\u201cThere was still the dirty snow, piles of it that looked like they were rotting, stained black, peppered with garbage. The white powder that loosed itself from the sky in small handfuls, like plaster falling from a ceiling, never managed to cover up the filth.\u201d<\/p>\n
-Simenon Georges, Dirty Snow<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n There\u2019s almost always a point at which winter goes from enchantment to drudgery. The snow begins to brown, melting and freezing into icy patches, which make footing treacherous. The sepia tones of the world begin to feel oppressive, and perhaps it would be nice to step outside without feeling every muscle in your body clench against the cold. At times like this, we must lean in deep to those things that light our inner candle. Whether that is your art practice, a warm and glowing woodstove or getting some exercise \u2013 whatever it is that keeps you afloat during the darkest months, keep at it. Spring will come.<\/p>\n Marcelle Reinecke<\/a> joined us to discuss her show,\u00a0In the Pines<\/em>, on view at Monya Rowe Gallery until February 15. The title of the show is the same as a much loved Appalachian folk song with dark, mysterious undertones that speaks to a mysterious happening in the woodlands. Reinecke feels this narrative matches her work, which features imagined characters living in an idealized sylvan landscape who also undertake narratives that are not entirely clear to the artist herself. To learn more, listen to the complete interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n Taher Asad-Bakhtiari<\/a> is a largely self-taught artist who joined us to talk about his show at Hostler Burrows Gallery,\u00a0Tribal Weave Project<\/em>. Drawing on the Iranian tradition of kilim flatweaves and knotted gabbeh rugs, Asad-Bakhtiari incorporates weaving traditions from around the world into his abstract pieces, in the process expanding the medium itself. To learn more, listen to the complete interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n A Few Words to Keep in Your Pocket.<\/strong><\/p>\n Make friends with the deepest winter.<\/p>\n Outings.<\/strong><\/p>\n Join me at Silverlens, New York<\/a> for a group show featuring Tosh Basco, Geraldine Javier, Eisa Jocson, Yasue Maetake, Citra Sasmita, Wai Kin Sin, Ming\u00a0Wong<\/p>\n Interviews are available on iTunes<\/a> as podcasts, and for Android, please click here<\/a>. All weekly essay pieces are here<\/a> in a shareable format. The full archive of interviews is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n More Books to Read.<\/strong><\/p>\n Ours is a community of readers. Tell us what books you\u2019re reading now by adding your titles to our reading list here<\/a>. Praxis user Jennifer Gramigna recommends\u00a0Untaming the Valley<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Paul Hunter.<\/p>\n Opportunities.<\/strong><\/p>\n Woodstock AIR<\/a>, founded in 1999, supports photographers exploring diversity, race, and identity in social justice. The month-long residency fosters innovation and artistic growth in a historically inspiring environment. Visit the website<\/a> to learn more. Deadline is\u00a0January 31<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThere was still the dirty snow, piles of it that looked like they were rotting, stained black, peppered with garbage. The white powder that loosed itself from the sky in small handfuls, like plaster falling from a ceiling, never managed to cover up the filth.\u201d -Simenon Georges, Dirty Snow There\u2019s almost always a point at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-art-career","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31673,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31672\/revisions\/31673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Brainard Carey is an author, artist and educator. He is the director of Praxis Center for Aesthetics and is currently faculty at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. He has written seven books for artists, including Making it in the Art World<\/a>. His seventh book, The Problems in the Art World: An Artist\u2019s A-Z Action Guide<\/a>, is available now.\u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"