Thursday, December 31, 2009

Happy Birthday Henri Matisse!






















To learn more about Matisse, visit here.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Happy Birthday David Alfaro Siqueiros!


















To learn more about Siqueiros, visit here.

Saturday, December 26, 2009

For the 3Ders!

I found this really cool article, all about the different interpretations of chairs by a variety of artists.  Of course, it starts off with Duchamp!   Check it out!











Cool stuff again!














Check out the rest of this journal here.
Isn't Gerard Lange's journal, Book No. 10, Going Further awesome? 


Also, several of y'all have asked where I buy art supplies?  Well, look no further!
Here is a list of several that I like: (Be sure to ask if they give a student discount!  Bring your ID)


1414 Van Ness Avenue btwn Bush and Pine St
441-6075


909 Market Street btwn 5th and 6th St
357-1400


1556 Haight Street btwn Clayton and Ashbury St
621-1287


1699 Market Street near Valencia St
552-2355


99 Missouri St near 17th St
433-2724


1248 9th Ave btwn Irving and Lincoln Way
664-0937


5150 Geary Blvd btwn 15th and 16th Ave
386-2802


Aaron Brothers Art & Framing
5600 Geary Blvd btwn 20th and 21st Ave
876-0150
or
5045 Junipero Serra Blvd
Daly City
650-994-6633


418 Westlake Center
650-756-7999


4925 Junipero Serra Blvd
Colma
 650-992-7271


Then there's two other stores that I love:


801 Toland Street, San Francisco
647-1746
(which we'll be visiting soon!)


50 13th Street
861-0106‎
(this place is great for brushes, rhinestones, crafty stuff and one of my favorite things, letraset! Shhh, let's keep it our secret!)




Please remember, some of the places have better discounts than others.

Friday, December 25, 2009

Happy Birthday Louise Bourgeois!


















To learn more about Bourgeois, visit this site.  She's still making art at the age of 98!




Thursday, December 24, 2009

Happy Birthday Joseph Cornell!





































I deeply love this man's work-and I hope you will as well!  He often worked in themes-similar to a concentration!  Check out these great sites to learn more about him:

http://www.pem.org/sites/cornell/ (a great interactive site that shows you more of his work, and a biography on him)
http://josephcornell.org/ (the Joseph Cornell Study Center of the Ontological Museum)
http://www.aaa.si.edu/collectionsonline/cornjose/ (the Smithsonian's collection of Cornell's diaries, letters, source material, etc.  If you think I have a lot of stuff-check out his!)
http://josephcornellbox.com/ (something to inspire you)

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Neato Collage Site!

I just found this cool site, all about collage.  It's worth checking out, here's a sample:








Friday, December 18, 2009

Happy Birthday Paul Klee!

























To learn more about Klee, visit this site.  

Thursday, December 17, 2009

A New Breadth Assignment: Mail Art















Tomorrow in class you'll be getting a blank postcard that during the break you'll send to a classmate.  For the 2D folks, I want you to incorporate both collage and drawing in your mail art piece.  3D folks you want to think about incorporating origami and package design techniques to create a sculptural piece of mail art.  I recommend making a model prior to using the postcard given.

Please remember-you must send this postcard to your classmate within enough time for them to receive it before the first day back to school-and you must bring in the one you received on that day too!  You'll get a grade for each!

Here's a couple of links for inspiration:
frips mailart
iuoma and tam mailart blog
mailart forum
a mailart blog focused just on Otto Von Bismark

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Happy Birthday Diego Rivera!











Known for his beautiful murals, politics and his marriage to Frida Kahlo, this Mexican muralist's work is featured in two buildings here in San Francisco.  Check this site to see and learn more about his mural at CCSF, visit this site to learn about his mural at the San Francisco Art Institute, and click here to learn more about this revolutionary artist.

Friday, December 11, 2009

Happy Birthday Edvard Munch!



















Did you know that Munch's The Scream was stolen for 2 years?  To learn about the theft, visit here, and the eventual return, read this article.  Visit this site to learn more about Edvard Munch.



Thursday, December 10, 2009

Storyboards

As I stated before, composition in the 2D portfolio is an essential component of getting a high score.  Check out these storyboards from The Fantastic Mr. Fox and the shower theme from Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock.  To check out more storyboards of Alfred Hitchcock, visit his wiki and this site. 




Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Monday, December 7, 2009

Happy Birthday Stuart Davis!












To learn more about Stuart Davis, visit this site.



Happy Birthday Tom Waits!

Yes, I realize that he's not a visual artist, but damnit, I adore him.













Friday, December 4, 2009

Happy Birthday Wassily Kandinsky!

































To learn more about Kandinsky, visit this site.