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Liz James Artscene: November 2006
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Poet/Journalist in orbit as she surveys the art scene in Columbus, Ohio and other galaxies. Monday, November 20, 2006. THE LAVENDER KOOLADE TUTU CONNECTION. THE LAVENDER KOOLAID TUTU CONNECTION: EDGAR DEGAS MEETS THE PHANTOM. From Leroux' novel, followed by my own descriptions of dancers in the current Art Museum exhibit. It is up to you to connect the invisible dots, and it is up to you to verify the existence of the Opera Ghost. . . From the novel:. And she locked the door. Who were lodged in common dr...
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Liz James Artscene: December 2005
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Poet/Journalist in orbit as she surveys the art scene in Columbus, Ohio and other galaxies. Thursday, December 15, 2005. THE FABRIC OF INSPIRATION. A review in blocks and scraps by Liz James. BLESSED BE THE TIES. For much of her art work Anderson cuts out myriads of tiny fabric necktie shapes.Ties. Hundreds of these small pointed cloth "scraps," - which are not really "scraps"- must be cut, folded, turned inside out, reversed and stitched on! In five prestigious juried and invitational venues! Anderson's...
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Liz James Artscene: May 2005
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Poet/Journalist in orbit as she surveys the art scene in Columbus, Ohio and other galaxies. Friday, May 27, 2005. WHAT IS THE MIDWEST? The Midwest is a section of my body concealed by the left side of my ribcage. When I lived on a desert town near the Oman border, that left side of me throbbed, and I mean that literally. One noon I was in line at Bader's Hypermarket when the muzak began to play "the green green grass of home," and I bawled like a baby. When you view it through. On certain days when the s...
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Liz James Artscene: October 2006
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Poet/Journalist in orbit as she surveys the art scene in Columbus, Ohio and other galaxies. Monday, October 02, 2006. EDWARD S. CURTIS: THE WOMEN. EDWARD S. CURTIS and THE WOMEN: A PERSONAL RESPONSE. The Women: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian will show at Schumacher. Thus, they can speak to us from pale, almond-toned "canvasses" which suggest a perennial twilight. . . Second Sister, standing less than a foot away from Near Sister, reveals half of her earnest sweet face. She appears to ...
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Liz James Artscene: March 2006
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Poet/Journalist in orbit as she surveys the art scene in Columbus, Ohio and other galaxies. Thursday, March 02, 2006. DON JONES: AN ARTIST FOR ALL SEASONS. Paintings by Don Jones will show at The First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 West Weisheimer, through March 2006. There are thirty large paintings in this exhibit, and they are a pleasure to behold. Art connoisseurs and uninitiated viewers alike should enjoy this array which provides a compleat journey through painting. Jones tends toward the impre...
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Liz James Artscene: February 2006
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Poet/Journalist in orbit as she surveys the art scene in Columbus, Ohio and other galaxies. Monday, February 06, 2006. ARLENE COX TEAL is a mixed media powerhouse. Her attention-grabbing work has been executed with technical aplomb, and her color-full art dominates the walls at Northwood ArtSpace thru February 2006. THE HAWAIIAN AND HIS FRIENDS. Indeed, Arlene was busy making art on that very kitchen table when I called! The "table" has been spread with a painted-on pastelly quilt. On it : uneven blu...
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Liz James Artscene: January 2006
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Poet/Journalist in orbit as she surveys the art scene in Columbus, Ohio and other galaxies. Thursday, January 05, 2006. TRANSCENDENTAL RAIN: personal recollections of the old year, 2005. Jackie Wetmore read poetry by Emily Dickinson. In it there were "leaden sieves of snow."Jeanni Ray enlivened all with a reading from David Sedaris. Mark Stoll rocked his own version of The Twelve Days of Christmas, and Diana DelBianco looked like, and read about, a wintery goddess. I thought about Ginsberg and Ferlinghet...
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Liz James Artscene: May 2006
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Poet/Journalist in orbit as she surveys the art scene in Columbus, Ohio and other galaxies. Wednesday, May 31, 2006. AT NORTHWOOD: A BRILLIANT FOCUS. IN FOCUS, a photo exhibit at Northwood ARTSpace, 2231 N. High St. will run thru June 2006. This exhibition shines in its own specific way.-. In Focus is so pristine it's gorgeous! The way Bach Etudes are gorgeous. Perry's eagle soars against a wild environment. Wolf dominates his own color photo. Rick Reiger has a treasure hunter's eye. He sees a butter...
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Liz James Artscene: August 2006
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Poet/Journalist in orbit as she surveys the art scene in Columbus, Ohio and other galaxies. Friday, August 04, 2006. HE(ART) AT COLS ARTMUSEUM BEATS HEAT! Art can nourish broken hearts. And art can, temporarily, beat the heat and counter the despair emanating from a war torn world. A few hours at the Columbus Museum of Art can provide a peaceful yet exciting interlude. Je vous aime beau coup.". Isabel Toledo, a kid,(! Circle City, a cast iron sculpture combines a Gorey-like atmosphere with a black smith'...
