Susan Isaacs writes about a historic farmhouse in Delaware that was save by some artists who have created a non-profit organization, fundraised, and renovated the farmhouse into an art space for the community. It’s a great story of art and historic preservation.
Read MoreSusan Isaacs goes to an intensive printmaking workshop at Penland School of Craft, nestled under a mountain in North Carolina, and finds the experience exhilarating, fulfilling and wonderful, all round.
Read MoreIn this long-form interview, Susan Isaacs talks with Alexis Granwell about her studio practice, going in-depth into the use of paper, pigment and armatures in Granwell’s current sculptures on view in the Wind Challenge exhibit at Fleisher Art Memorial (to July 31, 2024).
Read MoreSusan Isaacs sees a 50-year retrospective of works by Joyce J. Scott at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Scott is a Macarthur Award-winning artist, whose works deal with political themes of social justice
Read MoreIn this sprawling and wonderful interview, Susan Isaacs talks with Michael C. Thorpe about his varied art practice that includes quilting that uses fabrics as a palette of choices like a painter uses paints.
Read MoreSusan Isaacs pays a visit to Margery Amdur’s studio for a talk about the artist’s work, her exhibitions coming up and her process of working with fabric in accumulations sometimes enhanced with sewing machine glitches which give flavor and texture to the abstract works.
Read MoreSusan Isaacs reviews three of the 10 installations that make up Nourish, an exploration of the sustenance that we all need at the Delaware Contemporary. The works and installation Isaacs focuses on offer up critiques of the role of women, in More Than a Woman, Adrian L. Burrell’s film and installation titled The Saints in Kongo Time, and the fantastical work of Miami based artists Federico Uribe. Each offers a different context for nourishment: the female body, the family and its history and the need to repair the plant.
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