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Surprising Responses to Your Art

January 3, 2012 3 Comments

Part of the thrill of making art is discovering how your audience interacts with your work. In our conversations with artists in numerous disciplines, we've asked: What's the most surprising response to your work you've ever received? Kathleen Volp, visual artist I have been under the impression that the subject of many of my pieces was a deeply textured cantaloupe. I was … [Read more...]

Mary Kocol Gets the Blues

September 2, 2010 Leave a Comment

And she gets the greens, and the pinks and the umbers. Neither full daylight nor complete darkness, the blue hour is rife with intense color and emotion. When the sun goes below the horizon and ambient light surrounds us, photographer Mary Kocol (Film & Video Fellow '99) goes into action. We asked Mary to tell us about her work as a photographer. When did you first … [Read more...]

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