Suzanne Freeman

  • Agnostic
     
    In the bath a spider crawls along the ledge.
    It’s tiny enough that it doesn’t scare
    this arachnophobe. Isn’t that the way
    fear works, the smaller the threat the less
    a reason to run? Unlike the […]

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                                                   SUZANNE STRYK: NESTING MATERIALS
                                                           

    Chroma Gallery, May 5 – 27, 2017, Opening Reception, Friday, May 5th 5:00 – 7:00 PM

     

    “Suzanne Stryk draws the viewer into the intim…[Read more]

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    Frankie Slaughter is a mixed media artist living in Richmond, Va. She works with a variety of materials including fabric, paper, encaustic and porcelain. She previously designed one-of-a-kind j […]

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    artwork by Peter Skinner
    Peter Skinner: Paintings
     

    Peter Skinner: Paintings will be exhibited at Les Yeux du Monde Gallery May 12 – June 18. An opening reception will be held Friday May 12 from 5-7:30 p.m.

    Born in Seattle, Washington, Skinner attended The Juilliard School of Drama and went on to become an actor, sculptor, painter, and writer. He has lived…[Read more]

  • I’ve forgotten how hard moving is. Not just the organizing and packing but the time spent in small details; the time spent on the phone and mad-dash trips to the store for tape and bubble wrap.

    My husband and I […]

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    I wrote these poems to capture and preserve real events. They depict shifts from isolation and loss to connection and love—the dance of relationships in unexpected places, with unexpected dance pa […]

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    In the infinite silence
       of her velvety skin, she roams
             through moon water at night,

    scours coastal shallows, glides
       around th […]

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    Freedom. Freedom to explore. Freedom to express one’s self. Freedom to communicate your conscience. Artist Robert Strini has been answering the call for over 40 years.

    “The biggest key in my life was […]

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                                                         “I Stand with Her:” Paintings by Mary Michaela Murray
    April 4-30 at McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA

    “Color moves me, and at once, arrests me. To linger, to look, to indulge in the pleasure of light and color dancing on humble objects and in the ordinary scenes of my d…[Read more]

  • Elizabeth Howard started the topic in the forum 8 years, 11 months ago

     

     

                                                         “I Stand with Her:” Paintings by Mary Michaela Murray
    April 4-30 at McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA

    “Color moves me, and at once, arrests me. To linger, to look, to indulge in the pleasure of light and color dancing on humble objects and in the ordinary scenes of my d…[Read more]

  • Elizabeth Howard started the topic in the forum 8 years, 11 months ago

     

     

     “I Stand with Her:” Paintings by Mary Murray
    April 4-30 at McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA

    “Color moves me, and at once, arrests me. To linger, to look, to indulge in the pleasure of light and color dancing on humble objects and in the ordinary scenes of my daily life—this has been my inspiration,” says artist and gr…[Read more]

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    Offerings, Egg tempera on panel, 36″x36″, 2017

                     Offerings: Women on the Freedoms of Age, with Susan Jamison & Beatrix Ost

    On Saturday, April 15, artist and author Beatrix Ost and painter Susan Jamison will share an open conversation on recognizing the gifts of grace, insight and cultivation in creative aging women. Their…[Read more]

  • Susan,

    what a romp through tropes–“The Sudden Appearance of an Identical Twin”
    thank you!

  • I recognize that I may be a tad more sensitive to the prospect of police state behavior than the average Jo but I come by this extra helping of unease naturally. Because of his liberal politics my dad, Marcus […]

  • And I also meant to say, beautifully written!

  • Incredibly strong, brave and moving. Thank you.

  • Blue
     
    It must have been her accent
    that seduced and baffled my ears.
    The Egyptian woman, still lost
    in the desert air of Cairo,
    read her poems filled with water
    from the Nile and blue heaven,
    blue […]

  • Sharron, those nearly 80 years you’ve been around have refined your writing and artistry. This is a memoir filled with delicious visuals.

  • In my almost 80 years it seems as if I have lived numerous lives because the world has changed so swiftly under my feet. My world now as a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, pastor’s wife and poet could n […]

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    They arrived at the beach at dawn. The Family: Father, Mother, Son and Baby Girl. They enjoyed sole ownership of the beach, playing, swimming and napping as the tide rolled back. Morning settled in and […]

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