A Revisit

 Happy New Year!  Throughout the years of doing art and craft projects I tend not to keep what I make or put them away in a box.  

There are a few projects I do put on the walls and shelves, and I thought it would be the perfect time of year on reflecting on what I had fun creating. ~ JM 

"Martha's Vineyard Beach Day" - Mix Media

 

Untitled - Collage/Acrylic Paint

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(Dried flowers between plates of glass.)

(Dried flowers woven between twine.)

"Rising Moon Above the Sea" - Acrylic Paint

Self-Portrait - Chalk Pastel (inspired by Dutch painter Kess van Dongen)

"By the Sea" - Watercolor Pencils

(Deconstructed burlap cloth with woven embroidery.)

Political Art

 The National Academy of Sciences in Washington D.C. has great cultural programs and a recent program focused on art and climate change.  This had me thinking of a wide range of political art which can be from environmentalism to voting. 

Click on the link to watch a video about climate science artist, Xavier Cortada.

I came across more political art at the recent Umbrella Art Fair.  What caught my eye was a brilliant display of Vote for Your Daughter in which its mission is a "national public art campaign harnessing the power of art to encourage people to prioritize their daughter's future when voting."

Vote for Your Daughter. Home | Vote For Your Daughter

At the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) is a great piece by Glenn Kaino called "Bridge".  On the website it states, "One of the most memorable images from the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City is the symbolic act of protest by Tommie Smith, winner of the men’s 200-meter race. During the medal ceremony, Smith bowed his head and raised his fist as an assertion of Black solidarity in the fight for human rights. Decades later, artist Glenn Kaino collaborated with Smith to create the monumental sculpture Bridge."

Glenn Kaino: Bridge | Smithsonian American Art Museum 

Glenn Kaino "Bridge"

I created my own political art with a message of "VOTE".  Voting is the utmost responsibility of a citizen, and I don't take it lightly that my ancestors fought for the right to vote.  ~ JM