Surfing the Net With Kids: ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Nov 6, 2009
and a collage project using images of day and night. While sorting, talk with your child about how they feel when they wake up, during the day, and when they go to bed at night. (Boston Globe)
Debris becomes art in couple's creative hands Nov 4, 2009
In the past decade, he's focused on mixed media, creating collages and sculptures out of objects he finds along life's way: driftwood, lamp shade rings, high-density insulation foam ... Glue magazine or your favorite pics in a collage. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
250 Rap Party CrussellFineArts.com Nov 4, 2009
The show includes over 140 pieces from 32 distinctive artists including painting, drawing, photography, collage, digital and mixed media. Participants include our outstanding group of Crussell Fine Arts artists plus 19 newly discovered Southern California emerging artists. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Discover Life Lessons From My Story of Glory -- New Picture Book Tells an Engaging Tale Filled With Valuable Life Lessons for Kids Oct 31, 2009
After teaching collage level, she wrote and edited for the Friends of Photography, then became director of the Monterey County Cultural Council, where she developed the Professional Artists in Schools Program. Because work activities for children were her favorite, she became Arts in Education manager at Washington State Arts Commission. (Primezone Releases)
Local artist donates prints for garden club raffle Oct 30, 2009
The third offering is a Brookneal Collage of photographs taken during the 2004 - 2005 time period ... Throughout his career, Hamlette has created 21 collages and one commissioned collage for a local business. (Brookneal Union Star, VA)
Art events offer unusual fun at Grace Cathedral Oct 30, 2009
Her artistic practice largely consists of collage from magazine advertisements, which she says is becoming less relevant. "I'm not making a statement, positive or negative," Pecis says. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
NATURE (HUMAN AND OTHERWISE): Fall fun for families Oct 29, 2009
Press a collage of leaves between two sheets of wax paper (use a hot iron), or preserve individual leaves. You can string them together to make a garland or even a wreath. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
* Rebel artists think in ink Oct 28, 2009
In his 2008 collage Reading Beauty (Cp), he satirizes the decline of moral standards through the repetitive depiction of naked women. Chinese ink painter Liu Zijian (Bl), an experimentalist working in the early 1980s, breaks many, if not all, of the technical rules of traditional ink painting. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Nancy Spero; feminist artist addressed political violence; at 83 Oct 24, 2009
She depicted war s horrors in pictures using gouache, ink, and collage on paper ... Polemical but symbolic, it combined drawing and painting with craft-based techniques like collage and printmaking seldom associated with traditional Western notions of high art and mastery ... One result was a group of pictures in gouache, ink, and collage on paper titled The War Series (1966-70). (Boston Globe)
Philippa Blair - Tracks : Jayme Odgers - Watercolor Portraits Oct 22, 2009
Beginning with drawings, maps, collage and decollage, Blair's ideas evolve over a number of weeks. It is after this intense preliminary work that she commits paint to the blank canvas in a spontaneous flurry of memory and movement. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Artist admits using key AP photo for 'HOPE' poster Oct 18, 2009
It has appeared in several books and in numerous museums, including a mixed-media stenciled collage version added to the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington. Fairey also used the AP photograph for an image designed specially for the Obama inaugural committee, which charged anywhere from $100 for a poster to $500 for a poster signed by the artist. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Southwest Montana Snapshots Oct 18, 2009
The Montana Standard. The Montana Standard. (Montana Standard, MT)
Obama poster artist admits error Oct 18, 2009
The 'Obama Hope' poster at the center of the controversy. Artist Shepard Fairey, who designed the famous Obama "Hope" poster, admitted on Friday that he used a different Associated Press photo than what he had alleged to create his work and instead used a picture the news organisation has claimed was his source. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Obama 'Hope' poster artist admits he lied Oct 17, 2009
Obama poster artist admits error - USATODAY.com. Obama poster artist admits error. (USA Today)
'New York, I Love You' harbors surprises as well as the sub-par Oct 16, 2009
New York, I Love You a collage of 10 stories, each with different actors and directors and made in just two days is kaleidoscopic. But some of the colors are woefully pallid, while others shine brightly. (USA Today -- Life)
Vincenzo Montella to Participate in Biennale of the Artist's Books Oct 15, 2009
Visual poetry made by different tools and languages: collage, painting, photography, digital prints, all assembled and bound with skill, creativity and craft, making it a must in the visual arts. Related Links. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Trashmans treasure Oct 13, 2009
Alva Baughman began collecting cowboy memorabilia into a collage on the wall inside building "A" five years ago while working at the Campbell County Solid Waste Transfer Station ... His grand collage o crap is as much about preserving that tradition as giving the drab building a facelift. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
A collage of famous Chinese painting made out of stamps Oct 10, 2009
Citizen Yao Shaowu (L) displays his art works with the pattern of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", a famous Chinese painting, in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 9, 2009. It took Yao nearly one year to make the 5. (Xinhuanet, China)
Home decor gets a pop art punch Oct 10, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009. Your browsers security settings are preventing some features from appearing. (Florida Today)
Art in the park Oct 4, 2009
In a way, Weedsport painter and muralist Dawn Jordan creates something out of nothing she starts with a blank canvas and ends with a cross between collage and acrylic painting. Most of her art has humor worked in, she said, a bit of spiritualism and pieces of an old church hymn book. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Neighborhoods: Word on the street Oct 3, 2009
From 2:30-5 p.m., local community groups will provide entertainment and activities for children and adults, including Sidewalk Histories Brookline Street Mosaics, the Cambridge Poet Populist Program and Dana Park Quotes by the Cambridge Arts Council; a Mystery History Photo Contest by the Cambridge Historical Society; History Rubbings by Gallery 263; Memory Lane: Walking Routes Celebrating Cambridge Women s History, self-guided tours of Cambridgeport by the Cambridge Women s Commission; and... (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Fervor : A Group Exhibition Oct 1, 2009
Working with pencil, paint and collage, Simone Shubuck creates a broad range of spontaneous and obsessive images, some derived from popular culture, others from personal notations. Disparate thoughts accumulate into an elaborate labyrinth of gesture and inscription, culminating into visionary, muti-layered compositions. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Auction nets Hallwalls $70K Sep 25, 2009
Two sold for more than $10,000 apiece: a photo by Cindy Sherman, which sold for $10,625; and a glitter, ink and paper collage on paper called Bird and Stars by Kiki Smith, which sold for $10,625, exceeding its estimated value of $5,000-$7,000. Reader Comments. (Buffalo Business First, NY)
Early Hirst collage goes on sale Sep 25, 2009
A collage created by artist Damien Hirst during his student years is to be sold at auction in Dorchester ... The collage was a gift to a fellow student who gave Hirst cheap lodging while studying at Goldsmiths College ... Art critic Brian Sewell called the collage "absolutely unique", hailing it as a rare example of Hirst's work "before he was a production line artist". (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Bernard Fierro\'s Best of Show entry. (Submitted photo.) Sep 24, 2009
It's title is "Oracle Stones" and the media is torn paper collage, made from paper designed by the artist and applied to paper mounted on a board. The size is 24" by 36" The exhibition runs until Oct. 11 in Tubac. (Benson San Pedro Valley News Sun, AZ)
Senior Neighbors: Sept. 24 Sep 24, 2009
Liz Archer is offering a new four-session art program on Tuesday afternoons, on Oct. 6, 13, 20 and 27 from 2-3:30 p.m. Liz describes the session as follows: Following Degas s dancers, O Keefe s flowers and Chagall s dreams of paradise, we will explore vibrant color palates and expressive drawings as we draw, paint and collage our own unique series each artist will be encouraged to experiment with charcoal, pen and watercolor. Total for four classes is $88, payable to the Council on Aging. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Mural artist helps Eyota remember its past Sep 21, 2009
DeLaitsch's resume includes a handful of mural projects, most recently a work he did for the city of Hartland near Albert Lea that uses a collage of photographs to depict the city's history. He's also working on a mural for Owatonna. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Chalk it up to talent, fun Sep 21, 2009
The girls sat around a concrete square outlined in yellow chalk, creating a collage of colored hearts with chalk pastels. "Can you hand me the purple?," Persinger asked Flewelling, as she paged through a sketchbook. (Sioux City Journal)
Today's Best Bets Sep 20, 2009
A collage of music, poetry, dance, text and animated paintings inspired by digital cross-section images of, um. cadavers. (Athens Banner-Herald)
A tale of two collections Sep 18, 2009
Trudy is a recognized collage artist in her own right. Trudy describes their collection as eclectic modern. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Senior Life: Sept. 17-23 Sep 16, 2009
Her exhibit will include a little bit of everything: watercolors, oils, acrylics, monotypes and collage. Some of her work is inspired by the Isles of Shoals as well as the marshes and beaches of the North Shore. (Hamilton Wenham Chronicle, MA)
Art walk Uptown Sep 11, 2009
Jade Hair Salon and Spa, 21 N. Main, Patricia Danks, watercolor and collage; Eileen Lawrence, fiber art. Butte Print and Photos, 31 N. Main, Kristy Brothers, ceramics; Jack Ferriter, painting. (Montana Standard, MT)
Altered Books - A History Sep 11, 2009
Diane Maurer-Mathison discusses the origins of altered books in Collage, Altered Art, and Assemblage ... And scrapbooks made from mementos collaged onto the printed pages of old books was a popular pasttime from the late 1800s through the early 1900s ... Collage, Altered Art and Assemblage: Creating Unique Images and Objects Watson-Guptill, 2008. (Suite101.com)
Outside the lines (3) Sep 7, 2009
"Sayville," a metal collage by Grand Rapids artist Tom Duimstra is one of the pieces that will be on display at the 15th annual Outsiders Outside Art Fair at the Judith Racht Gallery in Harbert ... In addition to his popular bird paintings, Duimstra has created collages from found metal and large, twisted environmental sculptures he calls "wraps" that use "duct tape and a lot of trash.". (The Herald-Palladium)
Book fest features famous authors Sep 4, 2009
The collage show includes the work of famed artist Ellswoth Kelly and that of Pulitzer Prize winning poet John Ashbury. On Sunday, Sept. 13, at 3 p.m. an encore presentation of Ashbury s Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, a reading in six voices, will be presented. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Nashville galleries celebrate end of an art-filled summer Sep 4, 2009
The Arts Company, downtown, has scheduled a Salon Preview of a series of new paintings by Bill Johnson and photographs of San Miguel by Suzanne Elmer at 6 p.m. Cumberland Gallery, in Green Hills, features local artists in What Were You Thinking, a casual conversation about art with photographer Susan Bryant, collage artist Billy Renkl, sculptor Johan Hagaman, printmaker Mark Hosford, wall constructionist Carrie McGee, ceramicist Ann Wells and painters Marilyn Murphy, Kit Reuther, Barry Buxkamper... (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
• Books as art: Alterations create unique exhibit Sep 4, 2009
"An altered book is a work of art that originates as a book. You can do anything you want to the book ... cut it, paint it, collage it, shred it ... The key thing is that you alter it so it becomes something else.". Whitmyre instigated the exhibit after she and East Fork resident Gay Weake saw a similar exhibit at a library in Palm Springs. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Fresno's Gallery 25 marks milestone with new show Sep 3, 2009
At Corridor 2122, 2122 Mono St., an exhibit features paintings and collage by Steve Dent with an emphasis on airplanes. Details: corridor2122. (Fresno Bee)
Killick: Free radical Sep 3, 2009
Atkinson, who opened Twins of Pain tattoo studio in Athens in the mid-1990s (where Pain and Wonder is now), is Killick's tattoo artist and did the cover art for "Exsanguinette," a Hieronymus Bosch-like collage of Victorian-era medical implements and disembodied heads and eyes. "I've never, ever, ever met anyone like Killick," says Atkinson, who got to know him through extended tattooing sessions during which Killick went from being ink-free to being almost completely covered in colorful,... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Readers select favorites in our film contest Sep 2, 2009
In the documentary/home movie category, "A Pleasant Pheasant Experience" by Jerry D. Preston of Melbourne, 74, pulled ahead of the bobcat profile "Rockford's Day" by Kirk Mitchell of Cocoa Beach and "Torn" by John Mark McElhinny of Melbourne, about collage artist Derek Gores. Preston's film documented his painstaking training of wild pheasants as he got them to eat out of his hand in Denmark. (Florida Today)
Our View: Hits & Misses Sep 1, 2009
The Genesee Street museum opened two new galleries over the weekend, Collage + Assemblage and Capturing a Moment: Work by Leigh Yardley. We encourage people to make time in the next few weeks to check out another inspiring collection of artwork. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Guests challenged at Schweinfurth show Aug 31, 2009
While the meaning of some art can be straight forward, the pieces in the new Collage + Assemblage exhibit challenged guests to search for their deeper meaning by examining how seemingly unrelated objects interact with each other when combined together. What strikes me is the tremendous imagination that the artists have shown in their work, said Robert Bergan, a member of the museum's board of directors. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Luxury for less Aug 30, 2009
Collage baby dress, $8. BCBG dress, $50. (The Palm Beach Post)
Fabric of creation Aug 24, 2009
Starting Aug. 29 and running through Oct. 17, the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center will host a show titled Collage + Assemblage ... Doscher is the only local artist featured in the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Museum's upcoming Collage + Assemblage exhibit ... I've done a lot of collage work, so I think this is great. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
2 artists use found images to create new works Aug 22, 2009
Cassandra C. Jones: Send Me A Link: Photographic collage and video. Through Sept. 5. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Street art in the Mission Aug 21, 2009
"I was not a painter when Clarion started. I was doing some writing and performance art and the odd collage. But with Clarion, I got all of this experience with some of the best artists of our generation in the Mission, people like Barry McGee. I really got an intimate knowledge of painting practices and different approaches.". Noble, whose work on paper and canvas is now represented by a fine arts dealer in New York, said his favorite backdrop remains a wall. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Allston ‘X-Men’ theme mural soon must fade to blank Aug 21, 2009
Pull off Cambridge Street and it screams for attention, a riotous collage of comic book characters and colorful lettering layered over a black skyline. You go, Wow, what is this. (Boston Globe)
Santa Clara University's de Saisset Museum to Offer Eclectic Mix of Landscapes, Prints, and Sculptures This Fall Aug 20, 2009
A Sense of Place includes oil paintings, watercolors, prints, and collage from artists William Keith, Henrietta Shore, Nathan Oliveira, Yvonne Jacquette, Gregory Edwards, David Huffman, and Weston Teruya. The focus of the works is on landscapes that have a specific reference point. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Educational Preschool Activities Aug 18, 2009
Reinforce Color, Shape and Size Recognition Skills with Collages ... Kids will discover the joy of learning with these educational and entertaining collage projects ... Supplies Needed for Collage Activities. (Suite101.com)
* Truth to power Aug 16, 2009
One of his paintings, an abstract canvas using collage called According to What. actually lends its title to Ais Tokyo exhibition, and Ai claims inspiration from Johns early in his career. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Derek Yaniger's art Aug 15, 2009
It s a very cool collage Tik-nik with burlesque nods, appro-po colors. mini-murals of very well-crafted Bea-tiki Shrinky-Dinks. (The Palm Beach Post)
'Introductions': 4 emerging artists Aug 14, 2009
Vidalon's monoprints utilize the chine-coll technique, which embeds collage elements into the work at hand. Vidalon's content includes artist books of already existing sheet music that are layered with her own calligraphic, hand-drawn riffs of notes and symbols. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Judaica exhibit at bank Aug 9, 2009
Upcoming will be paintings, collage, photographs, jewelry, and glass by other in the group. Watch for the annual Acton Area Artists Group Open Studio event the third weekend in October. (Acton Beacon, MA)
'Anyone could paint that' and 7 other myths about art Aug 7, 2009
This sentiment is typically refuted with the argument, "But you didn't." A more common version of the myth circulating art circles, "It's too easy," completes itself with "to take a compelling photograph," or "to make a good collage." In each case, the viewer is actually complaining that it's too hard to separate the good from the bad. There's no easy answer to this dilemma, except to look at enough art to develop a mature eye. (Christian Science Monitor)
Stroll through art in Princeton Aug 6, 2009
The range of art includes live music, dance, art installations, video projections, light painting, collage, a welding demonstration, glass pouring and spoken-word ... The LeBaron Lounge, which will be the site of live music and dance performances, an exhibit by collage artist Michael Denning, the closing ceremony and an after-party. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
• First Friday August 7 Aug 6, 2009
Known for her beautiful artwork in the paper collage medium, McDonald's original artworks take literally hundreds or even thousands of tiny pieces of papers, many handmade, and layer them into an exquisite representation of the flora ... Since she started developing her collages at age four with construction paper, McDonald has been refining and improving both her materials and her technique. (Juneau Empire)
A network of imagery Jul 31, 2009
Jones' "found" photographs, collages and video loops are an indirect commentary on how digital images are constantly being shaped and reinterpreted by their audiences ... Many of Jones' photographs end up in her collage work, where they are reconstituted into complex drawings. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Park board, Jensen honoring Scholder at Chahinkapa Jul 31, 2009
"I made a collage that would represent his type of work without directly copying the piece.". At Chahinkapa Park, north of Hughes Shelter, stands the 18-foot wood sculpture designed by Roger Jensen. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
8 artists in Wallworks show at Yerba Buena Jul 27, 2009
Shows' evocative piece juxtaposes fluttering white and color-drained flags - regal-looking ones with fancy finials, swallowtail pennants and used-car-lot flags - with a giant collage of geological forms ... For this piece, she made a loose sketch of what she calls "the collage of geological forms that appeared in my head," with images she found on the Internet of water stains pouring down rock faces. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Artist opens show at Altavista Area YMCA Jul 25, 2009
At the YMCA, Thompson has pencil drawings, pen and ink drawings, scratchboards and a collage of the Paris skyline. Her subjects are a camel on roller skates, snowy owl, imaginary princess, fruit, birds and butterflies. (Altivista Journal, VA)
Many ways to celebrate Buehrle's perfecto Jul 24, 2009
You also can build a Custom Photo Collage there. Speaking of nice Buehrle photography, here's a gorgeous print of the pitcher delivering the ball to the plate, signed by him as well. (MLB.com -- Chi White Sox White Sox)
Reception opens acclaimed artist's one-man show Jul 24, 2009
Most notable is the collage he created of President Barack Obama. The collage was accepted in an inaugural day exhibition in a Washington, D.C., gallery show curated in part by filmmaker Spike Lee and artist Shepard Fairey, whose iconic image of a modified Obama photograph drew national attention because of copyright issues ... The collage was sold for $35,000. (Florida Today)
BC-HBY-MADEITMYSELF:FR — lifestyle (750 words) Jul 23, 2009
She makes collages of printed words on painted canvases ... One such collage titled Beware includes words on dealing with death. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Introduction Activities for High Sc... Jul 23, 2009
Self-Expression Collage. For this option, students will design a collage on 8 x 11 poster board that reveals from a variety of perspectives one defining characteristic of themselves ... Once students complete their collages, they should find another student who shares a similar point of view expressed through his collage and discuss the similarities with that student. (Suite101.com)
UAPB INSTRUCTOR HAS PASSION FOR ART Jul 21, 2009
He recently taught a mixed-media collage class for youth at the Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas and hopes to teach more such classes. I ll be trying to expand their horizons a little bit. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
