Get Into The Artist's Process

Osi Audu and his Bodies of Water
by Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins
(September 2008)

Imagine breathing life into inanimate objects. That’s how Osi Audu has described his art process. MORE...
June Galleries
by Lizzetta LeFalle Collins
(June 2008)

Our June Galleries
Justin Randolph Thompson's Palm Series Curated by Adrienne L. Childs Meditations Among the Ruins of Languedoc: Daria Davidson Curated by Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins MORE...
Bayete Ross Smith: Identity Challenges of the 21st Century -- The Passing Series and Our Kind of People
by Michele Elizabeth Lee
(February 2008)

Bayete Ross Smith focuses on identities saying "I wanted to do something with I.D. [cards] and I was thinking about that Old Dirty Bastard Album cover where his face is on the welfare card. I was thinking about drivers’ licenses, work I.D.’s, you know putting all these different people’s faces on [them].” MORE...
Studio Visit: Lauren McIntosh
by Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins
(June 2007)

Lauren McIntosh's drawings show maturity-the kind that comes from placing distance between yourself and your work. The subjects of her paintings reflect Lauren's attraction to the Victorian era of feminine beauty and nature and also influences from the other side of Lauren's life as co-owner of The Tale of the Yak, a small boutique in Berkeley, California. MORE...

Artists At Work

"During my years of curating, I wondered how and when I could return to creating art rather than writing about it. Since the mid-1980’s the world has changed…the Internet has taken hold in so many ways that were unimaginable by most of us then. I created Open Door-Contemporary Art Projects (OD-CAP) as a way to continue to work with artists but to also as an opportunity to work as an artist again. "
–Lizzetta Lefalle-Collins, Ph.D
Watch this space for conversations and studio visits with artists that you won't find anywhere else on the web. We debut with these text-and-image features, but in the near future we will also be including audio and video content. Also check with us often as we'll be opening up this area of the site as a crossroads for commentary and questions for and about these artists and their work.