Cook’en up a still life painting
An new painting project for my art 9/10 classes: Cook’en up a still life painting
Do you long for the good-old days when villainesses tatted lace costumes and masked men wore three-piece suits instead of spandex?
The Marvellini Brothers are spinning an alternate history of the world with their vintage superhero portraits, imagining an earlier era of costumed crimefighters. See more turn of the century masked men and women below the cut. Read More:
The Secret of Drawing – The Line of Enquiry
This is Part 1 of 4. The rest are on youtube.
Public art Update:
Here are some photos of JO students planning out their ideas for our latest public art project. [slideshow id=33] For more info on what we are doing please see this previous post: ‘Heavy’ Public Art Thriving in the JO Community…
Can you name this family?
German ad agency Jung von Matt created this brilliant series of photographs for a LEGOadvertising campaign titled “Imagine”. The images show famous characters from children’s television shows in simplified LEGO form. Can you figure out each of the shows? To see more of…
The Homeless “Among You”: What Lisa Lesniak’s Compassionate Art Makes Visible
AMONG YOU: DRAWN TO COMPASSION Artist Lisa Lesniak has created moving portraits of guests who grace our patio each Monday for the All Saints’ Monday Meal for the homeless. “In a community where surface appearance holds sway, your face draws…
JO students walk out to overwhelming public support
At 9:30am this morning a few hundred of our students from John Oliver Secondary school, in the heart of Vancouver, walked out of their classes in support of their teachers and BC Public Education… From my third floor classroom all I…
TO UNDERSTAND IS TO PERCEIVE PATTERNS by Jason Silva
“Networks are everywhere. The brain is a network of nerve cells connected by axons, and cells themselves are networks of molecules connected by biochemical reactions. Societies, too, are networks of people linked by friendships, familial relationships and professional ties. On…