Today’s highly choreographed, plastic, bifurcated world (and all the concerns keeping us up at night) grants renewed meaning to the phrase, open road. It’s there we find freedom and a sense of escape, but also greater connection, and the inclination to understand identity—one’s own and that of others. A selection of Julie Langsam’s Landscape Interventions: 500+ Drawings, on view at […]
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When Deep Dive Art Projects began in 2020, there was no plan for a gallery space. With the print workshop on the first floor, the Deep End’s upstairs provided an office, kitchen, and an intimate sitting room with blank walls. Thus, the Viewing Room was created for small bi-monthly exhibitions of print-based art and works on paper that show mastery, […]
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Summer is a time for swimming holes: the chaotic community pool, the cool still pond, the turbulent, but mesmerizing surf of our own Lake Erie. Currently, life at Deep Dive Art Projects is feeling like one of those endless pools with a strong jet that one swims against to develop more body strength. Starting a new business and trying […]
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When the dream is about jumping off a cliff into unknown waters, the reality is just as uncertain. In the time that Deep Dive Art Projects has been in activation—like a locust, we were dormant while we gathered energy—projects have slowly started flowing, and the rhythm of day-to-day work has become more and more regular. Over the last few months, […]
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My headlights are the only source of light on the heavily wooded forest road. There is no moon, and I am starting to get nervous about what may—or may not—be in front of me. At one point, I stop the car and get out, engine running. I have stopped only a few feet from a precipice. There is a diving […]
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