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Pleiades 26th Annual Juried Show 2008
2008-03-12 16:45:00 Founded in 1974, Pleiades is one of the oldest and most successful artist run galleries in the country. All of its members are artists. It renews itself through a rigorous process, selecting new members based upon an evaluation by the membership of an applicant’s work. Pleiades is hosting its annual contemporary art show juried by Joan ... More About: Show , Annual , 2008
Jae Ko?s Rolled Paper Sculptures
2008-03-12 15:25:00 Korean-born artist Jae Ko’s untitled, biomorphic shapes are refreshing for their sophisticated simplicity. To create her pieces, Jae constructs her beautiful sculptures by manipulating hundreds of rolled paper and then brushing them with glue and ink. Some of her smaller pieces use adding-machine tape and traditional Asian ink. She works exclusively with paper. ... More About: Music , Paper , Sculptures
2008 Black and White Photography by Women Exhibition
2008-03-11 22:57:00 Founded over 113 years ago, The Pen and Brush, Inc. is an international membership organization for women in the visual, literary and performing arts and supporting public members. Based in a historic townhouse in New York’s Greenwich Village, Pen and Brush is a vibrant resource for its members, nonmember participants, and a flourishing cultural center ... More About: Women , Photography , White , Black , Black and White Photography
Be Your Own Virtual ?Jackson Pollock?
2008-03-11 20:16:00 Try your digital hand at Jackson Pollock-esque splatter painting by surfing over to JacksonPollock.org, an interactive Flash-based website programmed by existential computer Miltos Manetas, where you can create your own virtual drip painting by dragging around the mouse cursor. The site interface is simple: click the left mouse button to change colors; click the space ... More About: Design , Virtual
International Love Scenes: Erotica, Romance, and Other Objects of Desire Ex
2008-03-11 20:14:00 The Rhonda Schaller Studio is a gallery, mentoring space and working artist studio. We exhibit contemporary painting and sculpture, video and collage by internationally recognized artists as well as rising painters and sculptors. You can visit us in Chelsea, NYC; peruse selected inventory online, and contact us for personalized service. The exhibition, Love Scenes will ... More About: International , Romance , Erotica , Objects
Dust to Dust
2008-03-11 15:58:00 Texas artist Scott Wade doesn’t take himself too seriously. His medium is dust and his art shows take place on the back of his Cooper-mini. Whether Wade is paying homage to C.M. Coolidge’s “A friend in need” better known as dogs playing poker, or Leonardo Da Vinci’s classic “Mona Lisa”, his are temporary works that wash ...
Si Scott?s Typography Designs
2008-03-11 15:29:00 Si Scott ’s typographic designs are fluid and simplistic with their monotone colors of black and white. With clients like BBC, Casio and many other notable companies, this graphic designer from the UK knows how to leak text into his chromatic vector spirals. Scott starts his designs by first picking out a font that he feels will ... More About: Design , Typography , Designs
28th Annual Spring Photography Contest
2008-03-10 19:42:00 Cannon in partnership with Photography Forum Magazine is hosting a photo contest! $2000 cash award from Photographer?s Forum Plus a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi camera and lens system. You can enter online or through the mail. Established in 1977, Photographer’s Forum Magazine is an award-winning quarterly publication dedicated to quality reproduction of photography in the ... More About: Contest , Spring , Annual
Nanyang Tech?s ?Green? School of Art & Design
2008-03-10 18:39:00 Q: What?s green and glass and has college students all over? A: Nanyang Tech nological University?s School of Art & Design in Singapore. Dedicated in 2007, Nanyang Technological University?s new School of Art & Design building was designed and built by CPG Corporation. Features include a sloping, grassy roof that conserves energy and serves as public space, classrooms ... More About: General , Green
TalentDatabse Weekly Spotlight: Lavish Cozy Moments
2008-03-10 15:44:00 My favorite thing to do when I find myself with an evening alone, is to have a mini-spa night where I indulge my body and my senses to lavish soaps, hand creams and scrubs. There are plenty of options to choose from, but there is something wickedly indulgent about homemade lotions and bath products. Not ... More About: General , Cozy , Spotlight , Weekly , Moments
Filling Vessels at Diapason
2008-03-07 21:29:00 Diapason is the only venue in New York City dedicated to the presentation of multichannel sound installation where composers and sound artists can realize their work for the public. The gallery was founded by composer Michael J. Schumacher and choreographer Liz Gerring in 2001 and has been home to many unique performances since. This Saturday, March 8th, ... More About: Music , General
Take It AUFF
2008-03-07 20:29:00 Want to enter your film works in a true underground festival? The Fifth Annual Atlanta Underground Film Festival (AUFF) which takes place August 20 - 24, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia is accepting entries now until May 1, 2008. The 2008 AUFF will showcase every genre of independent film from around the world during their celebration of the ...
Airspun Brings Talent Closer to its Fans
2008-03-07 18:47:00 Undiscovered bands and artists are turning more and more to self-promotion to catapult themselves into the big leagues. Social networking sites have made a huge impact on how music reaches its listeners. Sites like Myspace allow fans to actively seek out new bands based on genre. Until now…Airspun is the new kid on the block. ... More About: Music , Fans , Talent , Closer
Martin Kilmas Action Photography
2008-03-07 16:03:00 Photography is defined as “the art of capturing an image”. Which makes action photography all the more complex. German photographer Martin Kilmas specializes in high speed photography with a fetish for smashing ceramics and capturing the smithereens that shatter to his studio floor. This ceramic endeavor is part of a collection called “Temporary Sculptures”. Other works ... More About: Photography , Action
Hudson Valley Art Association, Inc. 77th Annual Exhibition
2008-03-06 20:47:00 The Lyme Art Association ?s Gallery in Connecticut is hosting an art exhibition on American Realism. The exhibition is open to U.S. artists 18 and older. Mediums accepted: Original oils, watercolors, graphics, pastels, and sculpture. Photos, computer-assisted art, collages, classwork or mixed media not accepted. No illustrations. Sorry graphic artists! The art exhibit will be held June ... More About: Exhibition , Hudson , Valley , Annual
New video-conferencing mixes dancers in cyberspace
2008-03-06 20:03:00 Tele-immersive Environments for EVErybody, or TEEVE, is a system that?s being test-driven simultaneously across thousands of miles in the labs of Klara Nahrstedt, a computer science professor at the University of Illinois, and Ruzena Bajcsy, a professor of computer science at the University of California at Berkeley. TEEVE is an application that captures images using 3-D ... More About: Video , Design , Mixes , Dance , General
Cold As Ice
2008-03-06 17:04:00 While retailers want you to believe that “diamonds are forever,” Katharina Ludwig wants you to know the opposite is true of her temporary jewelry, which like time, is fleeting. The 24 year old artist grew up in Germany, near Munich. Ludwig is in her 3rd year of study at the Design Academy in the Netherlands, dealing ... More About: Cold
Studio Visit Magazine Call for Entries
2008-03-06 16:20:00 Studio Visit Magazine offers artists a new and effective venue to introduce work to a serious national audience of art world professionals. They are now holding a call for entries for national exposure. This is not a contest, but a chance to have over 1,500 of the nation’s tops galleries and curators and of course, their ... More About: Studio , Call
Brendan Jamison?s Sugar Sculptures
2008-03-05 20:18:00 I tried to make a gingerbread house once using sugar cubes and homemade icing. All I can say about that particular experience of holiday cheer is, well, I can’t even put it in print here. When I came across Irish artist Brendan Jamison’s sugar sculptures, I gasped at the sheer size of his creations. They ... More About: Design , Sugar , Sculptures
Camera Works Juried Photographic Exhibition
2008-03-05 18:25:00 The Ridgefield Guild of Artists is hosting a juried show exploring all aspects of the photographic arts. Open to artists working with photo or video equipment, processes, images. The Ridgefield Guild of Artists is a regional and community-based art organization that promotes the visual arts and arts education by providing 1) high quality gallery space ... More About: Photography , Film , Camera , Works , Exhibition
Central Park has its own Soundtrack
2008-03-05 15:49:00 Sounds from the air and water in famous Central Park , New York by classically trained musician, composer and sound/ installation artist Miya Masaoka. Miya’s project, Air Detritus focuses on the growing trend of recycling components to create something new. There are quite a few “trash artists” out there, but Miya focuses on taking sounds and ... More About: Music , Design , General , Soundtrack
Arjuna Noor?s Moodspace Art
2008-03-04 23:07:00 You’re feeling melancholy. You just want to sit on your couch and sulk for awhile. As soon as you walk into the room, your once cheery painting over the couch transforms itself into a deep abstract sea of dark blue swirls matching your mood. This intelligent art is the latest in ambiance decor. Created by ... More About: Arjuna
Pabst Blue Ribbon 2008 Art Contest
2008-03-04 20:38:00 The makers of Pabst Blue Ribbon (the Lo-Fi beer of champions) is asking talented Pabst drinkers to try their hand in three categories: Painting, Sculpting and Photography . There will be 3 Grand Prizes awarded and 3 Runner-up prizes awarded. The 3 Grand Prize winners will receive $1893 in cash and one year of beer. (Did ... More About: Contest , Design
Atelier Kanawa Dresses the Geisha
2008-03-04 19:44:00 Atelier Kanawa’s family history in the art of the Geisha goes back several generations. Her great grandfather was an artisan who dyed Kimono designs, mainly Yukata, the Summer Kimono. Her grandmother was a Kimono tailor, her mother and aunt graduated from Kimono academies and her aunt currently teaches Kimono classes in Japan. But that is not ... More About: Design , Dresses , General
HowStuffWorks.com
2008-03-04 16:42:00 ?The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.? ? Dorothy Parker Science cannot exist without curiosity, just like art cannot exist without imagination. After all, isn?t science the art of discovering ?how stuff works?? Since 1998, the aptly named website HowStuffWorks.com has existed to inform folks with a healthy affliction for curiosity about ... More About: Writing , General
Musings Through the Looking Glass Photography Competition
2008-03-03 21:03:00 Northwest Cultural Council?s 2008 Annual International Juried Photography Exhibition ?Through the Looking Glass ? runs June 26 ? July 31, 2008. A photographic exhibition, images of reflection, contemplation, musings, fantasy and imagination. All forms of photography and digital imagery will be accepted. There is a $25 jury fee for up to 3 slides, jurying will be ... More About: Competition , Musings , Through the Looking Glass
TalentDatabase Weekly Spotlight: Tristan Henry-Wilson
2008-03-03 19:31:00 With impressive clients such as AFI, Armor For Sleep, Beloved, BPM Magazine, DIW Magazine, From Autumn to Ashes, HBO, Tristan Henry -Wilson is carving out a career path only most artists dream about. His images are dreamy and his perspectives are gorgeous. His art peeks into the small, yet monumental moments in life. Tristan and his work ... More About: Design , Spotlight , Weekly
The String Thing
2008-03-03 17:16:00 String players on a treasure hunt know to go to The Violin Case for its ample collection of string-related goodies. The Violin Case is also seeking admissions for their 3rd Annual International String Art Competition. The winning artworks will be published in the 2009 Celebrate the Strings Calendar, which is available at year’s end. Artists are ... More About: Music , String , Thing
David Field?s Photoshop Photography
2008-03-03 16:01:00 Photography goes beyond the darkroom these days. More and more photographers are using digital software to aid in taking their visions to the next level based in the most pleasant dreams or darkest nightmares. I adore programs such as Adobe Photoshop , but after taking a peek at New York based photographer David Field ’s images, it ... More About: Photography
The Art of Craft
More articles from this author:2008-02-29 19:04:00 Starting back in August 2003, Craft ster.org is a haven for the hip, a do-it-yourselfer’s paradise. These DIY projects cross the boundaries previously set by cross-stitched framed quotes and tea cozies, and now occupy a place in the realm of cool. Contributors to Craftster.org show off, share ideas, ask questions and give and take inspiration for new ... More About: Music , Design , General 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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