I began thinking about the new dance/theater I’m making while recovering from a double knee replacement surgery in July, 2011. I had to spend a lot of time recovering in stillness, "not doing" stuff”, and the work is entitled "Silence is as varied as snow." I was interested in starting the composition from that place of quiet - with lack of expectation or preconceived idea of where we were going. When I beg ...

Our lives have filled up with technology. But we still need the sun, and my Sun Boxes are collaborating with the planet and it’s relation to the sun. ...

Tyler Green reported in Modern Painters that Americans have reason to be concerned about the relationship between the arts and politics. An excerpt: "I’m not sure why U.S. art lovers are reacting with such passivity to the worst funding decreases in nearly a generation, but here’s a guess: No one is suggesting that they be mad. No one close to them is organizing a public response, demonstrating how many art ...

Not long ago, saying that an artist had a production line in their studio was considered an insult. Now a production line is a proud way of life for some artists, and the new book by Michael Petry explores. ...

In this post on the DC Youth Orchestra Program blog, arts funding, arts advocacy day, and the value of music programs for children is discussed. An excerpt: "Sometimes we forget that non-profit businesses are just businesses, subject to the same forces that drive expansion and contraction in the rest of the economy. The DC Chamber of Commerce 2011 Policy Agenda states,  'The past year has proven to be a tes ...

In his post "Art Seeks Its Own Market Level," Winkleman analyzes the attempts some artists make to control - or halt - the commodification and selling of their work and how those attempts alter the rest of the art world. An excerpt: "Go to the artists' page on Marian Goodman Gallery's website and scroll down to the section for Tino Sehgal. There is no image, of course. There wasn't one on the gallery's page ...

“I am not fragmented. It is just that the world is so compartmentalized that in order for me to be whole, I have to cross many borders.” ...