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he/him artist · Cleveland, OH SINGULART (Fr.) Iterative art:lens-new-media-motion-sound multiple descriptions + enactive aesthetics + experiential learning + wandering + deep listening + Bateson + WmJames + Monk + Rumi Artiststephencalhoun.com

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Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · 20h

artiststephencalhoun.com/dee-dee-2/

new artwork, a dahlia 'spin,' no color fiddling at all

for sale, acrylic print

Dee Dee 2 - Stephen Calhoun

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Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · 21h

field-journal.com/issue-30-spr...

Social Practice Art and the Problem of Efficacy

Eva Marxen and David Gutiérrez Castañeda

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Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · 1d

www.singulart.com/en/artworks/...

new artwork available via SIngulart, Paris

I voted for daemonic mushrooms in the loam,
and the old democracy of worms.
-Alfred K. LaMotte

Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · 1d

rock and roll

www.youtube.com/watch?v=W13C...

The Bros. Landreth • I'll Drive (Live at Private Ear Recording)

YouTube video by The Bros. Landreth

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Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · 1d

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Ai Weiwei’s ‘Camouflage’ art installation reflects on FDR’s Four Freedoms

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · 2d

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/a...

Now, Artists Weigh In on a Monumental Debate

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Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · 6d

revisited Garden Protector and used ai to inscribe textures for the sake of pareidolia.

"The moment of interaction is where the art truly lives."
— Lynn Hershman Leeson

Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · 7d

recent radially iterated photograph

Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · 11d

recent iterated photographic artwork

Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · 11d

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

10-Minute Challenge: A Modern Master Takes Us Inside an Artist’s Studio

We’d like you to look at one piece of art for 10 minutes, uninterrupted.

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Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · 13d

www.quantamagazine.org/origami-patt...

Origami Patterns Solve a Major Physics Riddle | Quanta Magazine

The amplituhedron, a shape at the heart of particle physics, appears to be deeply connected to the mathematics of paper folding.

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Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · 14d

new artwork

A creative train of thought is set off by: the unexpected, the unknown, the accidental, the disorderly, the absurd, the impossible. —Asger Jorn

Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · 18d

recent artwork available around the world
via artiststephencalhoun.com and Singulart

www.singulart.com/en/artworks/...

Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · 19d

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30% off

Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · 20d

canjournal.org/the-quest-fo...

Excellent write-up!

I was happy to participate and support the trio of exhibits, especially the interactive opener at SPACES and as part of Naomi Lord's A Paradise of Displacement at Ingenuity Fest's Forging the Future extravaganza last weekend.

The Quest for the Fest's I Stand For Fest: Something Else, Entirely - Collective Arts Network - CAN Journal

The Quest for the Fest and I Stand For Fest began as an answer to the loss of Cleveland art triennials and became something else entirely.

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Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · 20d

My solo exhibit and affordable art show is booked and will unfold November 7-8-9. Workshop on Sunday.

Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · 27d

new artwork

Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · Sep 18

‘Go a little bit out of your depth and when you don’t feel your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting.’ — David Bowie

h/t Naomi Lord

recent artwork

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Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · Sep 18

blatantly inconsistent???

wtf!

How 'bout "violates," or "erases?"

Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · Sep 18

The normative categories of the art world land variably outside the art system. Still. . .as an artist who was discovered at 59.

hyperallergic.com/1042641/when...

When Artists Are Too Old to Be “Emerging”

If the art world is serious about equity, it has to stop equating emergence with youth and start building structures that reflect the multiplicity of artistic timelines.

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Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · Sep 16

Are not the answers right now in the open source?

I vaguely remember something about a Lolita Express.

Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · Sep 16

new digital art

The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying. Steven Press

Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · Sep 12

recent artwork

Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · Sep 12

Participatory exhibit open today at W78thSt arts' complex.

noon-5pm · come and embrace your inner artist

Cleveland Ohio

Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning.
—Diane Ackerman

Stephen Calhoun @artistscc.bsky.social · Sep 4

Block party mix: open.spotify.com/playlist/058...

Frank Sinatra Meets Wussy

Coleridge Grooves 2025

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