There is one really nice thing about moving: as you pack your things, you get a thorough look at everything you own. You unearth things you haven’t seen in months or years, and stumble across items you thought were lost…
I visited the Philadelphia Art Alliance this past Spring and saw “The Tool at Hand,” a traveling exhibition in which sixteen artists were asked to make a piece using only one tool. It was an interesting idea for a show.…
In her June 11 post, former Inside Out contributor Katrina Umber posted images of books that have shaped her artistic thinking. It’s a beautiful post, and such a treat to have a window into the creative thinking of someone else.…
I am working on a new series of drawings. This is what they look like. This how I’m making them. This was made from 1,059 photographs. I took one photo for each mark I made. My last post was about…
I’ve been a big fan of Big Red & Shiny for a long time, so I was very pleased to meet Anulfo back in March. I’m honored he asked me to contribute to Inside Out. It seems like an unusual…
Our Daily Red is pleased to continue our artist-in-residence series titled Inside Out. Every month, a new guest artist will have access to the platform to publish images and jot down thoughts about inspiration, obsession, creative failures and insights.…
There are those pieces of writing that you are so grateful exist. I remember my excitement the first time I read this conversation between Kaja Silverman and George Baker; the excitement in now knowing that someone out there is…
TEN YEARS, 2013, Self Portraits by Katrina Umber made 2002 through 2012. See more here. This quote by Trinh T. Minh-ha has been with me since undergrad: “There will be much less arrogance, much less it-goes-wihout-saying assumtion, much less taken-for-granted…
By Katrina Umber June 11, 2013 Going through my notebooks, and bookshelves, the words and images I continue to carry with me… Books! The first place I encountered good art was in the art stacks at the public library. How…
Katrina Umber, Roses + Bike AJ wrote the kindest introduction. By talking about the two bodies of work AJ mentioned, I hope to give you some insight into the how and why of my work. The rest of my…
I’d like you to all to tilt forward in your chairs a bit and get ready to see some mighty fine work by my friend, Katrina Umber. We first met in Richmond, VA, while I was in my last year…
The challenge here is to make posts that show process. For me, stopping every now and then to write or snap a picture while working creates a new work, more or less independent of the thing I’m working on. To…
We’re hustlin’ to finish the semester out here at UMass, so apologies for being scarce. I’ve managed to write a bunch and take loads of pictures, but not much is postable just yet. So for this week’s post, I’m going…
Hello and welcome! I’ll be your artist-in-residence for the next few weeks. Sadly, I won’t actually be residing at the offices of BR&S, nor at the domiciles of its affiliates. You are, however, welcome to imagine me warmly nestled just…
Our Daily Red is pleased to continue our artist-in-residence series titled Inside Out. Every month, a new guest artist will have access to the platform to publish images and jot down thoughts about inspiration, obsession, creative failures and insights.…
Process I am fascinated by what was and what will be, by landscapes and the people that inhabit them. I like to imagine what that landscape and the people in it will be like in the future, a future fairytale…
Upon first graduating from art school I was determined to earn my living as an artist no matter what happened. I didn’t have a back up plan and just went for it, showing my work everywhere, meeting as many…
I am interested in the idea of a collective object permanence; how to combine myths with reality; merging fact with fiction; I use the traditional tools of an illustrator to communicate these ideas. I like to make beautiful, detailed images…
Given the criteria that the guest artist-in-residence to follow me must 1. work in a different medium, and 2. live elsewhere, choosing March’s Inside Out contributor proved more difficult than I thought. It basically meant I needed to cold-call…
Inside Out: Twenty+ Sentences I recently came across this list of twenty sentences on photography by Norwegian born, L.A. based, Torbjørn Rødland: 1. The muteness of a photograph matters as much as its ability to speak. 2. The juxtaposition of…