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Chicago Gallery News: Collector Conversation with Curt and Jennifer Conklin

Chicago Gallery News: Collector Conversation with Curt and Jennifer Conklin

by Alicia | Jan 3, 2011 | Art Writing, Chicago Gallery News, News, Writing

Writer Alicia Eler spent some time getting to know collectors Curt and Jennifer Conklin, their 3-year-old daughter Claudi, and of course their expansive art collection. The young couple discussed who caught the art bug first, and what they’re most interested in...
Chicago Gallery News: Collector Conversation with Dr. Dan Berger

Chicago Gallery News: Collector Conversation with Dr. Dan Berger

by Alicia | Dec 1, 2010 | Art Writing, News, Writing

Are some people biologically drawn to art? Having nurtured a collection since 1988, Dr. Daniel S. Berger thinks so. Writer Alicia Eler visited Dr. Berger’s home, and the two discussed how a collection’s theme takes shape, how art adds balance to a stressful life, and...
Finding The Hero on BRAVO’s Work of Art, Episode 10: The Big Show

Finding The Hero on BRAVO’s Work of Art, Episode 10: The Big Show

by Alicia | Sep 2, 2010 | Art Writing, BRAVO's Work of Art, News, Writing

By Alicia Eler & Patricia Herrmann Pop culture is replete with stories of young men realizing their potential and becoming heroes.  In the first season of Work of Art, pop culture’s introduction to the heretofore secretive Art World, America was provided with the...
BRAVO’s Work of Art and America’s Queer Boys, Episode 9: Natural Talents

BRAVO’s Work of Art and America’s Queer Boys, Episode 9: Natural Talents

by Alicia | Sep 1, 2010 | Art Writing, BRAVO's Work of Art, News, Queer, Writing

By Alicia Eler & Patricia Herrmann American culture idealizes the beautiful boy as one who lives “between the innocence of babyhood and the dignity of manhood.” Unlike adults, he is alive to “enjoy every second of every minute of every hour of every day…”  The...
CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS: Collector Conversation with Scott J. Hunter

CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS: Collector Conversation with Scott J. Hunter

by Alicia | Aug 30, 2010 | Art Writing, News, Writing

Writer Alicia Eler spent some time with Scott J. Hunter, and his dog Tyler, in Chicago’s South Loop to talk about how he gradually came to collect art, what it is about abstract art that intrigues him now, and his own “rule of three” when it comes to...
A Day in The Life of Alicia Eler on the3six5.com

A Day in The Life of Alicia Eler on the3six5.com

by Alicia | Aug 29, 2010 | Art Writing, Press, Queer, Writing

I tried to sleep in today but I couldn’t. Typical. It’s 6:30am on a Saturday morning, and I’m out on my back porch staring at the sun and watering my basil plant. The other weekend I took a three-day trip to New Mexico for a gay wedding, and forgot to ask...
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