great support for artists in Europe, in Canada

I wish this were the standard here. I understand that in France many artists are commissioned by the state and make really quite good livings as working artists. Wouldn’t that be lovely?

This is nice for the Roundhouse – The overall mission is to celebrate diversity…of people, values, ideas and activities.

DECLARATIONS of [inter]dependence and the im[media]cy of design

Bringing together

designers

artists

educators

activists

What a great mashup of design manifestoes!

the ‘hood = little forest hills

I saw an early version of this film by Dean Terry. So what fabulous exposure to be showing this evening on our local PBS station.

KERA

This article provides a nice synopsis of subdivided. (Several of my pals are featured in this doc.)

Banksy and his predecessors

Two years ago, my scientist pal introduced me to Banksy and I was amazed (embarassed) that I’d not heard of him nor seen his work before. Today I read on the International Herald Tribune site that his work recently sold at auction for surprisingly high prices.

I’d no idea how pervasive his imagery has become. The first one I saw was much like this one: And here’s more on the forefathers of this type of artist – dubbed “pochoiristes.” –> *and* if you’re inclined to dig deeper: copters on art of the state.

Can you feature the all-of-the-outdoors as your canvas? As your ‘personal’ public gallery? When did this type of work successfully cross-over from graffiti to public art? Clearly long before Keith Haring. When I lived in NYC, he became my touchstone graffiti artist as I saw his work daily in the subways.