In art, the term “negative space” refers to the area around the subject. In a still life featuring a bouquet of flowers, for example, the flowers and vase are the positive space and what surrounds it, the negative space. Woodworker Jerome Fleischman was intrigued by...
If Marilyn Evans is being honest, she was none too happy when her husband, Bill, asked if he could help her with her weaving projects, just, you know, to give it a try. “That rubbed me wrong,” she says. “This was my territory, and I...
As spring gives way to summer, all we can think about here at WA&A is getting out into nature. This issue is filled with homes that not only embrace nature but call it into living spaces and flow seemingly without burden or barriers. Two homes...
Jaime Rummerfield’s passion for preserving California’s signature architecture informs her award-winning interior design. A revered tastemaker, best known for her work on iconic properties and landmark projects, including the Standard Hotel on Sunset Boulevard, Greystone Mansion, and The Beverly Hills Women’s Club, Rummerfield, the principal...
According to the American Alliance of Museums, attendance five years post-pandemic is improving for many museums; however, most institutions are still struggling to bring back visitors and retain members, which is wreaking havoc on budgets. One theory is that people fell out of the habit...
If the love of art has a genetic component, Sue Simpson Gallagher’s penchant for collecting was surely passed down through many generations of hearty Westerners who helped cultivate art appreciation in the barren lands of Wyoming. My paternal great-grandparents were patrons and her maternal great-grandfather...
Spring sales of Western art brought hefty amounts for weighty works of headline artists including Charles M. Russell and Frederic Remington, and contemporary heavyweights such as Kyle Polzin and Gladys Roldan-de-Moras. Auction organizers, museum officials, and gallerists remarked on the exuberance of the genre’s admirers and...
Artists never cease to amaze me with their absolute dedication to craft and their drive to keep working despite regular visits from art’s capricious muse: One day is bliss, the next, pure struggle, uphill all the way. No matter, artists keep returning to the studio...
The Western installation-fiber-art duo Emilie Odeile and Ken Chapin are so in sync that they regularly finish each other’s sentences. Like when talking about winning an Arts in Society grant through Colorado Creative Industries, to make a life-sized replica of Margaret Wise Brown’s children’s book...
Alexandra Manukyan’s latest body of work is a surrealist exploration of femininity, mythology, and fashion. Born and raised in Armenia, she studied there at the Fine Art College and the State Pedagogical University before immigrating to the United States where she has made her home...