Remedios Varo was born in Angles, Spain, in 1908 and traveled when young with her father throughout Spain and North Africa. She acquired an early interest in mathematics, mechanical drawing, and fantastic locomotive vehicles from her father, a hydraulic engineer.
Later in Barcelona she met the Surr
Diana Heise’s art practice is invested in creating a free space for contemplation that lends itself to mutual understanding and the promotion of non-violence. Ms. Heise’s work has taken a variety of forms including performance, installation, photography, film, video, text, sculpture and sound.
Poet and translator Heather McHugh was raised in Virginia and attended Harvard University, where she studies with Robert Lowell. She published her first book of poetry, Dangers, in 1977.
Since then, she has published A World of Difference (1981), To the Quick (1987), Shades (1988), and The Father
My passions are for jewelry and design. While the past seven years of my creative life have been dominated by architecture, jewelry has crept into my life and captured my heart (and evenings) over the last years. It has made me realize that the handcrafted object is something of great value that we