Shadow Sculptures

Tim Noble and Sue Webster are a dynamic duo based out of the UK. Using everyday things including rubbish, they've taken the idea of assemblages to a new level of transformative art. The sculptures use everything from trash to bones; one of them is even constructed from 34 taxidermied animals including 6 rats, 1 mink, 8 carrion crows, 8 rooks, and 11 jackdaws. Gruesomely awesome.
(via http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/shadow-sculptures-by-tim-noble-sue-webster)

Happy Birthday, Hale Woodruff!

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More on "Rising Up: Hale Woodruff’s Murals at Talladega College"

Hale Aspacio Woodruff (American, 1900– 1980), The Trial of the Amistad Captives, 1939, oil on canvas, 72 x 240 inches. Collection of Talladega College, Talladega, Alabama. © Talladega College. Photo: Peter Harholdt

Hale Aspacio Woodruff (American, 1900–1980), The Repatriation of the Freed Captives, 1939, oil on canvas, 72 x 120 inches. Collection of Talladega College, Talladega, Alabama. © Talladega College. Photo: Peter Harholdt

Hale Aspacio Woodruff (American, 1900–1980), The Mutiny on the Amistad, 1939, oil on canvas, 72 x 120 inches. Collection of Talladega College, Talladega, Alabama.© Talladega College. Photo: Peter Harholdt

Hale Aspacio Woodruff (American, 1900–1980), The Underground Railroad, 1942, oil on canvas, 72 x 120 inches. Collection of Talladega College, Talladega, Alabama. © Talladega College. Photo: Peter Harholdt

Contemporary Artist of the Week:

The Fantasy Art of Anna Dittmann

Annita Dittmann grew up in San Francisco and moved to Georgia to receive a BFA in illustration from the Savannah College of Art and Design.  Her Dreamy, fantastical illustrations capture an incredibly sensitive world of magic and shifting spring.  Dittmann's grip on the digital medium is extraordinary and serves her themes of fantasy illustration perfectly. 

via Juxtapoz 

 

Contemporary Artist of the Week:

Map Painting of Fernando Vicente

Madrid-based Spanish artist Fernando Vicente uses maps for more than geographical purposes. For his Atlas series, the creative illustrator paints on old maps, transforming countries and whole continents into people, animals, and skulls. The collection of acrylic paint portraits applied and integrated into each map, similar to the work of Ed Fairburn, gives the lands a new sense of life.

While cartography can be seen as an art in its own right, Vicente manages to transform each informative sheet into an interpretive piece. The images he adds to the maps are translucent enough to recognize the underlying contours of nations and the separation between ocean and land while simultaneously appreciating the artist's ability to connect masses of land into one unified figure. His work presents an organic vision of the world, as though countries are not disconnected from one another and share a spirit guardian.

via mymodernmet

Spare Parts Needs Our Help!

http://sparepartstudio.org/
 

Spare parts inspires & supports the growing San Antonio creative community & our PreK-12 schools through environmental accountability.

Spare parts believes partnerships/programs centered on creative reuse practice builds smart, lasting & win/win initiatives. This will increase the creative & cultural energy of our city & beyond.

As a result, spare parts reduces landfill tonnage. spare parts’ purpose is unprecedented in San Antonio. It is the leader in reuse education through the arts.

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Encino Park Elementary will be accepting materials & supplies donations for spare parts. materials & supplies donation guide.
  
July 23, 2013
10am-2pm
2550 Encino Rio, San Antonio, TX 78259

 

Class Wish

Teachers face it every day: lack of funding and devastating budget cuts leave most schools without the supplies teachers need to help children explore their potential and excel.
Too often, dedicated teachers end up spending hundreds of dollars of their own money on classroom materials, and it's still not enough.

ClassWish, an exciting new nonprofit, offers a simple alternative:
* Teachers visit the site to create a Wish List of the things they need to equip great classrooms, as easily as shopping online
* ClassWish lets parents and other supporters see exactly what is needed and how they can help
* Contributions are tax-deductible
* ClassWish sends the supplies to teachers at the school
 
The result? Teachers get the support they need. Parents and communities are engaged in supporting classrooms. And everyone is united in helping our children learn, grow and perform at their best.
See how easy it is to get the things you and your students need at
http://classwish.org/schools/48245-San-Antonio-School-For-Inquiry-C

Thank You!

We made it through the rain with smiles!
A very special thank you goes out to all the students that participated in the Fiesta Flambeau Night Parade Saturday Night. Even though the storm hit us hard, they kept smiling and waving at what was left of the crowd. As for the band, I admire your courage for continuing to play without missing a beat throughout the chaos of the evening. 

I would also like to thank all the teachers, parents and students that helped us put it all together.  We could not have done it without your help.

 

Week of April 15 - 19

Wowza! Time is just flying by. We only have five days to get our float completed......

2013 Fiesta Flambeau Night Parade Preparation has begun!

Woohoo! 

We  have started building the props for SASIC's Fiesta Flambeau Parade Float

2013 Inspiration Board

Keep checking back, we will be posting updates and new pics soon!

Looking at Contemporary Artist - Eduardo Berliner

Eduardo Berliner (1978) is a Brazilian artist who has studied graphic design in Brazil and has obtained his Masters of Arts in Type design from the University of Reading (U.K.), in 2003. Now he works as an artist and a professor. In 2004 he developed a course in typography for the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. Later on he worked as a lecturer in the same university. He has created, with the artist Cadu, a graphic structure for a newspaper “museumuseu” a project conceived by Brazilian artist Mabe Bethonico, exhibited in the 27^th biennial of San Paolo. He has also worked in the fashion industry by designing motifs for various fashion clothing brands in Brazil.

Information from: http://www.type-together.com/index.php?action=portal/viewContent&cntId_content=2668&id_section=138

The Dark Side of Rio - Brazil 2010

Look at the painting below and answer the following questions. **Remember: You must use complete sentences with correct punctuation! **

Eduardo Berliner, 'Enterro', oil on canvas, 2010

1. Could the artist be trying to comment on a social issue?  What do you think is the meaning? 

2. Are there clues as to the mood or meaning? Perhaps the title may give an idea as to what the work is about.

Looking at Contemporary Art

What is contemporary art? 

Contemporary Art is art produced at the present point in time. Some art museums and collections define contemporary art as including all art since the end of World War II more specifically since 1945.

Look at the painting below and answer the following questions. **Remember: You must use complete sentences with correct punctuation! **

Ling Jian, Suspension in Melancholy

 1. Does the portrait display an attitude: calm, arrogance,      intelligence, humor? Why?

2.  Do you think the artist has tried to flatter the model, or would you consider the portriat not-so flattering, yet perhaps more revealing of the person's inner personality? Why? 


 

Happy Birthday, Eugene Atget!

 

• OCCUPATION: Actor, Photographer
• BIRTH DATE: February 12, 1857
• DEATH DATE: August 04, 1927
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Libourne, France

• PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France

Best Known For:

French photographer Eugène Atget recorded everything he considered picturesque or artistic in and around Paris, with an eye for strange and unsettling images.

"Eugène Atget." 2013. The Biography Channel website. Feb 12 2013, 09:35 http://www.biography.com/people/eug%C3%A8ne-atget-38199

- Look at the image below, then create a story of how you think the artist felt when the image was photographed, or write about the subject. 

  - Post your response in the comment box below.

Eugene Atget, Organ Grinder, 1898

 

Compare Two Photographs:

February 4, 2013

Point our similarities and differences within the two images below. Look at edges, value differences, use of space, subject, and mood.

Yousuf Karsh, Early Landscape, 1927

Ansel Adams, Oak Tree, Snow Storm, 1948

Welcome to 2nd Semester Art!

Blog Assignment # 1:

1. Write your Definition of what art is. 
       (do not give the dictionary definition!)

2. Based on your definition, decide whether the following items are "art":

    - a shell
    - a printed coffee mug
    - a photograph
   - a ragged pair of treasured jeans
   - a printed T-shirt
   - a film poster
   - a magazine advertisement
  
  State your reasons why or why not those items are considered "art."

*** Post your responses in the comment box below ***

This Girl Loves Art!

Happy New Year !

Welcome Back! 

Hope everyone's winter break was fantastic. 

We have a lot of fun stuff to talk about, including but not limited to Flambeau Parade Construction :)

See you in class!