Shortly after I agreed to be an exhibitor in the Odd Beauty museum exhibit in the Hamptons, I got an email from the curator, Art Donovan, saying I was in Dan’s Papers. I thought, what is Dan’s Papers? Then I opened the email and he said that he had just been interviewed by a writer for Dan’s Papers, one of the premier magazines in the Hamptons that has been in publication since the mid 1960’s.
In the interview, Art talked about what steampunk is, how it got started and why he feels this exhibit is important, both to art and to the Hamptons itself. Though I wasn’t mentioned by name, right at the top of the first page is a photo of one of the airships that I wound up taking there as part of my exhibit offering! Pretty cool!
Below is the link to the online issue of Dan’s Papers where you can flip through and see what goes on and is “reported” on, then you can go to page 45 where the aforementioned article starts!
Stay tuned for more on the exhibit as it unfolds and I have more to talk about and show you!
Stephan J. Smith is the artist and sculptor at Artsmith Craftworks in Swartz Creek, MI. Using recycled and re-purposed materials, Stephan builds a myriad of sculpted wonders, including fantastic and whimsical steampunk airships that have amazed and delighted fans for years. A passion for reusing and up-cycling found items into beautiful and amazing art is what drives Stephan to make art that both teaches and inspires. Stephan also does commissioned work and is available to do talks and classes on re-purposing/up-cycling and may be reached at ArtSmithCraft@yahoo.com or at 810-516-7381.
