\u201cIt is a difficult matter to keep love imprisoned.\u201d<\/p>\n
-Apuleius,\u00a0The Tale of Cupid and Psyche<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Apuleius reminds us that love\u2014like art\u2014cannot be confined. Both are born of the spirit and thrive beyond the limits of reason, structure, or expectation. Love, much like a painting or a poem, defies rigid boundaries; it flows freely, often irrationally, guided by emotion and imagination rather than logic. Art, too, is an expression of the ineffable, capturing the unseen, the deeply felt, and the mysterious. In this way, love and art mirror each other. They are passions of the soul, transcending the ordinary to reach something eternal, something beautiful that cannot be easily explained or restrained.<\/p>\n Duane Michals<\/a> sat down with us at his home to talk about his work, the era in which we live, and what he called \u201cthe view from 92.\u201d Michals says he loves \u201cbeing old\u201d and that the terror of aging can be avoided if you do it well. To hear this wonderful interview in its entirety, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Nicol\u00e1s Leiva<\/a> joined us to discuss his first NYC show, Realms of Rebirth<\/em><\/a>, which was on view at Ruiz-Healy Art until May 23. A ceramic artist, Leiva uses glaze to create images on each work. Leiva visited the gallery a few times before the show to get a feel for the space so that the work he created would fit in well. To hear more about the significant prep work that went into this beautiful exhibition, listen to the complete interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n A Few Words to Keep in Your Pocket.<\/strong><\/p>\n What do you have to contribute?<\/p>\n Outings.<\/strong><\/p>\n Join me at Upsilon Gallery for works by Francine Tint<\/a><\/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 Sadie Bridger recently read Lillian E. Smith\u2019s\u00a0Killers of the Dream<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Opportunities.<\/strong><\/p>\n Artist Professional Development Grants<\/a> support Kentucky visual artists by funding skill-building and career growth, fostering engagement with the global art world, and strengthening critical discourse in the region. To learn more, visit the website<\/a>. Application deadline is\u00a0June 8<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt is a difficult matter to keep love imprisoned.\u201d -Apuleius,\u00a0The Tale of Cupid and Psyche Apuleius reminds us that love\u2014like art\u2014cannot be confined. Both are born of the spirit and thrive beyond the limits of reason, structure, or expectation. Love, much like a painting or a poem, defies rigid boundaries; it flows freely, often irrationally, […]<\/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-32743","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\/32743","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=32743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32744,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32743\/revisions\/32744"}],"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=32743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32743"}],"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.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"