A personal newsletter from mosaic artist Rachel Sager about her work restoring The Ruins, an abandoned Pennsylvania coal operation, where mosaic art and the site's history meet. Issues mix reflections on craft and first principles in art with updates on the Holdfast lichen-framed installation project and everyday life at the studio.
Website: https://rachelsager.substack.com
A cultural newsletter of personal essays and reviews covering films, museum shows, hotels, and art-world observations, written in a witty, self-aware voice. Readers get critical takes on exhibitions like Danh Vo's and reflections on taste, class and contemporary culture.
An artist-author shares behind-the-scenes accounts of how his paintings, especially the Dinotopia series, were made. Readers get practical detail on preparatory studies, model posing, maquettes and sources of inspiration.
Deeply researched profiles and histories of animators and films from around the world, with a focus on Japanese animation and independent artists. Each issue also includes animation news bits and a closing note.
Personal essays on relationships, thinking, creativity and agency, written from a family life on a Baltic island. Readers get reflective, exploratory writing that works through questions such as why music moves us and how to get unstuck creatively.
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