toddler daughter’s stomach, she […] The post A better journey appeared first on Georgetown Today.| Georgetown Today
Illustration: Mike Ellis Revolutionizing stroke and recovery It happens in an instant. One moment, you’re reaching for a coffee mug, preparing breakfast—and the next, everything changes. Your right side feels […] The post The resilient brain appeared first on Georgetown Today.| Georgetown Today
Photo: Phil Humnicky Call course explores health equity outside the classroom Health Innovation for the Common Good, a course offered on Georgetown’s Capitol Campus through the Capitol Applied Learning Labs […] The post Health innovation in action appeared first on Georgetown Today.| Georgetown Today
At the April 1 Innovation and Research Showcase sponsored by Georgetown’s Office of Technology Commercialization, Beauchamp previewed a new effort to create innovation districts in DC, a geographic area where […] The post Update from Dr. Beauchamp appeared first on Georgetown Today.| Georgetown Today
Kenney Bevins at Sirongo Village Clinic in Kenya | Photo: Courtesy of Tammy Kenney Bevins Three years ago, Tammy Kenney Bevins (N’83) was working at a rehab and long-term care […]| Georgetown Today
The post Female Authors in Top Orthopedic Journals Across Different Regions: An Analysis of Authorship Rates and Publication Trends from 2019 to 2023 appeared first on AOAO.| AOAO
Ji Young Chung, D.O.; Frederick Korpi, D.O.; Ericka Glass, M.D.; Jeffrey Cochran, D.O. Aultman Hospital Abstract Case We present a case of a closed, farm-related orthopedic injury that was complicated by C. perfringens infection. With staged surgical procedures and intravenous antibiotics, the infection was successfully eradicated, and the fracture went onto successful union. Conclusion Clostridium […] The post Clostridium Perfringens Infection in a Closed Tibial Shaft Fracture: Case Repo...| AOAO
Ryan Arboleda, MPH, OMS 2026; Ally Spohn, OMS 2026; Benjamin Pfeiffer, MS, OMS 2026; Dean Gubler, DO, MPH Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine – Southern Utah Abstract Case This case report describes a rare intraoperative discovery of a conjoined nerve root (CNR) at L4-L5 in a 74-year-old male undergoing L4-S1 TLIF for chronic […] The post Intraoperative Discovery of a Conjoined Nerve Root During Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Case Report appeared first on AOAO.| AOAO
Jason Fink, BS OMS 20271; Arash Badragheh, BS OMS 20271; Nikhil Sai, MS OMS 20281; Tobi Salako, DO, Intern Physician2; Bradley A. Fink, DO, Orthopedic Surgeon2 1Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 2TrinityHealth Mid-Atlantic Nazareth Hospital Abstract The authors present a case involving a boxer fracture with an atypical presentation and course. Initial evaluation and skin […] The post A Not So Routine Boxer Fracture: A Case Study and Literature Review appeared first on AOAO.| AOAO
Jonathan Tobin, OMS-IV; John Higgins, OMS-IV; Micah Jones, D.O. Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Virginia Campus Abstract Case A 65-year-old right-hand dominant female presented with right-sided wrist pain after a fall one month prior. She had a history of left-sided carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) treated with carpal tunnel release (CTR) and 9-tendon synovectomy one […] The post Carpal Tunnel Release as a Potential Risk Factor for Hook of Hamate Fracture: A Case Report appeared fir...| AOAO
John Petrucci, OMS-IV1; David Beckett, DO1; Cornejo Ochoa, DO1; Craig T. Gillis, DO2 1Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific-Northwest, Lebanon, OR 2Summit Orthopaedics, Lake Oswego, OR Abstract Case Scapular winging is a shoulder disorder that results in the prominence of the scapula’s medial or lateral border leading to pain, […] The post Postoperative Medial Scapular Winging in a Patient with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome After Arthroscopic Bankar...| AOAO
Andreas N. Christy OMS-IV1,2, Jacob Ward OMS-IV1,2, Marlee Franden OMS-IV2,3, Kaila McCabe1,2,Shrey Mehta, MBBS 2,4, Robert L. Joyner, Jr. PhD, RRT, RRT-ACCS, FAARC2 1Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 2TidalHealth Richard A. Henson Research Institute 3Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine 4M.P. Shah Medical College Abstract Introduction Achilles tendon ruptures (ATR) are increasingly common in the geriatric population. […] The post The Achilles Heel of Geriatrics: A system...| AOAO
William Littlefield, DO, UPMC; Shaan Sadhwani, DO; Jamie Henzes, DO; Brendan Sweeney, DO; Matthew Kendall, DO; Brian Omslaer, DO; Scott King, MD UPMC Abstract Background Outpatient total joint arthroplasty has been at the forefront of orthopedic surgery. While there have been many publications regarding outpatient total joint arthroplasty in large academic settings, large-volume studies examining […] The post Same Day Arthroplasty in the Community Setting: An Institutional Experience Exam...| AOAO
Himanshu Rao, DO1; Christopher Ferguson, DO1; Shaan Sadhwani, DO1; Brian Omslaer, DO1; Daniel Kim, DO2 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UPMC Community Osteopathic, Harrisburg, PA, USA 2Orthopedic Institute of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, USA Abstract Case A patient that underwent dual mobility liner placement presented at follow up with clinical history and imaging findings indicative of metallosis. […] The post Metallosis in Total Hip Arthroplasty Using Modular Dual Mobility Implant: A...| AOAO
Zach Husband OMS III1; Ezra Levy D.O.2; Daniel LeCavalier D.O.2; Michael Janssen D.O.2 1RVUCOM 2Colorado Center for Spine and Orthopedics Statement of Informed Consent The patient was consented and agreed to publication of this case report. Keywords: Spine, Revision Introduction Cervical total disc replacement (TDR) offers the benefit of motion preservation and reduced adjacent segment […] The post Asymptomatic Anterior Extrusion of Total Disc Replacement in the Hypopharynx: A Case Report o...| AOAO
Marielle Renae De Baun, OMS 2026; Glynnis Page, OMS 2026 Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine Abstract Background The use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1s) has surged in response to the growing prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity—two conditions that are known to elevate the risk of perioperative complications in orthopedic […] The post GLP-1 Agonists and Orthopedic Surgery: A Review of Their Impact on Bone Metabolism, Wound Healing, and...| AOAO
Michael Bagnoli, DO1; Micah Jones, DO2 1Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, VA 2Lewis Gale Medical Center, Salem, VA Abstract Introduction Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common upper extremity compressive neuropathy found in roughly 4% of the population. Furthermore, up to 60% of those cases are found to have bilateral symptoms. Amyloid accumulation […] The post Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Secondary to Amyloidosis Deposition appeared first on AOAO.| AOAO
Rachael Larkin, BS, OMS-III1; Michael Bagnoli, DO1; Micah Jones, DO2 1Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine 2LewisGale HCA Medical Center Abstract A 61-year-old male presented with a left hamstring avulsion and an incidentally discovered gluteal mass on MRI. Surgical excision confirmed extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma (EMC), managed with adjuvant radiation therapy. Serial imaging showed no recurrence […] The post Incidental Extraskeletal Myxoid Chondrosarcoma of the Left Gluteus M...| AOAO
The UPMC Central Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program, established in 1972, offers a comprehensive five-year training experience with continued accreditation by both the ACGME and AOA. Located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the program provides comprehensive surgical training for 5 residents per year for a total of 25 residents. The majority of the education that residents receive […]| AOAO
Summer is in full swing, and the trail is calling. Dive into TAP’s 2025 Summer Overland Gear Guide for the ultimate gear ideas that could turn your winter daydreams into awesome summer adventures. ______________________________________________ 23ZERO 23ZERO Swinga Camp Chairs: Whether you’re relaxing by the fire after a long day on the trail or soaking in the view […] The post TAP’s 2025 Summer Overland Gear Guide appeared first on The Adventure Portal.| The Adventure Portal
It’s definitely got some pacing issues, but Monica kind of won me over in the end, and I’d like to see this premiere become something more.| Anime Feminist
Exactly one year after the baby died I had an affair with a widow who ran a travel business. We met through a grief-support website. She flew to the city I lived in, and we met at a boutique hotel downtown, where she pampered me with Pernod and Parisian perfume.| Centaur
The array of talent seems endless. The post Visual Moment | 50 Years, 50 Noted American Jews in the Arts appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
If you can read this, you’re too close to mine. The post Spice Box | It’s Good for the Cows, but Is it Good for the Jews? appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
In 1975, our doors were open, and we were not suspicious of strangers. The post Ask the Rabbis | What Would <span style="color: #ff0000;">Astonish</span> a Time Traveler From 1975 About Your Denomination Today? appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Plath is simply not in Larkin’s league of bigots. The post Essay | Sylvia Plath’s Private Jewish Problem appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
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If you were a devotee of Jewish food and alive in 1975, you might remember...nothing much at all. The post Talk of the Table | Back to the Future: 50 Years of Jewish Food appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
To gauge the American Jewish mood and thinking at a time of turmoil in the United States, Moment conducted a survey of our readers earlier this year. The post Reader Survey appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
In many ways Theodore Roosevelt was limited by the ideas of his times. The post Book Review | The Forgotten Bond Between Teddy and the Tribe appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Some moments change the future. The post Moments That Have Shaped American Judaism appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
For our 50th anniversary, we went back to the beginning. The post The Moment Time Capsule appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Born in polemic, the meaning of the word ‘diaspora’ has fluctuated. The post Jewish Word | Diaspora: Blessing or Curse? appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
What poetry can offer—image by image—is different from, and more intimate than, knowledge. The post Poems | This Is My Mother’s House; On the Day of Atonement appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Missed opportunities at a few key junctures have festered for decades. The post Opinion | Five Moments that Shaped Israel appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
The most important change in Israel’s last 50 years is as visible to the naked eye as it is generally overlooked. The post Opinion | Israel’s Biggest Change Isn’t What You Think appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Sip it slowly, and live or relive this golden age—an era giddy with hope, a time of light. The post Book Review | A Golden Age Seen Through Its Icons appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
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Does cutting costs mean robbing oneself of life’s small delights?| The American Scholar
The director tells our editor-in-chief why she's her own biggest inspiration.| Interview Magazine
At 22, he’s built an enormous following from his basement, where his hit Twitch series has turned him into a new kind of streamer—part rapper, part host, part producer, all star.| Interview Magazine
Ithaca officials sent an Tompkins SIREN alert at 2:40pm urging area residents to avoid the area of West Spencer Street between South Titus Street and the traffic circle on Ithaca's southside due to fire department activity. At the same time, a power outage has left over 1,700 customers without power in Ithaca. [...]| 14850.com
Paul Singer is a billionaire investor who uses shareholder activism to block the energy transition in the oil and gas industry| Corporate Knights
We are shaped by encounters and so is art. This issue explores the transformative significance of such events, and our contributors tell us about moments that had a profound, and often foundational, effect on them. We read about encounters with people, both living and dead, artists and artworks, nature and the creatures that inhabit it, […] The post Véronique Plesch – Introduction Summer 2025: Encounters appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
Applying to art school typically requires a portfolio of ten to twenty images. This portfolio is usually completed in high school advanced placement art classes and should demonstrate artistic range, diligence, and an understanding of core compositional and observational skills. In 2013, I was serving as the Chair of the Foundation Program at Maine College […] The post Philip Brou – Baxter Koziol appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
My dreams hold a strong message from my ancestors to tell their stories. My maternal family line is Armenian. My grandmother survived the early 20th-century Armenian genocide in Turkey. Although I knew some stories about my relatives, they were laden with holes and inconsistencies. Encounters in my dreams push me to research both personal and […] The post Cynthia Motian McGuirl appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
Samira Abbassy’s personal and artistic odyssey began in Iran, where she was born in 1965, took her to England, where she moved with her family in 1967, and since 1998 has been focused on New York City and the United States. Though her paintings evidence a strong Middle Eastern influence, she brings a world of […] The post Edgar Allen Beem – Samira Abbassy: Encountering Cultural Identities—Iranian, British, and American appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
In lockdown, I became a room. I grew floors and walls, and sometimes ceilings. Mostly, I was a corner. People stood, ghosts floated, mice nibbled, and peepholes formed. Sometimes my walls and floors broke apart: wood splintered, joists groaned, and screws came loose. These drawings explore the interiority that was part and parcel of the […] The post Tom Butler – I Became a Room appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
Earlier this spring, I visited the Rabkin Foundation, at 13 Brown Street in Portland, to attend a small gathering. The event took place amongst an evocative exhibit of postwar American artist Leo Rabkin’s two- and three-dimensional works, paintings and sculptures. In the midst of conversations, I found myself drawn to a centering box sculpture, a […] The post Claire Millikin – Encountering Lucas Samaras’s and Leo Rabkin’s Post-traumatic Boxes appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal...| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
Five months after graduating from college, I’d saved enough money substitute teaching at my old junior high school to pay for my round-trip airfare to Rome. I had my backpack with the rigid aluminum external frame and was ready to join my friends in Europe. Welcome to the world of aerogrammes and American Express Travelers […] The post Stuart Kestenbaum – Breaking Free appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
When we walk out of the door, we seek encounters: the moments that might just change our minds, or change our lives! When walking through the city, I often choose paths with the most foot traffic. When Nancy walks through the familiar woods and beaches on Peaks, she is seeking encounters with nature that will […] The post Scott Nash and Nancy Gibson-Nash appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
There is, without doubt, a mysterious aspect to our individual destinies. The irrational but persistent sense that the design of our lives is somehow cosmically guided becomes more intriguing, and slightly plausible, in old age. Before that, we are too busy to bother with it, and too sensible to give it any credence. But life […] The post Alan Magee – My Berlin appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
In a city filled with graffiti, Amsterdam is the perfect setting for a museum dedicated to street art. STRAAT, which opened in October 2020, showcases the work of street artists from around the world, each represented by a large-scale work, many of them created on site. Housed in an 86,000-plus-square-foot former welding warehouse on the […] The post Carl Little – Encounter in Amsterdam: Graffiti and Street Art at STRAAT appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
While touring England in April, my wife and I stopped in at the Mill Bridge Gallery in Skipton. Housed in one of the oldest dwellings in this market town in North Yorkshire, the gallery specializes in photography and sculpture and hosts an artist in residence. As luck would have it, the current resident artist, sculptor […] The post Carl Little – Encounter: Mark Butler and the 100 Day Project appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
I never had any plans to become an artist. My passion was music. In 1980, I was Managing Director of the Public Access Electronic Music Studio at a multidisciplinary contemporary art center in Seattle. On a rainy night in December of that year, I was at home in my room at the Hotel Savoy. I […] The post Michael Winkler appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
An Encounter I arrived at Green Acre Baha’i Center of Learning in Eliot, Maine, about 5:45 p.m. on Saturday 3 May, thinking I was quite a bit late for the opening. To my surprise, the huge hall was totally empty, except for a flock of hundreds of multi-colored origami paper birds flying overhead among the […] The post Alan Crichton – Dreams of Reality: Gardens of the Heart—The Art of Joe, Lynn, and Max Ascrizzi appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer. F. Scott Fizgerald, The Great Gatsby Encounters with art mean different things to artists, curators, and the public at […] The post Chris Crosman – Nicole Wittenberg: Cheek to Cheek appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
In Jared French’s Prose, recently acquired by the Colby College Museum of Art, we witness an encounter between a man and a mirror. A nude, muscular, male figure stands before a large ovoid mirror, which faces outwards towards our space. The man stares into the mostly opaque surface: we cannot see his face, though perhaps […] The post Christopher T. Richards – Encounter: Man Mirror, Medieval Modern appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
Strolling through Rome at dusk on 1 February 2024, I looked up and saw a street sign, Via di Pallacorda. Knowing that I was in the centro storico, the old part of Rome, and having just returned from leading a tour of Sicily where I got to show my group several works by my beloved […] The post Véronique Plesch – Encounters Across Time appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
Encounters can be accidental or intentional. They can be consequential in mightily important ways for good or ill—or they can be of no matter at all. We all get to have a mix of both in life. To the extent we can control and steer our encounters, those are gambles we take to shape the […] The post Ann Zill appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
Throughout their careers, art teachers are shaped by countless encounters—the lessons they teach, the students who grow through creating, the pride in school art exhibits, and the students they see in the community. For retired art teachers, leaving the classroom does not always mark the end of creative influence. For many, it simply opens a […] The post Argy Nestor – Retired Art Teachers: What Do They Encounter After the Classroom? appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Qua...| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
simply a cautionary tale for those left behind I have a small collection on a shelf—a wooden ear, a wooden finger, a wooden golf club, all the things that have come off my late husband’s left behind sculptures during my moves. Most of his sculptures were under two feet (though he did huge pieces for […] The post Peggy Muir – Bryce Muir: What Artists Leave Behind appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
In her poem, Letting Go of the Yard, the Sky, Carol Bachofner is really letting go of her mother as she imagines the stages of relinquishment her mother has passed through. It is an encounter with loss and death, but also an encounter with the many things the dying mother loved—sky and garden, a beloved […] The post Carol Bachofner – Poetry appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
Brian Boyd gives us an encounter on several levels. First it’s an encounter with history and the existence of palace and ecclesiastical prisons. Then there’s the encounter of the woman with her imprisoned partner and, it turns out, all the other inmates within earshot. Thirdly, there is the speaker witnessing this encounter, which is both […] The post Brian Boyd – Poetry appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
Kelly Desrosiers An encounter with ideas spawned the first art I made as a young adult. I was interested in and made artlike things as a child, but my rural northern Wisconsin school district’s art programming was pretty dismal (and the science offerings were worse), and the art that I encountered in my world was […] The post UMVA Showcase – Summer 2025: Kelly Desrosiers, David Little, Brian Boyd appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
Martha Fergusson Nature, with its vast and expansive beauty, speaks to me. As a landscape painter, I spend a lot of time observing and sketching the world around me. With this series, Deep Water Horizon Encounters, I investigate my perceptions of our fragile environment and the impact of human encounters in the natural world. Drawing […] The post UMVA Showcase – Summer 2025: Martha Fergusson, Marjorie Arnett, Ruth Sylmor appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
Jean Noon As an artist and a farmer, I have been gifted with a particular opportunity to observe and experience the drama of our natural and built environment through all our amazing seasons. For many years, I have documented these experiences and have accumulated thousands of photographs. Great photos involve personal encounters. He is a […] The post UMVA Showcase – Summer 2025: Jean Noon, Leeann Rhoades, David Wade, Betsey Foster appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarte...| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
ARRT! (The Artists’ Rapid Response Team!) works with progressive groups and organizations throughout Maine, providing images that can help to distill and clarify their important messages about issues that matter to people in Maine and the world beyond our borders. ARRT! is a project of the Union of Maine Visual Artists (UMVA), a members’ organization […] The post ARRT! Update – Summer 2025 appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
LumenARRT! is a project of the Artists’ Rapid Response Team (ARRT!). We work through the Union of Maine Visual Artists (UMVA), a members’ organization that advocates for artists and furthers the work of progressive non-profits in the state of Maine. Our video projections, graphic design production, and interactive media projects create a visual voice for […] The post LumenARRT! Update – Know Your Villains appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
There’s a lot of buzz in the air and it’s not just the bees. Your fellow members have been busy creating opportunities for you to speak truth to power through shows, banners, and projections, bringing attention to the many Maine artists, and peacefully gathering to participate in community activities. Many thanks to these members and […] The post Joanne Tarlin – Busy UMVA Volunteers Making a Buzz This Spring appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
Over 100 artists responded to the request for work for the Union of Maine Visual Artists (UMVA)’s latest juried show, Washed Away, at the Portland Public Library, which closed on 21 June. The work represents a variety of media, including painting, photography, mixed media, video, digital, and 3-D works. Of the artists chosen, notable names […] The post UMVA Portland Update: Washed Away appeared first on The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly.| The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
