If you know me, you know that I hold a special kind of disdain for the specific cultural practice of weddings. I’m fine with people getting married to whomsoever they love, or wish to legally partner with, or quietly hate but use for financial stability, but I find it tremendously […]
Honored to be in this heavy-hitting lineup of interviewees for the Summer issue of Detroit Cultural: ISSUE 002_SPRING 2019 out June 14, 2019…“What are the social and political responsibilities of artistic, curatorial, and critical practice?”..Featuring interviews with:@aaronkfoley@scotthockingdetroit@lauramottcurator@youngglobal@michaelstonerichards@mobilehomesteader
Reason #10,000 that I am terminally single: I voluntarily signed up for a 4-week class titled Reading Walden in the Anthropocene at the Detroit arm of Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, because it sounded fun and interesting to me. I get it, man, I think too much. But it was […]
I want to write something about organizational problems. I want to write something about Corrie Baldauf. I want to write something about life and art and how I’m learning to do those things. I want to write something because I feel like it, not because it is my job, or […]
It was pretty unambiguous that I would like the Little Free Library movement — I love to read, I love books, I love direct action, I love miniatures. So an organization dedicated to placing 70,000 (and counting!) open-access library boxes in communities across 85 countries (to date!), that essentially began […]
Chuffed as always to have some of my selections included in this year’s Top 20 Exhibitions Across the United States at Hyperallergic! I saw some really amazing shows this year, and it’s great to get an opportunity to call out the good work being done in the Midwest. Congrats to […]
The greatest honor and privilege as an arts writer is being afforded the opportunity to lift up creative talent and the people who work long, hard, and tirelessly to bring new, risky, and important forms of expression to life. A few of my picks made this list, and they are […]
Today I’d like to remind you about a couple things you artist-types out there can and should be applying for, and also talk for a minute about learning to withstand rejection. First off, here’s a reminder about Signal-Return‘s Poster Competition. The deadline to enter is approaching. I am one of […]
It is paradoxical to think so, but conspiracy theories are actually fairly reassuring. They suggest that the bad things that happen are in some way organized and someone is directly responsible for them. Perhaps bad people are in charge, but at least someone is at the wheel. Likewise, for all […]
It is time for one of my rare Unpaid and Unsolicited Promotions of Something Awesome. This is a special category I reserve for outstanding effort on the part of sometimes-unsung heroes who are being the change they want to see in this sometimes-motherfucker of a world. Casey Rocheteau is one […]