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From her home in Burlington, Vermont, Lindsay writes arts, design and travel articles for Art New England, Seven Days and Kids Vermont.

Nationally, Lindsay writes for Forbes.com, Dwell magazine, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the U.K.-based Polo Times magazine.

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The New Guard (Dwell)

Posted Wed, 05/02/2012 - 17:07 by lindsay

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I wrote three short pieces on up-and-coming designers for the Now 99 issue of Dwell, published in May 2012. Click here for digital version; pdf of pages available here.

Artist Community: Rhode Island (Art New England)

Posted Mon, 04/30/2012 - 05:54 by lindsay

BigTown Gallery • Rochester, VT • www.bigtowngallery.com • May 2–June 10, 2012

Aaron SiskindThe nonconcentric circles of Dale Chihuly’s eight-piece baskets fit neatly together within the largest basket, but inside they overlap and protrude into each other’s spheres. Nearly all of them touch.

It’s a fitting metaphor for the mixed-media exhibition Artist Community: Rhode Island at BigTown Gallery, exploring the work of nine artists who lived or worked in Rhode Island.

Although bound by geography and a modernist sensibility, at first glimpse the artists have little in common: photography, sculpture, works on paper, painting, and design are all represented, ranging from Hugh Townley’s woodworks to Bunny Harvey’s Vermont landscapes. Digging deeper into each artist’s biography reveals closer sympathies.

The One Question that Kills a Good Interview and Reveals Absolutely Nothing (Forbes.com)

Posted Sat, 04/07/2012 - 09:29 by lindsay

Originally posted 3.24.12 at www.Forbes.com.

"If you want to know what my five-year professional plan is, ask me what I do on a Sunday afternoon and not what’s ticking on my career clock."

Forbes

I was in a job interview last week that was going well. I was connecting with my interviewers, I’d done my research on the position, and the job sounded like it would be a good fit for my writing skills and desire to mentor undergrads.

Then came the killer question: “Where do you see yourself professionally in five years?”

This question really only has three answers, and when posed to an ambitious Gen-Y candidate, none of them will make you look good. Here’s what I mean:

All Together Now (Kids Vermont)

Posted Sat, 03/31/2012 - 23:00 by lindsay

Family campAdults try their best to create the ideal summer vacation — the perfect equilibrium between activity and relaxation — only to find it can often wind up being more stressful than just staying home. As kids, we had it down. What happened when we grew up?

Enter the family camp. Modeled after the traditional sleepaway experience, the multigenerational version is a vacation with less organizational stress — and best of all, you get to share it with your kids. Meals appear at regular intervals and cheery camp counselors whisk kids off to age-appropriate activities, leaving parents free to launch a canoe for old time's sake, or simply hobnob on a shady front porch overlooking the lake.

"Family camp can be a real relief for the cooks or the chauffeurs in the family," says Carole Blane, program director at Camp Common Ground in Starksboro. "It's also great fun for adults wishing to re-create the magic of going to camp. You get to run around barefoot, play soccer or just spend time enjoying your surroundings while your kids are being taken care of."

How to Spot a Job Using Twitter (WetFeet Magazine)

Posted Thu, 03/22/2012 - 23:00 by lindsay

Twitter job huntIt’s easy to see Twitter as merely a source of amusement—especially if your feed is bogged down with inane, minute-by-minute updates from friends and celebrities. After all, who cares what Nick Nolte had for breakfast or that your cousin lost her keys again?      

But Twitter can be so much more than a workday distraction. It can be a powerful career tool. More and more recruiters are turning to social media powerhouses such as LinkedIn and Twitter to find candidates and communicate open positions. Plus, with a little savvy, Twitter can be great for building your network, gaining industry know-how, and uncovering unofficial job leads.     

Before you start tweeting your beak off, though, be sure you’re up to date on Twitter etiquette.

1. Be a Pro
Your Twitter profile will be one of the first things a recruiter finds when he Googles you, so from the moment you create an account you should make sure to put your professional face forward.

Why Being Fearless Matters So Much: A Conversation With Zaha Hadid (Forbes.com)

Posted Thu, 03/08/2012 - 17:15 by lindsay

Originally posted 1.26.2012 at www.Forbes.com

‘The only thing I could have done to make them accept me was to water everything down — and I wasn’t prepared to do that.’

Zaha Hadid by Steve Double.When architect Zaha Hadid walks into the Philadelphia Museum of Art, conversation stops. Dressed all in black,she strides purposefully across the vast exhibition hall, her presence nearly dwarfing even the mural-sized Marc Chagall stretching from floor to ceiling behind her.

Hadid’s larger-than-life persona is a frequent topic of conversation in the architecture world, and in concert with the gravity-defying, curvilinear buildings she creates, has earned her a reputation as the diva of architecture. It’s a term applied by admirers and critics alike, to which she responds bluntly “You wouldn’t call me a diva if I were a guy.”

Persian Visions: Contemporary Photography from Iran (Art New England)

Posted Thu, 03/08/2012 - 15:02 by lindsay

The Fleming Museum, University of Vermont • Burlington, VT • www.uvm.edu/fleming • Through May 20, 2012

Ahmad Nateghi, Untitled, 1998

By turns abstract, edgy, and haunting, the photographs in Persian Visions: Contemporary Photographs from Iran fully transcend the geographic boundaries imposed by the exhibition title. These are not the images that have flashed across American television screens for the past ten years; they’re far subtler than that, muting everyday violence with digital multimedia, blurred focus, and the ever-present veil motif.

Subject matter simmers just beneath the surface, at times brought to a rolling boil by Fleming curator Aimee Marcereau DeGalan’s decision to juxtapose the contemporary prints of the traveling exhibition (toured by International Art & Artists, Washington, D.C.) with nineteenth-century photographs of the Middle East in a complementary show.

There's a Camp for That... (Kids Vermont)

Posted Thu, 03/01/2012 - 00:00 by lindsay

Originally appeared in print version of Kids Vermont on March 1, 2012

Camp Cook

A new variety of summer camp is cropping up in Vermont, and there's minimal archery, capture the flag or horseback riding involved. Kids are convening in the summer to bicycle down mountains, fly airplanes, program the next app for your iPhone, whip up culinary masterpieces and find fairy houses.

These camp adventures might not resemble those of your childhood, but our pick of five unique summer camps will provide amazing fodder for that "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" essay the first day back at school.

Dirt Divas

"We thought mountain biking could be a powerful antidote to the pressures of being an adolescent girl in our culture." That's the motivation, according to director Nadine Budbill, for a five-day program that teaches 12 middle school girls learn how to jump stumps, carve turns and navigate single-track challenges.

A West Coast "Knitting Lady" Sets Up in Burlington (Seven Days)

Posted Wed, 02/08/2012 - 00:00 by lindsay
Originally appeared in the print version of Seven Days Feb. 8, 2012.
Maggie Pace

In her former Bay Area neighborhood, Maggie Pace was known simply as “the Knitting Lady.” Neighbors and fans of her knitting patterns, kits and yarns would drop by for sidewalk sales at her knitting store, Pick Up Sticks, or tune in to her segments on the PBS TV program “Knit and Crochet Now!” to emulate crafty know-how.

These days, Pace is a little more incognito.

She moved to Burlington in December 2010 when her husband got a job with Dealer.com. That new position went hand-in-hand with the couple’s decision to reevaluate their lives.

“Steve and I were both overwhelmed,” Pace says. “We had a clear goal in mind to simplify and reenvision what success meant to us. We wanted to have personal fulfillment in our work and refocus on family life, so Burlington felt like a great fit.”

Team Vermont Goes for Snow "Gold" at National Snow-Sculpting Tournament (Seven Days)

Posted Wed, 02/01/2012 - 14:45 by lindsay

Originally appeared in the print version of Seven Days on Feb. 1, 2012.

At first glance, the 2-foot clay model doesn’t look like much. Its diamond-shaped, gridlike exterior gives it an odd, Epcot-esque quality; inside the structure’s hollowed-out core, a puzzle piece rests on a pedestal.

“It’s called ‘Inner Piece,’” explains Burlington sculptor Michael Nedell with a self-effacing grin.

Ah, that explains everything. By the end of next week, if all goes well, this visual pun will be recreated as a 12-foot-high snow sculpture in the national snow-sculpting championships at Lake Geneva, Wis. There Nedell and his two teammates, Alex Dostie and Brooke Monte, will represent Vermont and compete for the title of best snow sculptors in the country.

This will be the team’s seventh trip to the national championships. The Vermonters took home second prize in 2005 and 2007, and have consistently ranked among the top six teams. They’ve also paid two visits to the (invitation-only) international championships in Breckinridge, Colo., in 2008 and 2011.