James Sturm’s Market Day is a book about YOU
If you’re reading this blog, there’s a good chance you make a living from producing art. And there’s also a good chance you struggle to make an honest living doing what you love.
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James Sturm’s Market Day is a book about YOU
My friend Rina Piccolo, the cartoonist behind the syndicated comic strip Tina’s Groove , and one sixth of the Six Chix , has launched a new webcomic today called Velia, Dear Velia, Dear tells the story of a young woman who moves back home to take care of her aging mother. In addition to the new strip, Rina has launched a personal website as a hub of all her comics work, including her brilliant gag cartoons from the New Yorker and other magazines: Posted by John Martz on Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog | Permalink | One comment Tags: Comics , Rina Piccolo , Webcomics
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Velia, Dear by Rina Piccolo
Last month potential donors to Hirshhorn director Richard Koshalek’s plan to build a bulbous membrane at the museum were scheduled to visit. MAN has an acquired an email that was sent from Koshalek’s office to Hirshhorn staff on April 12. Consider it an amusing look at the ‘Enron-esque reality’ a museum director asks his staff to create when he really, really wants to build something.
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In which the museum staff is turned into actors
Following is an excerpt from a report in Business Standard . With expansion of its units in eastern India in pipelines, public sector steel major, SAIL today evinced keen interest in setting up a port in Orissa, official sources said. A delegation of Steel Authority of India’s (SAIL) top executives today met chief secretary T K Mishra and other senior officers here to seek the state government’s assistance for the proposed port by the steel giant.
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SAIL proposes a port in Odisha
It was a hot and sticky afternoon but that didn’t keep the crowds away for Zoe Strauss ‘ final Under I-95 exhibition and sale. Here’s some pictures and a few facts: Claiming his picture, a happy customer at about 3:30 pm.
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Zoe Strauss’ Under I-95 closes with a bang
The Apeejay Education Society, with over 40 years of Excellence in education, announces the opening of Apeejay Stya University at Sohna, Gurgaon. Sponsored by the Apeejay Stya Education Foundation, the University is currently located in a sprawling picturesque campus with the state-of-the-art infrastructure
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Apeejay Education Society announces the opening of Apeejay Stya University
Without your art, you have nothing to market, and there would be no need for you to read this blog. Without your art, you wouldn’t be an artist. You’d just have an interesting hobby
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Get Back in the Studio and Make Art!
Jeffro Kilpatrick was planning to propose to his sweetheart, Joannie, at his May 7 opening at Fishtown’s Proximity Gallery . But that seemed too public. “I don’t know if I want to put that much of myself out there,” he said during an interview at his studio last week
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Studio visit: Jeffro in love
Today is MayDay , a day that has been set aside in the U.S. to encourage those in the cultural communities to prepare for disaster in order to protect our heritage. CERF+ (*) encourages all artists to consider taking these 5 steps toward peace of mind
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Is your art business prepared for flood? Fire?
Kerry Callen has taken two of my great loves — comics and crossword puzzles — and combined them into a new artform: Cross Panel Comics . Genius. Posted by John Martz on Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog | Permalink | 5 comments Tags: Comics , Creative Thinking
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Comics as crossword puzzle
Illustration: William Morris Trellis wallpaper design 1862 Trellis was William Morris first commercially available wallpaper design. It was sold through the company of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co, which was later to become Morris & Co, in 1864. However, the design itself had been completed by Morris two years before in 1862
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William Morris and the Trellis Wallpaper
Fire up your iTunes. Over at Escape from Illustration Island (itself a great podcast), Thomas James points us towards an “all-you-can-eat buffet” of poscasts, audio interviews, lectures, and other listenable goodies over at Steven Heller’s website — Steven Heller: Podcasts and Radio . Steven Heller is an art director and has authored countless books on illustration, design, and typography
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A glut of Steven Heller podcasts
Team Rediscover Punjab declared winners Months of sweat and efforts culminated into victory as seven enthusiastic groups from FLAME (Foundation for Liberal And Management Education) presented their findings for the ‘Discover India Program’. Undisputedly the most deserving team Rediscover Punjab won the trophy and was awarded a budget for Rs.5,00,000 for an International project by Dr
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FLAME’s ‘Discover India Program’ boosts liberal education
Illustration: Examples Of Tatar leatherwork 1925 In 1925 the then Soviet Union held, amongst its various exhibitions at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris, a large display that highlighted the ethnic diversity of the Union as seen through various traditional craft skills. Amongst these displays was some Tatar leatherwork.
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Tatar Leatherwork
Illustration: Crochet chair back pattern 19th century Although crochet can often be closely, although inaccurately twinned with knit, it has in fact long been associated with lace rather than knit. In many respects, it could be seen as a simpler, though still effective interpretation of lace skills. Although obviously not as fine and accomplished as professional lace making, depending on the materials used and the fineness of both yarn and needle, a wide variation of crochet can be achieved.
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Crochet as Lace
This exhibition at the Japan Society through June 13 was a roaring success when shown in London last Spring, and if it’s not drawing equal crowds in New York that’s because the Japan Society is at least four avenues further East than the crowds are willing to gather. It’s New York’s loss
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‘Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters; Japanese Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi’ at the Japan Society, New York
Guest Blogger: Gallerist Maren Bargreen I can’t run my gallery without artists —they are the life-blood of any gallery. Without you, I’m just a space with white walls. Read This Before You Approach Another Gallery! I have a pet peeve—and, in speaking with other gallery owners, I am not alone.
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Approaching Art Galleries: Selling Yourself
Throughout the day in our home we listen to work crews, builders, sirens, engines, airplanes, cars honking, and leaf blowers.
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Dressing Up Your Small Garden with Container Plants
The Centre Pompidou , located in the heart of Paris, was originally conceived as a temporary structure in 1977. Though it has become a permanent and thriving cultural hub the Pompidou’s original temporary identity remains intact as witnessed by the current installation of cardboard – based works by the Japanese artist Tadashi Kawamata on the centre’s facade.
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Temporariness
Illustration: Large embroidered hanging from Bukhoro, Uzbekistan The embroidery skills and decorative pattern work of Uzbekistan are some of the most iconic of Central Asia. Although embroidery was used extensively in costume, apart from the ubiquitous cap or hat, many outside of Uzbek culture are more familiar with domestic embroidery. Many of the best examples of Uzbek embroidery are in the form of internal hangings, bedspreads and covers
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Uzbek Embroidery