This article appears in the Portland Phoenix. The Portland Museum of Art is a postmodernist landmark on the city’s Congress Square. The museum is now planning an even more dramatic architectural landmark that may upstage the handsome brick façade with its signature quartet of arches. Back in 1983, the Portland […]
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download Augusta Smith | Episode 855 Augusta Smith is a multi-medium designer and artist based in Phoenix Arizona, primarily focused on ceramic vessels. Native to Edgefield County, South Carolina, Augusta uses his background in production scale ceramics and traditional functional forms along with his […]
Kongkee, an award-winning animation director and visual artist, takes you back to the future in an odyssey more than 2,000 years in the making. Part comic book, part motion picture, part meditation on history repeating, the immersive experience of Kongkee: Warring States Cyberpunk traces the legendary Chinese poet Qu Yuan’s soul on […]
Collecting art is more than a hobby. It is a practice that can have economic, social, historical and even political implications. How to recognize the importance of collecting one or another piece? What does it mean to collect art professionally? What aspects should I take into account? The following list […]
Home / 10 Hilarious “It’s Like They Know Us” Scenarios Art Teachers Face All Too Often Being an art teacher is a little like being a unicorn—you are colorful, magical, and a bit mysterious. In the school schema, what you do and how you do it isn’t entirely clear. This […]
If creativity is a flower, trust and belief are the soil, roots, and water that nourish it. Trust and belief are the rich earth in which the fruits of our labor are born and flourish. Without these essential components, the flower of creativity will lose petals, the leaves will wilt, […]
Minimalism has dominated the design world for nearly a century, with Scandinavian chic interior design being seen as the main trend, teaching us to strip back the unnecessary and embrace simplicity. By Helen Buckley After maximalism burst onto the scene in 2018, the movement is quickly becoming en vogue and […]
Very little is known about Emilie Rosalie Saal. She was born in Estonia, studied in Russia and lived from 1899 until 1920 in Indonesia with her husband Andres Saal who was the head of the military cartography department of the Dutch colonial army. At the end of Andres’ mission in […]
“I am endlessly inspired by the construct and the idea of time and timing and how moments, fragments of time and memories have such an impact on us as humans.” By Tatty Martin | 07 Jun 2022 Johanna Bath is someone who seeks to preserve transient moments through painting. Playing […]
22,111 Israeli military aircraft have violated Lebanese airspace over the last 15 years. Their buzz, roaring and exploding sounds form the background of daily life in Lebanon, enveloping the country in “atmospheric violence.” Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Air Pressure (A diary of the sky), 2022 Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Air Pressure (A […]