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 Monday, November 17, 2008
Studio tour with New Yorker cartoonist
Like one-liners and knick-knacks? In the video above, The New Yorker cartoonist Mick Stevens gives a tour of his home studio in Florida. You can read more about the magazine's cartoonists on its blog. And I'm reminded of that episode of Seinfeld where the gang tries to determine the meaning of a New Yorker cartoon.
Elaine: Come on, we're two intelligent people here. We can figure
this out. Now we got a dog and a cat in an office. Jerry: It looks like my accountant's office but there's no pets
working there. Elaine: The cat is saying, "I've enjoyed reading your e-mail." George: Maybe it's got something to do with that 42 in the corner. Elaine: It's a page number. George: Well, I can't crack this one. Elaine: Aahh! this has got to be a mistake.
The Washington Post did a story on the magazine's enigmatic cartoons in 2006; you can read it here. By Grace Dobush | Random Thoughts | Videos
11/17/2008 1:09:33 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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 Friday, November 07, 2008
Major Warhol show in Columbus
I hope to be able to visit this awesome show, but if I can't make it, the video tour above will just have to suffice. (Not sure if the Velvet Underground soundtrack is included in the admission fee.) Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms "sheds new light on the celebrated pop artist and focuses on the ideas
at the heart of his work: embracing consumer culture, exploring sexual
identity, challenging social conventions, and erasing distinctions
between high and low culture."
The exhibit runs through February 15, 2009, at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio. Tickets cost $8 for adults, or $5 for visitors ages 13-17 or older than 65. Free to Wexner Center and Warhol Club members, college students with ID, visitors younger than 12, and free to all visitors every Thursday evening and first Sunday of each month. By Grace Dobush | Notable Artists | Shows and Events | Videos
11/7/2008 2:48:23 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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 Monday, October 20, 2008
Travel Channel will give you an art attack
This sounds pretty cool: "Art Attack with Lee Sandstead" takes you inside the world's greatest art museums, where the art historian singles out the top five must-see pieces in a fast-paced format. The first season will air on the Travel Channel starting Nov. 30.
You can watch a preview below that describes Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party, an installation piece in the Brooklyn Museum.
By Grace Dobush | News | Notable Artists | Videos
10/20/2008 9:55:53 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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 Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Jean Grastorf Online Workshops
 Here's some fantastic instruction for those of you interested in watercolor. ArtistsNetwork.TV has recently announced two new streaming video workshops featuring popular artist and instructor Jean Grastorf. In the first workshop, the artist demonstrates her signature pouring technique. In the second she uses wax resist, masking and scraping with a credit
card to create texture in an abstract painting. It's just like taking a class from Jean—in your own studio! Click here to find out
more and to watch free previews of these workshops. By Chris McHugh | Videos
9/30/2008 5:53:22 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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 Friday, September 19, 2008
Looks Punny
Shoe Horns (ball point pen) by Donald Stewart Donald Stewart, trained surgeon who gave up the medical profession
because he preferred art over scalpels for helping people feel better, dropped
us a line at The Artist's Magazine the other day to let us know about his interview with his local Fox affiliate. Do watch it—it'll only take a few minutes and you'll come away smiling and—feeling better.
That's what happened to me, anyway. Stewart creates what he calls composite
drawings—renderings of objects made up of other objects. Some works, like
Shoe Horns (above), are single visual puns, and some pile one
visual pun on top of another so thickly that Stewart provides a list of
"ingredients," for those who want to be sure they don't miss anything.
I was so intrigued, I did a some deep investigating (at least 10 minutes worth) and discovered that The Artist's Magazine ran a piece on Stewart in our column, The Artist's Life,
back in January 1988. Sorry, that issue isn't available for sale
anymore, but all you longtime loyal subscribers can look it up. (You knew there was a reason you kept those old issues!)
If your old issues don't go back that far (or even if they do) you can see more of Stewart's art on his website at www.dsart.com. By Holly Davis | Cool Web sites | Notable Artists | Videos
9/19/2008 4:06:41 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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 Friday, August 29, 2008
 Thursday, August 21, 2008
The World's Children Create Art in Beijing
Robert Wyland, the official artist for the U.S. Olympics team, determined, thirty years ago, to paint 100 "whaling walls" that would depict the world's oceans and celebrate the diversity of life contained therein. He saved his 100th one for Beijing, whose unveiling coincided with the 2008 Olympic Games. Placed in the Beijing International Sculpture Park, the Great Green Wall of China spans almost two miles. What is particularly wonderful is the fact that it's the work not only of the artist himself but of a multitude of children from around the world. Appearing as principal speaker at the Tunza International Children's Conference on the Environment, he invited the children of the world to join him at this, the first Green Olympics, to paint the world's waters—an initiative he called "Hands Across the Ocean." "Water connects people all across the world—and every drop of water counts," says Wyland. Each panel of the mural is devoted to one of the 205 countries sending athletes to Beijing. Of his collaborators, Wyland says, "Only Picasso could paint like these kids; they are better artists than I am." See a beautiful film of the children at work alongside Wyland here:
By Maureen Bloomfield | Shows and Events | Videos
8/21/2008 1:38:29 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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 Friday, July 11, 2008
Another Sharon Sprung video!
Hey there! Snuck back again to post another free preview of Sharon Sprung's workshops on ArtistsNetwork.TV. This one is live for subscribers already, and will be available for individual purchase soon!
By Grace Dobush | Free Stuff | Videos
7/11/2008 9:38:49 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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 Friday, July 04, 2008
Painting realistic skin tones
Hey, folks! Just snuck back on the blog to post this preview video of ArtistsNetwork.TV's new workshops, which are going live very soon! In this one, contemporary realist Sharon Sprung discusses and demonstrates how you can paint realistic skin tones:
By Grace Dobush | Free Stuff | Videos
7/4/2008 4:19:14 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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 Thursday, July 03, 2008
Portrait Artist with a Heart
Can artists use their skills to make the world a kinder place? Portrait artist Kaziah Hancock has found a way. With her paintings, she reaches out in sympathy and love to those who have suffered one of the greatest losses possible—the death of an adult child. Using a photo reference, she paints portraits of fallen troops and sends them to the surviving parents as a gift. You can view an inspiring video about Kaziah and her work at http://www.militarytimes.com/hancock“Kaziah figured out years ago that an artist can do little to stop a war. Her gift would be a deliverance to the people left to battle at home.” –from the video By Holly Davis | Notable Artists | Videos
7/3/2008 12:02:32 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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 Tuesday, June 24, 2008
So long for now...
 Hey everyone! I just got word I'm going to be filling in as the production assistant for The Artist's Magazine's video workshop site, ArtistsNetwork.TV. I'm way excited to get my hands on this project, but, unfortunately, it means that I'll have to say goodbye to this blog for a while. But don't go away! The folks on the fine art team here will keep this blog alive in my absence. (And if they don't, I've got a pica stick to prod them with.) Au revoir! By Grace Dobush | Cool Web sites | News | Videos
6/24/2008 9:30:21 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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 Tuesday, June 03, 2008
If Camus were a cat...
By Grace Dobush | Random Thoughts | Videos
6/3/2008 11:39:06 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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 Thursday, May 15, 2008
ArtistsNetwork.tv is live!
 We just launched ArtistsNetwork.tv, a site chockablock with instructional videos from leading contemporary artists, such as recent Artist's Magazine contributors M. Katherine Hurley and Costa Vavagiakis.
Members can view videos 24/7 from any computer with a high-speed internet connection—no software downloads required. You can buy access to a single workshop video, or if you want an all-access pass, you can subscribe to all ArtistsNetwork.tv video workshops for
six months. You can preview the videos for free before you buy, so check out the site today! By Grace Dobush | Cool Web sites | News | Tips | Videos
5/15/2008 11:06:19 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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 Friday, March 14, 2008
Artists go for the gold
If you're going to be near Western Pennsylvania next month, it'll be worth making a detour to check out the third annual Art Olympic Theatre on April 5 in Pittsburgh.
Picture something along the lines of performance art meets Iron Chef. Over two hours, three teams compete to build the best sculpture out of materials provided at the event, plus one suitcase of stuff they've selected to bring with them. The shebang is masterminded by Tom Sarver, of the Tom Museum, who's got a reputation for wacky puppeteering. The event takes place at the Union Project, which is an awesome community center/cafe/art space.
The details: Art Olympic Theatre III, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 5. Union Project (801 N. Negley Ave., Pittsburgh, www.unionproject.org). $10. If you go, tell Pittsburgh I said Hi!
Check out a video of last year's event here:
By Grace Dobush | Shows and Events | Videos
3/14/2008 10:56:30 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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 Thursday, March 06, 2008
 Friday, February 29, 2008
Lucky winners and a boxmaking demonstration
Congrats to the three commenters who won the three calendars! Those are being shipped out today.
In unrelated news, I just posted a demonstration of how to make a book box for my other job. You can watch it below and download a PDF with detailed directions on the Family Tree Magazine website. Happy weekend!
By Grace Dobush | News | Projects | Videos
2/29/2008 3:38:42 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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 Monday, February 25, 2008
Color explosion
Pica+Pixel reminds us of the Sony Bravia ad, which remains impressive. If you've never seen it before, make sure to check it out! If you have seen it, I'd be surprised if you can resist watching it again! Everybody loves exploding paint. By Grace Dobush | Cool Web sites | Videos
2/25/2008 4:11:19 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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 Sunday, February 24, 2008
Best animated shorts
The winner's already been announced, I know, but I just stumbled across a blog that has links up to sites where you can watch all of the Oscar-nominated animated shorts. Click here! By Grace Dobush | News | Videos
2/24/2008 9:43:25 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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 Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Quick links
At the moment, stuff's getting a little crazy here at the Casa de Artist's Magazine. I'll be able to give you more details soon, but for now I'll have to act all mysterious and leave you with these links:
• Seeing things: A personal essay about experiencing museums from the Smithsonian.
• Making a Mark: Katherine Tyrrell on the elements of design—a great resource.
• You're Not My Father: A video piece that repeatedly recreates a scene from the TV show Full House (via AFC) By Grace Dobush | Cool Web sites | Videos
1/16/2008 9:23:41 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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 Wednesday, January 09, 2008
 Thursday, December 13, 2007
Plein air en hiver
Frequent Artist's Magazine contributor (and blog commenter!) Michael Chesley Johnson has a fun video up on his website that shows him painting a small landscape outdoors:
By Grace Dobush | Videos
12/13/2007 10:10:15 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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 Wednesday, November 21, 2007
A special message from us to you
By Grace Dobush | Videos
11/21/2007 12:22:06 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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 Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Craft show report!
Hey, y'all, I'm back and really excited to tell you about my five-day weekend. I drove out to Pittsburgh to hawk my wares at the Handmade Arcade, an indie craft fair.
Not familiar with the "indie" qualifier? Let's just say these people don't sell doilies and tissue box holders. Thousands of people showed up at Construction Junction in Pittsburgh's Point Breeze neighborhood to buy things like wallets, screenprinted posters, buttons and magnets, and letterpressed goodies.
(Indie craft is seriously huge right now. A documentary about the DIY movement is being made, Etsy's bringing crafts to the common man, and indie craft shows are popping up in pretty much every big city.)
I spent about two months binding books and printing cards to sell this weekend, and I ended up having my best weekend of sales ever. And although it was great to nearly sell out of everything, it was even more rewarding to be able to talk to the people who were buying my stuff. You don't get that kind of interaction when you buy a notebook from Target, you know?
You can prowl around Flickr to see other people's photos from this weekend's show. Below is a video I shot from my table—I realize now I should have been panning much slower, but I think you can still get a feel for how huge this place was and how many people showed up. I can't wait until next year!
Photo at the top shows the table of my friends at Miss Chief Productions; photo on the right shows my own table, before I sold out of everything.
By Grace Dobush | Shows and Events | Videos
11/14/2007 10:05:44 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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 Friday, October 26, 2007
A look at the latest Joseph Raffael exhibition

Our sister magazine, Watercolor Magic, recently put up a video tour of Joseph Raffael's latest exhibition at the Nancy Hoffman Gallery in New York City.
Nancy Hoffman offers insight into the show she describes as "a window to new artistic terrain," and the artist opens his journals to reveal the painting process that brought the work on display into fruition. You can watch the video here.
By Grace Dobush | Notable Artists | Videos
10/26/2007 3:01:25 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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 Tuesday, September 18, 2007
A splash of color for your afternoon
Lisa and I have been fawning over this music video by Feist for a few days now. (You might recognize the song, "1 2 3 4," from any number of TV commercials and promos.) The colors and choreography are so cheery, it's like a human color wheel. Hope you like it!
By Grace Dobush | Videos
9/18/2007 4:37:16 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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 Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Viewing Restraint
Over the weekend, I settled in to watch two artsy movies: Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus starring Nicole Kidman, and Matthew Barney: No Restraint, a documentary of the making of Drawing Restraint 9, the latest in a series of his projects. I found Fur problematic, as anyone familiar with Arbus' work is curious to know the real story behind her life. You won't get that curiosity satisfied here. After watching the train wreck of a movie (you try, but you can't look away), I had to guess which moments were invented. I won't give any of the film away, but there is a scene involving a razor and one very hairy neighbor. You can read the Rotten Tomatoes review here. What I did take away from this movie, though, was Arbus' (and any artist's) need to carve a separate path--even if the fallout is alienation from those we love. Tough stuff. Next, I watched the Barney documentary with a few grains of salt(ed popcorn). I'm not a HUGE fan of performance or conceptual art, but I felt there had to be something to this man, considered one of the most important artists of our time and who captured the heart of Icelandic singer Bjork. In the documentary, Barney (who considers himself predominately a sculptor) boards a Japanese whaling ship intending to fill a mold with 45,000 lbs of petroleum jelly. Once the mold is filled and the substance settles, the mold is removed and you're left watching the stuff move glacier-like. It's definielty more sensual than appetizing. There's more to the film of course, including an interesting take on a traditional Japanese tea ceremory starring Bjork herself. The theme of this, and the previous eight projects in the series, is the exploration of the artist and some manner of resistance. In his first Drawing Restraint, I think Barney tethered and otherwise hindered himself whilst attempting to make marks on a wall. The drawings aren't much to look at (therein lies my problem with performance/conceptual art), but the point is well-made. Much like an athlete (Barney, by the way, was a high school football star) resistance, hurdles and obstacles challenge an artist to improve his work. And perhaps they're what make art necessary in the first place. By Lisa Wurster | Notable Artists | Videos
8/29/2007 1:43:51 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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 Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Women in Art
A friend forwarded this video—the female as she morphs through 500 years of Western art. Whether they appear direct and stoic, firtatious and alluring or simply dreaming of some better day, these women change to the tune of solo violin. Simply lovely.
Enjoy!
Lisa
By Lisa Wurster | Random Thoughts | Videos
6/19/2007 3:39:48 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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 Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Charley Harper Passes Away
Dear Readers: It is with much regret that we learned master illustrator and graphic designer Charley Harper passed away this week. Born in West Virginia in 1922, he grew up on a farm and came to Cincinnati to pursue art studies, eventually teaching at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. I saw his work recently at the Graphic Content exhibit at the Contemporary Arts Center. I had no idea his geometric style, inspired by Modernism, had been so inpirational—especially to such young designer-artists such as Ryan McGinness and Todd Oldham. In the CAC exhibit, their art hung nearby on the same walls and then, the legacy was clear. He will be greatly missed. --Lisa Watch the video essay Oldham conducted with Harper here on YouTube. Charley Harper, Black and White Warbler, 1955, silkscreen, 20.5"x15",courtesy of the artist By Lisa Wurster | News | Videos | Notable Artists
6/12/2007 4:28:29 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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 Monday, May 14, 2007
Il Lee: Ballpoint Abstractions
It's sometimes difficult to appreciate a work of art until you see the actual work that goes into it. The exhibit Il Lee: Ballpoint Abstractions—on view at the San Jose Museum of Art through July 8—illustrates the creative possibilities of drawing with "common" tools like a blue Papermate pen. The museum has posted a video preview of the artist's ballpoint pen handiwork on YouTube. The fascinating video is accompanied by Martin Brenick's lovely and frenetic musical composition. --Lisa By Lisa Wurster | Notable Artists | Shows and Events | Videos
5/14/2007 10:25:21 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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