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The Best of Ask Joan of Art: Stuart Davis
This post is part of an ongoing series here on Eye Level: The Best of Ask Joan of Art. Begun in 1993, Ask Joan of Art is the longest running arts-based electronic reference service in the country. The "real" Joan......
Gaman and the Story of the Bird Pins
Himeko Fukuhara, Kazuko Matsumoto (Interned at Amache, Colorado, and Gila River, Arizona). Bird pins. Scrap wood, paint, metal. Collection of the National Japanese American Historical Society. From The Art of Gaman by Delphine Hirasuna, ©2005, Ten Speed Press. Terry Heffernan......
On Character: Darwyn Cooke's The Hunter
Darwyn Cooke's adaptation of The Hunter "I'm a comic book writer, artist, and storyteller," Darwyn Cooke told us when he spoke recently at the McEvoy Auditorium about his first graphic novel, The Hunter, an adaptation of the famous crime novel......
Picture This: Get Ready for an ARTrageous Weekend!
Partying from last year’s ARTrageous! benefit Friday at 5:30 p.m., artist Karen LaMonte discusses the inspiration and process for her work, Reclining Dress Impression with Drapery, centerpiece of Saturday's museum benefit gala, ARTrageous! This program is free and open to......
How The West Was Framed: The Survey Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan
Timothy H. O'Sullivan's Cañon de Chelle. Walls of the Grand Cañon about 1200 Feet in Height. There hasn't been a major exhibition of the works by nineteenth-century photographer Timothy H. O'Sullivan in more than thirty years, but thanks to a......
Slightly Lucid
I first saw Arthur Renwick’s work at The National Gallery of Canada last year, I’ve recently attended a couple of lectures where his name has come up, which made me go back to rediscover his work. These were some of the portraits that I saw, which are printed larger than...
Canadian Art Foundation is offered in print and online. To keep up with Canadian art, artists, galleries and museums this is one of my go-to sites. Concentrating on Japanese photography, Dirk Rösler and Kurt Easterwood keep Japan Exposures updated with interesting books, photographer interviews and works. (and also some “techie” stuff) If...
The work Pastoral, from Alexander Gronsky, produces a delicate balance between contemplative images and documents where the action and the protagonists invite you to engage in an active reading of the image. The distance from which Gronsky approaches his subject gives us a strong understanding of the geographic and social...
Bill Finger combines mysterious and miniature with his series Paramnesia. These three images along with his other bodies of work are miniature set-ups. These somewhat foreboding places teeter on the captured moment and the set-up shot. Finger writes more about the subject on his site and with his new series...
Holly Lynton’s work In Between holds this dual feeling of softness and uneasiness. Her images reveal a spontaneity of tender and graceful moments, playful and whimsical. But when observing her work closer, there is this dark and uncertain feeling that slowly creeps in. There is a sense that something else...
Robyn McCallum has a wild imagination. When thinking of the master painters from the late 1800s and early 1900s, one would probably not think of pin-up girls or debonair men in suits or for that matter cowboys, soldiers or mounties. But McCallum does. With her series Patrimony, McCallum brings our attention...
Celestial Dreams
My apologies for not giving an update sooner. Over the past few weeks and until further notice everything here has been put on hold due to a family situation that i’ve been devoting 100% of my focus and attention to. Thanks for your patience and understanding, I hope to be back soon...
Haitian Relief Art Auction starts tonight!
@140hours Haitian Relief Art Auction starts tonight at 9pm EST and will run till Jan.31st at 9pm EST. View my contribution: http://140hours.com/haitian%20relief/pages/leahmcneir.htm View all available artworks: http://140hours.com/haitian%20relief/index.htm Check out my previous blog entry about this auction Filed under: News ...
Sale! 15% off t-shirts & posters
Now through Feb. 3rd- Get 15% off t-shirts & posters at: http://www.zazzle.com/leahmcneir* At checkout use promo-code: ZAZZLEFORYOU Filed under: News ...
Art Auction to benefit Haiti earthquake survivors on 1.29.10
The 140hours Haitian Relief Art Auction will begin on January 29th @9:00 pm EST and run through January 31st @9:00 pm EST. 100% of proceeds will be donated to rescue & relief agencies on the ground in Haiti. Be sure to check out all the beautiful artwork that artists from...
Help Haiti! A call to artists & compassionate spirits
‘Life’s Most Persistent And Urgent Question Is: What Are You Doing For Others?’ ~ Martin Luther King Jr. (Photo by Daniel Morel ) My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Haiti. The devastation left in the wake of this disaster is truly heartbreaking. Today i call upon you to join me...
Kirsty Hall
I have an art school monster. It lives in my head. It feeds on my fears and starts nasty little rumours. Image by autumn_bliss, used under Creative Commons license Maybe my monster was there before art school, a cute little baby monster perhaps? But art school gave it shape and helped it...
Many artists approach the world from a place of fear. ‘Am I good enough? What if no one likes my work? Why can’t I sell? I’m rubbish, aren’t I! If I’ve not made it by the time I’m 30, I’m never going to. Picasso worked really hard every single day,...
I’m very sad to report that while I was away in Scotland, the lovely Pepper was nabbed by a fox and she is no more. It was upsetting but we always knew it was a possibility because our chickens room around the garden most afternoons. Even though we keep an...
This is a very quick update because I’m meant to be packing. My son and I are heading up to Scotland this evening to visit my folks. Firstly, the talk went well on Thursday. I was quite pleased with the Powerpoint that I put together – only having a week...
Awesome sauce – I got a paid speaking gig. Apparently the University Of The Arts in London think I’m some kind of blogging expert. I tried to tell the nice lady on the phone that I wasn’t really but she said lots of lovely things about my articles page and...
Kirsty Hall: Broken Bauble, January 2010 Last October I took Alyson Stanfield’s excellent Blast Off course. This course was a life-changing experience for me – amongst other things, I realised that I need to find more sustainable ways to manage my health & my art before I can develop my career...
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Crobar BoraMusic HouseCast 128 > Duran & Aytek + Barish Turker
Two time IDMA "Best Podcast" nominee show. Our resident Barish Turker's mix followed by a guest mix from Duran & Aytek, served by our show host James....
Crobar BoraMusic HouseCast 127 > Loverush UK + Barish Turker
Two time IDMA "Best Podcast" nominee show. Our resident Barish Turker's mix followed by a guest mix from Loverush UK, served by our show host James....
Crobar BoraMusic HouseCast 126 > Yousef + Barish Turker
Two time IDMA "Best Podcast" nominee show. Our resident Barish Turker's mix followed by a guest mix from Yousef, served by our show host James....
New music from The Magnetic Fields, Never Say Never, The Hours, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Gorillaz, Girls, Sia, Basement Jaxx, Four Tet, MSTRKRFT, Morgan Page, Maps, Jes. Gigsby Picks 02-02-10...
New music from The Magnetic Fields, Never Say Never, The Hours, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Gorillaz, Girls, Sia, Basement Jaxx, Four Tet, MSTRKRFT, Morgan Page, Maps, Jes. Gigsby Picks 02-02-10...
New music from The Magnetic Fields, Never Say Never, The Hours, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Gorillaz, Girls, Sia, Basement Jaxx, Four Tet, MSTRKRFT, Morgan Page, Maps, Jes. Gigsby Picks 02-02-10...
NYT > Arts
The person who has been carefully nurturing many of China's top singers in the Western opera tradition for international careers is the 93-year-old Zhou Xiaoyan. ...
Review: Lifting Hazy Veils From Centuries of Vietnamese Art
Exquisite works throw light on stretches of the country's history that even today remain mysterious. ...
Doug Fieger, Dies at 57, Singer of ‘My Sharona’
Mr. Fieger was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the band the Knack, whose 1979 hit “My Sharona” has become an emblem of the new wave era in rock. ...
Ralph McInerny, Scholar and Mystery Novelist, Dies at 80
Mr. McInerny was a prolific novelist and scholar of Roman Catholicism who taught at the University of Notre Dame for more than half a century. ...
Design: A Dash of Color at Vitra's Eclectic Site
A new color laboratory adds to the design company's allure as a destination. A variety of architects at Vitra help it attract about 100,000 visitors to the Weil am Rhein site every year. ...
DESIGN: Rigging an Eco-Boat to Cross the Pacific
If designing a boat for a voyage from San Francisco to Sydney isn't daunting enough, this one also has to be environmentally irreproachable. ...
An Artist's Journal
Today we attended the local BBQG quilt show. Not being a quilter myself, I can’t identify these patterns for you, but I’m sure a lot of you know what they are. I was just so enthralled with the riot of pattern and color choices made by the various quilt artists...
“Wrappings” – Collage, 5 x 7″ “Camo” – Collage, 5 x 7″ I found my collages! Thank you to everyone who offered your suggestions and empathy. I fully believe that writing about it and receiving all your positive suggestions was the catalyst that caused them to magically appear. I went through every suggestion...
These pictures represent an array of incomplete collages. They all have a basic composition, but need added elements to “finish” them. I will need to sit down with these in the studio for a day or two in order to see what they need for resolution. It’s a fun project...
Black and white were on my mind today as I thought about inspirations for my friend Margaret, who is working on a piece for a black and white show. So I started looking around my art files for things either in just black and white or with a limited palette. I...
Footprints, Acrylic on Canvas, 36 x 36″
“Footprints” – Acrylic on canvas 36 x 36 x 1.5″ Click here for more information This painting is in my studio inventory, having been returned to me just last year from a gallery. I have quite a few of these large paintings that aren’t being displayed in any galleries right now. But...
The Art of Gardening and Some New Collages
Almost all day was devoted to doing garden things and not much art — unless you can call gardening art, which I do! At one point today I was almost pulled over to the collage area, but kept going with my garden projects. One thing I did today was build...
Art Biz Blog
What’s to love about the guerrilla knitters
Someone is going out of his or her way to make sure tree trunks and sign stakes are kept warm and stylish this winter. Some graffiti artist is plastering trees and public spaces in West Cape May, New Jersey with . . . . knitting! Here are three lessons to...
I have learned a number of travel tips throughout my years on the road, but I want to hear yours. More importantly, I want you to share yours with my readers. How do you prepare for your travel? I'm interested in any travel tips, but especially your art- and business-related travel...
Art Marketing Action + Podcast: Get the Word Out Early and Often
You can’t send one announcement for your art event and expect it to be effective. People typically have to see the same information multiple times—in multiple ways—before they will act on it. Mix up your delivery methods as described in this post, and you’ll be much more effective with your...
Been listening in on Art Heroes Radio? Wonder what to do with disruptive personalities as you're teaching? Ever run into a situation in which your prices have been undercut by another artist? I point you to help with all of these in this week's Tweekly....
Answering the same question over and over again (gracefully) in a face-to-face conversation
Different factors must be considered when you are confronted with questions in a face-to-face conversation rather than receiving them in an email. It’s a lot harder to duck out of a dialogue in your artist booth or at an opening! And you probably don’t want to....
Following up with potential art buyers
How do you deal with people who inquire about a purchase, but don’t follow-up? Do you let them go or pursue the opportunity? If you pursue, how do you do it? What’s your follow-up system? Today’s Deep Thought Thursday was submitted by Miranda on Twitter. You can submit ideas for this blog, too,...
CR Blog
Driven by data: McLaren's new site
Maybe it's the ungainly shadow cast by Jeremy Clarkson but the world of motorsport wouldn't be the first place we would look for stylish graphic design. A new site for F1 team McLaren Mercedes proves us wrong...
Directing team Legs channels the fashionable shamanic vibe in this video for Florence and The Machine's Dog Days Are Over......
Being a hipster doesn't always make you happy
It was never too soon for little Serge to learn the dulcet tones of his namesake Unhappy Hipsters is a tumblr blog that's kept us highly amused for the last few days. Featuring imagery culled from various interiors magazines, it suggests that concrete floors, Eames chairs and moustaches don't always equate...
We've seen tilt-shift photography projects aplenty over the last few years, but The Sandpit – a time lapse, tilt-shift film of New York life by Sam O'Hare – caught our eye this week......
By purloining ideas from YouTube, ad creatives are conspiring in their own extinction, says 'Gordon Comstock'...
This delightful music video comes from new director Tom Kingsley, and was directed for Barcelona-based band Mujeres as part of the Diesel U Music project, which supports new talent in music and filmmaking......
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(Thomas Hirschhorn, "Banners") Check out the proposals submitted for the Guggenheim Museum's Contemplating the Void: Interventions. It's interesting to see how various artists, architects and designers (more than 200) approached the opportunity. Here's Roberta Smith's review. Tyler Green is......
Passing through the big plaza at Gin Ling Way in Los Angeles' ChinaTown, I heard music and saw an old man practicing with his fiddle (I have been able to identify it as a Er Hu). The plaza is......
I've scribbled out a few notes about my recent travels. It's going to be a hive of mistakes, but then blogging is an archive of first drafts by its nature, isn't it?......
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Each Dazzling Moment
In Due Time.... Here's a little collage I did for the Create and Pass Journal Project that Gary Reef's Ning Group is doing. This one is for the latest addition-to-be to our family....my little grandson "Collin" who is due in......
Just completed a couple of new works. I would love some feedback! :) These original pieces are available for purchase here. Bountiful (Mixed Media on Canvas Board 16 x 16 inches) Relic (Mixed Media on Canvas Board 10 x 15......
Just finished a couple of new pieces.... These bird and goddess images are still resonating strongly with me. I'm having fun experimenting with different backgrounds and layers. Soaring (Mixed Media on paper. 8 x 8") Goddess (Mixed Media on paper......
...of the 30-day Art Challenge. I finished 30 pieces in a little over 30 days.... ;) Here are a few of my pieces from the last week: Mother Turtle (Mixed Media / Collage on paper. 8 x 8".) In the......
Art From the Heart - The 30-Day Challenge Gets Ahead of Me!
Well, I'm officially way behind on my one-piece-of-art a day challenge. I'm determined to catch up, though, and have been making art as fast as I can. That said, I don't want to post anything I'm not happy with. (Well,......
"...float in the beauty of your own heart."
"...float in the beauty of your own heart." is from a beautiful chant by Krishna Das. If you don't have his CD "Breath of the Heart", you should really check it out. It's medicine for the soul....
Sprayblog
Spraygraphic Interview with Photographer David Fokos
Spraygraphic Interview with Photographer David Fokos SG: Please tell us about yourself. Where do you currently live and work? DF: I am a professional artist making my living through gallery sales of my black & white landscape photographs. My work is represented by a dozen galleries around the world. My photographs come...
Kelsey Brookes Feature from TheCreativeLives on Vimeo. Kelsey Brookes is a San Diego based painter whose influences range from American quilt patterns to Giuseppe Arcimboldo. His unique style and clever reinterpretation of classical compositions makes him one of contemporary art’s finest new talents. He is represented by New Image Art and...
Push Gallery Video...
Spraygraphic Featured Member: Rishab Tibon
Spraygraphic Featured Member: Rishab Tibon Rishab Tibon is a talented artist from Baguio, Philippines. His Creative Project Section has some great paintings, as well as some interesting activist projects . Check out Rishab Tibon’s profile....
The Art of Michiel van der Born
Michiel van der Born is a painter and lettering artist working and living in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Michiel graduated “cum laude” from the Royal Collage of Art with a degree in Graphic and Typographic design. Here he learned to draw type, building fonts, writing with a brush/pointed pen, etc. Directly...
Spraygraphic Interview with Photographer Xavier Nuez
Spraygraphic Interview with Photographer Xavier Nuez SG: Please tell us about yourself. Where do you currently live and work? XN: Live and work in Chicago, IL SG: What mediums do you work with? XN: I’m a photographer. I still shoot film – medium and large format – it blows away the best digital...
Using The Fifteen Minute Challenge™ When You Feel Overwhelmed by a Challenging Project
Please note: Since this is a very popular post, I’m moving it up to January 2010 so that new Creative Sage Arts readers can check it out. It was originally published on November 15, 2008. Sometimes we all feel daunted by an overwhelming challenge, whether it’s getting stuck in the middle...
Please note: Since this is a very popular post, I’m moving it up to January 2010 so that new Creative Sage Arts readers can check it out. It was originally published on November 10, 2008. Several years ago, I read an interview with artist/songwriter/performer Joni Mitchell, where she talked about “rotating...
Meridian Music: Composers in Performance presents a program of chamber and solo compositions by Bay Area composer Sarah Stiles, performed by Indre Viskontas, soprano, Travis Andrews, guitar, Naomi Hoffmeyer, harp, and Gloria Justen, violin. Also featured will be a performance art piece called Tangerines and Oranges Too!, a sound-opera composed...
International Society for Improvised Music Invites the Cornelius Cardew Choir to Perform
The vocal group I frequently perform with, the Cornelius Cardew Choir, has been asked to perform at the Fourth Annual Conference presented by the International Society for Improvised Music at the University of California, Santa Cruz, from December 3-6. If you are coming to ISIM, we hope you will...
Performance on September 24th Features Works by Two Composers from the Cornelius Cardew Choir
One of my favorite groups that I perform with is the Cornelius Cardew Choir (further information below), which encourages members of the group to workshop their own experimental compositions. Rehearsals are often a salon-like atmosphere where someone will bring in a new piece, often composed as a premiere for the...
{ My MiNuTia }
Here's the "other" sampler I've been working on a little bit here and there the past month. This one isn't The Free Style Embroidery E-Course Sampler, this is a different one I've been doing. Speaking of the Free Style Sampler......
The snow is melting here, which gives us hope. Spring is a little over a week away! When out and about I look for green. After months of "white" outdoors, I am craving green. This morning I notice a few......
This one is for Grandma. Ever since this one was a wee baby, she called him "her guy". Just an unusual, not your everyday viewpoint kinda photo. Actually, all I get from him lately are goofy faces, so I have......
Well, daughter's photo shoot was a flop. The film in her camera wasn't loaded correctly. Shoot. So she came back to town and we redid the whole thing yesterday. I'm crossing my fingers this time she got it right! Here's......
a weekend that filled the well
It's really cool when your daughter becomes a friend. Always a Mom, oh yes...but friend has a nice connotation to it, too. Ours was home from college for a while this weekend. Gaaaaaaa!! What's so big about that? Well, she......
At least once a day I get an email from folks asking about details about Silver Bella. I try to answer them as best I can. The most asked question is, "When is Silver Bella?" Well, I'm happy to report......
Art Print Issues by Barney Davey
Buy TOMS Shoes - Design TOMS Shoes - Do Some Good
Whether you take the challenge and submit a design, or just buy a pair, you are in for some fun, maybe some glory, and unquestionably taking a step forward to do some good....
Are You Reading the Great Advice for Artists on ArtBusiness.com?
Alan Bamberger is a gem of a resource to art professionals, artists and collectors. He is proof positive of Stephen Covey's maxim, "There is no limit to the amount of good one turned on person can do." The art business is far better off from his efforts....
Time to Build Your Art Career on Defensive Opportunistic Optimism
I am not saying you should not trust galleries, online art marketers or art dealers. I am saying you cannot afford to rely 100% on their ability to look out for your best interest, especially if it conflicts with their own best interest....
What is the "Hot Color" Trend for 2010
Mardi Grape: Former Fashion Star Is Year's Hottest Color According to Color Marketing Group (CMG), the leading international organization of color design professionals, GRAPE is the hottest color for 2010. CMG, which has been successfully predicting color trends for 47......
What Is the Secondary Art Market?
You will find since the broad secondary art market includes very expensive work by contemporary masters to relatively inexpensive four-color offset lithographs, terminology is used differently depending on circumstances....
Barney Davey's Top Ten Art Marketing Tweets for January 2010
Here is a list of my Top Ten Tweets for the month of January. They are ranked by click order with the most popular listed first....