What A Year
It has been almost a year since we closed our doors, ending our run as the oldest gallery in the Short North Arts District. Since then we...
A Time Before Arches
I have just realized that the arches in the Short North Arts District are fifteen years old. That gave me pause. On the one hand, didn't...
The Goose with the Golden Eggs
The Short North has gone through Maria's Four Phases of Gentrification. The First Phase is Discovery and Reclamation, mostly by artists,...
Sometimes you can see it coming
The changes sometimes surprise. A long derelict building is suddenly sporting a new roof and windows, a fresh coat of paint and is...
The Short North & The Automobile: A Love Story
I listen to what people are saying as I pass them while walking to work. Sometimes it is speculation on the neighborhood (did the city do...
Impossible Things
There is a project proposed for a decommissioned Wonder Bread bakery building a block from our house and a few blocks from the gallery. ...
The Eternal Question
Is it art? What is art? Is art in the eye of the beholder? It may not be art, but you know what you like? Is art for art's sake? Does...
The Fame Clock
The following paragraph was written a year ago exactly. I have not revisited the blog in progress since then, for a variety of reasons -...