Grimanesa Amorós is an interdisciplinary artist with diverse interests in the fields of social history, scientific research and critical theory. Each has greatly influenced her work. Grimanesa makes use of sculpture, video, and lighting to create works that illuminate our notions of personal identity and community. She uses her art as an agent for empowerment…
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Lorenzo Dominguez is a prolific essayist, writer and an award-winning street photographer. Since 2010, his book, 25 Lessons I’ve Learned About Photography (… Life!) has been the #1 Best Selling Photo Essay and Artist & Photography Biography on Amazon.com. Most recently, Lorenzo edited and published a new edition of Jacob Riis’s How the Other Half…
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Helaine Fendelman is an antiques specialist, fine arts and collectibles appraiser, author and educator. Since 1997, Helaine Fendelman has co-hosted the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) television show, “Treasures in Your Attic” and is one of the writers behind the syndicated newspaper column of the same name. Helaine is also a contributing editor at Country Living…
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David Gaynes is emerging as a unique voice in the world of independent documentary film. Saving Hubble (2012) is both a love letter to the world’s most famous telescope and a document of the grassroots movement that saved it from an untimely death. Keeper of the Kohn (2005) is a portrait of Peter Kohn, a…
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In an age of disposable messages, Carla Hansen’s are deliberate and take many hours to create. This purposeful ‘writing in thread’ is a result of her lifelong love of words and pictures. Now she draws on everyday conversation, buzzwords and thoughts to make her viewer stop, think or laugh. Carla never studied embroidery at New…
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Brian Leventhal is one of the Brooklyn Winery’s founding fathers. In that capacity, he’s done everything from raising capital to managing the event and customer winemaking businesses. Brian Leventhal’s even installed a sheet rock ceiling (2 layers thick he’s happy to note) — in the Parlor room, in case you’d like to check out his…
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