Recent Articles
"Palo Alto Center Mounts Fascinating Show of Dioramas" February 9, 2018
The Palo Alto Art Center has assembled artworks in diverse media by 15 contemporary artists from eight countries. Their alternate worlds range from idyllic to dystopian. Read the review.
The Palo Alto Art Center has assembled artworks in diverse media by 15 contemporary artists from eight countries. Their alternate worlds range from idyllic to dystopian. Read the review.
"Erasing Boundaries Between the Making of Art and the Living of Life," July 3, 2017
Wanda Corn’s latest project takes a refreshingly new look at America's the artist and her life in “Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern." Read the profile on Corn and learn about her work focusing on O'Keeffe.
Wanda Corn’s latest project takes a refreshingly new look at America's the artist and her life in “Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern." Read the profile on Corn and learn about her work focusing on O'Keeffe.
"Over the Top: Math Bass and the Imperial Court SF," April 23, 2017
The Oakland Museum of California combines contemporary art with the cultural artifacts from a 62-year-old LGBTQ society in "Over the Top: Math Bass and the Imperial Court SF." Read the review.
The Oakland Museum of California combines contemporary art with the cultural artifacts from a 62-year-old LGBTQ society in "Over the Top: Math Bass and the Imperial Court SF." Read the review.
"Creating extraordinary art with ordinary objects," February 13, 2017
Tara Donovan uses common, mass-produced objects assembled in large quantities and in novel ways to create art. She “plays” with materials to develop ideas. Read more at the Mercury News.
Tara Donovan uses common, mass-produced objects assembled in large quantities and in novel ways to create art. She “plays” with materials to develop ideas. Read more at the Mercury News.
"Anne and Mark's Art Party," September 16, 2016
Anne & Mark's Art Party, an outrageous, creative, and wonderful trip down the rabbit hole, opens September 24, 2016. Read about it at RegardingArts.com and the Mercury News.
Anne & Mark's Art Party, an outrageous, creative, and wonderful trip down the rabbit hole, opens September 24, 2016. Read about it at RegardingArts.com and the Mercury News.
"Pace opens gallery in Palo Alto with work by James Turrell," May 25, 2016
Pace Gallery Palo Alto opened with work by James Turrell, who uses science to create light-and-space environments. Read more
Pace Gallery Palo Alto opened with work by James Turrell, who uses science to create light-and-space environments. Read more
Two new galleries present fascinating shows," March 23, 2016
Two new Palo Alto venues reveal opposite ends of the visual arts spectrum...Read more on The Bay Area News Group's website
Two new Palo Alto venues reveal opposite ends of the visual arts spectrum...Read more on The Bay Area News Group's website
"Creations of Light and Space" about Robert Irwin's art and talk at Stanford University, February 23, 2016
Robert Irwin's work in the Light and Space movement...Read more on The Bay Area News Group's website
Robert Irwin's work in the Light and Space movement...Read more on The Bay Area News Group's website
"Raphael's Portrait of a Lady with a Unicorn," January 19, 2016
This iconic image on view at the Legion of Honor ... Read more. at http://regardingarts.com/art/raphael.html
This iconic image on view at the Legion of Honor ... Read more. at http://regardingarts.com/art/raphael.html
"Janet Cardiff's The Forty Part Motet," January 8, 2016
Janet Cardiff's sound installation "The Forty-Part Motet" ... Read about it at http://regardingarts.com/art/cardiff40.htmlI
Janet Cardiff's sound installation "The Forty-Part Motet" ... Read about it at http://regardingarts.com/art/cardiff40.htmlI
"Weekends with Georgia" for the de Young Museum, Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, April 23, 2014
Georgia O'Keeffe's Contemporaries: Women Who Helped Develop an American Style of Modern Art
These women painters born in the same decade also made wonderful art but have gotten less recognition than O'Keeffe.
These women painters born in the same decade also made wonderful art but have gotten less recognition than O'Keeffe.
Henrietta Shore attended the Art Students League in New York with Georgia O'Keeffe and was friends with Edward Weston, reputedly influencing his work. Shore lived many years in Carmel, California.
Born: 1880, Toronto, Canada Died: 1963, San Jose, California Image: "Life," circa 1921, by Shore |
Agnes Pelton studied with Athur Wesley Dow, as did O'Keeffe, and also at the Pratt Institute and in Europe. She visited Mable Dodge Luhan in Taos, N.M., in 1919, a decade before O'Keeffe. She loved the desert.
Born: 1881, Stuttgart, Germany Died: 1961, Cathedral City, California Image: "Winter," 1933, by Pelton |
Helen Torr, known as "Reds," worked alongside other artists, most notably her husband Arthur Dove and their friend Georgia O'Keeffe, to develop an American style of Modernism in the 1920s.
Born: 1886, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died: 1967, Long Island, New York Image: Shell, 1928, by Torr |
|
|
|
Georgia O’Keeffe is the most famous women artist of her generation. Through her association with Alfred Stieglitz and his promotion of her work, she gained early acclaim and notoriety.
Born: 1887, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin Died: 1986, Santa Fe, New Mexico "Series I, No. 4," 1918, by O'Keeffe "Music, Pink and Blue No. 2," 1918, by O'Keeffe "Tan Clam Shell with Seaweed," 1926, by O'Keeffe |
Writing and Copyediting Aids
|
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Type the word in the search field, and this online dictionary will explain its meaning, pronounce the word for you, offer other spellings if you mistype it, and more. |
Chicago Manual of Style
Contents page lists topics, but the online guide is not accessible without paying or signing up for a free, 30-day trial. See a page on hyphens, Q&A section, and exercises. |
Blogs, Podcasts, and Websites
Purdue University's online writing guide Grammar Girl, a weekly podcast The original Elements of Style online Writing tips, copy-editing info, and more |
There Is More to Color Than You Imagined
Think you know your colors? How and why we see colors the way we do is relative. Beau Lotto proves this on his website LottoLab.org and in his TED Talk.
|
Radio Lab tears the rainbow apart in the name of science and poetry. Listen to this podcast and be amazed at what you learn about our perception of color.
|
The psychology of color as it relates to persuasion is one of the most interesting—and most controversial—aspects of marketing.. Read about the research..
|