In part two of our series on Elizabeth Graeber I mentioned her affinity for portraiture and in part one I talked about my first impression of her work from illustrations of U.S. Presidents (each of the 44 were hung at The New Creatives exhibition earlier this spring).  Well, now you too can make out with [...]

Last Friday I attended “Cornfield,” a 30-minute performance piece created by Nancy Bannon (below) and part of Transformer Gallery‘s series on sustainable cultural production.  Walking into the gallery, which also served as the stage, I was surrounded by translucent stalks of corn stuck into the floor and standing in near darkness.  After several minutes the actors [...]

We’re on a major arts kick here and on Sunday I visited Handmade Mart in Silver Spring, which is organized by the same team that assembles Crafty Bastards every fall in Adams Morgan.  After photographing a pirate near the entrance, I checked out the booth of Baltimore artist Ned Drummond, also known as Maneating Flower.  Ned was [...]

Ok, I lied. I’m doing a three-part series (not two) on illustrator Elizabeth Graeber.  If you look up in the header of this blog, you’ll see the words, “because we have too many photos.”  Well, we mean it.  In today’s segment I want to focus on drawings Graeber made of Adrian Parsons, local artist and Worn [...]

When Barrelhouse poetry editor Dan Brady e-mailed us in April, I have to confess the linkage between our mantra and theirs seemed worlds apart.  But after purchasing a copy, reading through it and attending their issue 8 launch party on Saturday night, the connection became crystal clear.  If our photographs speak a thousand words, Barrelhouse [...]

“I want to be an illustrator,” is one of the first things Elizabeth Graeber said to me when I arrived at her home studio.  But when you’ve already created artwork for three books and are working on a fourth, you are an illustrator.  I think she knows this, but as a graduate from the Maryland [...]

Lauren’s been traveling up the East Coast with a giant backpack, a guy named Midget and a pair of fearsome dogs (upon approach I was growled at by both, although they’re each wearing innocently-looking “Outward Hound” bags on their backs).  After a few quick pictures I made a small donation to their travels and wished [...]

In college, I had the pleasure of taking a color photography course taught by the photographer and performance artist, Mary Coble.  She was a kind, encouraging, and easy-going professor who truly supported her students’ passion for photography.  One day, toward the end of the course, she presented her own work and suddenly we found that [...]

Voted “Best Shoe Store” four years in a row by the Baltimore City Paper, Ma Petite Shoe was also Baltimore Magazine’s “Best Chocolate Gifts.”  If that combination isn’t curious enough, it was also voted “Best Post-Breakup Oasis” and “Best Estrogen Heaven.” Wait a minute, Baltimore?  Isn’t Worn Magazine all about DC?  Yes but listen people, [...]

On Sunday I ran into my friend Katie, who was biking home with flowers and asparagus from the Dupont farmer’s market.  She stopped to chat and leaned against a red Ford Mustang convertible parked in front of my building.  Within seconds, the Mustang’s owner walked up in a rush and said, “that’s my car.”  I [...]