Highbrow, Middlebrow, Lowbrow: to Judge or Not to Judge
For a year I’ve appraised items in Paradise CA destroyed in the fire of 2018. I’m amazed at the variety of objects treasured and collected by many folks in that …
Reader Makes Skram Connection
I get in trouble because I make connections which may not exist. On the other hand, I succeed in drawing conclusions because of my experience with connections which SHOULD exist. …
OVATE, Mikael Jorgensen & Cassandra C. Jones
First Ojai Valley Artists Theater Ensemble (OVATE) Artistic Director Susan Kelejian talks about The FURYUS Collaborative Project on stage March 10th-19th. Then Grammy Award-Winning composer Mikael Jorgensen and remix artist …
Demetrious Created a Local Legacy
JH inherited this twenty-six-inch-tall sculpture. She knows a Santa Barbara artist with a Greek name created it. I found that artist, our local genius in metal, Aristides Burton Demetrious (1932-2021) …
Brewer Medical Stool Comes With Fond Memories
Sad but true…I need a hip replacement, and can hardly walk these days. So my partner bought me a 1950s rolling medical stool at a thrift store. I refuse to …
Restored Tandem a Piece of American Biking History
This tandem sat in a garage, then a storage locker for 25 years. Twelve years ago a bike shop repainted and “repaired” it, then it went back in storage. The …
Performing Arts Review
Daniel Kepl of the Performing Arts Review talks about the job of a critic and his upcoming tour he’s leading to Portugal.
Two Bizarre Real Art World Amusements
Occasionally the art world becomes very bizarre. Picture yourself as a middle aged Italian sewage worker hired to drive a bulldozer to uncover old sewer pipes close to the Apian …
Print Illustrates Hoop Skirt Symbolism
GE sent me a Daumier print of a Parisian woman with a huge bell shaped hoop skirt catching the falling snow. GE asked if women really wore this fashion. What …
WE: Western Edge
Four artists from the WE: Western Edge collective, Marlene Struss, Joan Rosenberg-Dent, Nancy Gifford, and RT Livingston, talk about their exhibit at Thomas Reynolds Gallery which runs through March 25. …