Art, it’s a Job Art doesn’t make itself. It takes planning, time and effort to create. For an artist working alone in the studio, nothing happens unless you make it… Read More
Genre: Archive
Transferring the image to canvas
Transferring the image to canvas I’m a little behind in my blogging, so I thought I would try and catch up some now. I’ve just returned from the Conversations in… Read More
April 27. . . Trio in Austin, and Perception Shift
This week we head to Austin for Trio’s premiere at The Filigree Theatre. Early in the week, director Elizabeth V. Newman asks me to write the playwright’s notes for the… Read More
How I started as an Artist.
How I started as an artist. I am excited to be selected as one of the grant recipients and want to begin with an introduction. Originally from Miami I have… Read More
Being a Creator
Being a Creator When you are a creator you are constantly in the process of bringing art into being. From the thinking and planning stages to the actual production phase,… Read More
Cauldron Veil
Hackenwerth post #5. Cauldron Veil Next week I will be installing at The Exploratorium in San Francisco as part of an exciting new exhibit called Inflatable. It is an incredible… Read More
Inspiration #2: Reading
Inspiration #2: Reading It goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway: the best writers read. What is the impulse of the person who says she wants to write a… Read More
Gogo
Gogo My late grandfather (Gogo) was the coolest person I’ve ever known – he was cool when I was sixteen, and to this day I’ve never met anyone who comes… Read More
Failure is the Best Teacher
Failure is the Best Teacher The skeleton photographed below was once a beautiful model. But after I set the bulky 4- x 5-inch camera on a tripod, calculated the exposure… Read More
We Are All Clones of Steven Spielberg
Or Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, Michael Moore… Steven Spielberg says he began his film career early, as a twelve-year-old boy scout, using the family’s film camera to fulfill a scout… Read More
