-
Landscape With Rainbow
By now you’ve probably listened to the moving words by Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman, engaged in a game of real life Where’s Waldo with Bernie and his Mittens throughout your social media feeds, and enjoyed the monochronic fashions of the day. The arts definitely continue to be a big…
-
Top 15 Christmas Artworks From Throughout History
Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating today! I searched the interwebs for Christmas art to share with you today and I ended up finding TONS! After retrieving myself from various rabbit holes, I’m sharing 15 favorites from the ones that I found. 1. The Nativity by Martin Schongauer (1435-1491) 1435–1491, The…
-
A Look at Indigenous Art
I recently finished auditing a 12 week course through the University of Alberta called Indigenous Canada and during the last module of the class they mentioned an artist named Daphne Odjig. I thought as I research her a little more to learn about her and her art, that I would…
-
Spontaneous Collaborative Art
Photo by @alexis_delilah via @cleowade I wanted to share with you one of the coolest pieces of collaborative art that I’ve ever seen that is happening right now. This 60 foot sculpture of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia unveiled on May 29, 1890 is currently scheduled to be…
-
Mark Rothko
In honor of Mark Rothko’s birthday today, I thought it would be a good opportunity to share more about him and his work. This artist may be most known for his large abstract paintings featuring gradations of color. To be fully honest, his work hasn’t really spoken to me in…
-
Andy Warhol
In honor of Andy Warhol’s birthday earlier this month, I thought I would take the opportunity to share about him on this week’s blog. Andy Warhol was a prolific artist, successful commercial illustrator, and pop icon. It’s hard to talk about the pop art movement of the 1960’s without mentioning…
-
Fun Fact Friday: Glass Art
Glass art is fascinating and has been around for quite a long time. This weekend is the Holiday Open House at Corning Museum of Glass. If you’re anywhere in the area of Corning, New York you should stop by and check out the museum. There’s always fun demos of the…
-
Fun Fact Friday: Monet’s Color Shift
In honor of Claude Monet’s birthday earlier this week (November 14th), I thought it would be a good time to share a little bit more about him. As Monet got older he began to develop issues with his eyes. Around age 65 (1905) he began experience changes in his perception…
-
Fun Fact Friday: Pablo Picasso, What’s in a Name?
Did you know that the artist Pablo Picasso’s name was so long? That must have been a lot to memorize as a kid. I decided today would be a good day to talk about Picasso as his birthday was yesterday. Born October 25, 1881, he would have been 137 (he…
-
Fun Fact Friday: The Last of the Etruscans
So you’ve been reading along the last several Fridays and you’ve been thinking, why have I never heard of this ancient civilization before? (Or if you haven’t been reading along and need to catch up you can go here.) Well, it may have something to do with the old Winston Churchill…
