Julia Kunin at COLLECTIVE.1

Hello all, Blue gorilla hand, ceramic sculpture by Julia Kunin I have work in the new design fair “COLLECTIVE.1” at pier 57, at Todd Merrill Gallery. Meanwhile I’m having an amazing time making work in Pecs, Hungary, on my Fulbright [grant]. All my best, Julia COLLECTIVE.1: Pier 57, at 15th…

A Conversation with Maggi Hambling about Life and Death

A Conversation with Maggi Hambling – Resurrection Commission for St Dunstan’s Church (2011) from Electric Egg on Vimeo. “A Conversation with Maggi Hambling” (2011) is an personal exploration by the artist of her work, themes within and influences behind it, whilst contextualising her proposed piece for St Dunstan’s Church. The film…

Group Exhibition in Finland: Art is So Gay

Art is So Gay opens on June 26, 2012 at the Forum Box gallery in Helsinki, Finland. This mixed group exhibition will run through July 22, 2012. Emmi Kattelus writes: “The ‘Art is So Gay’ exhibition will present an uniquely wide selection of contemporary art as a part of Helsinki…

‘Sea School’ by Tess Sheerin

Higher Bussow Farm Studios is where I find Tess Sheerin: self-taught Kiwi/Brit artist and board sports junkie among her sculptures.

Aurora Reinhard Talks About Her Art Works

Aurora Reinhard (1975) earned her MFA, Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki in 2003. She is based in Helsinki, Finland. Aurora has worked with issues about gender, female identity and the marginalization of women, lesbians and other social groups since the end of the 90′ies.

Memorial To A Marriage

Video: VelvetPark’s editor Grace Moon interviews queer artist Patricia Cronin at her studio in New York.

Garbo, The Icon

A special group exhibition event at the ABC Treehouse in Amsterdam, Holland will be celebrating the winter holidays and the return of the popularity of handmade gift-giving. The exhibition is titled ‘A Handmade Holiday’. Among the artists presented at this exhibition is queer sculptor Chantz Perkins.

Interview with Allyson Mitchell, Canada

Queer artist Allyson Mitchell interviewed by Irma Villafuerte, part I, May 12, 2009. Allyson Mitchell, is a maximalist artist working predominantly in sculpture, installation and film. Mitchell has been melding feminism and pop culture to play with contemporary ideas about sexuality, autobiography, and the body, largely through the use of reclaimed textile and abandoned craf.

50 / 50 Pausing for Reflection

50 / 50 Pausing for Reflection
Sculptures of Chantz Perkins, 10 April – 30 May, 2010
Opening: Sunday, April 11, 2010, 4 – 6 pm
ABC Treehouse, Voetboegstraat 11, 1012 XK Amsterdam, Holland

Lynda Barry – A Music Video By INA UNT INA

Euro-Electronica-Pop-Divas INA UNT INA pay homage to Lynda Barry in the strange land of Granny Squares and Shag Carpet. The video is set in an art installation by queer Canadian artist Allyson Mitchell. The installation is titled ‘Hungry Purse’.

Deep Lez

Deep Lez uses cafeteria-style mixings of craft, context, food, direct action and human connections to maintain radical dyke politics and resistant strategies.