Ojalá, Selah, Lateda

The Canvas Project

I haven’t exhibited any of my art since I left Cancun (which has been three years now). So Im really excited about taking part in Atlanta’s Art House Gallery’s The Canvas Project Volume 2. It’s not a juried show, but it is a show.

The concept is a visual encyclopedia. They sent out five 3×3 inch canvases along with a list of 5 randomly selected, community generated words - one word for each canvas. The idea is to visually create a definition for each word on its respected canvas. From July 31 - September 4, 2009 it will be in the Atlanta Airport Atrium Gallery and then there will be a second show at the Art House Gallery on September 25, 2009.

My words were part, self-aware, kiki, Freedom Fighters and progressive. Last night I finished up painting the fifth one so I am ready to share. All of them are 3×3 inches, acrylic on canvas.

   Progressive

  Self Aware

  Part

    Kiki

  Freedom Fighters

IF: Contagious

“If only washing one’s hands and using a tissue could protect from contagious emotions and attitudes…”

For Illustration Friday: Contagious
Pen & Ink & Digital Collage

IF: Parade

“Unbidden her anxieties dressed up and paraded across the page.”

Parade for Illustration Friday
Pen & Ink & Digital Collage

SACKETS: Fun, Free & Functional

For the past year and a half or so I have been doing a craft night for teenage girls a couple times a month. I am always on the look out for projects that will pass the teenage girl “cool” test, be fairly simple, and not expensive when it comes to supplies. My favorite projects have been the paper maché ones, as that is what I’m best at, the supplies are incredibly cheap, and the results are always so cool. But this week I have a new project that I’m very excited about. The “sacket” (Sack/basket=sacket - Name thanks to my friend Jenn) pictured below is made from two clothes hangers and twenty-two grocery bags. Didn’t cost a penny, easy, fun, and who can’t use a basket? I’m hoping the girls will be as enthusiastic as I am.

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I’ve spent a fair amount of time looking through other people’s blogs looking for cheap, easy projects that teens might enjoy and I’ve been surprised by how hard they are to find. If you have some ideas for other projects the girls might enjoy or would like to know more about the process of making the sackets, let me know.

IF: Hierarchy

“Though Maslow’s theory was one of the pieces of her education that was embedded in her mind, she was never able to place her own needs into a hierarchy that seemed logical.”

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Hierarchy For Illustration FridayPen & Ink with variations of Digital Collage