Tag Archives: travel

Getting Ready For Art and Adventure in Italy

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Babs

    Getting ready for a month in Italy. Most of my time will be spent in the city of Prato 30 minutes from Florence. Hopefully a photo of the town I found online appears above. A quick internet search … Continue reading →

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Is Regionalism Relevant to the Art World?

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Babs

I spent most of my early life in Detroit, never living more than a block from where I was born. A child’s world-view can be naive. Our neighborhood was ethnically diverse, so I assumed most of the country was the … Continue reading →

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Art as Hope

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Babs

I frequently draw parallels between the depressed economic situation in Detroit and Ukraine where a third of the population lives below the poverty line. I grew up in Detroit and have only visited Ukraine on three occasions. Yet, its culture … Continue reading →

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