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Call for entries : re:form school, nyc

big bubble — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:25:25 +0000

RE:FORM SCHOOL invites you to show your art in New York City alongside some of the most celebrated artists today. Art plays a pivotal role in creating cultural momentum, and this is your chance to get involved. RE:FORM SCHOOL invites you to join artists from across the nation who are joining the call for true [...]

David Foss – Exits and Entrances at L.G. Tripp

big bubble — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:05:26 +0000

September 10 – October 16, 2010 Artists Reception, September 11, 5 – 7 pm First Friday, October 1, 6 – 8:30 pm Exits and Entrances, is in ways descriptive of the artistic evolution clearly unfolding in David Foss’s new work. In earlier paintings, Foss immersed himself in the complex creative process of mixing various materials, [...]

W.A.G.E. why can’t artists earn a living?

big bubble — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:45:22 +0000

Creative Time presents Democracy in America: W.A.G.E. (Working Artists and the Greater Economy) at the Park Avenue Armory. 2008. Video by Benjamin Brown.

FIndWay Philly OPENS!

big bubble — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:14:32 +0000

Two shows in the Art in the Information Age series opened simultaneously on each coast. FindWay at 110 CHURCH in Old City, Philadelphia and Songlines at PointB Studio in Port Orford, Oregon. The two shows are curated by Rebecca Malamud of PointB Studio. ——– In Philadelphia FindWay EXHIBITION Friday, September 3, 2010 Thursday, September 30, [...]

Find Way art begins to arrive at 110 CHURCH

big bubble — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:11:43 +0000

At first they were just two boxes. They traveled far. Then the unpacking began. Wave one is getting use to being in the gallery. Here’s a slideshow from flickr. We’ll be adding more images when wave two arrives tomorrow. The slideshow will automatically add the new images I upload. Check back as the story unfolds.

Upcoming show Find Way with artist Jeffrey Ventrella

big bubble — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:33:34 +0000

Jeffrey Ventrella is a digital artist, artificial life researcher, and virtual worlds innovator. He holds a masters from the MIT Media Lab, and served as Principal Inventor of There.com, and as a Senior Developer at Linden Lab. Ventrella has had several papers published and presented in Europe and North America. His career spans several fields, [...]

video tuesday : Theo Jansen : Kinetic Sculptures

big bubble — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:49:12 +0000

Exciting machines of human scale. These sculptures walk the shorelines. Theo Jansen is the Dutch creator of what he calls Kinetic Sculptures, where nature and technology meet. Essentially these sculptures are robots powered by the wind only. Enjoy this TED talk. Watch it full screen.

Upcoming show Find Way with artist Peter Fraterdeus

big bubble — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:38:19 +0000

Peter Fraterdeus has over 30 years of experience with calligraphy and letter design, including two National Endowment for the Arts grants to study calligraphy, letter carving and type design in Europe and the UK. He was introduced to letterpress printing in the mid 1960s when he first learned to print at Nichols Junior High in [...]

Call for entries : Works on Paper, Perkins Center for the Arts

big bubble — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:28:26 +0000

Juried by LiQin Tan Co-Director and Associate Professor of Art, Rutgers University. His works have been displayed at SIGGRAPH-Art Gallery, Noyes Museum of Art, Shanghai DuoLun Museum of Modern Art, UK National Center for Computer Animation, Noho Gallery in NYC , Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, London iV04 –06 Digital Art Gallery, Singapore Art [...]

Upcoming show Find Way with artist Martin Wattenberg

big bubble — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:07:10 +0000

Martin Wattenberg is a computer scientist and artist. He is a co-founder, with Fernanda Viégas, of the visualization studio Flowing Media. From 2005 to 2010, he founded and managed IBM’s Visual Communication Lab, exploring new forms of visualization and how they can enable better collaboration. A key project was Many Eyes (http://www.many-eyes.com), an experiment in [...]

Upcoming show : Find Way with artist William Paul Gaetjens

big bubble — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:40:14 +0000

William Paul Gaetjens was born in Long Beach, CA, in 1946, to a family with a long tradition of working in metal. An early interest in art led to a creative mastery of the medium, with studies at the California College of Arts and Crafts and The DeYoung Museum School. In the 1970’s, he worked [...]

new design release : stone with featured artist Jaume Pinya

big bubble — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:39:32 +0000

Heavybubble has released a new design called stone. The new design includes a text option on the gallery opener. Artist Jaume Pinya of Majorca, Spain uses it to provide an description in both Catalan and English. The gallery view uses a smaller view of an entire art work. Each gallery screen contains only four images/works [...]

heavybubble is a POST community partner again this year.

big bubble — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:19:02 +0000

Here’s a vid made last year by David Kessler featuring Ann Koivunen. This is why we’re community partners. http://www.philaopenstudios.com/

carol magnatta : summer joys

big bubble — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:57:28 +0000

Artist Carol Magnatta has added some painting of the seaside to her website. The Tu Tu Tube made us smile warmly. Enjoy some others from her beach collection. www.carolmagnatta.com >

Upcoming, Find Way : Art in the Information Age

big bubble — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:40:14 +0000

Coming to 110 CHURCH | Find Way : Art in the Information Age, featuring artists who have elevated information visualization to an art form in their chosen medium. This show was concieved and curated by Rebecca Malamud of Point B Studio. It’s on it’s way from Oregon for a September opening here in Philadelphia. Artists: [...]

Public Art Projects : Bibliobandido and literacy

big bubble — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:58:01 +0000

“I am the Bibliobandido. I am ravenous for stories, and stories give me sustenance. Those that don’t feed me…beware!” This photo caught our attention and then we had to read about the project. We’ve all heard of bookmobiles and summer reading programs — we have friends that have a bookmobile. But this especially wonderful project [...]

Seen and liked : William Paul Gaetjens

big bubble — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:16:37 +0000

Glyphs.2b William Paul Gaetjens was born in Long Beach, CA, in 1946, to a family with a long tradition of working in metal. An early interest in art led to a creative mastery of the medium, with studies at the California College of Arts and Crafts and The DeYoung Museum School. In the 1970’s, he [...]

get smart. contest : congratulations scholarship winners

big bubble — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:57:31 +0000

Drum roll please. Our get smart. promotion with Maryann Devine of smArts & Culture was great fun. it turned out that the entries were so cool and creative, we couldn’t pick just one. So, instead we have five winners. Each of the winners won the Alternative Marketing for Alternative Galleries home study course on our [...]