Thea Ballard

is a writer and editor based in Durham, N.C. She’s working on her PhD in art history at Duke University, focusing on sound and affect in contemporary art.

She Never Told Her Love', 1857, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 18 x 232cm (7 1/16 x 9 1/8in), Photographs, Henry Peach Robinson (British, Ludlow, Shropshire 1830-1901 Tunbridge Wells, Kent), Consumed by the passion of unrequited love, a young w

Jackie Wang’s Dream Poetics Jackie Wang’s Dream Poetics

Her poetry and essays explore the personal, aesthetic, and political possibilities of dreaming.

Aug 26, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Thea Ballard

How an Artist’s Diary Can Teach Us New Ways of Seeing

How an Artist’s Diary Can Teach Us New Ways of Seeing How an Artist’s Diary Can Teach Us New Ways of Seeing

Rosemary Mayer’s journal from 1971 illuminates not just her work but also how a creative person makes sense of a life.

Jul 23, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Thea Ballard

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