Aspen & Many Sides of Nature
It’s Labor Day, why do any work? My husband went to Aspen, CO recently and was able to get some hiking time in between conferences. Here are some pictures he took. Nature’s beauty abounds but so does the mural map juxtaposed against the mountainous backdrop. While these photos make me want to be there and are certainly inspirational for sketching, I am worried and my mind is focused on Hurricane Gustav. I’m having eerie flashbacks from three years ago — just a few days past Hurricane Katrina. Fortunately, my mother and brother and his wife have evacuated early this time. I’m praying and hoping the city will be OK. It’s…
Art in Advertising & Fingerprints
I had been looking for information regarding the Library of Congress ads that I had seen way back in May, wrapped around the pillars in the DC Metro, and I finally found it on their blog. Who knew they’d be so “with it!” I thought this was a clever use of art in advertising and a great advertising campaign. Evidently the Washington Post thought so too and wrote about it back in April, in which the Library received much deserved, “earned” media attention. What a bonus. I must have been out of town and missed reading that article, but the ads are still up because I bet they are still…
Murals to Teach
I love how this science teacher used murals to teach his students science. Although he’s retiring after 37 years of teaching at San Luis Obispo High School in California, the murals he painted will still line the hallways for his students to continually view. Here’s another example of artistic teaching methods. Dr. Andrew Yang teaches science at The Art Institute of Chicago and incorporates aspect of biology and art in his teaching. This is an interesting type of art called “bioartography” or cell art. These are mouse stem-cell neurons and a section of a mouse’s stomach by scientific artist, Deb Gumico, from the Michigan Center for Organogenesis. She and her…
