by Sandy | Sep 30, 2018 | Art, Artist, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
Born in the Bronx (so was I), parents of Caribbean descent (Antigua, so am I) educated at Cooper Union, (no, not I). But, more importantly, Mr Bryan’s use of color immediately caught my eye.
Love it!
“Painter and Poet: the Art of Ashley Bryan is the first major art museum exhibition in Maine for the award-winning 95-year-old artist and Little Cranberry Island resident, a pioneer of African and African American representation in the children’s book medium, who has published more than 50 titles since his first collection of poems in 1967.”
Painter and Poet: the Art of Ashley Bryan
Until November 25, 2018
PMA / Portland Museum of Art
Seven Congress Square in Portland, ME
(Image: “The birds’ colors were mirrored in the waters,” circa 2002, from “Beautiful Blackbird,” collage of cut colored paper on paper)
by Sandy | Sep 25, 2018 | Art, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
“P.S. Art is an annual celebration of achievement in the arts in New York City public schools. This juried exhibition of the work of talented young artists showcases the creativity of 123 prekindergarten through grade twelve students from all five boroughs, including students from District 75, a citywide district serving students with disabilities. The exhibition consists of paintings, prints, sculptures, photographs, mixed-media works, collages, and drawings. Each work of art demonstrates personal expression, an imaginative use of media, the results of close observation, and an understanding of artistic processes.”
P.S. Art 2018: Celebrating the Creative Spirit of New York City Kids
Until October 21, 2018
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave and 86 Street, NYC
(Image: Leeann Beckford (Age 10, Grade 4). The Forest, 2018. Mixed-media collage)
by Sandy | Sep 1, 2018 | Art, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
Examples of creative longevity are on view at The Museum of Modern Art with an exhibition called “The Long Run”. Over 100 works by artists that continued working after age 45 are highlighted.
“All the artists in this presentation—drawn entirely from MoMA’s collection—are united by a ceaseless desire to make meaningful work, year after year, across decades. They include Lee Bontecou, Louise Bourgeois, Melvin Edwards, Gego, Philip Guston, David Hammons, Jasper Johns, Joan Jonas, Helen Levitt, Elizabeth Murray, Georgia O’Keeffe, Gerhard Richter, Frank Stella, and many others.”
The Long Run
(Until November 4, 2018)
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street, New York, NY
(Image: Georgia O’Keeffe. Evening Star)
by Sandy | Jul 19, 2018 | Art, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
The San Francisco Musem of Modern Art treats us to over 70 pieces from Surrealist artist Rene Magritte, 1898 – 1967.
“This exhibition, the first to look exclusively at Magritte’s late career, examines his most important bodies of work from the 1940s through the 1960s, and shows how they marked a fundamental shift in painting from Modernism to our own time…the works reveal Magritte as an artist acutely attuned to the paradoxes at work within reality, and an enduring champion of the role of mystery in life and art. “
René Magritte: The Fifth Season
Until October 28, 2018
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA
(Image: Rene Magritte – “L’heureux donateur” (The happy donor) 1966; Belgium)
by Sandy | Jul 13, 2018 | Blogroll, Books, Culture, Education, Learning
The Harlem Book Fair is celebrating its 20th anniversary with spoken word events, exhibit booths, music, panel discussions and children’s activities. It’s a great way to spend a Saturday in the city.
“The vision of the Harlem Book Fair is to partner with local
and national leadership organizations under the banner of literacy
awareness, affirming HBF as the nation’s largest African American
literary event celebrating family literacy, community empowerment,
and community cooperation. “
Saturday, July 21, 2018 * 10 AM – 6 PM
West 135th Street (Betw. Malcolm X Boulevard &
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard) Harlem, NY
by Sandy | Jun 8, 2018 | Blogroll, Books
Originally posted July 2007
How does he stay so thin? On his Travel Channel TV series, “No Reservations”, author and Chef Anthony Bourdain wanders the world in search of “good” food. His 5th season is now in reruns, the 6th begins in August. Our traveling Chef doesn’t use the word “gourmet” – but, he does intone the word “simple” a lot. Plain simple French bistro eats, simple, fiery Indian street food, plain simple family style Italian food, and so on. He feels that the worst thing to be is a “tourist”. We should risk and explore, meet real people and find the good, simple food the natives eat. (It is sometimes unusual/bizarre – rattlesnake in Texas, assorted crunchy critters in a tasty sauce while in Asia, etc.) His favorite lines “this is sooooo good” ‘this is reeeealllly good”.
He has given up his cigarettes, but he still appears to eat tons of food as he explores the sights. Bourdain samples several courses, just about always has a dessert and washes it all down with the local brew, show after show – but, he doesn’t seem to gain a pound. Is it his metabolism or just the plain “simple” food? If it’s the food, I want what he’s having. (I really want his job 🙂
I also enjoy visiting the interesting places Chef Bourdain takes us – a food market in Thailand, the sewers of Paris, a Dacha in Russia, the bars of Iceland and even the wilds of New Jersey. Whether you are an intrepid world trekker or an arm chair/couch potato traveler, “No Reservations” can be a fun show.
