Bob Dylan on Canvas
Bob Dylan – “Motel Pool” - image credit: Halcyon Gallery
13 Feb 2010 – 10 Apr 2010- Halcyon Gallery, 24 Bruton Street, London, England
“Halcyon Gallery presents an exclusive exhibition of Bob Dylan’s first paintings on canvas, based on drawings and sketches made while on the road during the period of 1989 – 1992. These paintings are the grand finale of The Drawn Blank Series and testament to his artistic progression: from drawings to works on paper and now finally to canvas. This exhibition provides a unique opportunity to see the first original masterpieces of a creative legend.” -snippets from their website
“Just as Dylan’s songs are constantly reinvigorated and rediscovered through his live performances, so these paintings revisit images and scenes which were captured in all their immediacy by the artist. “
see more read more – www.halcyongallery.com
Canada Council Art Bank: New Acquisitions
Ron Terada – See Other Side of Sign – Photography \ view more of artist Ron Terada’s works – CLICK HERE
image from Canada Council Art Bank website
The Canada Council Art Bank is acquiring 61 new works by Canadian artists worth a total value of more than $285,000. The selection committee chose the works from over 1,900 submissions received.
The new purchases include works from all regions of Canada by established and emerging artists such as Tom Eneas, Ed Pien, Gwenaël Bélanger, Daniel Embaye and Brendan Tang. Images of these artists’ work can be downloaded from the Canada Council image gallery.
Print on demand Art Portfolios
How cool would it be to have YOUR ART displayed in your very own slick printed magazine!
Talk about professional looking!
I was over at theartblog.org this morning, and came across their post about MagCloud. Being curious, I clicked over to the MagCloud website to read more.
image from MagCloud website – http://magcloud.com/browse/Issue/53757
“MagCloud started as an HP Labs incubation project to evaluate new, online marketplaces for buying and selling custom and niche magazines with print on demand fulfillment. MagCloud is inventing new ways to bring consumers and publishers together in a web-based marketplace where choice, flexibility and print on demand are the cornerstones of the community.” snippet from their website
What caught my eye is a great new feature they are working on that would make creating your art or photo portfolio a breeze:
“It’s our mission in life to make magazine publishing accessible to everyone, so we are putting the finishing touches on a great new feature that lets you easily turn your online photo albums into a magazine without leaving MagCloud’s website.” snippet from their website
see more, read more about MagCloud on their website: http://www.magcloud.com
Digital Printmaking Workshops for 2010
Here is a very short list of upcoming specialty workshops that focus on Digital Fine Art Printmaking, Alternative Digital Printmaking, and Digital Mixed Media for 2010. I am sure there are many others available ( I will add to the list as I come across them OR if you happen to know of any in your area, please email the details to me as I would be happy to add them to the list.
*New Addition – Feb 11,2010
Gary Wornell Digital Printmaking Workshops
Instructor: Gary Wornell
Location: Riihimäki, Finland
2 Day MASTERCLASS in March:
20.03.10 – 21.03.10 (Saturday – Sunday)
2 Day Workshops in April and June:
09.04.10 – 10.04.10 (Friday – Saturday)
05.06.10 – 06.06.10 (Saturday – Sunday)
2 Day course outline 2 Day Printing course
4 Day Workshops in April, and June:
17.04.10 – 18.04.10 and 24.04.10 – 25.04.10
(Saturday – Sunday – 2 weekends)
17.06.10-20.06.10 (Thursday – Sunday)
Gary Wornell regularly gives 2 and 4 day Digital Printmaking Workshops at his studio in Riihimäki, Finland. The courses are designed for artist professionals and skilled amateurs as well as photographers and traditional print makers who wish to expand their craft printing repertoir.
The courses are lively, energetic and informative and provide a perfect starting point for beginners and advanced printmakers to explore new territory. With a good selection of Epson Large Format Stylus Pro and Stylus Photo printers, everyone can find out just what makes these printers so versatile.
Previous workshops have included participants from other parts of Europe interested in meeting like-minded artists and the result is a cross fertilization of ideas and techniques. Bookings can be made several months in advance with courses running in two and 4 day blocks as well as 4 day workshops spread over 2 weekends.
Gary Wornell Workshops – website page
*New Addition – Jan.25,2010
Santa Fe Workshops: Fine Art Digital Printmaking
Instructors: David Saffir & Jack Duganne
February 28 – March 6, 2010 – Santa Fe, New Mexico
Our third year! Make your photographic vision come to life in this Advanced Photography Experience/Digital Lab workshop. Join two accomplished photographers and fine art printmakers, Jack Duganne and David Saffir for this exciting, hands-on journey from a photo shoot on-location in the Santa Fe area, through high-intensity classroom sessions in image processing and editing, all the way to printing your new color or black and white images on brand-new state-of-the-art HP pigment-based inkjet printers. This is a work-group style session, with one-on-one work. This limits the workshop to a dozen or so participants, so enroll early and reserve your spot.
David Saffir Santa Fe Workshop website
David Saffir’s Blog
Painterly Print-Digital grounds for Fine Artists & Photographers
Instructor: Sandie Bacon
March 6, 2010 – 12-5pm (Water Street Studios, Batavia, Il)
Using our new digital grounds(Golden) we can print images from our computer’s printer on any of a variety of surfaces: paint skins, gels, acetate, metallic papers, etc. These are wonderful techniques for mixed media artists, creating layers, or for limited edition multiples. Printing on transparent surfaces is also terrifc for artist cards and ornaments.
www.goldenpaints.com
Water Street Studios website
B&W Printmaking: Classic Fine Art Aesthetics- Digital Tools
Instructor: Rich Seiling
June 2-6, 2010 (Yosemite National Park)
September 15-19, 2010 (Yosemite National Park)
Participants in this workshop will learn how to craft B&W photographic prints with a classic fine-art aesthetic, using digital tools. The main emphasis is on learning how to make expressive decisions in Photoshop to create files that can be output on any device. We’ll also explore film and digital options for image capture, portfolio development, and output options.
Incorporating Digital Technology: Mixed Media Digital Printmaking Workshop
Instructors: Mary Taylor & Christopher Shore
June 8 – 11, 2010 (Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk CT)
4 Days, Tues. through Fri., 10am- 4 pm June 8 – 11, 2010. Explore how new digital printmaking tools can be combined with traditional printmaking. Experiment with fine art digital printing processes. This workshop is for artists who want to go beyond the “flat” digital print by using fine art papers, collage materials, and traditional media. The emphasis will not be on the final product but focused on exploration, experimentation and helping participants develop new techniques that are complimentary to their existing talents.
www. marytaylorart.com
www.contemprints.org
Adventures in Mixed Media Collage with Acrylics
Instructor: Bonnie Cutts
Date: July 19 – 23, 2010 - 9 – 4 (Grand Marais Art Colony,MN)
From Thunder Bay, Ontario, it’s only 80 miles to Grand Marais, MN
Get ready to embark on a creative journey of mixed media art while applying all sorts of acrylic paints, gels and gel skins to a variety of luscious surfaces. Bring along images (high contrast photos or drawings no larger than 5” x 7”) you wish to collage onto your canvas. You will scan and print them onto acrylic skins that you run through an inkjet printer. Sound amazing? It is. Add excitement as you become familiar with other image transfer techniques that you can playfully work into your artwork. Apply multiple layers of paint and gels and watch your images take on a life of their own. Make your marks and make your statement as you paint, draw, collage and paint some more. Clean color mixing and interference and iridescent paints will be introduced, along with different grounds that are available to the painter. Relax, loosen up and have fun creating pieces of art filled with your own personal touches as well as gain a ton of useful information about the acrylic materials you will have available to use throughout the week.
A Digital Stretch Workshop in Santorini,Greece
Instructor: Mary Ann Rolfe
Oct 9-16, 2010 (Santorini, Greece)
A Digital Stretch in Santorini
During this workshop students will learn techniques to produce Digital Glass, Translucent Window Panels, Digital Tiles, Digital Jewelry & embellishments along with material choices, transfer techniques, printing tips for these techniques, generating ideas, a variety of professional assembling and finishing techniques, problem solving, workflow methods for overcoming blockages, mental and physical tips for stimulating and maintaining creativity. Exploring Digital candles, boxes, textiles and using the student’s digital camera files to generate images will be explored as time permits. The power of the computer will be demonstrated although this workshop is also suitable for students who don’t use the computer. It is more about what to do with images than creating the images.
http://toscanaamericana.com/rolfedigitalsantorini.html
www.digitalstretch.com
ARTECH 2010 – 5th International Conference of Digital Arts
Artech 2010 is the fifth international conference held on the topic of Digital Arts. It aims at promoting contacts between Iberian and International contributors concerned with the concept, production and dissemination of Digital and Electronic Art.
Artech 2010 - April 22 & 23, 2010 – Guimarães, Portugal
Artech 2010 aims at bringing the scientific, technological and artistic community together, while promoting the interest in the digital culture and its intersection with art and technology as an important research field, a common space for discussion andexchange of experiences, a forum for emerging digital artists understanding and be delighted with new forms of digital expression.
Main areas are related with sound, image, video, music,multimedia, architecture and other new media related topics, in the context of emerging practice of artistic creation. Although non exclusive, the main topics of the conference are:
-Art and Science Theory
-Audio-Visual and Multimedia Design
-Creativity Theory
-Digital Fabrication
-Electronic Music
-Generative and Algorithmic Art
-Generative Computational Design
-Immersive Art
-Interactive Systems for Artistic Applications
-Media Art history
-Mobile Multimedia
-Net Art and Digital Culture
-New Experiences with Digital Media
-Parametric Design
-Tangible and Gesture Interfaces
-Technology in Art Education
Organization:
[UM] Minho University, School of Engineering/School of Architecture
see more, read more on their website: www.artech-international.com/artech2010
Spaghetti Bench
image credit: artist – Pablo Reinoso via carpentersworkshopgallery.com
Pablo Reinoso: French-Argentine artist and designer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1955. Lives and works in Paris since 1979.
“The Spaghetti Bench takes it’s inspiration from the universal park bench “everyone has sat on a bench like this, some have been kissed on one, others have waited for their kid on one, they are common to everybody”. The benches are not only conceptual works but also feats of handcrafted dexterity. Each wooden slat is hand-carved to create the sinuous curve, the human intervention of the manufacture once again triumphs over the straight lines of the traditional park bench. “
link via: smartpeopleiknow.wordpress.com
