While traveling in Savannah, I decided to check out the Jepson Art Museum, and I was so exited to discover that they were having an exhibition of Nick Cave's Sound Suits. I have log been a fan of Cave's art, but had never had the experience of seeing them in person. It was amazing! Each piece was beautiful and intricate and detailed and fascinating. Here are some images I shot from the museum:
If you are not familiar with Cave's art, a great starting point is this video from Art21. He is a fascinating artist and one that I love to show my students anytime we are discussing wearable art, performance, and/or fiber arts.
Here is another great interview with Mr. Cave:
However, if you get the chance to see the work in person, I highly recommend it!
I am very much in love with these embroidered photographs by Stacey Page. My work has always involved the intersections of Fine Art + Digital Art + Photography + Handwork so this is of course right up my alley. My favorite images of hers are the ones where the original image is almost completely obscured, like the image above.
Like most artists, I keep a file of inspiring images that give me ideas and fuel me to continue making Art. I used to keep a physical file, then bookmarks, and I think and one point I even had a large PowerPoint file I would paste images into as I found them, so I wouldn't lose them. Now that Pinterest has been invented, I can use it to keep track of the Art that I find and love. In fact, that's what I used Pinterest for more than anything- not to find stuff, but to catalog and organize what I find. I call the board I keep these images on "Art Makes Me Happy" and I've started posting some of the images to Twitter with the tag #ArtMakesMeHappy. Because it really does. I am an artist and a teacher of Art because I love to be surrounded by creative ideas and beautiful images, and I love that Twitter and Pinterest and my little blog here allow us to share them with each other. I invite you to join my board or tag along with me so we can continue to spread around the inspiration.
I found this image, and despite being a huge fan of Louise Bourgeois, I had never seen it before, but seeing it instantly brightened my day. What an amazing, creative, fascinating woman she was. And fun, too. You can just tell from her face that she was fun and silly and made dirty jokes and I love that about her.
Welcome! My name is Wendy, and I am teacher of Digital Arts and Art History. I am also an artist, seamstress, and Mom. I would love to share with you what is inspiring me, and what is happening in my classroom!
Welcome! My name is Wendy, and I am teacher of Digital Arts and Art History. I am also an artist, seamstress, and Mom. I would love to share with you what is inspiring me, and what is happening in my classroom!
