Verbal Map
Verbal MAP shares artist studio visits, artist career development what nots and words of wisdom, and art obsessions and discoveries.
An Introduction
Four months into my relocation to Seattle, I started the what’s next dialogue with myself. I was getting itchy for my personal 2.0. Life as I knew it had drastically changed and I was not quite recovered, but healing, from my losses in 2020. Like all of us. But it was...
In The Studio with Jennifer Vanderpool
Verbal Map studio visit artist Jennifer Vanderpool As in-the-flesh studio visits are a tad hampered at the moment, I reached out to artist Jennifer Vanderpool for a virtual visit. The Lovely Ms. Vanderpool Jennifer is a multi-disciplinary artist and community arts...
MAP’s (sort of) Annual Gift Guide
Amazingly enough, the Holidays are here. I probably marvel at the passage of time every year, but the current time space continuum seems wildly off its axis. This season, as a transplanted, born-and-bred Angelino, I am looking forward to having true winter...
On a personal note x brand refresh
I won’t get any argument that this year has sucked. The universe really pulled the rug out from under us. Humans are hardwired to lean into a sense of hope, and this year has really tested us. We’re also social animals and we’ve been dealt a doozy regarding that...
The Beauty of Elizabeth Turk
The beauty, strength and sensitivity of Turk’s work expressed through marble, nature and human interaction.
New artist fave (and others I love)
A head for art and my latest art collecting obsession (or maybe one that’s been with me all along. {…}
Jason Jones – altered thrift store
When Big Foot interrupts beauty and muppets mess up an otherwise perfect moment {…}
“The Truth About Art & Business”
The Truth About Art & Business, Pt 1 {…}
Let there be (Holiday) light(s)!
Brightening up the Holidays
‘Tis the Season; Here are some Arty Gift Ideas for Vous
Ho Ho How’s we get here? Holidays wha? Year’s flown by. Nice that a new one’s right around the corner and we can soon reset and reboot. Here's some fun and arty Holiday gift ideas. Perfect for the creatives in your life, or a gateway to convert the nonbelievers....
MAP on the Road: Boise x James Castle House
I had the great fortune to be brought back to Boise, ID in June for a week-long engagement as “artist adviser in residence” at Surel’s Place, sponsored by the Idaho Commission on the Arts. I’d been at Surel’s Place two years prior for a Business of Art lecture, and...
A very pleasant visit with an old friend, artist Gegam Kacherian
I have known Gegam for many moons. Always a fan, it was nothing less than a pleasure catching up with him in his studio last fall. In all the time I’ve known Gegam, his inspiring dedication to his practice and work’s message and mission, potent yet unpretentious, has...
Annenberg Round Two – Goal Planning
I am quite pleased to have been asked back for a second lecture at the Annenberg Space for Photography. On January 21, 2018, I'll present "Planning for Success: Goal-setting for Artists". Apparently folks are into this workshop, which is super, so I am not sure there...
Show Me the Money, please?
I had the recent fortune of contributing to an article on Artsy.net, “Financial Advice for Artists from Four Experts”. I traditionally find interviews as exciting as potentially nerve-racking, my having endured a fair share of wild misquotes. I found the results of...
For my Annenberg lecture friends (and others who may find this post helpful)
Hello, Lovely Annenberg Friends! My heartfelt thanks to you all for attending Sunday’s lecture at the Annenberg Space for Photography. Gorgeous digs there, eh? I hope you are fully recovered, and enjoying your 400-page, connect the dots tome that accompanied you home....
My Talk at the Annenberg Space Photography (plus I am much better at posting on Facebook)
I am so so so much better about posting on my McLean Art Projects Facebook page. Not so much with the blog. I’ve been swamped silly (plus I way over think blog postings) and that will end (as will hopefully the way overthinking part). I have a few fantastic studio...
Oh Boise (ID)!
Towards the end of last year, I gave a business of art lecture at Surel’s Place in Boise, ID, sponsored by the Idaho Arts Commission and American’s for the Arts’ National Arts Marketing Project. I’d never been to Boise and knew little about the city or state for that...
Listen To This: “The Theory Of Hugs”, Brought To You By The Organist
I admit to being a podcast junkie. Amusing, informative and chock-full of the new and different, in addition to enriching my knowledge and expanding my personal perspective, they certainly beat being drowned in the current political crazy. Not so long ago I heard...
Slowing it down for art
Did you know that the average human attention span is now less than that of a goldfish? Yipes. I also read that an average person has 70,000 thoughts per day, which is an average of 49 per minute. That's a lot. We live under the (self-imposed) demand of a franticly...
And Speaking of SMMoA…
When the Santa Monica Museum of Art was at Bergamot Station Art Center, years before its recent reincarnation as the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, I saw a Marco Brambillo video show there, The Dark Lining, that blew my mind. Marco...