One reads, in the New York Times, about How 17 outsize portraits rattled a small southern town (‘Not everyone was ready for what they saw’). After a white-nationalist rally in Newnan, Georgia, that town put up 17 large-scale banner portraits, images of the ordinary people who make up the town. They hang from the perches of…
Art
Art, Cats
Friday Catblogging: Watercolor Black Cat Tutorial
by JOHN ADAMS •
Art, Diversity, History
Recreating a Famous Painting, 241 Years Later
by JOHN ADAMS •
John Trumbull’s founding-era painting, Declaration of Independence, is one of the most famous in America. Recently, Ancestry.com commissioned the recreation of Trumball’s scene in a photograph with the descendants of the Declaration’s signers. The recreation is truly hopeful:
Art, Cats, History
Friday Catblogging: Not a Real Lion, Yet Impressive Nonetheless
by JOHN ADAMS •
Art, Cats
Friday Catblogging: Fluffy ‘Ball of Fur’ Cat Illustrations by Kamwei Fong
by JOHN ADAMS •
Malaysian artist Kamwei Fong (of Bo & Friends) creates the fluffiest cats by drawing thousands upon thousands of short thin lines.
America, Art, City, Culture, League of Women Voters, Liberty, Local Government
‘Fortunate’
by JOHN ADAMS •
Norman Rockwell wasn’t the finest painter of the twentieth century (to express the matter gently), but at least when he created a painting capturing the spirit of free speech as one of Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms, he understood speech as a right, not a privilege, lucky break, or favor from government. So it is with government,…
Art
Animals in the Artist’s Studio (360°)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Art
A Fold Apart: Origamist Robert Lang’s Incredible Paper Creations
by JOHN ADAMS •
A Fold Apart: Origamist Robert Lang’s Incredible Paper Creations from Great Big Story on Vimeo. Twenty five years ago, physicist Robert Lang worked at NASA. Shortly after that, he researched lasers and garnered 46 patents on optoelectronics. He even wrote a Ph.D. thesis called “Semiconductor Lasers: New Geometries and Spectral Properties.” But in 2001, Lang…
Art
Alan Williams, Metal Artist: Creatures of the Deep
by JOHN ADAMS •
Alan Williams Metal Artist | Creatures of the Deep from Ben Cox (Gnarled Apple) on Vimeo.
Art, City, Good Ideas
Studio 84 in Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS •
Studio 84, located in downtown Whitewater, is a non-profit art studio that offers “experiences in the visual arts and theater for the community …working with all people including those with Autism, physical disabilities, cognitive limitations and mental illness.” Milwaukee television channel 58 WDJT recently visited and reported on the studio’s work — CBS 58
Animation, Art
Saturday Animation: Shhh!
by JOHN ADAMS •
“A short stroll through Tate Britain” — SHHH! – Jack Sachs X Tate Britain from Jack Sachs on Vimeo.
Art
Sand Portraits
by JOHN ADAMS •
Art
The Globemakers: Craft with a Modern Spin
by JOHN ADAMS •
Art, Culture
Origins of the ‘Comic Book Font’
by JOHN ADAMS •
Comic book culture is mass culture — even lacrosse moms and field hockey dads who’ve never been in a comic book store can recognize the “comic book font.” But calling it a font is a misnomer — as the above video shows, this distinctive style of handwriting is an aesthetic shaped by culture, technology, and…