The word viral has both good and bad connotations. For instance, it is bad if it’s in relation to a contagious disease, but it is good if it’s in relation to a happening that you can take part in via the Internet. This Saturday, Mar. 10th @ 3pm, participate in the viral good as artist … Continue reading
I am holding in my hands two recent publications. One is the magazine Oxford American featuring The Visual South, 100 under 100 – The New Superstars of Southern Art. The other is a book of Polaroid photographs entitled Points of Depature by Phillip March Jones. Jones is one of the aforementioned “Superstars.” First of all, … Continue reading
I can only imagine how difficult it must be to capture the visual attention of people living in NYC. This is the birthplace of overstimulation where eye candy is as plentiful as Willy Wonka’s factory. However, when a 30-ft golden replica of Michelangelo’s David goes touring through the city on a lowboy trailer people have … Continue reading
Who’d have thought that keeping your gaze on the ground would eventually reveal the hope of the heavens above? Painter Joel Sheesley could tell you that and better yet, he’ll show you. Testimony of the Pavement: Paintings by Joel Sheesley is currently on view at the 930 Art Center and it exhibits things seen from … Continue reading
Remember yesterday when there were thunderstorms in the morning? Then it down-poured for about an hour? Then it turned into an unseasonably warm day and when the sun set the wind picked up? The wind was about 17 mph to be exact and the temp was 40 degrees. So why does this matter if you … Continue reading
The poems of Whitman, Thoreau and Frost have to continually bounce around the minds of artists Pat DaRif, Joanne Weis and Valerie White. Working within the medium of art quilts, these women take the vibrant environment of the Ohio Valley and create works that remind you of the simple beauty of just being in the unspoiled … Continue reading
Yarn just brought a whole new level to street art. If you haven’t heard by now, yarn bombing is the latest addition to the ever-evolving unsanctioned art in public spaces, a.k.a. street art. The craft of knitting is going to the streets and covering them, and with the recent release of a yarn bombing how-to … Continue reading
Creative thinking comes more naturally for some of us, but creative art making takes experience and a good teacher. Teenagers in grades 7-12 in the Louisville Metropolitan area under the guidance of their art teachers have been busy making art for a chance to win the prestigious Scholastic Gold Key Award. The Alliance for Young … Continue reading
“How long can a person retain their interest in one subject? One hell of a long time,” said artist Rudy Pozzatti and he would know. He has been mastering the art of printmaking for 60 years. In 2010, with the help of Normal Edition Workshops (NEW) located in the School of Art at Illinois State … Continue reading
Louisville recently had an opportunity to view “Leonardo Live,” the 85 minute film of the once-live coverage of the opening exhibit “Leonardo da Vinci: Painter in the Court of Milan,” at the National Gallery London. The exhibit, which opened on Nov. 8th and closed a few weeks ago, was the first time Leonardo’s surviving paintings … Continue reading
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