by Melissa Rechin | Mar 4, 2020 | Meet the Artist
Get to know Artist Darya Warner A conversation with Darya Warner Born in Ukraine, Darya immigrated to the USA in 2001 to pursue a career as an artist. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 2014 with a focus on Bioart and pursued her Masters at University at...
by Melissa Rechin | Oct 30, 2019 | Meet the Artist
Meet the Artist Lynne McElhaney was a native of Dunkirk, NY. She graduated from Buffalo State College with a B.S. in Art Education in 1964 and a M.S. in Art Education in 1972. During her undergraduate time, she studied abroad in Siena, Italy and did graduate work in...
by Melissa Rechin | Sep 11, 2019 | Meet the Artist
Meet the Artist: Kathie Aspaas A conversation with Kathie Aspaas Kathie Aspaas is a mixed media artist and printmaker originating from Houston, Texas, and is the owner of Aspen House Press, a studio and workshop in Williamsville, NY. Believing that art is a...
by Kim Stacy | Aug 30, 2019 | Meet the Artist
Meet the Artist: Julio Enrique Flores A conversation with Julio Enrique Flores How did you first get started creating visual art? In 1977, the year Star Wars exploded, I coveted my 2nd-grade classmate’s skill at drawing Darth Vader from memory, so he gave me a...
by Kim Stacy | Aug 28, 2019 | Meet the Artist
Meet the Artists: Ginny O’Brien & Michael Basinski A conversation with Ginny O’Brien & Michael Basinski How did you each get started in the visual arts, and when did you first decide to combine your styles the way you have for this show? Michael: Back in the...
by Kim Stacy | Aug 15, 2019 | Meet the Artist
Meet the Artist: Mark Lavatelli A conversation with Mark Lavatelli What is Encaustic art and how did you get started in it? What makes it unique? Encaustic is an ancient and permanent painting technique in which the binder is beeswax. Unlike linseed oil or synthetic...
