by markfasciano | Apr 11, 2021 | Art, Mark Fasciano
As the weather warms up in New York, I enjoy taking walks with my wife in downtown Manhattan and ducking into whatever art gallery presents an open door—not knowing what to expect and often ending up happily intrigued. But yesterday we made a beeline for Arcadia...
by markfasciano | Jan 25, 2021 | Art, Mark Fasciano
With indoor dining and theaters closed, destinations during the winter in NYC are limited. However, my wife and I have discovered that it’s the perfect time to visit the city’s abundance of art galleries and museums. It’s easy to keep one’s distance and stay safe,...
by markfasciano | Jan 6, 2021 | Art, Mark Fasciano
When introducing myself to non-New Yorkers, the easiest way to describe where I live is “about a 40 minute train ride from the city.” That train ride is a defining characteristic of the Long Island experience, and those precious 40 minutes must be productively...
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. ...
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