As many of our readers know, Proximity Arts was started as a collaborative blog by the first low residency MFA class at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Over the past two plus years we have used the blog as a way to share our thoughts on art and art making, taking some short … Continue reading
Category Archives: Contributors Work
Self Portraits: Contributor Series
Recently contributor Leslie Belloso was invited to give the commencement speech at Crisfield High School in Maryland. Her speech below contains more than just advice for high school seniors, it is a moving description of her life so far and the lessons she has learned living it. We create our destinies through the choices we make … Continue reading
Q&A Beverly Ryan – Contributor Series
Get to know our authors through the new Contributor Series. A group of short posts from Proximity Arts members. Allow us to share our work and our thoughts on making work with you. Beverly Ryan has a lot going on she is an Art League instructor, Torpedo Factory Artist and student. Recently she sat down … Continue reading
Kitchen Sink Theory: Ken Kewley
“The statements, ‘You cannot make it up’ and ‘You must make it up’ are both true. We must let both guide us. What we put down on our paper are real things that we can adjust just as we adjust objects in a still life.” ~Ken Kewley Recently I had the opportunity to take … Continue reading
My Body: Contributor Series
Get to know our authors through the new Contributor Series. A group of short posts from Proximity Arts members. Allow us to share our work and our thoughts on making work with you. For the first instillation Ilene has written a paragraph that speaks to the relationships between still life, landscape and the figure. This poetic … Continue reading
New Contributor: Bárbara Díaz-Tapia
Bárbara Díaz-Tapia One of the original Proximity Arts show members, Bárbara’s profile has recently been added to our contributors page. Click here to read more about our other contributors… Bárbara Díaz-Tapia is a multidisciplinary artist and art educator who is interested in her country’s history. In 2006 she got her BFA at Escuela de Artes … Continue reading