Jun
26

Bali to Cali: Bridging the Distance through Writing & Art

In 2014, I received a Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs grant to travel to Bali. During my arts residency at Yayasan Bali Purnati, I met and interviewed artists and began a series of writing about their work. Please explore this time and process with me in Kate Johnson and Michael Masucci’s video production, From Bali […]

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Jun

18

Artsy Abroad: Ketut Jaya Kaprus, Made Budhiana, & Wayan Sunadi

Budhiana’s work is generally large (a minimum of about 4-6 feet wide) and very colorful. Steady lines of bright reds, yellows, and oranges pack the canvases’ frames and tell a larger story. Humor and visual narrative, both large and integral parts of Balinese culture, are as much his medium as the paint and canvas themselves.

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May

21

Artsy Abroad: Fear, Frustration, & the Art of the Forage

Through this international foraging foray, I was able to explore artworks I would have never otherwise seen and get to know artists I would have never otherwise met. In a nutshell, it was an aesthetic experience of a lifetime.

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Feb

21

Bali Purnati art updates

I’ve been at Yayasan Bali Purnati on an arts writing residency for three weeks and it has been amazing. Below is a photo gallery of some of my favorite memories and moments thus far:

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