Lilies in High Bloom

A random selection of Phil Fass's latest blossoms.

 Phil leads master gardeners through one of his fields of hybridized lilies and their parents.

 Phil Fass

A lily I plan to purchase from him, "Shattered Glass," and a beautiful pollen/stigma/stamen chart he made.

Lilies on Adams Street, 2016.

"Orphée et Eurydice" in Des Moines

Stunning, chilling choreography and powerful choral precision. Orphée et Eurydice at Des Moines Metro Opera is gorgeously produced and lovingly sung by its principals. The Apprentice Artist program boasts some pretty impressive folks as well (see below).

July 3 posting on Barihunks.

David, Darrell, Dubuque

At the Dubuque Museum of Art with my friend David Schmitz (late June 2016).

Other Memories of Cincinnati

 The Genius of Water (or the Tyler Davidson) Fountain in Fountain Square, downtown Cincinnati.

An Arab Guard by Mariano Fortuny i Marsal (Spanish), oil on canvas, 1863. Luscious brushstrokes! A painting at the Taft Museum mansion.

A Patmore pasty in the Taft Museum restaurant garden.

Queer pride in Ohio.

"Passage," Do Ho Suh in Cincinnati

Just a handful of images from the brilliant Do Ho Suh survey titled "Passage" on view at Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati until Sept. 11, 2016. There was so much to see. Much of it has to be experienced personally, so images don't really do the artworks justice. There were sculptures, of course, but also videos and drawings and prints and models. CAC has printed a beautiful brochure; in addition, John Stoughton has published a revealing critique titled Do Ho Suh's Ethereal Art at the Cincinnati CAC.

Christian Schmit in Cincinnati

Images from a fascinating exhibition I saw in Cincinnati last week, "Christian Schmit: Lost in the Making." It was on view at the Cincinnati Art Association's Weston Art Gallery. Beautiful, intricate, whimsical work!

Lost in the Making

"Fellow Travelers" Cincinnati

 At the Aronoff Center for the Arts looking toward Contemporary Art Center Cincinnati's Nam June Paik sculpture "Metrobot." Such wonderful collisions/meldings of culture here: a new opera about a same-sex couple during the lavendar scare; A Korean American artist's work displaying the gay flag; and all in the state that gave us John Arthur and Jim Obergefell. Exciting times!

A selfie with the poster for "Fellow Travelers," a beautiful new opera by Gregory Spears and Greg Pierce and directed by Kevin Newbury. The cast is splendid, the music is rich, and the story is devastating.