Saturday, February 6, 2010
Japanese Quilts
Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims have produced a Smilebox video of quilts from the Tokyo Quilt Festival 2010. Japanese quilts are quite stunning and take traditional style to the edge. Click on the title of this post to be taken to the web page where you can view the video of some of the show's works.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Photo Inspiration
Not sure what this is going to inspire yet, but something calls out wanting to be made!
Ringling College - Business Degree for Artists
In the current issue of Art Calendar, there is a neat article about a new four-year degree in the Business of Art and Design (at Ringling College)!
The program was apparently conceived based on the fact that today, most successful artists need to have well-developed creative minds as well as logical, left-brain skills with the ability to use both. The idea of 'starving artist' -- no more.
The curriculum sounds challenging, even to this business major. It includes marketing, finance, and project management in addition to arts classes. It even has electives that include museum curating and managing creatives. I'd be really interested in this program, if I were going for a BA now!
All courses have been 're-cast' to incorporate arts-related case studies and exercises, etc. For example, there's a leadership class that studies Cirque du Soleil and its growth over the last 25 years, core values, and long-term objectives.
What an educational concept...I love it!
The program was apparently conceived based on the fact that today, most successful artists need to have well-developed creative minds as well as logical, left-brain skills with the ability to use both. The idea of 'starving artist' -- no more.
The curriculum sounds challenging, even to this business major. It includes marketing, finance, and project management in addition to arts classes. It even has electives that include museum curating and managing creatives. I'd be really interested in this program, if I were going for a BA now!
All courses have been 're-cast' to incorporate arts-related case studies and exercises, etc. For example, there's a leadership class that studies Cirque du Soleil and its growth over the last 25 years, core values, and long-term objectives.
What an educational concept...I love it!
Aperature Academy - Campbell, CA
Its a new business that features the photographic work of Stephen Oachs. But beyond gallery, Aperature Academy offers classes!
The range of classes include on-site photo shoots with tutoring from professionals on how to use one's camera equipment to computer classes (Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom). I recently took the introductory class to Photoshop for Photographers, and it was very good! I'm going back for more...to learn layers so I can start creating photo collages and montages with my digital images.
If you'd like to learn more, the title of this post has an active link to the Aperature Academy website.
The range of classes include on-site photo shoots with tutoring from professionals on how to use one's camera equipment to computer classes (Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom). I recently took the introductory class to Photoshop for Photographers, and it was very good! I'm going back for more...to learn layers so I can start creating photo collages and montages with my digital images.
If you'd like to learn more, the title of this post has an active link to the Aperature Academy website.
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