Abbott Square Open House | Santa Cruz Museum of Art ← Back to All Events, Art Events, Evening Events, Family Events, Free Events, History Events, Volunteer Opportunities Note: This event has passed. We are starting a process to transform Abbott Square into a center of creative activity Downtown. Our goal is two-fold: to create a welcoming, interactive space for families, and to create a platform for cultural activities, festivals, and art events downtown. We expect a revitalized Abbott Square to energize artists, increase retail activity, and draw County-wide residents Downtown for exciting family-friendly experiences. Interested in sharing your ideas for the future of Abbott Square? Calendar powered by The Events Calendar
Photo Contest Directory Listings for Photography Contests with Deadlines 2010-2011 Each year, THE FENCE - Brooklyn's premiere summer-long, outdoor photographic exhibition - invites photographers from around the world to explore and define the meaning of community across cultural boundaries and geographical lines. After an incredibly successful inaugural exhibition at Brooklyn Bridge Park in 2012, UPI and PDN invited Flash Forward Festival as a partner and the FENCE was extended to include a special curated version at the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway in Boston. Armed with the task of curating such a large, public exhibition, we assemble a jury of more than 30 highly-respected photography professionals from around the world, who offer their time, energy and years of experience to curate this monumental outdoor exhibition. THE FENCE presents the work of 40 talented photographers from around the world to a combined audience of over 1.5 million visitors each summer. 1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.)
48 Hours in Byron Bay | Locations “Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds.” – Ray Bradbury in Fahrenheit 451 And stuff my eyes I did. No sooner had I landed in Gold Coast in Queensland after a sleepless night on the plane, was I whisked off on a whirlwind tour of beautiful rivers teeming with fish, sandy beaches with perfect surfing conditions and lively farmers markets offering a feast for all senses – and a glimpse of the outdoor life that Byron Bay offers. Not your ordinary tour guideTaking an overnight flight only ever seems a good idea on paper and after hours of watching strangers in thongs sleep (that’s flip flops for all of you non-Australians in case you wondered about the state of travel attire in Oz) I arrived in my usual slightly detached and bleary-eyed “another day, another airport” condition. All that is gone and forgotten the moment I locate Ben: not only does he greet me bearing coffee (instant brownie points!) Enjoy the photos in the gallery above!
kilbournegroup Enter Adult Competition | Enter Youth Competition Downtown Fargo is many things to many people. We live here. We work here. Kilbourne Group is excited to announce INSPIRE.2014: a downtown Fargo photo competition, the third annual contest that will be used to create Kilbourne's third annual downtown Fargo calendar. WHO MAY ENTER In short, anyone! BOUNDARIES OF DOWNTOWN FARGO For the purpose of INSPIRE.2014, Downtown Fargo is defined as the rectangular shape bordered by: 7th Avenue North on the north, the Red River on the east, 7th Avenue South on the south, and University Avenue on the west. RULES & GUIDELINES Photos submitted for INSPIRE.2014 will remain property of the photographer. PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS Kilbourne Group will judge all entries after the final submission date of Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. ADULT & YOUTH COMPETITION PRIZES: For a complete prize listing, please click here.
Hotel Art Curators Are a Growing Breed All that, and one helping hand a guest might not expect: a hotel curator. Hotels have been hanging fine art on their walls for decades now. commissioned a series of prints for what is considered the original boutique hotel, the Morgans, in 1984; the Roger Smith, a small property in Midtown Manhattan, transformed its lobby into an art gallery and performance space as part of a 1991 renovation. But few have gone so far as the James, which hired a young artist, Matthew Jensen, to select original artworks to adorn each of its 14 floors of guest rooms. Mr. “There’s all these empty walls and there are thousands of artists out there who are living in the city and have never had their art seen by anyone,” said Leah McCloskey, who places works by students at the Art Students League in restaurants and apartment and office buildings. For the James, meeting that demand has meant trying to reflect the artistic microclimate of SoHo. Mr. The pictures appealed to Mr. Mr.
Amidst Cuts, Indianapolis Museum Partners with Alexander Hotel Alyson Shotz (Brooklyn, NY)Standing Wave, 2012Dichroic acrylic and velcro tape14 feet 6 inches x 22 fee 3 inches x 1 footGround LevelThe Alexander Hotel, part of CityWay in downtown Indianapolis.Photographer: Tad Fruits Jorge Pardo (Los Angeles, CA)Plat 99 bar, Hotel Alexander, Indianapolis2nd floorThe Alexander Hotel, part of CityWay in downtown Indianapolis.Photographer: Tad Fruits Kim Beck (Pittsburgh, PA)Lot (Indianapolis), 2012Vinyl on windows2nd floor, women's restroomsThe Alexander Hotel, part of CityWay in downtown Indianapolis. Nina Katchadourian (Brooklyn, NY)Heartland, 2012C-print, 40 x 30 inches2nd floor public spaceThe Alexander Hotel, part of CityWay in downtown Indianapolis.Photographer: Tad Fruits Paul Villinski (Brooklyn, NY)Anthem, 2012Vinyl records, turntable, record covers, and wireDimensions variable2nd floor reception areaThe Alexander Hotel, part of CityWay in downtown Indianapolis.Photographer: Tad Fruits Sonya Clark (Richmond, VA)Madam C.J.
See Your Favorite Literary Classics Made Over As Pulp Fiction You can't necessarily judge a book by its cover, but you can tell a lot about the content from it. For instance, when a certain font is paired with an illustrated character portrait featuring a dangling cigarette and/or a dangerous dame, clearly you are holding a pulpy detective novel from the 1930s. Judging by a new imprint, however, it might also be Robinson Crusoe. Pulp the Classics is a recent line of books that retrofits literature's best-known works with covers of pulp novels, some of them featuring recognizable actors of different eras. The project started in June of 2012 as a commission job from independent U.K.-based publishing house, Oldcastle Books, who's director has an abiding love for the old pulp covers. "It was a way to appeal to fans of the old pulp cover art, but also to use humor to engage with a new audience for great literature," Mann says. The selection process for the books is an evolving philosophy. Have a look through more of the covers in the slides above.
Onion Skin by @AntiVJ - Re-composition of time and space using perspective Created by Olivier Ratsi, an artist on the ANTIVJ visual label, Onion Skin is a new immersive installation comprised of two walls, positioned at right angles and augmented by a projection and a 5.1 sound broadcast. The experience of the installation is based on a very specific point of view, a precise position from which a new dimension is revealed to the audience by anamorphosis. Onion Skin is a graphical work about the re-composition of time and space through a game of perspectives, both of the exhibition space itself and that of the projection canvas. Built around a progressive structure, made up of 4 parts lasting 14 minutes in total, the piece plays on the principle of repetition and scale to create a physical and hypnotic experience that opens doors onto the hidden and untouchable. Olivier used mainly After Effects for this project. Concept & visual content: Olivier Ratsi Music: Thomas Vaquié Management & production: Nicolas Boritch Project Page | AntiVJ
New Comic The Inventor Electrifies Nikola Tesla's Mad Genius | Underwire The action in upcoming comic book The Inventor is fueled by the fascinating life and amazing inventions of Nikola Tesla, the 19th-century physicist and electrical engineer who helped create our 21st-century future before dying penniless. “Tesla’s true story is more surreal than any fictional account I’ve seen of him,” said writer Rave Mehta, whose Tesla biocomic, previewed in the gallery above, debuts at publisher Arcana’s booth this week at Comic-Con International. “The Inventor: The Story of Tesla is based on Tesla’s journey, from his epic birth in a lightning storm to his arrival in America, where his greatest mentor, Thomas Edison, turns into his greatest adversary and starts the War of Currents.” Over the course of 150 pages, Mehta and artist Erik Williams skillfully skip through Tesla’s captivating mad genius and science. “Tesla came to this country with a few dollars and a dream.” Images courtesy Helios Entertainment
U.K. Street Artist INSA Creates A Work Of GIF-fiti For Dwyane Wade's New Shoe Graffiti murals are striking in how the bright colors and strong lines of the art form fill an unused and generally lifeless space. But the art itself is not typically associated with the moving arts. A new project supporting the launch of Dwyane Wade’s new Li-Ning sneaker changes that perception. For the launch of the Miami Heat point guard’s limited edition Way of Wade 2.0: Overtown shoe, British street artist INSA was commissioned to create a mural. But creating the mural was merely the first step: INSA recreated his black, white, and red rendering of Way of Wade’s tagline, “Make Your Own Way,” several times so that he could create a GIF version of his graffiti. Located in the Art District of Miami, and coinciding with the start of Art Basel in Miami, the 30-by-20-foot mural was completed in four days. The final piece is a vibrant GIF with the colors in the slogan cascading in a hypnotic and almost three-dimensional pattern. [Images courtesy of Way Of Wade]