This past summer, as I was killing knapwed at Water Street Commons, I had the good fortune of meeting Polly Yates, an artist from England who happened to be spending several weeks in Ypsilanti. After chatting with her a bit about her work, and the several pieces of artwork which have sprung up on Water […]
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Art, Food, Sex and Trauma: Mark Maynard shoots the shit with humankind’s most important artists… Episode 6: Polly Yates
Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Amy Sacksteder, anonymity, art food sex and trauma, artist residency, Call the Midwife, Chicago, collage, Death, eye contact, Facebook, fish and chips, found objects, found photographs, ghosts, grief, interviews, Mark Dickson, Neon Heater Gallery, Polly Yates, Roman Susan Gallery, salt and vinegar, sausage, savaloy, Stalin, street food, surveillance culture, Taylor Ervin, Theresa Rickloff, weeding, YardWork, Ypsilanti Art Incubator, Ypsilanti Historical Society 7 Comments
Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Terri and Meghan Eagen-Torkko
Continuing our Ypsi-Arbor expat interview series, today we’re talking with Terri and Meghan Eagen-Torkko, who recently made the decision to leave Ypsilanti for Seattle. MARK: Before we get started, could each of you please state your full name, country of origin, and favorite childhood television program? TERRI: Terri Eagen-Torkko, Wisconsin, Saturday Night Live from the […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Michigan, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged anti-homosexual nonsense, cost of living, Dom's, exit interviews, gay marriage, gay rights, homophobia, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, lesbians, LGBTQ, marriage equality, Meghan Eagen-Torkko, rape insurance, Rick Snyder, Saturday Night Live, Scooby-Doo, Seattle, Terri Eagen-Torkko, water, water bills, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews, Ypsilanti water tower 17 Comments
Happy first birthday Arlo Lao Maynard
A year ago yesterday, Linette and I we welcomed our son Arlo into the world. Like his sister, once he made up his mind that he wanted to join us, he came shooting down the birth canal like a rocket. I think I must have mentioned it here before, but, eight years ago, when Linette […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Photographs, Uncategorized Also tagged Arlo, Arlo Gutherie, baby names, birthdays, Charles Maynard, circumcision, Clementine, Curtis Florian, Friday Night Lights, home birth, Linette, Mark's penis, miscarriage, natural childbirth, penises, Photobooth, tintype, water birth 17 Comments