B.J. Parker, lead instructor at the CWE’s Gateway Academy of Classical Art, is one of fifteen recipients of the 2021-22 Kranzberg Arts Foundation Resident Artists’ Program. (The timeframe for residency was extended into 2023 due to the pandemic.) An opening exhibition of Parker’s body of work, In Search: (Re)building Myth, was held on Friday,…
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Snapshots from last Saturday’s Sidewalk Sale
After what seems like years with few events in the neighborhood due to the pandemic, last Saturday’s CWE’s Sidewalk Sale was a refreshing reminder of how things used to be. The bright colors and vivid patterns on visitors, merchants and their merchandise, was refreshing and delightful. The CWE North Community Improvement District organized the July…
Part VII: What’s on B. J. Parker’s easel during the pandemic
B. J. Parker, shown in a self-portrait above, explained that the pandemic hasn’t changed a whole lot about how he works on his art. “I think this is because we visual artists spend so much time by ourselves in the studio. I think of my studio work as an opportunity to ruminate over questions about…