Disclosure: I’ve been accepted into one of the Spring 2025 art residency cohorts at the Chateau d’Orquevaux. I’m deep into planning what I want to make and write there. That entails my usual obsessive research. I came across this enchanting little self-published book by well-known illustration artist Christina Wald. Château d’Orquevaux, A Travelogue distills Wald’s…
Read More Review: Chateau d’Orquevaux, A TravelogueWiser heads and a month of planning have prevailed: I’m saving the ‘big’ projects for later grants applications here in the States. The Chateau in a typical March is just not set up for projects the size & complexity of ‘Crystal Curtain’ or ‘Sky Tent’. Then add to that the rigors of shipping from Arizona…
Read More Art Residency 2025: Chateau d’Orquevaux, part 2Go into a thrift store, any thrift store. Keep your eyes open: not necessarily for treasures, but for *stories*. Chances are, if you are alert, you’ll stumble across items that seem to resonate with questions, half-guessed histories, and unfinished quests. In February of 2024, I wandered by a shelf of carpentry tools in a local…
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