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Click! Photography through the Lens of History
Click! A photograph is a precise record of an irretrievable instant, locked within the borders of a frame that transcends time. Did you know that the history of the camera predates the history of photography? Check out 100 Ideas that … Continue reading
Posted in art, Art & Design, BOOKS, CULTURE, Library Events, local history, LOCAL INTEREST, Nonfiction
Tagged ArtTalk, Beyond the Frame, Chris, Edward Curtis, Living Cultures
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The Art of the Journey
What do January and December have in common? The letter r, as in near or at the end of a journey. From January to December of this year, we have been on an artistic journey with the year-long Begin Bold … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Design, BOOKS, CULTURE, Nonfiction
Tagged ArtTalk, Begin Bold End Inspired, Chris
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E(ART)H
Humans have been making art of the earth and out of the earth for millennia. In the contemporary world these works are, variously, known as Earthworks, Land Art and Environmental Art. The inspiration found in nature is limitless. For some … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Design, BOOKS, Nonfiction
Tagged ArtTalk, Begin Bold End Inspired, Chris, Land art
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Activist + Artist = Artivist
Artists make things and make things happen. Activists stir the public pot and ignite social change. They agitate, demonstrate, boycott and protest. Artivists react and respond to current and historical events through acts of creation and have been doing so … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Design, BOOKS, History and Biography, Nonfiction
Tagged Activism, ArtTalk, Begin Bold End Inspired, Chris
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The Artist in Fiction or Creating Your Own Story
Sometimes it is hard to separate the two, don’t you think? I mean the hard-baked idea of what an artist is or is not. The journey of an artist becoming an artist may be singular, but it is accompanied by … Continue reading
You Can Judge a Book by Its Cover!
By blind jury, fifty iconic books were selected for inclusion into the OPEN●SET exhibition now on view at the Central Library until October 28. This exhibit showcases finely crafted bookbinding. Unlike mass produced books, these handbound books will last for … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Design, Library Events, LISTS, LOCAL INTEREST, Nonfiction
Tagged ArtTalk, Begin Bold End Inspired, book arts, bookbinding, Chris, Open Set
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What’s Your Type? The Art and Design of Text
How can something so ordinary, so pedestrian and mundane be, at the same time, singular and iconic? Do you look at letters or are they just a means to an end? By ear and eye, we take them in–bite-sized, building … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Design, BOOKS, Library Events, Nonfiction, Uncategorized
Tagged Begin Bold End Inspired, Chris, typography
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