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My Landlady is an Angel

By Crista Cloutier | May 24, 2017

I’d moved to England three years earlier, living in a small town in the country. It was pretty, but also…

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The Wise 11-Year Old Artist

By Crista Cloutier | May 24, 2017

My nephew Phoenix turned 11-years old yesterday, though I’ve always secretly suspected him of being 41. I’m visiting to help…

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Men Like Him

By Crista Cloutier | May 24, 2017

He thought his career was over. Bill Jay had been a professor of the History of Photography. He’d published dozens…

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Meet Working Artist Leslie Jean-Bart

By Crista Cloutier | May 24, 2017

“Becoming a working artist has literally saved my life.” So admits Haitian-born photographer Leslie Jean-Bart. Now an avowed New Yorker,…

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Do You Hear That? It’s Life Asking You A Question.

By Crista Cloutier | May 24, 2017

What do you want to do when you grow up? Do you think we ever stop asking ourselves that question?…

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Watch This Space!

By Crista Cloutier | May 24, 2017

It’s been exactly seven years since I stepped on that airplane to France. I was so frazzled that when I…

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Meet Working Artist Gopaal Sen

By Crista Cloutier | May 21, 2017

Prior to quitting his full-time job, artist Gopaal Sen worked the high flying corporate life – travelling 180 nights a…

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So You’re An Artist. Now What?

By Crista Cloutier | May 19, 2017

So you’ve taken the jump and chosen to be an artist. Now what? Where’s the fabulous gallery opening in New…

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Portrait of Artist Summer Lydick

Meet Working Artist Summer Lydick

By Crista Cloutier | May 19, 2017

Summer Lydick is a Working Artist. After receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drawing and a Master of…

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