Museums Stories

An Artist's Adventures in Wonderland For more than five decades artist Hunt Slonem has been painting and reimagining his obsessive motifs: butterflies, birds, bunnies, and portraits of Abraham Lincoln, whom he refers to as his Marilyn. Repetition plays a huge role in his work. Excess and extravagance define his life and art. The slippery fine line between his compulsive-obsessive prolificacy dates back to the hey-day of the 1970s when he, and his brother Jeffrey were frequent habitués of Andy Warhol's legendary playpen - the Factory. But unlike Warhol, who famously declared his art to be a factory-produced commodity, Slonem does it all with his own two hands. In addition to painting multiples of his signature motifs, he sculpts, makes prints, does watercolors, creates installations and collects antique furniture and historic homes - seven of them to be exact: four mansions and three plantations (perhaps too much Gone with the Wind as a child?) He even owns an Armory. Full story here: https://www.berkshirefinearts.com/12-17-2020_hunt-slonem-reimagines-rabbits.htm

'The moment I saw you right in front of me, I knew you are the best illustration of beautiful right in the middle of this art museum.' In which he can't stop writing letters to a certain girl he met on his visit on an art museum.

Military Museums Worth a Visit

After the seemingly accidental death of her husband, Kara Miller discovers his clandestine involvement with a far-reaching Israeli intelligence group. In a quest for self-preservation, she is trapped into the role of a one-time modern-day Mata Hari. Kara must deal with her personal demons to access the physical and emotional tools necessary to complete this singular mission. In the Artist Trap, the worlds of art and espionage are intertwined in a compelling narrative set in Israel, France, and Greece.

These columns were published in the El Paso Times between 1998 and 2019. This selection focuses on the themes of travel, museums, art and music.

Cross-posted from the original on AO3 [https://archiveofourown.org/works/76098291/] and Squidge World [https://squidgeworld.org/works/80708] It's been several months since a White woman named Mila tried to selfishly remake the world in her image. She was murdered by literal gods from "the heavens" after she tried to take their powers. Since then, Lara has continued to distance herself from her father's legacy by turning the Croft family mansion into public housing and working with museums, archives, and libraries to carefully, and respectfully, return their stolen artifacts. Zip and Sam have happily helped her fulfill this new life mission. There's one crinkle in her plan. Something she'd never expect coming. Her close childhood friend, a Black girl she hung out with at boarding school, is alive. Penelope Stone, who she knew as "Penny," is plotting to take her down. She hopes to show the world that they could never trust this "reformed" adventurer and archaeologist. A muscular trans woman and an acclaimed international thief, known for her iconic red trenchcoat, agree to aide her in this desire for revenge...

“oh look, a masterpiece looking at a masterpiece.” in which two people with a passion for art fall in love at an art museum.

Meet Natalia Price, one of the school's oddballs. Along with her BFFs Jade Kalinsky and Anne Roth, they make up the oddballs. The popular girls, Maddie Meyer, Olivia Langford, and Heather Swanson, take an interest in Jade. Maddie sort of likes Natalia. But Anne's out. However, the 3 friends stay loyal to each other. And help each other through anything. Until one day, Natalia is faced with a choice so horrible, she can't tell her sworn BFFs. Or anyone.