I love textiles and they have ended up in paintings or influenced parts of them quite a bit. Sometimes, though, I just have to craft something from some beautiful fabric. Here are some pillows I made with fabric from Marimekko, during a recent snow day. Because of my love of working with fibers, having enjoyed macramé as a child, knitting, crocheting amigurumi animals, learning about the mathematical application of crochet, and this collective art, reef, climate change project was particularly exciting. www.marimekko.com/us_en/fabric https://www.kqed.org/arts/12808325
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I can't wait to visit this museum in person when the pandemic is over. Here's a clip of a video of Dr. Libby O'Connell, Chief Historian Emeritus at History Channel and former Senior Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility at A&E Television Networks, shedding light on the early American portraits of children by artists like Ammi Phillips. The link to the full clip is here.
https://vimeo.com/118197507 https://folkartmuseum.org/ Here are some gallery shots of my painting at a well-attended opening of the Totem show at the Beacon Gallery in Boston's SOWA district. That’s the top of my large canvas. You've got to love the compulsory, arms clasped behind back, gallery-goer.
The entire book is available online nearly 200 years later. "John James Audubon's Birds of America is a portal into the natural world. Printed between 1827 and 1838, it contains 435 life-size watercolors of North American birds (Havell edition), all reproduced from and-engraved plates, and is considered to be the archetype of wildlife illustration." Each print is also available as a free high-resolution download!
https://www.audubon.org/birds-of-america I will say that these illustrations were created before there was an understanding of endangered species and Audubon hunted all these birds, stuffed them, and then posed them for his illustrations! Audubon described flocks of passenger pigeons that have since been hunted to extinction. Even though in his time he didn't have the awareness of the collapse in bird population, decline of scenic beauty, or loss of wilderness, a few years later environmentalists used his images as a resource to educate people about these threats. Thankfully there was a group of women who were Boston socialites that helped put plumes out of fashion. http://www.npr.org/sections/npr-history-dept/2015/07/15/422860307/hats-off-to-women-who-saved-the-birds Love this exhibit as well! https://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/birds
I have shared this incredible Radiolab podcast on color with countless students. It also inspired a science fair project with my daughters, where we ran some experiments with our dog to see if she had a favorite color.
One of the Lego artists interviewed in the PBS video, Alex Kobbs, makes stop motion animations of war- themed video games. While online gaming technology heightens reality and is becoming increasingly more graphic, Kobbs' work makes the action one step removed from reality by translating it into the medium of Lego. Although I do not condone violent video gaming, Kobb's work takes us back into the realm of imaginative play and toy soldiers. |
Yael Kupiec-DarI'm a painter, designer, and educator. This blog is where you'll find news on my latest exhibitions, projects, creative pursuits, the art I've been looking at, and educational videos and resources that I've created or that have inspired me. Archives
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