Back in January and February I had ideas. I had motivation. I saw photos of beautiful women in magazines or in images on the internet, women standing in front of windows or sitting on the sill, all looking out at something unknown. I feverishly painted the scenes for the promise of an upcoming art show at a local restaurant. Then the restaurant suddenly closed without warning and there went my show and all the work I’d been doing gone to waste. »Read More

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At work today, someone told me an interesting story:  a valuable painting was found at the Goodwill on Pantops. They said somebody donated an old painting and a store employee saw a signature on it and it turned out to be by a French Impressionist and ended up being worth $40,000. »Read More

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Is there a line that art is not supposed to cross? When does art become “tasteless” instead of “satirical”?

The editor of The New Yorker has defended the above cover. Both the Obama and McCain campaigns have decried the imagery utilized on the cover.

Does this cover make us give more validity to the stereotypes it represents? Or does its blatant  representation make us question the accusations thrown about?

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Since it’s almost Independence day, I’ve been racking my brain for some examples of art that have to do with July 4th. Then I realized that little pieces of art have been under our noses the entire time. On firecracker labels. Have you ever stopped to look at them? There are some pretty cool illustrations on some. Think I’m kidding? Check out some of the fine examples I found… »Read More

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[Bebeto Matthews/AP]
New York City likes to have art in place just like C-ville but on a larger more expensive scale. The latest installation is called, “The New  York City Waterfalls”. »Read More

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My first experience with a nude model started off a little rocky. I was a little late for my drawing class the day we started “life drawing” only to find the last space left was right smack dab in front of the model. Then I found out “Life drawing”= Looking at a really naked person.

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[Stacked Totem Forms by Liz Vercruysse]

You may have seen some of these interesting sculptures around town…and we talked about it here. Well guess what sculptors, the deadline for submitting your application is July 1st. Large and smaller works are welcome. Your work will be on display for 11 months and you get a gift of $1500! The application info and requirements listed on the Art in Place site here.

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[Photo from NPR’s site ]

Shaun sent me a link to this beautiful video NPR put up on its site. It shows some scenes from last week’s Festival of the Photograph and features some awesome background music from local musicians Morwenna Lasko and Jay Pun.  Here’s the link because I can’t figure out how to embed it:

“Virginia Town Celebrates the Photograph”

Check it out!

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While we were getting ready for the Festival of the Photograph, in Australia many were up in arms against the photography of artist Bill Henson. His photographs of nude teenagers were confiscated by police and his exhibit shut down before it even opened.

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[Punishment on an American chain gang]

 [Written by Megan]  

                  
The Festival of the Photograph has officially begun and the highlight for the journalism wing of the photo community is the appearance of James Nachtwey, a journalist who’s been named “best in the world” so many times by so many organizations, it’s hard to list them all.  Photojournalists refer to him as a monk, a prophet. Nachtwey has made it his life mission a witness to all the pain that we are capable of creating and all that we are vulnerable to receiving.  »Read More

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