Archive for July, 2015

Jul 07 2015

Beth Cavener

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Just before the long San Francisco trip detailed in my last post, I went to an artist talk at the Smithsonian American Art Museum by the amazing sculptor Beth Cavener. I posted a few drawings of her work a couple of years ago when I first discovered it in a Chelsea gallery. Her animals are virtuosic, disturbing, conceptual, and laborious. In the talk, she showed slides of (I think) pretty much all her work, and for fun I drew little quick gesture drawings of as many as I could capture.

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Jul 06 2015

ALA 2015 recap

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At ALA with Ashley Bryan

Although I’ve been to the American Library Association‘s (smaller) Midwinter show, I’d never been to the main ALA Annual show until last week. It was a really wonderful experience. Alison and I flew out a week early to explore and visit friends in the area. Here are a few highlights of our travels and of the show (below the cut):

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