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Zine: Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine Issue #91

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:44:48 -0500

Live Music Friday - Kaki King, live at Ironhorse

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:16:22 -0500

Welcome back to another Live Music Friday here at Burgo’s Blog. For today’s post - and largely due to the fact that I’ve just watched “August Rush” again - I thought I would post something slightly different; a 2004 show

New Daily Paintings - July 23, 2008 - from Painting a Day Artists

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:50:00 -0500

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Thomas Eakins

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:01:00 -0500

Thomas Eakins born 24 July 1844 (d. 1916)Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins was a painter, sculptor, photographer and fine arts teacher. He is associated with realism, and is often regarded as the father of American painting.Raised and educated in Philadelp

sonja ahlers peanut bunnies.

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:39:53 -0500

Dear Sonja, I would like to put one of your peanut bunnies in my pocket and carry it around forever. I kind of want to make it a little dress but that would cover it’s scruffy tum, and I don’t know that I could deal. Your bunnies make me

Airbrush choices

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:20:44 -0500

Related…

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:24:01 -0500

291 recently wrote about “Click!” and “The Golden Calf.” I was glad to see that, despite the summer slowdown (mine included), both shows have led to interesting stories elsewhere. Here, Leon Wieseltier rages against Hirst&#

Kramer’s art in relief

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:30:20 -0500

New York's Pat Kramer says that working with polymer clay art lets her preserve fleeting feelings, "how it feels to see the first flower bloom after a very long winter" and remembering "how warm the sun feels on a crisp cold fall day."

kill pixie at white walls gallery.

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:15:27 -0500

To all you blessed readers out west: Get thy bums to the White Walls Gallery for the Kill Pixie|Cleon Patterson show on August 9th. And if you need some convincing, check out Kill Pixie’s work below, it might be just the motivation and/or

Featured Artist: Linda Dolack

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:04:09 -0500

'Richie and Palmetta' by Linda Dolack, mixed media, installed at the Palmetto Health Children's Hospital, Columbia, S.C. Linda Dolack is a mixed-media artist from Chicago. She creates some wonderful whimsical sculptures that are perfect for bringing

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:44:00 -0500

Charles Rennie MackintoshCharles Rennie Mackintosh, architect, designer and artist is celebrated around the world as one of the most creative figures of the early 20th century. He was born one of eleven children in the Townhead area of Glasgow, close

Sweet Wishes

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:15:46 -0500

Giddily, I whipped out my credit card, which, because I'm poor, only has a balance of $52 on it, so I could order the new Mark Ryden (and Marion Peck) storybook "Sweet Wishes", which corresponds with their short film of the same title. The book is $2

Magical Tic-tac-toe

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:09:30 -0500

One of the first games most people learned to play as a child was Tic Tac Toe. This game is called differently in other countries , but if you translated the meaning literally, it would be “Crosses and Circles” or “Three on li

matthew woodson illustrations

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:13:16 -0500

let’s have a look at some gorgeous emotional illustration work from local chicago artist matthew woodson. matthew uses traditional and digital techniques to create these lushly evocative pieces. crack your piggy bank open for a good cause:

Jason Bohman’s “music fusion” art

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:08:19 -0500

over @ Newwest.net, Alexia Beckerling is giving us a glimpse into the studios and performance venues of a handful of local artists and bringing back multimedia glimpses into their creative worlds. Today’s episode about Jason Bohman, an artis

new darcel — moving is no fun.

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:43:31 -0500

From Darcel Disappoints: Moving day: 94 degrees, 6 floor walk-up, 2 parking tickets, desperate dash to IKEA (again), room with no view. Oh boy, Darcel makes moving look so enjoyable! I can’t wait to do it myself in a few weeks. Le sigh.

Music Therapy

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:04:23 -0500

The husband and I had time to kill before the Cincinnati Rollergirls bout on Saturday, so we stopped by the eclectic Cincinnati community of Northside. Northside is kind of the liberal stepchild of an otherwise conservative Cincinnati – this is, a

Pittsburgh Artist Michelle Gregio

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:53:00 -0500

Check out the article and video at the Pittsburgh Tribune Review website... Like what's posted on this blog and the website http://www.pghgalleries.com/ ? This is a volunteer effort so donations of any size are welcome which can be made via paypal he

hussman/tschaeni.

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:55:28 -0500

I’m over the moon for Hussmann/Tschaeni. Look for yourself. That is all. tea time mushroom island rain

Reid Dick in Regents Park

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:45:00 -0500

Michael Copeland sent me this picture of another work by Reid Dick RA which I was not aware of. Clearly a delightful childhood moment captured (even if no one believes you about the frog)! Note how he has caught the head; children hold their heads di