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From The New York Times: "Some people send text with their iPhones, and
some play games. The artist Jorge Colombo created this week’s cover for The
New Yorker with his."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/25/business/media
- Jamie Boyd
Last year, I walked 60 miles in the Breast Cancer 3-Day in Philadelphia. This year, not only do I plan to repeat that walk in October, but I've added the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in New York City, also in October.
One cause. Two weekends. 100 miles.
Maybe I'm crazy, but it's something I can do to help. Why? That's a long story. Let's suffice it to say I'm tired of watching friends, colleagues and family battle and occasionally lose their battles with breast cancer. The exercise is good for my health, and the hours of training provide fertile ground for developing ideas on design projects and how to how to help students maximize their potential.
To read my blogs and/or donate please go to
http://www.the3day.org/goto/gayle * OR *
http://www.avonwalk.org/goto/gayle.
- Gayle Hendricks
There is a fabulous show called “Shadows” @ the Thyssen-Borne-Misza Museum Madrid, Spain that deals with how artists have depicted shadows since the Renaissance.
http://www.museothyssen.org/thyssen/exposiciones/WebExposiciones
This is a very relevant show for our students in Perspective and other courses as it shows a great historical overview of how artists have used and depicted shadows in their works.
- Marc Mannheimer:
Below are some inspirational quotes and a link to Murphy's Law on Graphic Design.
- Deb DiNicola
Some inspirational quotes....
"The creative process is not performed by the skilled hand alone, but mustbe a unified process in which "head, heart, and hand play a simultaneousrole." -Herbert Bayer
“Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secretof great creative people.” -Leo Burnett
Link to Murphy’s Law on graphic design:
http://www.murphys-laws.com/murphy/murphy-Graphic_Design.htm
Based on comments made during one session, I thought this might be of interest for the newsletter:
http://www.designsonelearning.net/conferences/face_to_face
Designs on E-Learning International Conference: 2nd - 4th September 2009
Regrettably largely due to economic circumstances the Designs on eLearning conference due to be held in September is cancelled.
However we intend to replace the face to face conference with an online conference. Details of this will be announced soon on the website and through mailing lists.
Designs on eLearning 2010 will be held at the Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia, USA and details will be available soon.
Robin Shaw
Conference and Workshop Organiser
Centre for Learning and Teaching in Art and Design (cltad)
University of the Arts London
2-6 Catton Street
London WC1R 4AA
England
Tel: +44 207 514 8052
Fax: +44 207 514 8050
Email: Robin Shaw
Designs on eLearning website: http://www.designsonelearning.net
(Click image above to view gallery)
Here are images from exhibition in Lefkoşa, Turkish Republic of North Cyprus.
It was held at the Atatürk Cultural Center in April. All images are from 2008-2009 and are untitled.
FYI: You may already know that TRNC is an unrecognized country that was divided in 1974. Some of the photos speak to lack of infrastructure, etc...
- Deborah Coito
Worst Logo Ever
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/
- Joe Podlesnik
Alien Landscape #3
El Brujo
The dimensions of each are 40 X 48 inches. The medium is acrylic on canvas. I use a methond called the "Glass process". I paint the image on a large sheet of glass - building up layers from transparent to increasingly opaque. When the painting is finished, I adhere canvas to the back of the painting and peal it off the glass. The image side is the side that was next to the glass. The surface is textureless because of the glass and the colors are extremely vivid. You can read more about my exploration of this on my web-site - http://wyatt.myexpose.com/ under the Processes and Thoughts tab.
- Mark Wyatt
Habits of Seeing - Joe Podlesnik
Here is a small except from my new book, The Graphic Designer's Guide to Portfolio Design...
and the amazon link below
http://www.amazon.com/Graphic-Designers-Guide-Portfolio-Design/dp/0470184760/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8=books=1243013873=8-1
- Debbi Myers
Tom Shannon's anti-gravity sculpture | Video on TED.com
http://www.ted.com/magnetic_sculpture.html
I just completed a branding project for Paris 66 Bistro
(a new French crêpe place opening in East Liberty). Below is a JPG of the business card.
I'd also like to add a teaching tip to gear instruction around freelance work. Students are now entering a shakey marketplace and need to rely on themselves to acquire and build freelance clientele. My entire Corporate I.D. class is currently working this way so that students are prepared to take on an actual Corp. I.D. project.
(Note from Jeff - I didn't get the tip for this edition - so let's lookfor it in the summer newsletter)
Maybe this or these could be something for the next issue when I can put some more thought into it.
I also have a blog http://www.treesjungle.com
- Terese Jungle
Here's a new favorite recipe of mine for the newsletter.
SUMMER BROCCOLI SLAW
Mix in a large bowl:
1 lg. bag broccoli slaw
1 bunch chopped scallions or 1 cup red onion
1 diced red pepper (optional)
(other optional veggies: shredded carrot, broccoli florets)
1 pkg. crushed Oodles of Noodles (Oriental flavor)
Dressing: whisk together and add to slaw:
3/4 c. vegetable oil
1/2 c. sugar or Splenda
1 c. unsalted sunflower seeds or toasted almonds
1/3 c. red wine vinegar
1 flavor packet from noodles
Oil, vinegar and sugar amounts are variable, to taste. (Try a few drops of sesame oil too, for a nutty taste.) Easy and delicious!
- Bryson Dean
Maria Creyts has a new painting, "Gertrude's Beauty" in ~
INVITATIONAL SALON EXHIBITION OF SMALL WORKS
New Arts Program
May 22 - July 11, 2009
reception, Friday 5/22, 6:30-9pm
173 W. Main Street, Kutztown PA 19530
hours: Fridays & Saturdays 11-3
or by appointment
610-683-6440, napconn@aol.com
- Maria Creyts, MFA
Landscape with Cornstalks
Nina Beall's work included in The Permanent Collection of The Oklahoma City Museum of Art:
Nina Beall, who teaches FND110 classes On line at AIOP, was recently included in the Permanent Collection at The Oklahoma City Museum of Art. The exhibit entitled: "Shining Spirit: The Westheimer Family Collection," was on view from Summer 2008-Winter 2009. This extensive exhibit showcases works by such artists as: Robert Beauchamp, John Cage, William Merritt Chase, Jean Dubuffet, Sam Francis, Alex Katz, Jack Levine, Roberta Matta, Elizabeth Murray, Alice Neel, Lowell Nesbitt, Georgia O'Keefe, Mimmo Paladino, Philip Pearlstein, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Frank Stella, Rodney Ripps, and Joseph Rafael, to name a few. The Jerome Westheimer Collection is an extensive and impressive collection that has now been donated to The Oklahoma City Museum of Art, making it part of their Permanent Collection. A catalogue accompanied the exhibit, and can be obtained or viewed through Donald Reynolds Visual Arts Center, 415 Couch Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73102.
On page 31 of the catalogue is found the following:
The sense of balance and interplay between the fantastic and the real is also found in the landscape paintings of the Westheimer Family Collection. Painted in 1981, Nina Beall's "Landscape with Green Trees and Orange Corn Stalk Bunches" (cat. 8; p. 30) utilizes thick impasto and bright colors to create an expressively rendered agrarian scene. Influenced by the landscapes of Van Gogh, Beall's work presents and emotionally charged reading of the natural world. Her landscape has been transformed from its literal context to represent an emotive state of being. Bright, swirling colors and a thick surface texture (nearly two inches in places), add a sense of movement and dimension to the canvas, further pushing the boundaries between the real and surreal.-- The painting is 52 x 57.5 inches.
Nina Beall lives and works in Austin, Texas.
One of my paintings entitled The Courageous, featured in Art Revolution (North Light Books) and Spectrum 16: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art is featured in a step-by-step demonstration online.
Here is the link:
http://www.artistsnetwork.com/article/dimensional-substrates/
Spectrum also gave me a spotlight on their home page
Here is the link:
http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com/ <http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com/>
I have a new book coming out June 2009 called Art Revolution (North Light Books):
Link:
http://www.cyrstudio.com/cuttingedge.html
I've attached a copy of the book cover for the site
Impact Books highlights Art Revolution and features a step-by-step demonstration of one of my paintings.
Link:
http://www.impact-books.com/fantasy-sci-fi/free-online-mixed-media-demo-by-author-lisa-l-cyr/
Thought I'd share,
- Lisa L. Cyr
My partner and I won a local Silver Addy Award. We won this for a Letterpress wedding invitation that we designed and printed. Below is a photo of the entry.
- Shann Ferreira
I was invited to sign books at a PBS Sponsored Literary Event near Fort Drum, NY. Spend the day drawing and signing books. About 2,000 people attended and among them, some very talented young artists.:-)
Also, had the privilege to be a judge for the Zankel Scholar Award at the Society of Illustrators in New York.
Zankel Scholar Award began in 2007 and was made possible by the late philanthropist, Arthur Zankel.
Illustration departments from all over the country submitted work of their best Junior level students. The scholarship is $20,000 to be put toward expenses for the senior year in college. We will announce the winners in June.
- Anne Catharine Blake
We welcomed our second baby, Ryan Patrick, on March 15th, 2009. Right in the middle of Winter II : ) He was born on his due date at 7:30 am, weighing 9 lbs. 2 oz. and measuring 20 1/4 inches. He joins his "big" sister Lindsey who is 16 months.
- Deborah DiNicola
Toni-Lee Sangastiano: Honorable Mention - Art Interview – 16th International Online Artist Competition
http://www.art-interview.com/CompetitionWinners/competition_winners.html
633 original works were submitted from 209 different artists.
The competition ran from Jan. 1st to March 31st 2009 and attracted artists from Albania, Armenia, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Ghana, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Morocco, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Puerto Rico, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and the United States.
All Honorable Mention winners are eligible to participate in the Art Interview - International Award Exhibition in 2010. Details TBA.
- Toni-Lee Sangastiano
LadderBackStudies
2008. Formaldehyde-Free MDF, Ebonized Oak and Rubber. Dimensions Vary.
LadderBackStudies is a limited edition of chairs inspired by the traditional furniture of rural America. This series investigates traditional furniture forms through the contemporary lens of digital fabrication, reinterpreting functional typologies and manufacturing techniques - Matt Alexander
Hello, my name is Matt Alexander. I grew up on a dairy farm in rural Tennessee in a family of what might loosely be referred to as folk artists. From an early age I was instilled with both a sense of imagination and the technical abilities required to solidify my ideas.
My interest in the creation of objects and the design of the space that they occupy inspired me to pursue a degree in Fine Arts at the University of Tennessee, where I studied both architecture and sculpture. It was during those years that I began to gain an interest in teaching. While employed as a woodshop technician, I was able to work closely with students on their projects. I not only ensured their safety while working with tools but also guided them in the best methods to use that would enable them to realize their ideas in three-dimensional form. Secondly, and more importantly to my growth as a facilitator for learning, I was given the opportunity to co-teach a class on furniture design. This was challenging because I was required to not only guide a group of students through the process of designing a full-scale piece of furniture, but also teach them all of the necessary processes involved in the fabrication of their piece.
After graduating from the University of Tennessee, I accepted a position at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan for graduate study in 3d Design. During this time, I was able to closely focus on honing my technical capabilities and developing my ability to convey my thoughts on art and design in writing. In addition, I facilitated several workshops in which I taught many of the processes involved in 3D design.
Soon after completing graduate school my wife and I moved to Brooklyn, NY. I spent my first year in New York working as a studio assistant for the product designer Jason Miller. I have since started my own design studio with my wife and I continue to pursue my career as an artist.
I have been with AIPOD for a year now and I am sorry to say that I do not really know any of the other faculty. I look forward to getting to know each of you better. Please do not hesitate contacting me if you have any questions or you would just like to say “hi”.
- Matt Alexander
There are three here:
#1: is a self portrait, "Harry & Me", Oil/Canvas, 24" x 72", 2007. This painting is in a competition in England @ Ovenden Contemporary in Cambridge. http://www.ovendenart.com/ I originally painted this for the National Portrait Gallery's new portrait competition, I didn't make it....
#2: A mixed media painting that I did with my Daughter (Erin Fili) which was in a show at the APW gallery in Long Island City, New York this past March. It is untitled, 12" x 60", collage, plaster gauze, Oil,wood, string and acrylic on canvas,2009.
#3 is "Bangkok Fire". This from a series I did dealing with the recent (New Year's Eve, 2009) horrible fire at a night club in Bangkok, Thailand. It is watercolor on Arches, 22 x 30", 2009.
I am participating in an AIGA event down in Providence this Friday,here's a link: http://ri.aiga.org/event/2009/05/05/mayday-professional-development-seminar-portfolio-review/ They forgot to include in my small bio that I also teach for AIO...
I had a painting in a group show at the APW gallery in NYC in March: "Worldof Imagination", if you can use it I can send a jpg of the piece. Thegallery currently has an on-line competition for a show that I have a work in,though the competition ends 5/1/09: http://www.apwarts.com/WOIvol2poll.html
- Marc Mannheimer
I’ve got some work in the current issue of Camerawork: A Journal of Photographic Arts (Spring 09 issue). It’s the featured portfolio section where lately they’ve been doing this series of pairing photographers and writers. So my work is my project model home, stills from a road film, and writer Adam Klein wrote a short story Children on the Hill based on the photographs. Above is the cover. Adam’s story and my statement might not be readable in this format.
- Jeanne Friscia
Humor
From 'Why I love the South'
-JP
Puns
- The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.
- I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.
- She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.
- A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class because it was a weapon of math disruption.
- The butcher backed into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.
- No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.
- A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.
- A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart..
- Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.
- Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
- A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.
- Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
- Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other, 'You stay here; I'll go on a head.'
- I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.
- A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: 'Keep off the Grass..'
- A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse said, 'No change yet.'
- A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
- The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
- The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
- A backward poet writes inverse.
- In democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count that votes.
- When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion.
- Don't join dangerous cults: Practice safe sects!
- JP
Comeback lines for lazy landscapers
http://landscaping.about.com/od/gainingprivacy/a/comeback_lines.htm
- JP
Swine flu tip: Don't do this!
- Gary Deckard
Teaching
FYI, I started a blog recently for my students. Its not necessarily about art, but rather a window into our visual world. I've found that most students, despite being "virtually connected to the world", rarely venture beyond their comfort zone to investigate other creative avenues of, lets say... the past four-thousand years of recorded history. Its still in the developmental stage, but here's the link:
http://garydeckard.blogspot.com/
Another thing which I have been doing is creating small, impromptu videos for my students. No fancy editing, just me sitting in front of the camera talking (unrehearsed) about various topics either directly or indirectly related to design. I've had a TREMENDOUS response from these. The students say they like the casual feel of me talking to them as if I were in their living room, which was my intention. I've found that is a great way to not only give the students a little insight into the field, but also a means to connect with them on a personal level. That is, I'm actually a real person beyond what I type into the posts. And, on a selfish level, they're fun to do! Here is a sample of one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DULAQqTPK7E&feature=channel_page
- Gary Deckard
Marnie’s reviews
http://www.ideasonideas.com
Although this article has a bawdy title, it would be advantageous for our students to read. The most interesting quote that I would like to talk about is “Most times though, this work is void of the research, strategy, and logic that are necessary to do something effective.” Many of our students will take a ‘style’ that is currently in the field and mimic it, which illustrates their lack of creativity and push to experiment and create their own style. Students need to not only learn how to experiment with the elements put forth in their design but instructors need to initiate more of this type of conceptualization process.
With new curriculum being implemented, we are asking students to think about their designs rather than looking at existing design styles and assimilating them. By asking students to write about their design and why certain colors, lines, shapes, typography treatments, and digital image manipulations were chosen, instructors will begin to prod students to develop their own design style. If this “concept statement” is brief and does not show the thought process as well as how it is linked to the assignment or project objectives an instructor may need to research the possibility of plagiarism. Direct plagiarism may not be the case, but the idea of taking pieces of a completed and printed design does not show creativity nor individuality.
The creator of SmashLab, an interaction deisgn studio in Vancouver, BC, also talked about portfolios he receives from candidates in which they are reviewing for current positions. “I’m looking for people who craft solutions to address and impact a specific challenge.”
Karjaluoto also adds, “At smashLAB, designers are free to deliver any creative solution, so long as it in-fact solves the problem. No treatment is unacceptable, so long as it can be backed-up with intelligent and plausible reasoning.”
Another quote worth mentioning is, “The challenge in establishing an effective design solution that reaches a broad audience is in no way less difficult or creative than making work that is personal in nature. In fact, I’d argue that it’s typically much more challenging, as it requires one to dissociate with personal perspectives, in an effort to understand the situation from a more pluralistic standpoint.
Not doing so is, in my mind, what derails so many design efforts. Clients and designers equally fall into the trap of bringing personal aesthetics (that have nothing to do with the task at hand) to projects. As a result, we see lots of pretty, ineffective “design” out there.”
Consider asking students for a concept statement!
- Marnie Michels
Hi all (affiliated with drawing):
Thought you might like this web link having to do with showing students one way to see larger global light and dark shapes (per the portrait anyway).
Just found it and am curious to see what effect it may have on students this coming session.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsirTPjDnOk
Found lots of neat links to Gestalt Theory on YouTube. :-)
Have a restive break all. :-)
- joe podlesnik
Problem Letter Templates PDF by Bob Koons (Former FT Faculty)
49 letter templates This is a GREAT resource and covers situations from plagiarism to flaming. Approx 1.75 MB PDF download
Free clipart, for students & teachers! For some good 'ole educational fun go to - http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/index.htm
I found this site the other day and I think it is a wonderful resource. It isan extensive collection of clip art (44,000 images) that can be used free fornon commercial educational purposes. Up to 50 clip art items may be used in anynon-commercial, educational project (report, presentation, display, website,etc.) without special permission. All one needs to do is credit FCIT whenevera resource is used from their collection. If one incorporates resources fromtheir site into another website, a link to http://etc.usf.edu/clipart mustbe included on that site.
- Alison B. Young
Photoblogs
(Above, click to view)
Here are a couple of photos I shot of a Virgin Mary Grotto on the Island of Boracay in the Philippines. I am using this series to show students how to warm up to subject and to consider many angles, proximity and balance devices in their compositions. Beyond the creative process of framing subjects in different ways, having variations of subject like in these photos will allow clients to be able to pick a shot that best suits their needs.
For another slant view on religion, here is a shot I took of a monk in Angkor Wat, Cambodia! - Ellyn Norris
There may be a drought in Southern California but we can still water the lawn and play at the same time in alligator boots. As an MFA student at UT Knoxville in '93 we would have called this activity a form of drawing. - JP
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