Shinzaburo Takeda, A Japanese Master Artist in Mexico
Who taught ASARO, The Assembly of Revolutionary Artists of Oaxaca? Oddly enough, these radical young Mexican artists learned the art of printmaking from a mild-mannered, seventy-five year old Japanese master named Shinzaburo Takeda.
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Dorcas—Part II
Doris “Dorcas” Weidner—painter, sculptor, photographer, art historian, poet, carpenter, naturalist, environmentalist, animal lover, teacher—all of these and so much more.
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Fox Among the Geese
Ask Marilyn Fox if she’s a political artist, and you’ll get an answer that’s not especially straightforward. Politics of different sorts influence many aspects of our lives, she says. There may be less-than-obvious political subtexts in some of her work.
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Dorcas
Chet once told Dorcas, “There is one important thing that artists have that the average person does not – the ability to see. The average person looks at things, but the artist sees things. You taught me how to see.”
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An Interview with a “Green Photographer”
Tara Morrison, a local artist, specializes in photography of children – while doing whatever is needed, for every step, to enable her to produce her work in a completely eco-friendly manner. For a photographer to be so environmentally conscious is indeed a rare thing – working with children while doing what she can to preserve their earth.
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The Walls of Oaxaca
A gallery of powerful images from Oaxaca and the talented artists of the ASARO collective.
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ASARO: Images of Oaxaca
Off the Wall: Radical Graffiti and prints from Oaxaca, photos by Kevin McCloskey, 2008.
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Hasta Cosas Cambian: Until Things Change
The Committee to Protect Journalists ranks Mexico among the most dangerous countries for reporters in Latin America. Even the truck drivers delivering the Oaxacan newspapers have been gunned down.
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The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be
It’s one of the reasons why I get upset when flipping through the channels and there’s stuff about pixies and elves on the Sci-Fi Channel as well as UFO’s and ghosts on the Science Channel. It’s another way of bastardizing public thought.
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Ed Terrell – A Life In Art
Art is not an easy profession, but I felt I needed to stick with it because it made me feel good. It was something coming from me. It was something I could control. Even with the ups and downs of the so-called starving artist I’ve stayed with this and till this day I’m very thankful that I did.
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