#ArtisticVisionPgh Q&A with Heather Froman

Heather Froman

This Q&A series focuses on artists contributing to the #ArtisticVisionPgh project cosponsored by Most Wanted Fine Art and Penn Avenue Eyewear. Our next contributor is Heather Froman.    Name: Heather Froman Website: www.heatherfroman.com Twitter: @HeatherFroman How old were you when you first had to wear glasses? I was 7 years old when I got my first pair of […]

#ArtisticVisionPgh Q&A With Zena Ruiz

Zena Ruiz

This Q&A series focuses on artists contributing to the #ArtisticVisionPgh project cosponsored byMost Wanted Fine Art and Penn Avenue Eyewear. Our next contributor is Zena Ruiz.   Name: Zena Ruiz Website: zenaruiz.com How old were you when you first had to wear glasses? I was 20 when I first had to start wearing glasses. I noticed my vision […]

#ArtisticVisionPgh Q&A with Danielle Robinson

This Q&A series focuses on artists contributing to the #ArtisticVisionPgh project cosponsored byMost Wanted Fine Art and Penn Avenue Eyewear. Some of the artists wear prescription glasses (like me) and some do not, but wear sunglasses to protect their eyes as well. Danielle is the first sunglass artist and has some really powerful reminders that not […]

#ArtisticVisionPgh Q&A With Davon Magwood

Davon Magwood

This Q&A series focuses on artists contributing to the #ArtisticVisionPgh project cosponsored byMost Wanted Fine Art and Penn Avenue Eyewear. This edition feature an old friend of this blog, Davon Magwood who is lending his comedic art to the auction event.  Name: Davon Magwood Website: davonmagwood.com Twitter: @davonmagwood How old were you when you first had to […]

#ArtisticVisionPgh Q&A With Joe Wos

Joe wos

This Q&A series focuses on artists contributing to the #ArtisticVisionPgh project cosponsored byMost Wanted Fine Art and Penn Avenue Eyewear. Our next contributor is Joe Wos of the Toonseum.   Name: Joe Wos Website: mazetoons.com Twitter: @Toonseum How old were you when you first had to wear glasses?  I started wearing glasses when I was 7 years […]

#ArtisticVisionPGH Q&A With HollyHood

HollyHood

This Q&A series focuses on artists contributing to the #ArtisticVisionPgh project cosponsored by Most Wanted Fine Art and Penn Avenue Eyewear. Our first contributor is HollyHood who will be performing at the Silent Auction.     Name: HollyHood Website: www.hollyhood156.com Twitter: @HollyHood156 How old were you when you first had to wear glasses? 30 – sometimes my […]

Art Gallery To Host Health Care Happy Hours for Local Artists

This is an interesting outcome from #ArtisticVisionPgh – Most Wanted Fine Art (MWFA) gallery and the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (PHAN) have teamed up to sponsor a series of happy hours for artists to learn more about the Affordable Care Act and other health insurance opportunities. The first happy hour is set for Thursday, December […]

The Risks of Moving Beyond the Blog

This past weekend, I was part of a panel discussion about the #ArtisticVisionPgh project. The audience was small, but asked terrific questions. I think it went well. Video will be available in a few months. This panel also marked my unofficial entry into the world of blogger artist in residence. To be honest, that’s a […]

A Blogger, An Artist and an Advocate Walk Into a Bar

Podcamp Pittsburgh

This weekend, I’ll be doing something rather cool (again) – presenting at Podcamp Pittsburgh 9 along with my friends and collaborators, Nina Sauer of Most Wanted Fine Art  and Erin Gill Ninehouser of the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (PHAN).    The theme of this year’s Podcamp is “Ignite” PodCamp Pittsburgh is a social, new media […]

Artistic Q&A: Joe Wos Gets to the Core of His Art

Joe wos

As part my NaBloPoMo examination of art and blogging, I asked a few folks to consider some of the same questions I’m pondering. First up is Joe Wos, freelance cartoonist. Joe has contributed to this blog and contributed to previous Q&A series as well. Joe has been part of my life for more than four years; […]