{"id":35668,"date":"2020-03-13T20:30:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-14T03:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=35668"},"modified":"2020-03-13T20:44:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T03:44:11","slug":"trophies-n-tiaras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/13\/trophies-n-tiaras\/","title":{"rendered":"trophies &#8216;n tiaras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/13\/trophies-n-tiaras\/taralewis1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35671\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis1-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/13544648\/height\/26\/theme\/standard-mini\/thumbnail\/no\/direction\/backward\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"26\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As promised, I finally have a new episode for you \u2026 and it\u2019s another old school edition! In fact, it\u2019s super duper old school because we\u2019re both children of the 70s and 80s, and I don\u2019t think we left one retro stone unturned. I just wrote about New York based artist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taralewisstudio.com\/\">Tara Lewis<\/a> a few of weeks ago, and I loved her work so much that I just had to reach out and see if she\u2019d come talk to me. Luckily, she said <strong><em>HELL YES!<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Listen right up there under that &#8220;TROPHY WIFE&#8221;,\u00a0or you can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\">subscribe to the podcast right here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>First up, a whole bunch of Tara&#8217;s gorgeous portraits, most of which we talked about specifically &#8230; starting with the Lone Ranger:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/13\/trophies-n-tiaras\/taralewis2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35672\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"5462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis2.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis2-32x300.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and finishing with &#8220;PREP SCHOOL&#8221;. <em>ps. This is the painting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ashleylongshoreart\/\">Ashley Longshore<\/a> bought!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Next, the installation Tara was talking about at her most recent show in New York <em>{<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lyonswiergallery.com\/\">Lyons Wier Gallery<\/a>}:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/13\/trophies-n-tiaras\/taralewis3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35673\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35673\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"1460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis3.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis3-120x300.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis3-410x1024.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Text wallpaper! And, I absolutely LOVE that she included these artifacts from her studio as part of the show. Socks, ping pong paddles, pageant banners and, of course, TROPHIES! Yes, it&#8217;s true&#8230; Tara <em>loves<\/em> trophies, and always has apparently <em>{she won her school&#8217;s Spelling Bee year after year only because she really liked how the trophy looked!}<\/em>. Look at these beauties:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/13\/trophies-n-tiaras\/taralewis4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35674\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis4.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis4-64x300.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis4-219x1024.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>HELL YES, indeed.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of which&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/13\/trophies-n-tiaras\/taralewis5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35675\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis5.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis5-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 584px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bngyq5kjqlB\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bngyq5kjqlB\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Tara Lewis (@taralewisstudio)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2018-09-09T16:39:05+00:00\">Sep 9, 2018 at 9:39am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Tara&#8217;s art walking down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/michelleunzipped\/\">Michelle Smith<\/a>&#8216;s runway! Definitely a &#8220;pinch me&#8221; moment.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ooh,<\/em> I had to include a few of these Instagram shots of Tara&#8217;s models showing up to stand beside themselves on the gallery wall:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/13\/trophies-n-tiaras\/taralewis6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35676\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis6.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis6-69x300.jpg 69w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis6-235x1024.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 584px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bzat7U7hfRL\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bzat7U7hfRL\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Tara Lewis (@taralewisstudio)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2019-07-02T14:19:46+00:00\">Jul 2, 2019 at 7:19am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Um, <em>what?<\/em> Yes, that is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/brookeshields\/\">Brooke Shields<\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em>&#8211; posing\/blowing the best bubblegum bubbles ever &#8211; in Tara&#8217;s studio. Here&#8217;s the first of at least eight or nine paintings of Brooke that will be in an upcoming show:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/13\/trophies-n-tiaras\/taralewis7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35677\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35677\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis7.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis7-75x300.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis7-257x1024.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So cool&#8230; especially for those of us who grew up in the 80&#8217;s and most likely had these magazine pages on our bedroom walls:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/13\/trophies-n-tiaras\/taralewis8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35678\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"1941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis8.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis8-90x300.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis8-308x1024.jpg 308w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See, she was a top-notch bubble blower back then, too! Also, how dreamy was Christopher Atkins in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KFm4411ViOk\">Blue Lagoon<\/a>? <em>Sigh.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And finally, Tara and I, official &#8220;Rainbow Girls&#8221; forever:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/13\/trophies-n-tiaras\/taralewis9\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35679\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis9.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis9-156x300.jpg 156w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/taralewis9-532x1024.jpg 532w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Hahahahaha!<\/em> I had to. Seriously, it was physically impossible for me not to put this in the post. Thank you so much to Tara for coming on the podcast, and huge thanks to you for listening &#8230; and while I\u2019m saying thank you &#8230; great BIG thanks to all of the health care workers out there who are putting themselves in front of this virus every day in order to help other people. Help them do their jobs. Stay home if you feel sick, and <strong>wash your hands like someone\u2019s life depends on it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Other links:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/taralewisstudio\/\">Tara on Instagram<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exeter.edu\/\">Phillips Exeter Academy (where Tara teaches)<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lyonswiergallery\/\">Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/michelleunzipped\/\">Michelle Smith, Fashion Designer<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/brookeshields\/\">Brooke Shields<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/stephanievovas.com\/\">Stephanie Vovas Photography<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.willcotton.com\/\">Will Cotton, Painter<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katyperry.com\/music\/teenage-dream\/\">Katy Perry album cover<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As promised, I finally have a new episode for you \u2026 and it\u2019s another old school edition! In fact, it\u2019s super duper old school because we\u2019re both children of the 70s and 80s, and I don\u2019t think we left one retro stone unturned. I just wrote about New York based artist\u00a0Tara Lewis a few of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[766,3,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35668"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35668"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35696,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35668\/revisions\/35696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}