Culture Online: Artist Q&A's
Ian Grant
Television Host of Emmy-Winning Show/Furniture Maker/Importer Relic Hunter Job Description: * Shots required (the vaccination kind, not the “chase with beer” kind) * Must have no fear of going off – extremely off – the beaten path * …And speaking of remote villages, must be… read more
Cape Cod School of Art
Posted in Visual Arts on Jun 18, 2010
A VACATION ON CANVAS
The Cape Cod School of Art is:
a) where you learn how to airbrush a tourist’s name onto a t-shirt
b) the first school in America to focus solely on Impressionist painting principles
c) an important piece of American art history… read more
Laura Munson
Posted in Writing on Jun 04, 2010
AUTHOR
“Find joy in the creation, let go of the wanting.” Imagine the freedom in living this way. This sentiment from Laura Munson’s interview can be applied to everything, including parenting and ourselves: what if we released the idea of who we (or our kids)… read more
Cultural Hot List: Summer
Posted in Cultural Hot List on May 28, 2010
Top 5 ways to keep cool this summer:
1. Reading with your toes between the sand and your pages fluttering in an ocean breeze
2. Ducking into a dark movie theater
3. You. Your i-pod. A hammock.
4. Holding an icy cold beer at… read more
Jacob Edgar
Posted in Music • Television on May 21, 2010
MUSIC PRODUCER/TV HOST/RECORD LABEL OWNER
When I lived in New York, I would often visit Putumayo’s Upper West Side store. It was like going on vacation to India, Peru, Brazil and other far-away lands because the store was laden with everything from tunics to change… read more
Josh Bell
Posted in Film on May 14, 2010
FILMMAKER
If you’ve seen the films Babe or The Queen, the television shows “24” or “Six Feet Under,” or any number of other films or tv in the past four decades, you’ve seen the work of acclaimed actor James Cromwell. But some of the most… read more
Zoe Francois
Posted in Culinary Arts on May 07, 2010
ARTISANAL BAKER
With 5 spare minutes, you can:
- De-hair your brush
- Take a really quick, but useless, nap
OR
MAKE BREAD!
I found it hard to believe that I could successfully make the boule from Zoe Francois and Jeff Hertzberg’s Artisan Bread in… read more
The Watson Twins
Posted in Music on Apr 30, 2010
MUSICIANS
You have to love an artist who says she’s finds a creative space and inspiration when she’s doing dishes. I totally get it! You see, doing dishes makes you feel successful because you can start and finish the task in relatively short order… read more
Wendy Clinch
Posted in Writing on Apr 23, 2010
AUTHOR/SKI DIVA
“Follow your bliss and you’ll have success,” the saying goes. I’m assuming “bliss” excludes things like sleeping or getting spa treatments, but Wendy Clinch is proof that the old adage does hold some truth.
Wendy is The Ski Diva and if you, too,… read more
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