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artYOP!

The artYOP! blog is on hiatus. Please note the new URL is www.marciasantore.com/artyopblog

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Lucia LaVilla-Havelin’s Family Stories
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Makeba Kedem-DuBose: In the Red
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Cilla Sheehan: May the Bluebird of Happiness Make a Nest in Your Hair
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Donna Dodson and the Match of the Matriarchs
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The Child, the Dove, and Jerry Saltz
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Rooms of Their Own: Jerry Russo's Artist Studio Project
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Carole Groenke and "Her Water, Her Future"
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Dayna Talbot: Taking Hold of Right Now
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What I Wish I’d Said
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Positive Defiance: Abiu Daniel Benavides
Welcome to artYOP!, a place where artists tell their stories about their work, their practice, their experiences, and everything else. The mission of this blog is to talk to the interesting people who are driven to create visual art and let our readers know more about what makes these artists tick, what motivates their work, how and why they gravitate toward certain media or processes, and what it all means to them.  

The title is inspired by two "yops." Walt Whitman's "barbaric yawp" (Song of Myself) is untranslatable, the artist's call that is beyond language yet communicates everything. In Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss, young Jojo's "Yopp!" puts it over the top, making audible the cries of all the other Whos who are desperate to have the larger world know "We are here! We are here! We are here! We are here!"

Blog entries include editorials (me talking about what I think) and interviews with artists whose work interests me. I have pretty eclectic taste, so I'll be talking to artists of all ages and backgrounds, in different locations, and with very different viewpoints. I can't wait to hear all their stories and share them with you!
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  • Home
    • Portfolios >
      • Ichthyoforms >
        • Axem Horizontalem
        • Blue Fish
        • Bouquet
        • Camouflage
        • Caught
        • Circle
        • Confusion Effect
        • Converge
        • Exiliens
        • Gathering
        • In the Curve
        • Overtake
        • Pigment Patterns
        • Scissors/Fish
        • Sea Grass
        • Spinous Dorsal
        • Sub Aqua
        • Tangle
        • The Whole World
        • Thicket
        • Thrash
        • Triplifish
        • Vestibulum
        • Vortex
      • Inexteriors >
        • Distant Visions
        • Shines on Other Doors and Windows
        • Take a Closer Look
        • Lull
        • Streetlight
        • More of the Story of the World
        • Escape Routes
        • Come or Go
        • Inclination
        • Beyond the Fence
        • There Are Many Other Legends
        • Barn Window
        • Something There
        • Blue Window
        • Choose Your Path
        • Other Lives
        • Just Beyond
        • All Possible Door
        • Two Point Nine Miles
        • Upon Reflection
        • Domestic Interior
        • Exit
        • Pool
        • Possibilities
        • That Other Road
        • Roof/Tree
        • Water Table
      • Dance of ... >
        • Dance of Alignment
        • Dance of Apprehension
        • Dance of Benevolence
        • Dance of Compassion
        • Dance of Courage
        • Dance of Curiosity
        • Dance of Delight
        • Dance of Delirium
        • Dance of Discernment
        • Dance of Discretion
        • Dance of Disquiet
        • Dance of Euphoria
        • Dance of Gratitude
        • Dance of Impatience
        • Dance of Incredulity
        • Dance of Indecision
        • Dance of Patience
        • Dance of Rejuvenation
        • Dance of Tranquility
      • Composite Rhythms: Works on Paper >
        • Chromophores
        • Another Path
        • Crosshatch (Magenta)
        • Growth Tolerance
        • Hausos 1-4
        • Crosshatch Blues
        • Chromopleths
        • This and That
        • Interlock
        • Hashtag (pink) 1 and 2
        • Turquoise Morning
        • Bravery Series
        • Who's There
      • Figures in Motion >
        • A Little Brittle
        • Always Watching
        • Bypass
        • Flutter
        • Higher Still and Higher
        • It's a Reach
        • Journey
        • Lost the Thread
        • Make Tracks
        • Shards
        • Too Late
        • Wind in Her Sails
        • Strong Nuclear Force
        • Near Miss
        • Rosy-Fingered Dawn
        • Inside, Mothers Are Dancing
        • Lupa
        • Snappers
        • Phoenices
        • See You
        • Influence
        • Kimono
      • Infinite Possibility >
        • Cloud of Possiblities
        • Conduction
        • Hotsy Totsy
        • Induction
        • Saccade
        • Squall
        • Tempest
        • Three Over Two
        • artyopblog
        • Art in Place
      • Small Works & Artwork Under $150
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