New Words

Reblogged from phoebesmundo:

A short story…

A Very Long Embrace

There is a place high in the Alps where the frogs live more than twice as long as those at sea level.  I suppose it’s because of all the time spent under ice. That is why my mom moved us up here; preservation. Our whole conversation on the subject consisted of her lowering her super-model brow towards the floor and focusing her eyes up at me with a stern look, “You’ll thank me one day.” That was the last time any actual words passed between us.

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The following story is by Phoebe Moriarty Lev, my beautiful daughter who is currently working and living in Patagonia.

Chicago

Reblogged from Lev Hardware:

Well, here I am back from the good ol’ windy city. The trip was awesome. My mom and I really made a vacation out of our few days– we saw a lot of the city, and had some fun mother-daughter time just the two of us. We took the train overnight (15 hours), stayed in a hostel, explored different neighborhoods, took over the Chicago Art Institute, and oh yeah, went to my AWP reading.

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Mundos

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Sarah, talented art professor and craft-master extroardinaire, came and taught my mom and I a lesson on creating worlds contained in found objects.

I like the idea that a regular object, or even piece of trash, could contain its own world if you look closely. This relates to the idea that everything holds its own story, and also that you can make something great out of just about anything.

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Chicago, Chicago

Loved the art institute of Chicago and loved being with Anna and hearing her reading at AWP even more!  Check out her blog for our pics and to see the video of the reading

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Cancer Comics by Anna Moriarty Lev

The crossover edition of ArtBitch is available now in the Cancer Comics section of Levhardware.wordpress.com

http://levhardware.wordpress.com/cancer-comics/

This one is my personal fav so far, but I love them all!

ArtBitch: Swimsuit Edition by Anna Moriarty Lev

“Art Bitch” by Anna Moriarty Lev

If you haven’t visited levhardware.wordpress.com lately, then you’ve missed the birth of “Art Bitch” and “Morning Coffee”.  I am guessing you can guess who inspired the spiky haired character in both…… ayup, you got it…..

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the painting at Kathycontinues….

Another fantastic day painting at kathy’s this week. Will need a couple more at least on this one….

Another wonderful artist……

Sally Apfelbaum recently curated an amazing exhibit of black and white works about weeds and wildness that I loved….unfortunately it’s over…..but now she’s part of a new exhibit called Arcadia that you will definitely want to check out:

Arcadia Now
Contemporary Art In Country
curated by Tom McGlynn

Christine Price Gallery
Castleton State College
Castleton, Vermont, 05735

April 11- May 15

Opening Reception with Artist Talk – Wednesday, April 13, 4:30-6:30

Gallery Hours Monday –Friday 9am-5pm

“Arcadia Now” invokes the idea of the pastoral past, and combines art in an ensemble vision of what that pastoral idea, or an idyllic place of remove, might look like in the present. Combining photography, painting, sculpture and video, the exhibition addresses issues of nature and human consequence on nature, beauty and banality, and the ideal and the real in both abstract and figurative terms. How do we “see” the country?

The artists participating in the show include:

Sally Apfelbaum
Tim Daly
Alisa Dworsky
Bill Doherty
Ken Ikeda
Justine Kurland
Nathaniel Lieb
Mary McDonnell
Rebecca Purdum
Kiki Smith
Fredrik Strid
Scott Walden
Tenesh Webber
James Welling
Aaron Williams

For more information contact: Tom McGlynn (802) 468- 6047 or William Ramage (802) 468-1266

The middle photo is of Lea, Judy and I at the Weeds and Wildness exhibit……This exhibit made me want to explore more pen and ink and even pencil in black and white….and it made me want to take more field trips with Sally, Judy and Lea.

Must Read!

I rarely read memoirs…and when I do, I rarely like them. So, when I tell you that I just finished–while sitting in the sun on my stoop–a 90 page memoir that made me actually tear up in two places and sob relentlessly in one…..I feel I have to recommend it. The photos alone are worth the trip, but it is the writing that is so pure, direct and drove straight through my brain into my heart, that made me love it. There is something so rare about a few words that make you feel someone’s life energy in a way that is not sentimental, but searing….As a primarily visual and kinesthetic artist, I have great admiration for this gift.

Growing up Italian in Chicago by Lea Bertani Vozar Newman