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This video I came across tonight seems especially timely with the World Climate Conference wrapping up in Copenhagen this week. In it, landscape painter Yang Yongliang combines 5th century Shan Shui painting with images of 21st Century China to create a powerful message about our environment that reaches beyond cultural boundaries. For more information, see The . . . → Read More: Chinese Environmental Art Let’s get the New Year rolling with 10 Web sites that caught my attention over the past couple weeks: Have you ever seen a museum or gallery exhibition that got you so excited you wanted to jump for joy? These people did. Check out the top art blogs at AllTop. Let Art Talk is a community arts organization that . . . → Read More: Web Sightings for January 2009 Here’s a simple stop-motion animation with an important message to “use paper more than once before tossing it.” Try This: Show this example to students before starting an animation project. Demonstrate the stop-motion technique used in the movie and introduce the idea of making a Public Service Announcement (PSA). Have them work in small groups to . . . → Read More: Paper can be used more than once . . . Here’s a dozen links for your Web browsing pleasure. Enjoy. Chicago Artist Valentina Trevino’s weekly Web show in which she works on a new painting while talking about her art and her life. Check out the episode of Make Some Noise on Canadian-based organization Taking It Global, a social network for youth and educators interested in . . . → Read More: Web Sightings for July |
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Reflections on NAEA 2010
Hood ornament on Art Bus outside of American Visionary Art Museum
Got back last night after a long plane ride home from the NAEA conference. My early morning flight out of Baltimore was canceled and I had to wait in the airport 5 hours for a later flight. I know it could have been worse, . . . → Read More: Reflections on NAEA 2010