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2002 Stories by Robin Shear

• The Healing Art

  published June 27, 2002

  When Maria Stevenson learned about John Feight's Foundation for Hospital Art, inspiration struck. According to More >>

• Rush the Gates

  published May 23, 2002

  Miranda July is trapped onstage. The Portland performance artist is stuck up on a catwalk, sandwiched between two video screens like a specimen... More >>

• Women on the Verge of a Breakthrough

  published May 2, 2002

  American entries to the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in short supply this year? Fine. Let's see how lesbians in Slovenia do it.... More >>

• The Dixie Psychics

  published May 2, 2002

  The covered pavilion was sparse, psychics scattered, one to a table. A purveyor of New Age relics -- incense and oils, stones and jewelry --... More >>

• It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Pussy

  published March 7, 2002

  "Hi ... ," says the gritty voice on the other end of the line. Before I answer, I say to myself, I'm a liberated woman, a feminist, a big girl. I... More >>

• The Nature of Sculpture

  published February 14, 2002

  Bamboo, spider mums, birds of paradise, and carnations of all hues fill the room. Seated among this motley profusion of stalks and stems,... More >>

• Flashes of New Years

  published January 17, 2002

  Jill Waterman's idea to photograph New Year's celebrations began in Paris on a whim in 1984, while she was studying at the university. Since then... More >>

• Back in Black

  published January 10, 2002

  Time has passed, memories have lapsed, and the revolution has all but collapsed in the decades since The Last Poets first hit the black-arts and... More >>

• Monster Movie

  published January 3, 2002

  By the opening sequence of Beauty and the Beast à la IMAX, my seven-year-old niece and I are exhausted. We... More >>