Jack Hietpas, Porto, Portugal: I took in this photo in the Ribeira, the historic center of Porto, Portugal, where I visited this weekend. Above the houses spans the northern end of the Dom Luis I Bridge, one of the city’s most famous landmarks, and behind it are the remnants of Porto’s medieval walls. It’s super cool to see how the city has been built up on these steep rocky banks along the Douro River. I was struck by how many rundown, vacant, graffiti-covered houses there are right in the middle of this high-traffic, super touristy area, especially because the city is in the middle of a major housing crisis right now. Since Porto became a trendy destination for tourists and expats in the last several years, prices have shot up exponentially and pushed many people out. I saw lots of housing protest signs around the city. I wonder how long these empty shells of buildings will stay the way they are.
Aditi Kapoor, Regents Park, London, UK: This past week I was at Frieze London. My first time. It is exactly what people tell you, but I can’t complain. Looking back, it was overwhelming, but in the best possible way. I saw a tremendous amount of art, and met a tremendous amount of people. I can’t believe people get to do this for a living. One of the best things I saw was this photograph by Wang Ningde who is a Chinese photographer. I think this piece is fantastic and radical and there are just so many ways to see it. I’ll leave an all additional perspectives to you.
Andrew Swant, Mineral Point, WI: We go on a trip every autumn to take in the fall color. This year we traveled to Mineral Point, Wisconsin, in the Driftless Region. It's one of the oldest cities in the state and it was full of amazing old houses and stone buildings. We passed this cemetery around dusk and I liked the way the horizon got lost in the foggy air.
Sarah Luther, Mineral Point, WI: On a beautiful fall trip to Mineral Point this weekend I took surprisingly few pictures, but I did take this picture of the oldest standing brewery building in the state of WI (which is now a pottery studio and artisan shop) mainly to capture the dog standing on guard in the window.
Liyan Zhao, Riverwest, Milwaukee, WI: I was digging through old books this week and found this little book of 2-minute sight exercises a friend designed. An instance of plentitude—a growing collection of love notes from friends covering my fridge. There is a handwritten card from my cousin who passed away three years ago. I've been thinking a lot about her lately. An example of lack—the small sliver of empty space on my dining table not submerged under stacks of books and papers. There are only two weeks until mid-semester reviews and I'm feeling the pressure.
Kate Miller, Maras, Peru: One of the most magical landscapes I’ve ever been to.
One of those moments where art making or writing feels futile and useless when thousands of innocent people are being killed. Peace, justice, and liberation for Palestine.
I know that I don’t really believe that — I know that art can be genuinely politically and socially transformative but sometimes things like this make that belief waver so remembering to be grateful for family and friends and whatever out there is taking care of me and to refocus on doing things that actually matter because my last name is Miller and I live on Papermill road and I am learning to make paper and it’s sort of silly that I’ve only made all of those connections now and I don’t mean to sound how I know I sound but it is comforting and spooky when life aligns in that way. I hope everyone is well and is taking care of themselves! Sending a lot of love to all the strangers and friends connected through Jack <3.
Gillian Waldo, Milwaukee, WI: This week, I helped my friend Kara on a shoot in the bowels of the Department of Geosciences at UWM. Tucked in the basement is the fossil and mineral collection of Thomas A. Greene, an amateur geologist that lived in Milwaukee in the late 1800’s. We were able to comb through the drawers of the collection to pick out specimens to document. Under certain wavelengths of UV light, the rocks are illuminated and change color.
Elm McKissick, Shoreditch, London, UK: I’m in London now and yesterday I visited the Museum of the Home in Shoreditch (a really terrific museum!). This picture presents the living rooms of every unit in one apartment building. Super cool to see how different people’s living arrangements are. I love the top left compared to the top right. Definitely one of my favorite museums I’ve seen.
Melanie Holterman, Walker's Point, Milwaukee, WI: Brit and I visited a gallery displaying work by Kyoung Ae Cho. Cho is an artist that’s new to me but one I’ve thought about since the exhibition. She described her relationship with nature as one with love and respect, reasoning “since we do not own nature, but we belong to nature.” Her creative process is heavily meditative with repetitive gestures. This exhibition makes me wonder how I can incorporate meditation in repetitive actions that often seem boring or inescapable. Doing the dishes? Making my bed? My commute? We’ll see.
I took this photo because I liked how Brit's hair matched the plants in the work.
Britany Gunderson, Walker's Point, Milwaukee, WI: This week Mel and I attended gallery night. At Grove Gallery we met this incredible sculptor named Celine Farrell, who works with all different types of metal. She gave us a tour of her studio, her incredible garden with her sculptures, and showed us her thesis book from Cranbrook Academy of Art from 1959. It was inspiring to see someone so consistently make art for over 60 years.
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