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kristinacampbell
Jul 3, 202310 min read
Alone Together
The walls at Artful are lined with a singular procession of life-sized interconnected nude bodies, eleven figures in total. Eleven carved...
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kristinacampbell
Nov 15, 20225 min read
The Vikings Are Here!
My deep fascination with Viking culture and the Norse gods began with a peculiar experience I had in a Viking graveyard, Lindholm Høje,...
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kristinacampbell
Aug 29, 20223 min read
Here, There, Somewhere, Nowhere
It’s been over a hundred years since Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque began using collage in their work, elevating collage into the...
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kristinacampbell
Aug 5, 20223 min read
Time Travel
An artist can act as mediator, creating a portal through which the viewer can transport themselves to another place and time. Even though...
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kristinacampbell
Feb 25, 20223 min read
A Reverence for Life
Man Alive! was conceived as a companion to Artful’s “Maiden, Mother and Crone” from the summer of 2021. I thought that the subject of...
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kristinacampbell
Sep 3, 20214 min read
The Proust Questionnaire : Lois Goodnough
An entertaining and revealing conversation with artist Lois Goodnough. Lois's paintings are part of the Maiden, Mother, and Crone...
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kristinacampbell
Aug 27, 20213 min read
The Proust Questionnaire : Janice Hofman
A candid conversation with artist Janice Hofman about her life and creative process. Janice's art is part of the Maiden, Mother, and...
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kristinacampbell
Aug 21, 20213 min read
The Proust Questionnaire : Ivy Miller
A peek inside the creative mind of artist Ivy Miller. Ivy's paintings are part of the Maiden, Mother, and Crone Exhibition at Artful :...
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kristinacampbell
Aug 12, 20212 min read
Women by Women for Women
image credit: (left) Corinna Darcie, (upper) Phyllis Serota, (lower) Ivy Miller, (next five images) Sasha Huska, (remaining four images...
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kristinacampbell
Jul 29, 20213 min read
Gilded Elephants
Today, a visitor to the the gallery asked me why I had a gilded elephant hanging in the gallery. While in Copenhagen a few years ago, I...
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kristinacampbell
Jun 3, 20211 min read
O Canada
O Canada What is this you have done? Both church and state, conspire to neglect your fate, The lies we told, the land we stole, Your...
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kristinacampbell
May 13, 20212 min read
Go Big!
I’ve had the pleasure of spending the past few weeks at Artful : The Gallery surrounded by the larger than life canvases created by Mark...
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kristinacampbell
Nov 21, 20205 min read
The Art of Being Derivative
Image: Wesley Clark, Derivative Women Series, #2, 1998 - after Rodin ‘Steal Like an Artist’… the title of Austin Kleon’s fabulous little...
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kristinacampbell
Sep 22, 20204 min read
Naked...as in vulnerability
As I posted my video on Facebook of the new exhibition at Artful : The Gallery, the organic views prompted Facebook to suggest it might...
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kristinacampbell
Aug 7, 20203 min read
The Queen of Discontent
Years ago, two friends of mine founded a musical duo called “Kings of Discontent”. When they told me their name my immediate response...
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kristinacampbell
Jun 13, 20204 min read
Why Calibrate?
And what if you slept, And what if In your sleep You dreamed And what if In your dream You went to Heaven And there plucked a strange and...
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kristinacampbell
Jun 8, 20204 min read
I sit quietly at my table...
Sitting here at the table with tired, dry eyes. I let my lids fall, washing them with moisture into cool darkness. As I settle in to my...
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kristinacampbell
Jan 17, 20205 min read
This is How...
For the past year or so I have been hanging out in the liminal (stay with me, I’ll explain). I am at a transition point, shifting from...
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