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Bell(e) of the Week: June 4th By Tykeya O'Neil and Gabbi Herzberg QuailBellMagazine.com You have until Thursday, June 7th at midnight EST to cast your vote! We'll announce the winner on Friday, so please check back, fledglings <3
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The Death of Feather FluffBy Luna Lark QuailBellMagazine.com The stink of roadkill slaps you hard on a Southern summer day. It, like the worms feeding on the corpse, crawls and twitches and squirms. The air bears a red welt for hours and days after the animal met its demise. A magnolia-scented climate is honest about death. As soon as something crosses from one life to the other, you smell its footsteps. Someplace much colder—like New England or the Midwest—can conceal death for months. There, spring is not a season of trilling birds and awakening azaleas. It is a season of confessions as the Great Melt arrives: This is the opossum the ice storm killed. This is the skunk the snow buried and froze. This is the fox slaughtered by the sleet. The news of death among little animals—particularly fledglings—spreads fast in Richmond as spring sheds her buds and fades into summer. I walk the streets of Carver and Jackson Ward to a singular tune: the buzzing of flies. Sometimes these dreadful insects seem louder than the cars zipping down Belvidere. They feast on the fledglings who, unlike their brothers and sisters, never learned to fly. Instead these fledglings tumbled from their nests, forgetting or perhaps never knowing to flap their teeny wings. I no longer wonder what the pinkish-purple splotches on the sidewalk are. One too many observations taught me that hidden within those fleshy stamps are the outlines of squashed eyeballs and feather fluff. At least they are an easy meal for the Carver cats. The Breadcrumbs widget will appear here on the published site.
Don't judge a book by its cover (or do) By Anna Frazer QuailBellMagazine.com As the summer begins to roll around, the idea of spending time inside a library instead of outside in the sun seems almost sacrilegious. Though I usually have this same mindset, as I went to Virginia Commonwealth University's Cabell Library to see my first piece of “book art,” I found that my time spent in the library was anything but a waste of time. I went specifically to see works created by book artist Julie Chen and found that her book illustrations went far beyond that of a regular illustrator. Drawn to her books immediately, I found her pieces to each have their own distinct and quirky personality.
What exactly is book art? I asked myself this very same question after hearing about Julie Chen. This specific field encompasses letterpress, printing, and binding, all combined with three-dimensional art. Finished pieces are one-of-a-kind sculptures that include text. Chen’s creations combine her original works of poetry with three-dimensional paper techniques to create a different kind of reading experience and an artwork that explodes with color and life. Though her works do include the two basic components of a book (text and images), that’s where the similarities end. Her books are not two-dimensional as expected and do not behave or function in the same way as other books. Her text and images jump off the page both literally and figuratively. These aren’t just pages you can skim over or thumb through. Reading a Julie Chen book is a completely new experience for the average reader. Her work allowed me to admire her intricately artisanship and truly appreciate the process of handcrafting books. Instead of glancing at the binding without second thought, I was inspecting the piece and found myself fully engaged in the “reading” experience. By pushing the boundaries of traditional bookmaking, Chen redefines what a book truly is and lets every part of the book speak for itself. The Breadcrumbs widget will appear here on the published site.
Congratulations to Abigail Clouse & Marleigh Culver!By Tykeya O'Neil & Gabbi Herzberg QuailBellMagazine.com This week we had a tie! Thanks to all who voted. Abigail Clouse and Marleigh Culver are our Bell(e)s of the Week. The Breadcrumbs widget will appear here on the published site.
A sobering experience By QB Social Butterfly QuailBellMagazine.com In theory, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. is not a cheerful place to spend any free time. But not all in life can be kittens and rainbows. It's important to occasionally take some time to remember history, the good and the bad. A visit to the nation's best-known Holocaust museum is a sobering experience. Yet this summer, the museum will be offering a variety of scholarly events to promote a better understanding and respect for the events that transpired during the Holocaust. And more than likely, it will help you put your own problems into perspective.
June 2, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Elly Gross - “My True Story of the Holocaust” Holocaust survivor Elly Gross will be sharing about her experiences through her moving poetry. June 8 and 9, 12:00 – 4:00 p.m. Miriam Winter – Trains Fellow survivor Winter will explore her past as a young Jewish girl, trapped in war-ravaged Poland. June 22 and 23, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Greg Dawson - “Hiding in the Spotlight: a Musical Prodigy's Story of Survival, 1941-46” The son of a Holocaust survivor, Dawson will retell his mother's compelling story of survival. A Jew sentenced to death, she escaped and used her musical talent to survive alongside her Nazi persecutors. July 5, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. First Person Program – Leon Merrick At some point, there will no longer be Holocaust survivors alive to tell their stories. Take advantage of the museum's events to hear firsthand accounts, like Leon Merrick's, a story that entails his time in several concentration camps. If you are unable to get to D.C., consider visiting one of the museum's traveling exhibits: June 21 – August 12 Fighting the Fires of Hate: American and the Nazi Book Burnings Greensboro Historical Museum – Greensboro, NC Now – July 22 Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals: 1933-1945 Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester – Rochester, NY The Breadcrumbs widget will appear here on the published site.
A Trip to the Antique VillageBy Marz Saffore QuailBellMagazine.com Ah, an intern's first assignment. Normally it'd probably be something like going out for coffee or copying some papers for a meeting...but not at Quail Bell! At Quail Bell, we send our interns out into the wild, wild world of vintage shops and give them only a camera to protect themselves. Our intern ventured out to several shops last Monday. Fate took her to Antique Village and now she shares the trip with you.
Antique Village 10203 Chamberlayne Rd. Mechanicsville, VA 23116 AntiqueVillageVa.com |
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