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The Armory Show

Gabriel Kuri, Untitled (Parking Swirl 2), 2007
Gabriel Kuri is represented by Franco Noero, Turin and Esther Schipper, Berlin - Armory Show 2011, booth 1206.

The Armory Show PIER 92 and 94
MARCH 3-6, 2011

The Armory Show is America's leading fine art fair devoted to the most important art of the 20th and 21st centuries. In its eleven years, the fair has become an international institution. Every March, artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators from all over the world make New York their destination during Armory Arts Week

The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor, Feruary 17, 2011

It was on this day in 1913 that the Armory Show opened in New York City, the first comprehensive exhibition of modern art in this country. At the time, American art was dominated by the ultra-conservative National Academy of Design, which had no interest in non-representational or experimental work. In 1912, a group of artists had gotten together and formed the Association for American Painters and Sculptors. One of these artists was the painter Walt Kuhn, who wrote to his wife: "My idea about the new society is this: a big broad liberal organization embracing every kind of art, even those which I do not like, one that will interest the public ... the thing must be started so that it can grow and be as big or bigger than the academy within two or three years."

The group decided that the best way to compete with the Academy would be to have a well-publicized exhibition. Kuhn and fellow artist Arthur Bowen Davies traveled to Europe to collect art for the show. They brought home work by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Marcel Duchamp, Paul Cézanne, Wassily Kandinsky, Vincent Van Gogh, and many other artists. They also invited American artists to participate, although in general even the more cutting-edge Americans seemed traditional next to the Europeans. (Read More)

P.J. Harvey:Overlapping Creativity

PJ Harvey

"I was a visual artist primarily and a writer, even from a very young age. I wrote a lot of stories and poetry and ... I had a desire to create always. And I always had a desire to show my work. I'd want to read the stories that I'd written, I'd want to show the drawings that I made. That was just purely natural. So I knew I wanted to go into the arts in some way and that I'd want to show that work in some way. That's all I knew. I didn't know what territory specifically it'd be in — whether I'd be writing or acting or singing or drawing. As I grew older, I actually was prepared to go into fine arts school and do a degree. That was what I was actually settled upon when I was offered a record deal."

NPR Music Fresh Air Interview

PJ Harvey: On War And The New 'England'

Artist's Website:

http://www.pjharvey.net/home.asp 

‘The world doesn’t need any more art that’s just alright’, says Polly Harvey. ‘It only needs mind-blowing, inspirational, life-changing stuff’

High School and College Student Call for Entries

2011 Brass Ring Awards

The Brass Ring Awards competition was started in 1985 with 85 entries from 6 Oklahoma universities. The initial purpose of the show was to raise the quality of work being produced in Oklahoma through the healthy venue of competition. Of the 85 entries, over one-half of them were in the category of illustration.

Click below to go to the Brass Ring Awards' official website for the call for entries and submissions

Official Brass Ring Awards Website
Sponsored by Oklahoma Christian University Art + Design

Prizes: “Best of Show”, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Merit awards in each category are based on the judges’ scoring. All winners will be shown online. “Best of Show” winners will receive an acrylic trophy and cash prize (based on the total number of entries).

Price:
$5.00 = High School per entry
$9.00 = College per entry
* There is no limit on entries! We accept credit card payments through PayPal (you do not need to have a Paypal account to pay).

Groups: We will accept checks from High Schools and Universities entering student work of 25+ (or more). Your teacher can contact jeff.price@oc.edu if that applies to your school entries.

Eligibility: All college and university undergraduates and high school students.

Contest Starts: February 1, 2011

Deadline: Noon, February 24, 2011

The Brass Ring Awards competition is designed to motivate and reward students for excellence in art and design. This year marks the 25th year for the Brass Ring Awards, which attracted 1,239 entries in 2010, from 60 universities and 18 high schools.
In 2010 there were 60 universities, representing 411 entries from 27 states. We also have over 40 categories and have included video, animation and game design. The High School competition was introduced in 2000 and in 2010 we had 17 high schools representing 107 entries.
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Incorporating Elements of Design into Your Photography

Art Wolfe: Using Elements of Design from Art Wolfe on Vimeo.
  

The elements and principles of art may be considered the basic language of visual art. Understanding these concepts will provide a basic art vocabulary and ideas by which works of art can begin to be analyzed. They may be the focus of individual lessons or used as the theme for creating original works of art.

Elements of Art

line - The path of a moving point. A line may define the edge of a shape; repeated, it can create texture or value. It may be thick or thin, smooth or rough, short or long, light or dark.

value - The degree of dark or light tones or colors. A value scale shows the gradual changing of a tone from the darkest to the lightest or white. Value may be created by simple shading, hatch marks (small repeated lines in the same direction), or crosshatching.

texture - The surface quality or feel of an object. Texture may be actual (rough or smooth) or implied visually.

shape - A two-dimensional area defined by an outline or change in color. Examples of types of geometric shapes include circle, square, rectangle, triangle, or oval. Other shapes may be free-form such as natural objects (i.e., leaves, flowers, clouds) or invented free-form shapes that might be created by doodling.

form - A three-dimensional object with the qualities of length, width and depth. Examples of geometric forms include a cone, cube, sphere, or cylinder.

space - Area within, around, between, above or below objects and shapes. Space or distance may be suggested in visual art by using perspective or other strategies such as placement of objects on the picture plane, overlapping of shapes, or objects closer to the viewer are made to appear to have more vibrant color and detail than objects further away. Variation of size or value and the use of converging lines are also used to suggest space.

color - Hue (name of the color), value (how light a color is), and intensity (amount of brightness) produced through the reflection of light to the eye. Primary colors are the three colors from which all other colors may be made: red, yellow, and blue. Secondary colors are the result of mixing any two primary colors: orange, green, and purple.

Principles of Design

balance - The arrangement of the elements of art in a composition. Basic types of balance are symmetrical (mirror image), asymmetrical and radial (from a center point).

rhythm - Regular repetition of lines, colors, shapes or pattern.

movement - Use of lines, shapes or colors to lead the eye of the viewer from one direction to another.

center of interest - The accent or important area used to attract the viewers’ attention; i.e., emphasis.

contrast - Significant degrees of difference between lines, colors, shapes, values or textures. Pale yellow against charcoal black has a greater degree of contrast than yellow against white, for example.

variety – Refers to the different elements of art used to create interest (difference).

unity – Sense of oneness, of things belonging together and making up a coherent whole.

repetition - Repeated use of an element such as color, shape or line within a work of art. Repetition creates pattern, which may be found in manufactured or natural objects.