Spring Arts Preview
The Washington Post just published their Spring Arts Preview Guide. There is so much to see and enjoy but here are the ones I think are most interesting: • Pride of Place: Dutch Citycsapes of the Golden Age, National Gallery of Art, through May 3. • Bookends: Book as Art, Torpedo Factory, through Feb 22. • Detour: Architecture and Design Along 18 National Tourist Routes in Norway, National Building Museum, through Oct 10. • On the Origin of Species (After Darwin) — celebrating the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin, National Academy of Sciences, through April 23. As a postscript, this is a fascinating article about happenstance, a purchase of a…
Women in Art
This is a great video that’s been circulating the Internet for some time, by Philip Scott, but I’d like to post it here for inspiration: I love how this video progresses through Art History, which looks like Byzantine to Post Modern periods. I only wish there was a documentation/catalog of all the artists and artwork. Most are recognizable and familiar but some are not. I think its creation is artistic in itself. It’s inspiring to me because I draw a lot of strength from my mother and sister, who are my new business partners. I couldn’t have started casart coverings without them, and I’m eternally grateful. We are a female,…
From Dollar to Postcard
I wasn’t aware of Dean Bracy’s concept until recently to put 10,000 one-dollar bills through the banking system in 2000. They all had hand written notes, which is legal to do, on the margins, asking the question, “Where does a dollar go? ” and to send him a postcard telling him about how folks received them. His plan was to use these postcards to create a giant mosaic art piece. As last I read in the Reader’s Digest 2004 story, he had received over 7,400 responses. I’m not sure where he is on his artwork. If anyone knows of any follow up information, please let me know. His website is…
