Maria Teicher

  Hey. Hi. How are you? It’s been a long time and a lot has changed. I think it’s time for a reintroduction.   I’m Maria. My dearests call me Mia. A few every semester say Mrs. Teicher. One calls me wife, babe, and occasionally through sleep deprivation a forgetful “hey… you!” A newer member of the world calls me “Mama” (kinda, he’s working on it).   [...]

From some of my earliest career ideas to a Moore College of Art and Design's student's senior year critique; this is my long and strange road to reaching a goal (and it's just the beginning). There are only three things as a child that I can remember wanting (truly wanting; with heart, soul, and clear intention) to become once I hit adulthood. The very first[...]

I’m usually the type of person that sits on Facebook and silently watches the “I am thankful for…” posts roll in. It’s not that I’ve never been thankful it’s just that it’s always the same, year in and year out: Family, friends, and health. This year, for me, is quite different. It’s been a transformative year for my art career. I am thankful for my family, friends, a[...]

My dreams of what being an artist was like are far from what my life actually looks like. No one ever said this was an artist’s reality. No one talks about the real struggle, the student loan debt, being on the brink of total exhaustion, or how much extra work is involved. Those movies, the biographies, the artist interviews, and the sugar-coated art books I’ve[...]

I went up to New York with my girl Jess and her boy Fran to catch the Mark Ryden show a week or so ago. It was an amazing day-trip filled with great art, good weather, exploring, relaxing and a little tour of Brooklyn. It was a total blast and seeing Mr. Ryden's work up close inspired me to no end. Our styles may be totally different but his execution is flawless and [...]

I find myself with constant questions about the art world. I read as much as I can about the artists I love and adore. I see the shows I can't live without seeing; research with my favorite news sources, magazines, artists' personal blogs, etc. I am constantly looking and trying to understand. I mainly pay attention to the actual artists, their work, their exhibitions[...]