Author Archives: Mary A. Osborne

My latest column in the Examiner.com features the photographs of Dennis Manarchy, who is rated as one of the world’s top photographers.  While Manarchy has been commercially successful, he has followed his own muse throughout his 30 year career and … Continue reading →

If you have a chance to attend the American Craft Exposition in Evanston, IL this weekend, be sure to check out decorative fiber artist Renee Harris. Here is the story I wrote about Renee for the Examiner.com. Decorative fiber artist … Continue reading →

Oh, how I love my job at the Examiner.com. I get to write about whatever and whoever I want, which means I often write about off-the-grid artists who are hell-bent on making art their own way. If you haven’t ever … Continue reading →

Sadly, I add this latest post following the August 5 massacre of 6 people who were praying at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  The article appears in the August 6, 2012 edition of the Examiner.com Sikh art and religion … Continue reading →

As the new Chicago Arts and Crafts Examiner for the Examiner.com, I wrote about artist Sergio Gomez last week.  Gomez is a true “off the grid” artist who diligently practices his craft and continually expands his artistic vision.  It is … Continue reading →

First novels are not memoirs, though they are often semiautobiographical.  My first novel, entitled Gifts from the Dead, was a thinly disguised version of my experience of losing my husband just months after our son was born.  In retrospect, I … Continue reading →

Mayor Rahm wants to change things here in Chicago, even for the artists.  Says Julie Burros, the city’s new Director of Cultural Planning, the mayor wants to grow the city’s reputation as a center of creativity and excellence in the … Continue reading →

It is a role of the artist to bring attention to what might otherwise be missed.  So it was that I discovered the plight of Chicago’s crumbling water tanks when I picked up Larry W. Green’s slim book of photographs … Continue reading →