Our Director Michelle Brandt contributed her thoughts on demystifying the art buying, and collecting experience to the recently released March/April edition of Mahogany Magazine!
“Brandt believes collecting art isn’t just about financial investment—it’s about investing in cultural significance, supporting the creative economy, beautifying spaces, and sometimes even challenging norms. Whether someone is a new or seasoned collector, art collecting is ultimately about curiosity and discovery—learning what resonates, what feels valuable, and what matters personally. Brandt believes her role is to help guide that process by amplifying artists’ ideas and helping potential collectors better understand and unpack what they’re seeing. She feels incredibly grateful to be in a position to share the stories of art and artists with anyone who walks through the gallery doors.” - An excerpt from Brandt’s article
“In Akeylah Wellington’s hands, pony beads transform into a memory, a pixel, and a universe.”
We are grateful to 614 Refined Magazine and writer Kristen Paige for this beautiful feature on tapestry maker Akeylah Wellington and her exhibition, “soft power,” at Pecha Projects — now featured in the newly released Summer edition.
“Wellington leaves room for the viewer to be invited and considered. Her tapestries pose the question, ‘What can art do?’ — a question she ultimately asks herself, and invites the audience to ponder as well.”
Today, resilience means reclaiming my voice. It means interrogating inherited silence and choosing to speak anyway. Writers like bell hooks helped me understand that healing is both personal and cultural, especially for Black women. My resilience exists so that the women who came before me are remembered not only for what they endured, but for the strength they passed down. Through my voice, my art, and my healing, I offer recovery to their stories — and to my own.
Contemporary Collage Magazine features the most creative and inspirational collage from artists across the world.
No Vacancy, presented by the City of Miami Beach in collaboration with the Miami Beach Visitors and Convention Authority and the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau, is a must-see for anyone with a passion for art.
Michelle Brandt's new downtown gallery exhibit, Pecha Projects, intersects with personal and community transformation, ancestral healing, and the power of art.
Artist Teri Dryden was one of seventeen international collage artists who recently took over a studio in Hackney Wick, London, UK for a week-long collage artist residency with @ceciltouchon, co-hosted by @contemporarycollagemagazine. For the “London Collage Project” the artists were given only one rule—all of the materials used had to be found or sourced in London.
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Columbus Monthly presents its annual Inspiring Women package for the May issue, featuring 23 trailblazing women making a difference in the city.
The blocks around Gay and High streets are about to become the newest arts center in Columbus, and that's by design. The developer revitalizing the area has placed art at the center of all he does.
Brandt Gallery is honored to reiterate that the works of four Ohio-based artists will be featured in the 2024 Havana Biennial in Havana, Cuba. The participating artists include Richard Lillash, Gavin Benjamin, Celeste Malvar-Stewart, LaShae Boyd, and Darsy Amaya, who recently had the incredible opportunity to travel to Havana, Cuba and have created work gleaned from their experiences there.
The Springfield Museum of Art (SMoA) is thrilled to announce the opening of "Color Fields," a captivating solo exhibition by renowned artist Andrea Myers. This new exhibition will be on view from August 10 to December 29, 2024, with an opening reception on Saturday, August 10th, from 6:00 to 7:30 PM. We invite art enthusiasts and the community to join us in celebrating this vibrant showcase of Myers' work.