Bio
Kate Mothes is an independent writer and art curator based in Northeast Wisconsin. She founded Dovetail Magazine and has organized numerous exhibitions with a focus on emerging artists. She regularly presents talks and workshops about online presence for artists and is also a contributing editor with Colossal.
Recent Articles
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In Wisconsin, Traditional Mexican Craft Meets Modernist Painting in This 30-Year Collaboration
June 6, 2024
Wenceslas Martinez transforms Sandra Jo's paintings into intricate woven masterpieces. The couple started by selling their creations from a chicken coop and have since expanded their reach internationally.
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Along the Mississippi River, Two Indigenous Artists Trace Connecting Currents
May 7, 2024
Karen Goulet and Monique Verdin draw on the intersecting histories and ecologies of the third largest watershed in the world.
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'Art Against the Odds' Shines a Light on Artists Within Wisconsin’s Justice System
April 24, 2024
The traveling exhibition and archive centers on visibility and art as a survival tool.
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Meet Pooja Pittie: Art Helped Her Navigate a Life-Changing Diagnosis
April 16, 2024
Chicago artist Pooja Pittie on exploring the bodymind, disability, and building her practice in the Midwest.
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An Expansive Exhibition Illuminates Black Narratives from Detroit Artists
April 10, 2024
Twenty figurative artists share works featuring “a spectrum of lived experiences—joy, intimacy, reverie, danger, tension” in exhibition ‘Skilled Labor: Black Realism in Detroit.’
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Across the Upper Midwest, Communities Converge Around Norway’s Hardanger Fiddle
April 4, 2024
In North Dakota and Minnesota, a new generation continues a centuries-old tradition.