“Hey,” you are thinking, “Sarah Rose Sharp, I love to hear your thoughts connected to very cool art by other people, and also some of their words, too!” Well, well, have I got a fun day for you! Tomorrow – that’s Thursday, March 1st. First, I will be over at […]
It was a huge honor to be asked to guest-jury this year’s exhibition, especially in the first year it has been renamed to honor Gilda Snowden. We received so many wonderful submissions, and I am crazy in love with how the show turned out. I hope you will be, too! […]
Perhaps you’ve been thinking that I’ve been writing a little less frequently than usual, and wondering what I’ve been up to, besides going to innumerable fun breakfasts with artists. First of all, that feels a little judgy, so you might want to look at that. But also, I’ve been guest […]
Hey y’all – I am the guest juror for the 2018 Snowden Exhibition (formerly called the Silver Medal Exhibition) at the Scarab Club. Pertinent information is below. Definitely submit! BUT ALSO DEFINITELY DO NOT CONTACT ME ABOUT SUBMISSIONS OR SEND WORK TO ME – follow the instructions below, or be […]
DETROIT — To those who consume it, fruit may be among nature’s most delicious treats, but fruits are also reproductive bodies. “Its [fruit’s] entire design is to better produce the next generation,” said Mary Eddy, one of four participating artists in the group show May Contain Fruit at the Scarab Club. “That […]
The Scarab Club has been a Detroit art institution since its opening in October of 1928 (as the Scarab “clubhouse”). Its rich history of visiting and local artists is famously catalogued by the collection of signatures on the wood beams of its second-floor lounge. The beams display some 230-plus signatures, […]
We may live in a post-print, digital world, but our ability to so widely distribute writing and visual ideas is due to the invention of various forms of printing. While digital technology has surpassed analogue printing techniques as the premier form of informational communication (when was the last time you […]
Magical realism is the watchword of the Whitney Snow solo retrospective on display at the Scarab Club – the first since the painter’s passing in 2006. Snow certainly captured the spirit of magic realism, wherein surreal or “magical” elements are introduced to otherwise everyday scenarios. Likewise, his large-format paintings contain […]