What’s a blog? I remember asking that question. This blog is my sixth, and now I am retiring this one in order to start my seventh. My first post on this blog was July 10th, 2008, so this fun exercise of collecting “eye candy” for visual thinkers lasted two years. Not bad for someone who [...]
Category Archives: Art Advocacy
Making a Forest of a Tree
Thursday, July 22, 2010
One tree + four mirrors = an entire forest! Step into a small booth and experience an infinite number of trees. This installation by DUS Architects was shown to folks in Oosterdokskade, Amsterdam last month.
Via Neatorama and Miss Celania
Effective Advertising
Friday, July 2, 2010
80 cars that crashed in accidents
15 tons worth of metal
20 meters tall giant bottle shaped urban construction
1 of the country’s busiest highway and intersection
3 months long campaign
1,000,000 people exposed to the message every day
1 message: “Don’t drink and drive”
Advertising Agency: Shalmor Avnon Amichay/ Y&R Interactive, Tel Aviv, Israel
From “I Believe in Advertising.” Link.
Young Artist Gulf Oil Fundraiser Earns 20 Grand
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Since Olivia Bouler began her campaign to support the National Audubon Society’s work rescuing birds affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, hundreds of individuals have contributed over $20,000 to her cause.
Link on Huffington Post
Art Identification App
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
“Plink Art” a mobile phone application that allows users to identify a work of art by simply taking its photo. The app contains thousands of famous paintings in its database, which can also pull up information on the artwork, including content from Wikipedia about the artist. Plink Art users can also leave digital comments and order prints of the [...]
Art teacher Fired for Initiative
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
This is me angry. The pettiness of people can be so incredibly depressing. Ego is something a lot of people cannot handle well it seems to me. And I have found—over a lifetime of working in the public domain—that dealing with the issue takes up 20% of the time in committee and dealing with personality [...]
Put Your Dirty Hands Together
Monday, June 7, 2010
My friend John and his musician friends here in Vancouver made this video about the BP oil spill. The visuals are sometimes revolting if you love animals. As coastal people, we in Vancouver feel the pain of those affected by this disaster. Good on ya, John!
Like Rome Needs Another Museum
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
The MAXXi is open. The new museum of modern art in Rome was designed by architect Zaha Hadid. I Googled for links to see it and saw lots of sites. The actual museum website is incomplete and provided little background. Here is one link that has lots of images.
Teaching! Yay!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
I have taught elementary school (3 hours—loathed it), high school (2 years) regional college (2 years at Vancouver’s Capilano College) and University (2 years @ University of Nice; I am in my second year teaching at Emily Carr University of Art and Design). I kept searching for an ideal situation but students seemed to be [...]
Marwencol by Mark Hogencamp
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
I have a “neice” who is the daughter of the daughter of best friends whom I have known all my life. Her name is Sahara. She has changed my life. She has developmental deficiencies that prevent her from talking and communications. I love her and her whole family to bits. She has changed the way [...]