Jennifer Nelson

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  • Inside the Studio: Chloe Hedden

    Chloe Hedden loves her Boulder, Colorado, studio. It doesn’t matter that it’s small and in a shared workspace. Key is that it has great, north light—the best type for painting—and it’s quiet. It’s also big enough to accommodate large easels and canvases. “I think of it as my playpen,” she says. Continue Reading

  • Q&A with Mary Reilly

    Mary Reilly’s art has been featured in solo exhibitions in New York City at Garvey/Simon Art Access and the Museum of the City of New York, as well as other galleries, and in numerous group exhibitions. Her work has been included in public collections at the Bronx Museum of the Arts and the New York…

  • Literary Website Review: Meredith Sue Willis

    Meredith Sue Willis’s website is packed with information about writing and teaching, her life as a prolific writer, and resources to craft a marketable book. She splashes her website with images of her book covers, family photos, and other authors. She provides links to articles about publishing, to writing exercises, blogs, grammar questions, and literature.…

  • Q&A with Julia Randall

    Julia Randall’s drawings have been exhibited both nationally and internationally, and she is the recipient of fellowships and residency awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Yaddo, and the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. She earned her MFA from Rutgers University, and her BFA from Washington University in St. Louis. Her work…

  • Q&A with Zac Benson

    Zac Benson is an international artist whose work has been shown in Taiwan, Bulgaria, and the United States. He has had public commissions in Australia, California, New York, and Washington, D.C. He graduated with a BFA in Sculpture from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2011 and an MFA in Studio Art from the University of…

  • Q&A with Karen Fitzgerald

    Karen Fitzgerald’s work has been widely exhibited in the United States, including at the Queens Museum of Art, Islip Art Museum, Rahr-West Museum, Madison Art Museum, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Institute of Art Design, the University of Arizona Tucson, and the United Nations in New York. Her work is in the Spencer Collection of the…

  • Inside the Studio: Renae Barnard

    Renae Barnard is recognized by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) as a Leadership in Energy Accredited Professional (LEED AP) and by the International Institute for Bau-biologie® & Ecology as a Building Biologie Practitioner. She has recently completed projects in cooperation with the National Immigration Law Center and the City of Santa Monica Department…

  • Q&A with Nancy Breakstone

    Nancy Breakstone is a Connecticut-based photographer who calls herself a “water-woman.” Oceans inspire her artistically, and water sports contribute to her physical and emotional well-being. She has travelled to beaches around the world, including Playa Negra in Costa Rica where she took photos of the intricate patterns in the sand. These photos became the basis…

  • Q&A with Susan Clinard

    Susan Clinard is a prolific artist known for work that often expresses human struggles, such as mothers protecting children and the strong helping out the weak. Now living in Connecticut, she began her sculpture career over twenty years ago. She works in wood, clay, bronze, stone, and mixed media. Clinard has taught in some of…