If you were to walk by MICA’s Stu­dio Cen­ter on North Avenue (close to what I am told is the slow­est McDonald’s in the world) dur­ing the month of Jan­u­ary, then you most likely saw the work of Jowita Wys­zomirska through the win­dow of MICA’s Cura­to­r­ial Stud­ies gallery, The Tem­po­rary. Three site-specific instal­la­tions were fea­tured ...

Last week, I vis­ited the lovely stu­dio (and home) of illus­tra­tor Yelena Bryk­senkova. Yelena’s illus­tra­tions have gained trac­tion since she has grad­u­ated from MICA, and she’s quickly becom­ing known for her ele­gant draw­ings of women and images adorned with pat­terns ref­er­enc­ing East­ern Euro­pean folk art. Images via Yelena’s web­site. Image via Yelena’s blog. Yelena uses a ...

If you par­tic­i­pated in the Col­lage Scrap Exchange and made some­thing with your scraps, I have cre­ate a place where you can show it off! I’ve received col­lages from a few folks and am very excited about what ya’ll have been mak­ing. I’d love to see more. So, sub­mit through the web­site or email me ...

I made a Tum­blr to sup­ple­ment what I am doing here on Brown Paper Bag! It will include stuff not fea­tured on this blog (as well as a few things that are). Fol­low me and look for artists, videos, and more! ...

Remem­ber the Col­lage Scrap Exchange I orga­nized? Well, I exchanged with two peo­ple and finally got around to play­ing with the scraps I was sent. Here is what I’ve made so far, chal­leng­ing myself to work with a lim­ited pal­lette and think about tex­ture through weav­ing. Over­all, it got my brain work­ing another way and was ...

Last week, I made a visit to the stu­dio of Her­monie Only. Housed in the base­ment of the house in which she lives, it is dark and a bit haunt­ing, but also serene and authen­tic feel­ing to the work she makes. Her­monie, a b-grant award win­ner, uses both sculp­ture and paint­ing to explore ideas preva­lent ...

Do you work in col­lage? I do! Recently, Steven Rid­dle and I traded our scraps and made work that merges both of our papers. It was a lot of fun and a good chal­lenge to apply the way you typ­i­cally work with some­body else’s sensibilities. So, my ques­tion to you col­lage artists out there (all ...

Last week I had the immense plea­sure of meet­ing with Chris­tine Buck­ton Till­man in her home stu­dio in Bal­ti­more. Upon enter­ing Christine’s house (which she shares with hus­band Robert), there is a sense of fun and plea­sure that per­me­ates the walls. Upstairs, her stu­dio space is col­or­ful and cel­e­bra­tory, as the walls are adorned with ...

Brown Paper Bag on Big Things! Mosey on over to Rebecca’s blog, Big Things to read my post about USSR build­ings. They look out of this world! ...

Rebecca Gold­schmidt of Big Things and I can’t stop doing these Time Travel Tues­day guest posts! They are a lot of fun and I’m always inspired by what she choses. Rebecca has a great eye and really takes advan­tage of where ever she may be to look at the local art, or take in a ...