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Recyclable Art
After just finishing exhibiting at the New Orleans Home and Garden Show on Sunday and still being down South, I didn’t post Friday and I’m late posting today but will follow up later this week with some interesting Art Is Everywhere photos from the show. Until then, here are some remarkable art projects that are “green” — they were created from recyclable materials. Many types of art can be created from recyclables. What’s one man’s trash is another one’s treasure is an artistic philosophy. It’s hard to believe but this portrait of Van Gogh, on the side of The Red Brick Gallery in Martinsburg, W. VA, was created with bottle…
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,…
Joseph Cornell
Collecting things reminds me of Joseph Cornell (1903–1972). An artist known in the 1930’s for assembling his many collections into miniature and large scale dioramas, which were like mini sculptures. I really like his work and saw the Smithsonian’s exhibit, Navigating the Imagination dedicated to him in February 2007. Here are a few websites for Joseph Cornell that I found very worthwhile for seeing and learning more about his work: http://josephcornell.org/ An interesting blog post on Collections and Archives as Creative Practice http://www.josephcornellbox.com/ I have one of these boxes that I picked up at the exhibit and it’s pretty cool. I’ve been collecting things to finally put it together and…
