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Interview with Meg Hitchcock: Excavating Light, Language, and Loss Through Art
Interview Kelly Curtis 9/17/23 Interview Kelly Curtis 9/17/23

Interview with Meg Hitchcock: Excavating Light, Language, and Loss Through Art

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Downtown Debut: James Isherwood & Lisa Pressman
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 12/10/22 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 12/10/22

Downtown Debut: James Isherwood & Lisa Pressman

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A quote from Alice Zinnes
Quote Kelly Curtis 12/7/22 Quote Kelly Curtis 12/7/22

A quote from Alice Zinnes

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Susan Eley Fine Art: In Dialogue with Lisa Pressman
Interview Kelly Curtis 6/16/22 Interview Kelly Curtis 6/16/22

Susan Eley Fine Art: In Dialogue with Lisa Pressman

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Lisa Pressman: Trusting Intuition
Essay Kelly Curtis 12/1/21 Essay Kelly Curtis 12/1/21

Lisa Pressman: Trusting Intuition

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Visual Conversations with Lisa Pressman and Sue Stover
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 6/2/21 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 6/2/21

Visual Conversations with Lisa Pressman and Sue Stover

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Lisa Pressman and Jim Napierala: Two-person exhibition at Susan Eley Fine Art
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 6/2/21 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 6/2/21

Lisa Pressman and Jim Napierala: Two-person exhibition at Susan Eley Fine Art

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Altered States
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 6/2/21 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 6/2/21

Altered States

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Artist Spotlight: Lisa Pressman
Interview Kelly Curtis 1/1/21 Interview Kelly Curtis 1/1/21

Artist Spotlight: Lisa Pressman

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Materiality and Mark-making in Abstraction
Classes Kelly Curtis 8/1/20 Classes Kelly Curtis 8/1/20

Materiality and Mark-making in Abstraction

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Online Learning. Crazy times.
Classes Kelly Curtis 4/10/20 Classes Kelly Curtis 4/10/20

Online Learning. Crazy times.

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Approaching Encaustic Video
Video Kelly Curtis 3/26/20 Video Kelly Curtis 3/26/20

Approaching Encaustic Video

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Back Again
Video Kelly Curtis 3/6/20 Video Kelly Curtis 3/6/20

Back Again

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Words from Artist Paula Overbay
Artists Kelly Curtis 7/1/18 Artists Kelly Curtis 7/1/18

Words from Artist Paula Overbay

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Stuart Shils Answers
Artists Kelly Curtis 2/26/18 Artists Kelly Curtis 2/26/18

Stuart Shils Answers

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The Heart Of It: Jen Tough Gallery
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 2/23/18 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 2/23/18

The Heart Of It: Jen Tough Gallery

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Bonny  Leibowitz answers
Artists Kelly Curtis 1/3/18 Artists Kelly Curtis 1/3/18

Bonny Leibowitz answers

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Exhibitions /  2018
Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 1/1/18 Exhibitions Kelly Curtis 1/1/18

Exhibitions / 2018

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Peter Roux answers
Artists Kelly Curtis 12/1/17 Artists Kelly Curtis 12/1/17

Peter Roux answers

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Jeanne Heifetz Answers
Artists Kelly Curtis 11/1/17 Artists Kelly Curtis 11/1/17

Jeanne Heifetz Answers

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Older Posts
Torn, folded, stitched.

Not building an image—
holding a surface together. 

#stiching #artprocess #artonpaper
I’ve been looking back at some of my early sculptural work.

Not out of nostalgia—but curiosity.

Because something unexpected is happening.

The work I’m making now—the fragments, stitched elements, burned edges, pieces that
A line holds what’s been broken.

Painted and printed papers, torn, shifted, and stitched back into place.

These small works are where structure and repair get worked out.

#actsofsmallrepair #abstractart #mixedmedia #contemporaryart #artproce
Looking back, I can see the thread was always there.
Long before the work I’m making now, I was already drawn to form as something held, altered, repaired.
Clay taught me about pressure and fragility.
Wood taught me about structure.
Wax taught
In the studio: fragments in conversation

Studio pause.
Stepping back to see what these pieces are saying to each other.

Still shifting things around, but I’m interested in the way space and shadow become part of the work

#contemporaryart #mi
A recent fragment. Built through layering, abrasion, and small acts of repair.

#abstractart #mixedmediaart #contemporarypainting #materiality #njartist
A Line Holds Two Worlds

new from the Shape of Memory series.
Acrylic, thread, rust, collage on cardboard mounted on panel.
#contemporaryart
#contemporaryart
#mixedmedia
#textileart
#artcollector
I’ve been back in the studio, working through fragments—
pieces that shift, move, and find their place over time.

This is how I’ve always worked. Not toward a single image,
but through repetition, layering, and staying with the pro
A narrow passage runs through it—
part seam, part rupture—holding two conditions at once.

I’m interested in that space where something splits,
but doesn’t fully separate 

13x12 acrylic, thread, paper, smoke on cardboard moun