SUBSTACK: The Museum of Drawers: famous artists collaborating in miniature
Creativity blooms best when it's shared with your friends.
SUBSTACK: Calder's "Spirale" sculpture and its best friend, the Eiffel Tower
Imagining 1958 at the Palais de l'UNESCO in Paris, and I'm selling a vintage photograph of it!
SUBSTACK: I have a crush on Abstract Expressionist artist Arshile Gorky.
Arshile Gorky: The modern painter who I would have been following around with puppy-dog eyes in the 1930s.
SUBSTACK: Elaine de Kooning Paints a Picture
The selected writings of a cherished Abstract Expressionist painter made a firm mark on the history of art. Sharing excerpts from The Spirit of Abstract Expressionism, featuring Josef Albers, Buckminster Fuller, Jackson Pollock, Hans Hofmann, and more.
SUBSTACK: YSL's 1965 Autumn/Winter Couture Mondrian Collection
On how the prolific artist's visual cadre became a cultural staple of fashion and design. Merci, Yves Saint Laurent !
SUBSTACK: Honeymooning in Venice
Venice is a honeymoon spot for a reason. Ciao punctuations, lots of boating, and the art of turning a dead-end into a piece of magic. We visited the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, steered a boat with Row Venice, ate one million sweets, and enjoyed photography at the Venice Biennale.
SUBSTACK: The singular book on Hans Hofmann's School of Fine Arts supply list
Modern painter and educator Hans Hofmann prescribed one book to his students on an introductory syllabus for his art school, the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts in Provincetown, Massachusetts: Expressionism in Art.
SUBSTACK: Le Corbusier's Keyboard of Colors, Eames Greige, and other hue symphonies.
A collection of artists and architects who were known for particular colors and color palettes, including their connection to sound. Explore the colored worlds of Le Corbusier, Charles and Ray Eames, Yves Klein, and Wassily Kandinsky.
SUBSTACK: Biographies, life criteria, and photography as my rooted art form.
An excerpt from my Substack channel centered around photography (Jo Metson Scott), historic biographies of artists (Lee Miller), filmmaking (Ioana Petresco), TOAST clothing, and finding your life criteria.
H is for Historic House
An assignment in looking deeply at historic house museums. Give yourself this opportunity to learn about a new (to you) place, discover the identities of the people associated with it, and feel like you are contributing to the longevity of its history.
In a Circus Ring with Saul Steinberg
A glimpse of the friendship between Charles and Ray Eames, Saul Steinberg, and Hedda Sterne while revealing that some of their inspiration was derived from the attitudes of the circus.
*A list of other people’s writings that I enjoy
Gio Ponti’s “Graceful Butterfly" — Villa Planchart
Gio Ponti designed and constructed Villa Planchart between 1953 and 1957 for husband-and-wife Armando and Anala Planchart, avid readers of Ponti’s Domus magazine.
HOW TO: Apply for a long-stay visitor visa (VLS-TS) as an American planning to move to France
A guide to the long-stay visitor French Visa (VLS-TS) application process, from preparing the paperwork and making the VFS Global appointment, to receiving the coveted sticker inside your American passport. Follow this and you’ll be France-bound in no time!
The Seattle World’s Fair, in Six Parts
Explore the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair in six parts, including its modern architecture, entertainment, technology, and furniture. Written for Memo, a Seattle-based furniture company.
Charles and Ray Eames Biography
Immediately following their marriage in June of 1941, Charles and Ray optimistically moved to Los Angeles, bursting with exuberance for one another and their potential future in the arts and design.
Eames Office Archives
Charles and Ray Eames, alongside the Eames Office staff, photographed and developed hundreds of thousands of images over a period of decades. The Eameses used photography to document and reconfigure a project as it progressed or to formulate and express ideas. Today, we extend the Eames legacy by carefully archiving and digitizing these historic photographs.
The Eames Office Design Process
For decades within the Eames Office, knowledge and experience continuously built upon previous projects, materials were seen for their inherent worth, and iteration honed all ideas into practical forms. “901,” the Eames Office’s workspace, further enabled the iterative, hands-on design process of Charles, Ray, and their staff.
Black Sun: How Capitol Hill Became Home to Isamu Noguchi’s 12-Ton Sculpture
Sculptor Isamu Noguchi carved a 12-ton black granite sculpture, Black Sun, for Capitol Hill’s Volunteer Park in Seattle.
Benjamin McAdoo: A Modernist Architect of Merit
Washington state’s first licensed Black architect fabricated solutions for early modernist low-cost and modular housing, all while fighting for racial equality.