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Matt Bilfield Stakes His Claim on Design
2008-03-25 18:28:00 Matt Bilfield’s first piece entitled ?Peggy? was constructed over the course of five months. The 7 foot by 3 foot result is comprised of 2788 hand cut, sanded, and painted wooden dowels that when placed in a grid of holes, form an image based on the painting by Roy Lichtenstein entitled, ?M-maybe.? Within two ... More About: Design , Matt , Stakes
National Juried H2O NY Art Competition
2008-03-25 15:12:00 The Limestone Art Gallery exhibits work that reflect an artist?s mastery of media and singular vision. They are hosting a water exhibit that is open to all artists. Throughout time, water?s necessity has been a broad topic of great interest. Its importance, beauty, and power has been an ongoing source of inspiration to artists ... More About: National , Competition
Designing Hybrid Wearables
2008-03-24 20:32:00 Wearables Master Class consist of a world class team, including Leah Buechley, Maurin Donneaud and Vincent Roudaut. The team will guide workshop participants in the development of their own eFashion item or hybrid wearable. Within four days, participants conceptualize and materialize their project prototype, assisted by fashion designer Anouk Wipprecht as well as physical computing specialist ... More About: Design , Hybrid , Designing
Ikebana: The Way of the Flower
2008-03-24 19:08:00 I consider myself a crafty girl, I get around, I like all kinds of crafts, I’m always down. But their is something about the art of flower arranging that has always eluded me. It truly is an art form that requires some design skills that I do not possess…yet. I recently came across Ikebana which ... More About: Design , Flower
Reforming Us: Immigration through Art
2008-03-24 16:12:00 The Crown Center Gallery in partnership with Loyola University Chicago, is hosting an exhibition focusing on the issues surrounding immigration. Entitled: “Reforming Us: Immigration through Art” is intended to be an art show that speaks about the on-going issue of immigration and its social, economic, political, artistic affect upon the United States. The deadline for submissions ...
Talentdatabase Weekly Spotlight: Bryan Cox
2008-03-24 15:29:00 In a world where voice overs are rare, Bryan Cox has the deep, mysterious boom that has landed him gigs for voice overs such as “Transformers” and his client list includes: Sony, Whirlpool, Pink Floyd Concert Tour and many others. Starting out in comedy, Bryan Cox promises work in less than one hour. With 25 ... More About: Writing , General , Spotlight , Weekly
Chronomorph Turns Back the Dials of Time
2008-03-21 20:18:00 Vintage steampunk accessories make up most of this crafter’s products on Etsy. Broaches, earrings and pendants fashioned with care from old pocket watches and timepieces showcase a vision of a talented designer. Based out of Orlando, Florida, Chronomorph is also known for his passion of DIY crafts. His work is now paying off as ... More About: Music , Time , Back
Paper Works for Marin Museum
2008-03-21 16:34:00 Just across the Golden Gate from San Francisco is Marin County, home to both San Quentin and the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, now accepting entries for Paper WORKS!, a new juried national exhibition. The exhibit will feature works that explore the use of paper in art. The juror for the competition is Rene de Guzman, senior ... More About: Works
The Petal Explosions of Ori Gersht
2008-03-21 15:50:00 Maybe this Valentine’s Day you didn’t get that puppy in the window and instead, all you got was supermarket flowers. Ah…a woman’s rage. But it’s not a fit of rage captured on film, these flowers were immortalized on film by Israeli born Ori Gersht. Ori captures the destruction of objects with high-speed photography. For this ... More About: Photography , Explosions
27th Annual Juried Miniatures Art Show
2008-03-20 19:05:00 Here is a horse of a different color. The 27th annual juried miniature art show, hosted by the El Dorado Gallery in Colorado, will be held on April 27th. IS taking the world around you and shrinking it down to ant-size scale right up your alley? Then this show is for you because frankly, we ... More About: Show , Miniatures , Annual
The Surreal Comes to Life in Chiho Aoshima?s Art
2008-03-20 16:40:00 Japanese Pop Artist Chiho Aoshima creates a feminine universe that parallels the mind of young females and the thoughts that swirl around real issues that are dealt with every day. Her illustrations house a colorful spectrum of emotions. Living and working in Toyko, Chiho started her graphics career with no formal training. She holds a degree ... More About: Life , Surreal
Alpan International 2008
2008-03-20 15:33:00 Alpan Gallery, Inc. is a non profit organization whose mission is to present a dynamic program of contemporary art events in the Long Island area. They are hosting an exhibit called the Alpan International . It is a juried selection process leading to a NON - COMMISSION exhibition with $1000 Award for Best of Show. ... More About: Music , 2008
Experimenta Playground Exhibition
2008-03-19 19:10:00 Experience some of the most innovative and playful artworks by Australian and international artists. With interactive artworks, video installations, short films and extreme art on screen this is art that steps out from the shadows of computer games and leaves mouse, keyboard and joystick behind. Immerse yourself in an underwater world and play with sea creatures ... More About: Film , General , Exhibition , Playground
Alberto Seveso?s Salacious Vector Photography
2008-03-19 18:42:00 Alberto Seveso is designer and illustrator based in Rome, Italy whose work is an amazing mash-up of vector illustrations and black and white photography. Alberto never took design classes nor did he study design. Alberto mainly uses photoshop to creates his images and mix them all together. His website has the Italian phrase, when asked about ... More About: Design , Photography , Vector , Alberto
PAC Celebrates Five Years
2008-03-19 15:02:00 Featuring over 550 multi-disciplinary artists that have performed live, PAC is North Americas largest art collective. Starting in late 2002, Pacific Art Collective (PAC) has produced over 100 collaborative art events throughout the West Coast and created awareness for International artists, art districts, venues, and organizations through cross-cultural education and live performance. They strive to inspire and assist ... More About: General , Years
Jeff Jordan?s Artistic Side-Show
2008-03-18 21:23:00 Portraits of the cotton candy bizzare tumble out of American Painter Jeff Jordan ’s portfolio. A surrealist by nature, Jeff’s work conjure anomalies only found in the dark bowels of a circus side show. His use of bright colors and smooth lines allow the art-goer to get lost in the complexity of his subjects. Jeff’s goal is ... More About: Show , Side , Artistic
It Pays to Be Nice
2008-03-18 18:51:00 Bunny rabbits are all nice and fluffy right? This is not the case with the bunnies at Nice Bunny Brand. These paper toys are chock full of attitude and plenty of style. The site is a dynamite place to find tons of unique paper toys, many available for download. You can network with other paper toy ... More About: Design , General , Pays
Angelique Houtkamp Creates Tattoo Couture
2008-03-18 18:50:00 Angelique Houtkamp is not just a gorgeous Dutch belle from Amsterdam that brings the magic of old Hollywood art deco art and fuses it with day of the dead Mexican flair and finishes it off with a sweet graphic taste of rockabilly, she’s one of the few tattoo artists that break out of the pigeon-holed ... More About: Design , Writing , Tattoo , Couture
Atlanta?s Flower Punks ?The Black Lips?
2008-03-17 18:06:00 Imagine you are roaring down Interstate 75 in a battered, baby blue, Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme built in 1968 during the Summer of Love. All the sounds of Georgia life outside of your bubble of steel, glass, and chrome are drowned-out by the dirty gurgle of a Rocket 350 small-block V-8. As you cruise, you’re ... More About: Music , Black , Atlanta , Lips , Flower
Weekly TalentDatabase Spotlight: Velia Specchio
2008-03-17 15:01:00 ?My body is as much a medium as the camera the that captures it. One obvious common thread in my work is myself as the model the performer the subject the photographer.” - Velia Specchio Velia Specchio’s photography is inspired by saints, myths , art history and humanity and focuses on self-portraits. Her work has a ... More About: Photography , Spotlight , Weekly
Viridian Artists? 19th National and International Exhibition
2008-03-17 15:00:00 Viridian Artists is an artist-owned, professionally operated gallery, located in New York City in the prestigious Chelsea region of Manhattan, home to some of New York’s finest and most highly respected art galleries. Viridian is one of the City’s oldest artist-owned galleries and is regarded as an outstanding professional showcase for artists from the continental ... More About: Music , International , National , Exhibition
The Only Way is up
2008-03-14 19:35:00 Upstream People Gallery was created in the late 1990’s to help artists throughout the world by hosting international juried online art exhibitions. Artists from almost every country have exhibited with the gallery over the years. The gallery is now accepting entries for their 10th Annual Contemporary Art Juried Online International Art Exhibit which is open ...
Hajime Sorayama?s Space-Age Femme Fatales
2008-03-14 15:37:00 Similar to the latex cartoon vixen Aeon Flux, Japanese illustrator Hajime Sorayama’s portraits of space-age women. Perhaps his most progressive works feature images of gynoids. The term “Gynoids” was created by the female British SF writer, Gwyneth Jones, and developed by another British writer, Richard Calder. The word is a combination of “droid” (greek “in ... More About: Design , Space , Femme
On the Right Track
2008-03-14 15:35:00 The Maude Kerns Art Center is accepting submissions for their upcoming juried art exhibit based on the theme of track and field sports. Maude Kerns Art Center was founded in 1950 by a group of local artists. This non-profit community center advocates appreciation and creation of the visual arts by offering a wide variety of programs, ... More About: Sports , Track
Quinn?s Touchable Textiles
2008-03-13 21:15:00 Conventional fabrics tend to be smooth and flat, even when printed with intricate designs. Anne Kyyro Quinn creates fabrics that are tactile, with raised surfaces and tangible embellishments. Resembling artworks more than traditional fabrics, these textiles are cut, sewn and hand-finished. Quinn’s sculptural approach has pioneered a new school of interior textiles based on three-dimensional structure ... More About: Design , Textiles
Johnny Formento Captures Culinary Delights
2008-03-13 19:17:00 Graduating from the Art Institute of Colorado, Johnny Formento blends his juicy passion for food and photography for a fusion called Gourmet Exposures. Johnny captures the beauty and art of presentation before one leaves behind a destitute plate splattered with sauce. Johnny delivers his work to magazines in the Chicago area as well as honing his ... More About: Photography , Culinary
Erie Celebrates 85 Years
2008-03-13 16:31:00 The Erie Art Museum is accepting submissions for their 85th Annual Spring Show. The Museum’s regional competitive exhibition is juried this year by iconic art writer and songwriter Dave Hickey. Hickey has written for and has been written about in many well known publications, including Rolling Stone, Art News, Art in America, Artforum, Harper’s Magazine, The ... More About: Years
Kris Kuksi Sculpts the Grotesque
2008-03-13 14:55:00 Kris Kuksi sculpts macabre sculptures one might see in the bowels of Necropolis. The pieces are architecturally designed with deadly surreal features one might find described in Dante’s Inferno. Kris believes?not in the Devil but in demons in the mind that create the real Hell of mental anguish, suffering, and guilt which inevitably manifests the ... More About: Design , Grotesque , Kris
2008 National Great Lakes Pastel Juried Show
2008-03-12 21:51:00 The Great Lakes Pastel Society seeks to promote the use of pastels and increase the public awareness of creative pastel painting as a fine art medium. This national show is open to all Artists 18 years and Older. Paintings are to be original pastels or oil pastel paintings that have been completed within the last two ... More About: National , Show , Great Lakes
The Call of Nature
More articles from this author:2008-03-12 18:36:00 Listening to the guttural, sensual growl of the jaguar I felt a chill move over me. I had not traveled to the Amazon to hear this big cat sing, I was listening to it from the safety of my bedroom p.c. at Ear to the Earth. Ear to the Earth is responsible for connecting us with ... More About: Music , Nature , General , Call , The Call 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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