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Art, Coffee, Tea and Blogs

Suddenly February is nearly gone and for most of us our New Year resolutions are a thing of the past. So maybe its time to take a few minutes and revisit them. I did. With shows, writing and working in the studio I was fully charged with ideas and energy.  And then I came across a post that stopped me. It’s the publication of Diebenkorn’s sketch books. It made me want to look at mine. So I started pulling them out and exploring ideas and images I had jotted down over the years. Amazing how this can build that spark of imagination and inspiration we sometimes need. It also made me realize that I had not been carrying a sketch book with me anymore. This was an important resolution I had made. The blog about how Diebenkorn would put down a book and return to it months or years later was inspiring. So I grabbed one sitting on a shelf, found a few empty pages and did a few sketches. Click here to see the post and sketchbooks

Bob Davies post in Art Tudor explores framing art.

So many styles and sizes of frame. So many colours to choose. Is it a watercolour or pastel ? Should it have a mount or mat colour? Should it be a single mount or a double one? Matching, plain or contrasting colours? Non-reflective or plain picture glass or acrylic sheet? etc. etc. –

There was a great article on Contemporary art on the Art Critical blog by Noah Dillon

The Zombies: Contemporary Abstraction and Its Critics– Definitely worth reading with a discussion from such artists as Joanne Greenbaum, Philip Taaffe, and Stanley Whitney along with Bob Nickas as Moderator.

Click here for the link

That’s it for now so remember;

Imagination is Never Still. The Marks we make are Verbs

Art, Coffee, Tea and Blogs

Thought you might like to see some of my expresso pot collection. They don’t just sit on a shelf. I do use them. Well anyway its on to this session’s list of blogs. enjoy.

 

http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/colour-wheels-charts-and-tables-through-history/

This is a great view of color wheels and how they have changed along with background concepts.

 

http://dealfuel.com/deals-freebies/

This site offers some great freebies. ( I get nothing if you go there)

 

https://youtu.be/3PgFwYuWDJM

I know you probably already go to youtube but and are sick of art history but this site is pretty good.

Understanding Contemporary Art MOOC
by John David Evert from Open Online Academy OOAc.org

 

That’s it for now. I’ll be back after the New Year with lots more so remember

Imagination is never still. The marks we make are Verbs!

Art, Coffee, Tea and Blogs

So here are a few blog sites that I think you will enjoy while I enjoy my coffee.

http://news.direct2artist.com/

This one is about the business side of art.

http://www.jar-online.net/

The Journal for Artistic Research (JAR) is an inter-national, online, Open Access and peer-reviewed journal for the identification, publication and dissemination of artistic research and its methodologies, from all arts disciplines

http://sfaq.us/

We now distribute the magazine for free to a growing global readership of over 50,000 people per issue, create projects with top international artists, hold media partnerships with prestigious art fairs and events, host pop-up project spaces with free public programing, and arrange exhibitions featuring acclaimed artists, performers, and academics

Have a happy hanukkah

That’s it for now. You know the next line

Imagination is never still. The marks we make are verbs!

Art, Coffee, Tea and Blogs

I’ve added a vintage coffee pot found at a local junk store to my collection. But before it goes on the shelf it must be tried. So I’ve got my coffee and here are your blog sites for the week.

 

http://structureandimagery.blogspot.com/

I usually go to this site twice a week. There are many artists to see and to be realistic, many to ignore. But you should go and look and decide for yourself. If nothing else it shows you what’s going on around you.

 

http://issuu.com/

Besides the fact that you can read issues of The Woven Tale Press that you might have missed, (how could you!), it is a place to look at a ton of art in catalogs.

 

http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/

This is one of the big box magazines. Worth reading what they offer on line if you don’t have a subscription. Forgot to order mine this year.

That’s it for now but do come back next week. And remember;

Imagination is never still. The Marks we make are Verbs!

 

A Secret Society on the Web

There is a sorta secret society on the web that actually is accessed outside the web. It’s a place where originality and creativity work hand in hand with community and  networking. The shows are constantly in Flux (an inside joke). And the artist tend to laugh a lot. And while many of the exhibitions are created around themes just as many are un-juried. These are artists that promote interaction outside of the normal approval systems of galleries.

Okay I’m talking about mail art. And as Ray Johnson who is considered the first mail artist called it, Correspondance Art. As the name implies it is based on sending small scale original work through the mail usually to a network of other mail artists. Or like I do at times, just send pieces to people I meet in my daily life.

The artwork can consist of collage elements, rubber or artist created stamps, found objects, recycled objects, paint and just about anything that can fit in an envelope or be attached to a postcard. To the artists once its sent it is then mail art. As a precursor to cyber communities these virtual communities also span the world.

From its start in the late 50’s to the establishment of Ray’s New York Correspondance School, to the schools death on April 5, 1973 as written in Ray’s unpublished letter to the Obituary Department of the New York Times and still now throughout the world, mail art is thriving. Anyone with a mailbox and the cost of postage can participate in circumventing the commercial art market.

As Published in Wikipedia; The mail art philosophy of openness and inclusion is exemplified by the “rules” included in invitations (calls) to postal projects: a mail art show has no jury, no entry fee, there is no censorship and all works are exhibited. The original contributions are not to be returned and remain the property of the organizers, but a catalog or documentation is sent free to all the participants in exchange for their works. Although these rules are sometimes stretched, they have generally held up for four decades.

One of the most popular sites for mail artists is the International Union of Mail-Artist, IUOMA. Its variety of groups covers just about any interest. But if there’s one missing feel free to start your own group. Either way you are guarenteed to meet some of the most fascinating people on the web through Mail-Art.

 Remember; Imagination is never still. The marks we make are verbs!

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