by rlevine9 | Aug 1, 2015 | Kathy Halper Art & Embroidery
I found this article fascinating, and in light of recent events in my career, very timely. I LOVE being a part of the gallery system. There is nothing like the thrill of seeing a body of work you have spent months or years working on being displayed in a gorgeous...
by rlevine9 | Jul 25, 2015 | Kathy Halper Art & Embroidery
I really enjoyed this article from The Guardian about an upcoming exhibit Joseph Cornell: Wanderlust at the Royal Academy in London until 27 September. It reads like a life story of an artist I’ve longed adored but never bothered to study: The box is the central...
by rlevine9 | Jul 24, 2015 | News
When I was 6, my 1st grade teacher called up my parents and told them they needed to get me a dog. Which they promptly did. You didn’t say no to my first grade teacher. I’ll probably never realize my dream of singing a solo in a Stephen Sondheim musical onstage. I...
by rlevine9 | Jul 22, 2015 | Kathy Halper Art & Embroidery
Chiharu Shiota Trace of Memory Find Unforgettable Art In A Most Unlikely Place: A Pittsburgh Mattress Factory (Reprinted from NPR.org) The Mattress Factory hasn’t been an actual mattress factory for a while now. Built on a hillside in the Central Northside...
by rlevine9 | Jul 20, 2015 | Kathy Halper Art & Embroidery
I recently added a section to my website of my Street People Series in the Painting section. Willie, the man in the image above, was the one that became the most personal for me. Willie sat in a wheelchair with his white cup at the corner of Michigan Ave and Randolph...