Impressionism @ MAM

Beautiful  Impressionsm collection, "Impressionism: Master works on paper" on display at the Milwaukee Art Museum now through January 8th, one stop for the traveling show. I spent Sunday wandering the display of master's work, and left scrambling for pastels truly inspired by this collection. I enjoyed the collection of sketches displayed amongst the completed pencil, chalk, gouche, and watercolor works. If you're in the Milwaukee area I would recommend catching this show, check it out here: http://www.mam.org/impressionism/ A few of my students came to class excited to share that they had been to the exhibition and saw drawings by our artist of the month, Van Gogh.

what a HoOt!

Collage Owls by the Kindergarteners inspired by the wonderful vintage children's book. "The Owl and the Woodpecker." Check it out here: Brian Wildsmith

Art in Bloom @ MAM

 Super exciting upcoming show at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Art in Bloom! Thursday-Sunday only, get the low down here: http://www.mam.org/bloom/index.php Reception Thursday evening (free for members.)

Check out the 2010 first place winner, Nicolas Konzal here: http://nicholascarldesign.com/

Buddha Shaped Pears...

Wow! Stumbled upon these today.. here is the article http://cakeheadlovesevil.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/baby-shaped-pears/ check it out, pretty wild art.

cabbage shoes

These little gems I stumbled upon here: http://feltcafe.blogspot.com/2009/07/wearable-art-by-nicole-dextras.html. They are designed by eco artist, Nicole Dextras. Cheers to her, these are quite 'delicious.' check it out : http://www.nicoledextras.com/

window farms

Today's inspiration: window farms. Stumbled upon this yesterday, very interesting. Check out the website: http://www.windowfarms.org/ I have done some hydroponics in the past, but only in a tank with fish. Has anyone else tried something like this, any advise?