[{"id":895,"link":"https:\/\/alicelees.com\/2025\/11\/03\/daughters-of-the-stars\/","name":"daughters-of-the-stars","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/alicelees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Alice-with-art3.1.webp","alt":""},"title":"Daughter of the Stars","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"Alice Lees","link":"https:\/\/alicelees.com\/author\/alicelees\/"},"date":"Nov 3, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-03 15:06:46","modifiedDate":"2025-12-02 21:43:42","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-12-02 21:43:42","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/alicelees.com\/category\/exhibit-reviews\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Exhibit Reviews<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/alicelees.com\/category\/exhibit-reviews\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Exhibit Reviews<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":30},"status":"publish","content":"Daughter of the Stars opened at the Melissa Ichiuji Studio Gallery in Front Royal, VA, on October 18. 72 artists and several times that number of artworks lined the walls and floor of the spacious gallery, filled to capacity with an enthusiastic and appreciative crowd of art lovers. Art on view encompassed painting, drawing, sculpture, mosaic, and jewelry. Music was provided on Cloud Street by Kate McLeod and her band. A fine time was had"},{"id":444,"link":"https:\/\/alicelees.com\/2012\/04\/24\/needlepoint-in-rock\/","name":"needlepoint-in-rock","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/alicelees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dog.png","alt":""},"title":"Needlepoint in Rock","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"Alice Lees","link":"https:\/\/alicelees.com\/author\/alicelees\/"},"date":"Apr 24, 2012","dateGMT":"2012-04-24 18:28:56","modifiedDate":"2025-12-02 21:49:50","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-12-02 21:49:50","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/alicelees.com\/category\/mosaics\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Mosaics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/alicelees.com\/category\/alices-choices\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Musings on Mosaic<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/alicelees.com\/category\/mosaics\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Mosaics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/alicelees.com\/category\/alices-choices\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Musings on Mosaic<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":21},"status":"publish","content":"This lively dog still guards his long-dead master's house in what remains of Pompeii, Italy, centuries after Mount Vesuvius erupted and covered the city in molten ash. He has endured because he is fashioned of stone--of many tiny stones, meticulously cemented into place. The method by which he was made is mosaic, an intriguing art form that thrives today as it did then. It is my new art medium, and I refer to it, somewhat"},{"id":337,"link":"https:\/\/alicelees.com\/2012\/04\/10\/a-light-exists-in-spring\/","name":"a-light-exists-in-spring","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/alicelees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Suprasensorial-Hirshhorn-Museum.png","alt":""},"title":"\"A light exists in spring . . .\" <br> -- Emily Dickinson","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"Alice Lees","link":"https:\/\/alicelees.com\/author\/alicelees\/"},"date":"Apr 10, 2012","dateGMT":"2012-04-10 06:14:01","modifiedDate":"2025-12-02 21:46:51","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-12-02 21:46:51","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/alicelees.com\/category\/exhibit-reviews\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Exhibit Reviews<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/alicelees.com\/category\/exhibit-reviews\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Exhibit Reviews<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":41},"status":"publish","content":"Suprasensorial, Hirshhorn Museum, February 23--May 13, 2012 Organized by MOCA, LA, and curated by Alma Ruiz Light shows attract art moths, and Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space, the current show at the Hirshhorn Museum, has a terrific one you shouldn't miss if you live in Washington or environs, or are visiting in the DC area. Five Latin American artists are showcased: Lucio Fontana; Julio Le Parc; Carlos Cruz-Diez; Jes\u00fas Rafael Soto; H\u00e9lio"}]