by markfasciano | Nov 19, 2020 | Art, Mark Fasciano
Some of my favorite family vacation memories involve the exploration of urban street art. It all started a few years ago when my wife and I visited Wynwood Walls in Miami, and we were amazed by the power of paint to transform an entire, previously underdeveloped...
by markfasciano | Sep 17, 2020 | Art, Ava Fasciano, Mark Fasciano
“To the things themselves!” (“Zu den sachen selbst!” in German) was the pragmatic rallying cry of an early 20th century philosophical movement called phenomenology. Though I don’t claim to grasp all of its complexities, I appreciated the movement’s’ general premise...
by markfasciano | Aug 7, 2020 | Art, Mark Fasciano
Four years ago, I decided it was finally time to graduate from small sketches, take myself more seriously as an artist, and make my oil on canvas debut. Not too seriously though, for I only allowed myself to use cheap black, white, and primary colored paint. ...
by markfasciano | Jul 2, 2020 | Art, Mark Fasciano
Upon squeezing through the tight doorway of Spring Studio in lower Manhattan, I immediately gained a deep appreciation for its lowkey aesthetic. Overlapping sketches lined the walls, the scratched wooden floor peeked out from under a clutter of easels and chairs, and...
by markfasciano | Jun 24, 2020 | Art, Ava Fasciano, Mark Fasciano
When my daughter Ava was 6, she started creating her own fashion designs for a fictional company she named SmartieSkirts. Wanting to encourage this entrepreneurial instinct, I helped her set up a web site to market her ideas to friends and family. Even though her...
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