The Calculus See his work in Vol. IV #9 My hygienist likes to include me in the decision making. “Shall we use the hand scaler or the ultrasonic today?” she asks me. I like the way she says “we,” like we’re doing something intimate and collaborative, like building a snowman, or more like dismantling one…
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WTP Artist: Eleen Lin
“I was inspired to retell the tale of Moby Dick through a different cultural lens.” by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Born in Taiwan and raised in Thailand with a Western education, Eleen Lin is a true “third culture kid.” Lin studied at Slade School of Fine Art, UK (BA 2005), and Yale School of Art (MFA…
Trump Versus the Arts
What is Our New Reality? By Sandra Tyler, Editor-in-Chief This past August, in the Washington Post, Phillip Kennicott posed this question: “What would happen to the arts if this country turned to authoritarian leadership? If fundamental freedoms were challenged, if a strong leader gathered up the full weight of the regulatory state and started using…
Site Review: L'Oeil de la Photographie
“I’m always fascinated by how quick some great great photographers disappear.” by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Jean-Jacques Naudet has already had an illustrious career in photography. He was the Editor-in-Chief of French PHOTO Magazine at its height in the ’70s and ‘80s, editor-at-large for American PHOTO, and eventually the founder of his own magazine, the…
Featured Bookmarks: The Literary
Link Highlights for Writers and Readers By Dewitt Henry, Literary Bookmarks Editor Monthly I’ll post and describe links here to online resources, magazines, and author sites that seem informative and inspiring for working writers. Most are free. Suggestions are welcomed. 1. AGENT QUERY is a helpful tool both for querying over 2000 agents (“the internet’s largest free…
Exhibition Review: Traces
Lorna Bieber: Up Close and Personal By Sandra Tyler, Editor-In-Chief It’s not every day that I get to view in person works we feature in our magazine. So much of what we actually get to see is remotely, except for our first Selected Works exhibition last December, when I was graced to be in the…
Eye on the Indies
Indie Book Reviews and a Look at Indie Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Book Review Editor Book: Losing Helen: An Essay Pasadena, CA: Red Hen Press, September 2016 ($14.00 paperback, 110 pages). ISBN 978-1-59709-990-5 Author: Carol Becker Carol Becker is Dean of Faculty and Professor of the Arts at Columbia University School of the Arts. She was previously Dean of…
Daniel Ketelhut: My Process
The Creation of “Hope in a Hopeless Place” By Daniel Ketelhut See his work in Vol. IV #9 Like most artists, my process has changed over the years and continues to evolve. With the help of a few photos, I’m going to talk about the way I currently create my paintings. That said, the process detailed below…
WTP Roundup: From The Editor
By Sandra Tyler, Editor-in-Chief With so much activity on WTP, I thought I’d start a monthly roundup “column” of sorts. And as the original lone voice behind The Woven Tale Press, I am looking to sustain my initial personal connection with our readers and contributors. So will see how it takes shape! Since I started WTP, what…
Art Spotlight: Lorna Bieber
Manipulating Found Photographs See her work in Vol. IV #9 (Full work 9′ x 5′; individual prints 17″ x 11″) Bieber manipulates found photographs through an elaborate process of photocopying, enlarging, painting, and collaging. The result is a series of grainy, black and white images of trees, flowers, animals, houses, and the occasional human figure,…
WTP Writer: Beth Kephart
Handling the Truth by Richard Gilbert, Contributing Editor Beth Kephart is the award-winning author of over 20 books of poetry, fiction, and memoir for teens and adults. She is a partner in Juncture Workshops and a professor of Creative Nonfiction at the University of Pennsylvania, where she received the 2015 Beltran Family Award for Innovative Teaching…
Exhibition Review: Ten Photographers Envision a Museum
Reimagining a Historical Place by Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor In Place: Contemporary Photographers Envision a Museum at the Florence Griswold House in Old Lyme, Connecticut, is an exhibition of a select group of photographers tasked with creating works that address the historic site’s landscape, collections, and story. The place has proved an inspiration to artists for…