This just in from author and blogger Mira Bartok: Mira's List 2012 Art Contest GRAND PRIZE: $500 2nd PLACE: $100 ENTRY FEE: $8 DEADLINE: March 31, 2012 Judges: Mary Sherman, Curator, Critic & Director of TransCultural Exchange and Wendy M. Watson, Curator at the Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art Grand Prize Winner will receive: • $500 cash prize • an … [Read more...]
Mira Bartok Talks The Memory Palace
Years ago, Mira Bartók's work as an artist and writer was threatened when a car accident and subsequent brain injury made even the most basic functions of memory a major struggle. Yet rather than shy away, Mira makes memory a central organizing idea of her memoir about life with a schizophrenic mother; the book is called, in fact, The Memory Palace. Similarly, the accident … [Read more...]