And here’s the result of the Baltimore Portrait Project! Our portraits — my book-y one of Paola (top), and her Star Wars-y one of me — are up on the big LED board on Charles Street in Baltimore’s Station North, … Continue reading attack of the 50-foot portraits…
I’ve mentioned before how terrific Baltimore is for artists and writers. It seems like opportunities come fast and furious here, and it’s often just as much about connecting people as it is about the work itself. The last few weeks, … Continue reading pop-up portrait of paola…
Sometimes a project comes along that’s too cool to pass up, even when you think you’ll probably have to build a time machine to finish on time. In this case, it was an art show benefit for Baltimore poetry group … Continue reading but all she believes in…
I’m a deadline person. I love/need them, especially when art is concerned (second only to that other all-powerful motivator, guilt). Lately, though, I’ve surrendered to the idea that being a little behind is not only an inescapable fact, but an … Continue reading falling behind, catching up…
As with so many of the pieces of my life that have fallen woefully behind lately, I hereby submit shots from my show at D Center in Baltimore, which happened waaaaaaaay back in December. The exhibit was called “b is … Continue reading b is for better late than never…
(And, no, that’s not a typo.) Talking to students and strangers about my particular brand of bookiness and poetry can sometimes be a little weird at the beginning. It generally starts with an awkward self-deprecating intro, followed by assorted blank … Continue reading 11 book for 13 schools…
One of the highlights of my summer last year was participating in the annual altered books competition at the Light Street branch of the Enoch Pratt Public Library. I know what you’re thinking: librarians are inviting people to basically destroy … Continue reading 2013 altered book competition…
Update (August 2016): I am excited to say that this book is now in the permanent care of the Goucher College Special Collections. I am so happy to have placed my horseshoe crab somewhere I care about so much — … Continue reading living fossil book…
Just a quickie post today, as I (and the rest of the world) recover from the holidays and all that, to give a shout out to Fun-A-Day Baltimore. Yeah! Fun-A-Day means spending each day of January doing something awesome. That … Continue reading gee, i love fun-a-day…
I know, I can’t quite believe it either. After more than a year of building/writing/sewing, and more than a year before that conceptualizing, I’m finally finished my third and final Tin Drum-inspired poem doll, Oskar. View all three poem dolls … Continue reading tin drum update: the trio is complete…
Jenny O'Grady 