Melissa D. Johnston Art

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  • Thru the Net iii

    Thru the Net iii

    Another installment in the “Thru the Net” series, which plays with Heidegger’s understanding of Dasein or Being-in-the-world.   thru the net iii Read more

  • “The Power of Labeling” exhibition

    “The Power of Labeling” exhibition

    There are exciting and innovative things going on in the art world right now. The Incluseum is one of them. It’s a Seattle-based project that seeks social inclusion in museums. Part of that mission is to rethink how institutional cultural spaces operate in general. Recently they decided to play with a traditional museum function: the Read more

  • New Digital Series: Thru the Net

    New Digital Series: Thru the Net

    For the past few months I’ve been reading Martin Heidegger’s Being and Time with a friend. What’s fascinated me is how revolutionary his idea of being-in-the-world really is—not just vis-à-vis the philosophical tradition but even now, both philosophically and in our “everyday world” assumptions. I’ve begun a digital series called “thru the net” that explores Read more

  • Stigma, Story, and Solidarity

    Stigma, Story, and Solidarity

    Several years ago, when I was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder, I didn’t mind sharing my story with others. I was struggling with horrible symptoms, due in no small part to being prescribed the wrong meds, and I sought community–both for encouragement and to encourage others. I was a grad student in a department very Read more

  • Zalop: Illusory Correspondence Art

    Zalop: Illusory Correspondence Art

    If you happen to be in the Atlanta area this coming Saturday (February 15), stop by Eyedrum at the C4/Fuse Arts Center for the Zalop: Illusory Correspondence Art show. It will be quite an amazing night, filled with performance art, Fluxus, MailArt, mixed media, collage, and more. Free Poems on Demand will be there, filling words to Read more

  • ‘Convergence’

    ‘Convergence’

    Very cool. DavidsonNews.net/CorneliusNews.net has an article about the group exhibition ‘Convergence,’ which opens tomorrow at Brick Row gallery. Brick Row chose four artists from the Small Works Invitational for this show. I feel incredibly honored to be one of them. Opening Reception is 6-9 p.m. Check it out! Here’s the Facebook Invitation. Read more