Interview and Photos by Jorge Lara Las Vegas Artist Jeannie Hua current art exhibition ‘Traces And Tracings’ is featuring currently at CSN’s Charleston campus till April 22, 2023 with assistance from the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. An artist reception is set for Wednesday, April 19 at 6pm. VIM MAGAZINE : First of all congrats on being a recipient of a 2023 Nevada Arts Council Project Grant For Artists. Your project is your current solo exhibition, ‘Traces and Tracings.’ How did your exhibition come about? What inspired it and what do you hope people take from ..read more

Meet the attorney-turned-artist who subverts xenophobic narratives ..read more

Maria Gaspar is an interdisciplinary artist who lives and works in Chicago. She uses different mediums including installation, sculpture, sounds, visual arts, and performance in her practice of social justice art. In 96 Acres Project, Gaspar’s project doesn’t just incorporate different disciplines, the project is also purposefully long term in time. By using various mediums and choices in individuals of varying ages, cultures, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds, Gaspar is a conductor over a symphony of voices and instruments. Her success lies not from manipulations over the musicians ..read more

David Reed was born in 1946. He grew up in California. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Reed College in 1968 and after graduation, studied with Philip Guston in New York. He’s an American contemporary artist and his influences range from Renaissance to New York School. His paintings are known for images of large brush strokes and bright colors although he did paint in black and white as well. The choice of shape and hues of his vertical and horizontal paintings mimic celluloid films, channeling engagement between physicality of the paintings and the illusion they create. Through formalist ..read more

More mixed media inspired by my “Sculpting Space: Design, Architecture, and Sacred Systems in Africa and the Diaspora” class at School of the Art Institute of Chicago ..read more

Another mixed media work inspired by my “Sculpting Space: Design, Architecture, and Sacred Systems in Africa and the Diaspora” class at School of the Art Institute of Chicago. “My Private Lexicon,” collage, magazine paper, acrylic, gel medium, 24”x18”x0 ..read more

I took a wonderful class during my spring semester at School of the Art Institute of Chicago called “Sculpting Space: Design, Architecture, and Sacred Systems in Africa and the Diaspora.” I was inspired by the cultural interchange from trade between West African countries and China. I also started researching cave art found in China to discern the parallels between China and West Africa. This is one of the collages I made as part of my class assignments. “If nothing is permanent then everything is permanent,” collage, magazine paper, gel medium, 26”x18”x0 ..read more

“Air, Water, Sun,” collage, magazine paper, acrylic, and gel medium, 26”x18”x0 ..read more

When I started creating my collages, my friends loved them. It was at their request did I start selling them. But when they asked about my art, their hesitation in even asking the question made me sad. Why are perfectly intelligent people intimidated by art? Even by bad art? I suppose all the brouhaha started in the mid 1800's when artists like Édouard Manet and Paul Cézanne started to paint whatever the hell they wanted instead of what the rich and the royalty wanted. It was supposed to be giving art back to the common people. And art became more personal instead of political or religious. Th ..read more

Louise Bourgeois had based her art works on her personal life. She had problems with her philandering father and her mother provided the love and support she needed. Her most famous works are of these giant spiders that Bourgeois explained depicted her mother, how she protected and supported Bourgeois. I understand that spiders play a far more beneficial role in our ecosystem than us humans. But the size, material and style of the spiders Bourgeois chose seem to show a darker side to maternal love. Protection is a fine line from sequestration. When you protect, you can keep out as well as keep ..read more