Posts by Sage Helene

Sage Helene

Sage Helene is a contributing writer at My Modern Met. She earned her MFA in Photography and Related Media and an MST in Art Education from the Rochester Institute of Technology. She has since written for several digital publications, including Float and UP Magazine. In addition to her writing practice, Sage works as an Art Educator across both elementary and secondary levels, where she is committed to fostering artistic curiosity, inclusivity, and confidence in young creators.
Art
April 18, 2026

Artist Envisions a New Way Forward by Bringing It to Life in Intricate Paintings

Contemporary artist Rithika Merchant centers her practice on building intricate visual cosmologies. Working in watercolor, gouache, and collage, she develops a symbolic language shaped by nature, cosmology, and shared human narratives. Her work moves between mythology and speculation, using storytelling as a framework to reflect on time and space in relation to humanity.

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Photography
April 15, 2026

100-Year-Old Photos Capture Havasupai Tribe’s Everlasting Connection to Their Home in the Grand Canyon

The photographs produced by George Wharton James in the early 20th century position the Havasupai Tribe within a landscape that is both specific and expansive. Figures appear alongside Havasu Creek, within cultivated terrain, or framed by the Grand Canyon walls that embed them within the landscape. This connection is not incidental.

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Art
April 11, 2026

See the Paintings That a 19th-Century Artist Created While Guided by Spiritual Forces

In the mid-19th century, Georgiana Houghton began creating intricate, abstract drawings unlike anything her contemporaries had seen. Houghton developed a visual language of swirling color and line that she believed was guided by unseen spiritual forces. In Victorian England during the 1860s and 1870s, Houghton produced intricate watercolor compositions she described as “spirit drawings.” These works were not conceived as imaginative inventions, but as transmissions by spirits from another realm.

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My Modern Met

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