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Author Archives: Art in Odd Places

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Laura Napier – The Motor City Window Washing Co.

The Motor City Window Cleaning Co. combines a tale of two cities with an artist’s own unwinding family history. Artist Laura Napier joins us to discuss the project and the family secret to washing windows (Video below). Tell us about yourself. Where are you from and what’s your connection to Detroit?  My great-grandparents came to […]

Art Prospect: First-ever large-scale public art festival in St. Petersburg, Russia

Ms. Bennett, Swoon. Photo by Evgeniy Luchinskiy. By Matthew Morowitz In September of 2012, a handful of American artists were invited to St. Petersburg, Russia to participate in the first ever large-scale festival for public art in the city, Art Prospect.  Although there have been other public art festivals in the city, Art Prospect differs […]