http://www.cynthiaraelevine.com The work of Cynthia Rae Levine Mon, 10 May 2010 01:03:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en  This Friday May 23, from 5 to 7 pm, the invitational exhibit Bricks and Mortar:  Inspired by Architecture opens at Santa Fe Clay.  The show is up until May 22, giving you a whole month to make your way west if you aren't already there.   http://www.cynthiaraelevine.com/2010/04/21/bricks-and-mortar/ Its that time of year again when the American Craft Council Show makes a visit to Saint Paul.   And once again, I will be amongst some really good talent as I demonstrate some of my mad coil and slab building skills to the masses.  Come and see me at 1:00 ... http://www.cynthiaraelevine.com/2010/04/15/making-meaning/ A couple of weeks ago at this opening I had great conversation with S.C. Rolf about life and work, ideas and time, inspirations and pleasures.  It was the highlight of my night.  We talked a bit about the work I made for the Jerome show, and he asked me what ... http://www.cynthiaraelevine.com/2010/04/01/whats-next/ I don’t imagine that when a few artists decided to create an event and call it Fault Lines that they were planning on an earthquake happening just a few days before.  But such is life…always full of scary wonderful ironies.So for more of the wonderful after the most recent scary, go to ... http://www.cynthiaraelevine.com/2010/03/18/in-san-francisco/ While looking at some of Alexander Calder's work I came across this gem...It is the dressing table of his wife Louisa, and I wish it were mine.   These too    And if I wore this necklace today, it would be the only sun everyone around me would see.   It is thick grey, welly-wearing-weather ... http://www.cynthiaraelevine.com/2010/03/08/if-i-could-wear-the-sun/  I have a bit of the winter blues, but this makes me happy.     Hill Hut by visiondivision. Thanks to designboom.   http://www.cynthiaraelevine.com/2010/02/25/remedy/  What if our hearts were this big? Magdalena Abakanowiczcourtesy of The Best Time of The Day.  http://www.cynthiaraelevine.com/2010/02/14/love/ When I saw Matt Peiken at the opening for the Jerome show a couple of weeks ago, I was feeling ill prepared and a bit apprehensive for a conversation that would be well documented.   As per usual, I really had nothing to worry about.  Matt asked ... http://www.cynthiaraelevine.com/2010/02/10/my-minute/ Alec Soth, Pauline, 2007  Robert Polidori, Wall detail and Surveillance Camera of Grand Cabinet de Madame Victoire, 2007.  at the Weinstein Gallery through Saturday. And this is the last weekend to visit the Art Shanties. Have a great weekend even if you don't choose to look at pretty pictures or get ... http://www.cynthiaraelevine.com/2010/02/04/hurry-up/ Upon opening up what I thought was going to being the last kiln before bringing my work to the gallery for the upcoming Jerome Exhibition (more on that later), I was initially quite pleased.  The top layer couldn’t have been better.  The second looked pretty good too.  But when I ... http://www.cynthiaraelevine.com/2010/01/08/a-humbling-craft/