Monthly Archives: October 2015

Six months after my experience with Marie Lorenz’s Tide and Current Taxi, I interviewed her in her Bushwick, Brooklyn, studio. Thanks to her father and uncle, Lorenz spent much of her childhood in canoes and feels at home on the … Continue reading →

I was glancing through the New York Times one day in September 2010 when I found myself transfixed by a series of small black-and-white photographs titled Inaccessible New York. The photos featured rusty submarine parts, views of a desolate, windswept … Continue reading →

In 2011 I attended the Art + Environment Conference at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno. I sat with the weight of the enormous exhibition catalog pressed against my knees and listened to an all-male panel of artists discussing … Continue reading →

                Historically, in American culture, the narrative of “the quest” is masculine; even in the present, it’s difficult to find heroic female explorers for inspiration or guidance. The few anomalies, whether historical figures … Continue reading →