{"id":1914,"date":"2015-08-08T09:38:07","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T13:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=1914"},"modified":"2018-05-21T11:06:26","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T15:06:26","slug":"ellen-letcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/ellen-letcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellen Letcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1166\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1914-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/ellenletcher.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/ellenletcher.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/ellenletcher.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_1916\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1916\" style=\"width: 202px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hanselandgretelpicturegarden.com\/artists\/ellen-letcher\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1916 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ELLEn.jpg?resize=202%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ELLEn\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ELLEn.jpg?resize=202%2C300&amp;ssl=1 202w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ELLEn.jpg?w=562&amp;ssl=1 562w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">East Village NYC, photo by Nikko Hinderstein<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hanselandgretelpicturegarden.com\/artists\/ellen-letcher\/\">Ellen Letcher <\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">(b. 1972 Willoughby, OH) grew up in Baltimore, studied in Florida and has been living and working in NYC for the past 18 years. Letcher worked in magazine publishing for\u00a0over a decade and\u00a0co-founded<b>\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Famous_Accountants\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Famous Accountants Art Gallery<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b>in 2009. Her work is interwoven between these worlds\u2014 as artist and curator\u2014 tracing back to her time in publishing. Thrice over and currently, she is headquartered in a basement bunker.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Famous Accountants enjoyed a two-year run,\u00a0inspired by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinthomas.org\/\"><span class=\"s3\">Austin&#8217;s Thomas&#8217;<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/drawingontheutopic.com\/\"><span class=\"s3\">Pocket Utopia<\/span><\/a> and following in her spirit of gallery-as-sketchbook.\u00a0Pocket Utopia&#8217;s\u00a0first incarnation was in Bushwick, birthing a rich artist community that is still expanding.\u00a0PU\u00a0eventually reopened in a new home in LES, later merging as <a href=\"http:\/\/hanselandgretelpicturegarden.com\/artists\/ellen-letcher\/\"><span class=\"s3\">Hansel &amp; Gretal Picture Garden\/Pocket Utopia in Chelsea<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hanselandgretelpicturegarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Letcher_SelectedPress+.pdf\">Ellen Letcher&#8217;s<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\"> work is currently on view in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.outletbk.com\/exhibitions\/torn-and-fired-new-work-in-collage-and-clay\"><span class=\"s3\">Torn and Fired at Outlet Gallery<\/span><\/a> curated by Jason Andrew, founding director of <a href=\"http:\/\/nortemaar.org\/about\/\"><span class=\"s3\">Norte Maar<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1917\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1917\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1917 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/YouKeepMissingIt.jpg?resize=625%2C833&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"YouKeepMissingIt\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/YouKeepMissingIt.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/YouKeepMissingIt.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/YouKeepMissingIt.jpg?resize=624%2C832&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/YouKeepMissingIt.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/YouKeepMissingIt.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Collage Tape Painting: Title: You Keep Missing It, Hold it for 17 Seconds, 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1918\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1918\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1918 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/AtBat.png?resize=640%2C1136&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"AtBat\" width=\"640\" height=\"1136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/AtBat.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/AtBat.png?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/AtBat.png?resize=577%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 577w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/AtBat.png?resize=624%2C1108&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bats &amp; Books: Title: At Bat, Gates Institute Windmills, 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/ellenletcher.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listEllen Letcher (b. 1972 Willoughby, OH) grew up in Baltimore, studied in Florida and has been living and working in NYC for the past 18 years. 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