October 25, 2020 Artist Studio Visits by Chi Essary “I like making things out of trash,” says Iain Gunn of Animal Cracker Conspiracy, the award-winning San Diego puppet company. He […]
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CHI ESSARY is an artist, writer and photographer who promotes and explores the intersection of art, science and the public. She studied printmaking and photography at Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon and has an active practice in oil painting and found objects. She curates cross-disciplinary exhibitions that bring artists together with other fields of creative inquiry such as contemporary literature and science, as she is a firm believer that “the best gift to humanity is bringing people together.” In 2017 she curated “Extra-Ordinary Collusion”, pairing almost 50 scientists and artists for a massive cross-disciplinary exhibition encouraging further exchange in San Diego’s rich art and scientific communities. She also curated several lofts fro an immersive art takeover called SENSORIUM which was featured on the NatGeo Channel. Previously a board member of Vanguard Culture, Chi has been the lead contributor to the artists studio visit series: Poetic License. Her curating and writing has given her a unique perspective that she applies towards her mission to help build programs that support world-class art in San Diego.
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POETIC LICENSE: James Hubbell. His Hand in Everything
March 2, 2020 The Hubbell property is a cross between a hobbit village and a dreamscape. Stairways arch around curved walls and scalloped, ribbed and asymmetrical domed ceilings meet whimsically […]
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POETIC LICENSE: The Consummate “Noticer”
Artist Studio Visits by Chi Essary August 9, 2019 “Rock music is very limited—guitar, bass, drums, that’s about it,” says sound artist Francisco Eme, explaining why he grew tired of […]
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POETIC LICENSE: Artist Studio Visits by Chi Essary
ABOUT POETIC LICENSE: The artist studio is a sacred and personal space that the general public seldom has access to. Chi Essary documents her visits to artists’ studios in the […]
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POETIC LICENSE: The Elephant in the Room with Beliz Iristay
Artist Studio Visits by Chi Essary June 8, 2019 EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to the political sensitivity of this article, certain areas have been redacted, purposely misspelled, and in some places […]
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POETIC LICENSE: The Delicate Order of Chaos with Anne Mudge
Artist Studio Visits by Chi Essary August 13, 2018 I wandered mesmerized through what reminded me of other-worldly bacterium or lattice-like smoke puffs, softly twisting into circlets and throwing off […]
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POETIC LICENSE: Organizing Chaos with Irma Sofia Poeter
POETIC LICENSE: Organizing Chaos with Irma Sofia Poeter Artist Studio Visits by Chi Essary Walking into the adobe studio of textile artist Irma Sofia Poeter, we are greeted by a […]
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POETIC LICENSE: Playing with Negative Space – ALEXANDER KOHNKE
POETIC LICENSE: Alexander Kohnke – Playing with Negative Space Artist Studio Visits by Chi Essary “I admire artists that can do the same thing for 60 years and are just […]
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POETIC LICENSE: Robin Brailsford
POETIC LICENSE: Robin Brailsford Artist Studio Visits by Chi Essary “More scorched trees?!” I think, passing another grove of charred branches and blackened trunks as I make my way down the […]
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POETIC LICENSE: Dutch still-life meets the DE LA TORRE BROTHERS
POETIC LICENSE Artist Studio Visits by Chi Essary I looked at the HUGE suitcase I agreed to bring to the de la Torre Brothers for their upcoming installation at the […]
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ZANDRA RHODES: Life through Rhodes-colored glasses
POETIC LICENSE Artist Studio Visits by Chi Essary Zandra Rhodes greeted me warmly with her legendary hot pink hair and theatrical turquoise eye makeup. I ended up visiting her studio […]
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PANCA: Pink in the Everyday-Morbid
POETIC LICENSE Artist Studio Visits by Chi Essary Paola “Panca” Villaseñor leads me down a metal spiral stairway into her basement studio. Painted on the outside patio wall in her […]
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