At the outset of the first Gulf War, Irish artist Michelle Rogers painted a series about the conflict. Her work garnered attention from Amnesty International, which in 1993 commissioned her to paint and live in Bosnia. The result is called the "Dark Heart" series, which is currently on display at the UN Plaza as part of an exhibit marking the ten-year anniversary of the … [Read more...] about Irish Artist’s “Dark Heart” is on Exhibition at the U.N.
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The Apple of Molly’s Eye
Molly Shannon, husband Fritz Chestnut, and one-year-old daughter Stella pose at the Big Apple Fest exhibit ar the Orchard Gallery in New York City in October. The first annual Fest planted 300 fiberglass apples around the city. After two months on the streets, the apples, painted by artists from around the world, were sold at auction with proceeds benefiting the Police Athletic … [Read more...] about The Apple of Molly’s Eye
The Met’s New Pres
Irish-American Emily Kernan Rafferty will become the next president of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. A 28-year employee of the Metropolitan, Rafferty will take over on the retirement of David E. McKinney on January 15, 2005. A native of New York City, Kernan Rafferty earned her B.A. degree cum laude from Boston University in 1971 and began her professional career that year … [Read more...] about The Met’s New Pres
To Know Here and There
To Know Here and There is my thesis project undertaken while studying for my MFA in Photography and Related Media at the School of Visual Arts in New York. It is a continuation of my ongoing exploration of the subject's identification with place. With this work I depict the connection with one's homeland as tied to the people of that place. Taking the form of pairs, images … [Read more...] about To Know Here and There
Bog Treasures
Five thousand years ago, on the windswept edge of Western Europe, near the village of Ballycastle, halfway between Benwee Head and Killala Bay, a community of farmers, cattlemen, crafters of wood and stone, men and women of passionate beliefs were engaged in an organic and spiritual existence alongside the daunting, relentless sea cliffs of North Mayo. The primeval forest of … [Read more...] about Bog Treasures