Montana by Katie Daisy Lombardo
Katie Daisy Lombardo is an illustrator from rural Illinois who now lives in Minneapolis, creating really lovely images, including this set of state paintings. See more in her Etsy shop and Flickr stream.
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October 28, 2009
State Paintings by Katie Daisy Lombardo
March 31, 2009
Speaking of Home by Nancy Ann Coyne
I’ve been thinking about downtown Cincinnati skywalks as sites for public art, and I just came across a project entitled Speaking of Home by Nancy Ann Coyne. Installed last year in IDS Center /Macy’s Skyway in Minneapolis, the project featured large-scale portraits of new Minnesotans, along with their countries of origin, definitions of “home,” and the word “home” in each native language.
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February 2, 2009
Better Living through Expectation Management
According to a recent Pew Research Trust survey, 84% of the people surveyed who do not live in Cincinnati would not like to live here. Cincinnati is marginally more popular than Cleveland and Detroit. But, only 23% of the respondents even claim cities as “their favorite community type.”
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January 30, 2009
Elsewhere
Forgotten Cincinnati: from abandoned amusement parks and crumbling breweries to forgotten neighborhoods and other derelict structures and locales, Sherman Cahal and Ronny Salerno present photographs of a deserted Queen City; opening tonight at Park+Vine.
Vacant Cities and Rubber Wheeled Vehicles: “People have been trying to make OTR an easy to drive and park neighborhood. They think that this is necessary for its survival, but they are really destroying it.”
Astroland Rocket Update: Staten Island Exile Looms for a While: Brooklyn Borough president Marty Markowitz uses the term “freakishness” in a press release.
Skyway for Sale on Craigslist: in Minneapolis, a vintage, 280,000-lb. skywalk can be yours for 79k.
Counter/Culture – The Disappearing Face of Brooklyn’s Storefronts: a photography exhibit by James and Karla Murray at the Brooklyn Historical Society, up through the end of March.
Art in Train Stations: the talented Camilla Engman has art installed in a Göteborg, Sweden train station, which spawns an impassioned plea for more art in public places.
Jan Kaplicky, Audacious Czech Architect, Is Dead at 71: the architect whose structures are undulating organic forms, asked “Where is it written that buildings have to be boxes?”
September 5, 2008
Elsewhere
Closing Toilets on FS Huge Mistake: CityKin states the obvious, but will management listen?
A Minor Cause…: my biggest complaint about basin life, as voiced by Stop Working, Start Living.
Trading New York for Midwest Grit: the Escape from New York continues, much to my ongoing satisfaction.
5 Insanely Small And Inhabited Private Islands: Just Enough Room is my favorite.
San Francisco Zombie Walk 2008: hmm, I think I went to school with one of those guys…
Shorpy: the 100-Year-Old Photo Blog: “Shorpy is a blog about old photos and what life a hundred years ago was like: How people looked and what they did for a living, back when not having a job usually meant not eating.”
Chris Stain, Street Artist: the Baltimore transplant, now based in Brooklyn, discusses his work, inspiration, and direction.
August 13, 2008
Mixed-Media Paintings by Jennifer Davis
Jennifer Davis is a mixed-media painter based in Minneapolis, whose work is both twee and bizarre. Her work can be purchased via Etsy, The Beholder, and as Giclee prints through British site Fine Grime.
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