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We Measure the Earth With Our Bodies

Tsering Yangzom Lama author of the novel We Measure the Earth With Our Bodies, published in May by Bloomsbury

Nightcrawling

Leila Mottley whose debut novel, Nightcrawling, was published in June by Knopf

Centering Neurodivergent Poets

If reading is another form of listening, truly attuning to an unfamiliar voice can be a means of transformation.

Going Solo

SELLING YOUR BOOK WITHOUT AN AGENT

JOURNEY OUT OF LIMBO

THE EPIC STORY OF HOW AN AGENT SELLS YOUR BOOK

KEEPING the STORIES

Kali Fajardo-Anstine's new novel, Woman of Light, chronicles five generations of an Indigenous Chicano family in the American West and is imbued with the acclaimed author's rich sense of history and pride in her own mixed ancestry: "The story of who I am is inextricably tied to this country."

Sanctuary

HOW MY MOTHER’S ART SHAPED ME AS A WRITER

Translating Ukrainian Voices

Literary translator Zenia Tompkins founded the Tompkins Agency for Ukrainian Literature in Translation (TAULT) in 2019.

THE ART OF WILLIAM OBERHARDT

Illustrator William Oberhardt (1882-1958) was born in Guttenberg, New Jersey, 1882.

THE ART OF EARLE K. BERGEY

Wouldn't it be great in the future if all pulp art fans could enjoy interplanetary travel with a devoted consort who looked like that pretty girl in high school biology class?

Western Art Museums of the Year

Discover the best of the West at these western showplaces of american artists.

Martha Graham & Merce Cunningham - April 1941

Martha Graham stood barely above five foot two, but in the world of dance she was a giant.

Spontaneous Color

John P. Smolko demonstrates his one-of-a-kind mark making in colored pencil

Painterly Effects

The signature style of Jane French's portraiture is achieved through a mix of both sharp and loose brushwork

Free Bird

The alla prima technique lends Iryna Khort a sense of unbridled expression when capturing her wildlife subjects

Master Showcase

This painting is of my friend and fellow artist, Alla Bartoshchuk.

Painting With Passion

In every issue of International Artist we will feature a Painting Workshop from one of New Zealand's best artists.

JAMIE CORETH

Perception and Realization

Expressive Forms

Sculptor and SAS instructor Rod Zullo discusses his inspirations and artistic process

Harley Brown's fascinating things no one else will tell you - LIVING THE DREAM

I don't copy what I see, I do what I see.

Finding the Hidden Beauty.

Whenever I get a chance to work with a live model, I ask their permission to take photographs even when they are not posing.

Against the Grain

Working gradually and meticulously, Linda Lucas Hardy creates her colored pencil art using the dry brush technique

Dance Dance Revolution

Calvin Royal III wants to help "break ballet out of the 18th century."

Artist Marilyn Minter and Creative Polymath Michèle Lamy on Sex, Aging, and the Power of Nonconformity

Through their respective creative practices, artist Marilyn Minter and designer, performer, and curator Michèle Lamy have each challenged and redefined traditional notions of beauty.

Winslow Homer's America

What the painter saw, and why it still speaks to us

World War II and the Fountain Pen, Part II

It is an axiom that technology advances more rapidly in wartime than in times of peace. In the case of military technology, this is certainly true, but advances made for the military often spill over into the civilian world, and the fountain pen was not left behind during World War II.

Painting an Intimate Self Portrait

Like most self-portraits, this painting is an personal paintings often arise from rather mundane circumstances.

The Drama of Nature

From plein air studies to final studio paintings, Kim Casebeer distills the intensity and vibrance of the landscape

FIVE PROBLEMS WITH GOUACHE (AND HOW TO SOLVE THEM)

James Gurney tackles challenges specific to the medium of gouache

Not an Easy Task

My teacher, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Loften said that when he looked at a painting, he was looking for three things: feeling, imagination, and the ability to communicate those first two.