What happens when millions of people stop what they’re doing, and all focus on the same beautiful thing, at the same beautiful time?
Last Monday millions of people across the nation put on their funny glasses, stuck their heads in cardboard boxes, and stood looking up to the sky. For one beautiful unified moment, we all just looked at something (without actually looking at it, hopefully). Millions and millions of personal experiences, spanning across the nation, weirdly and beautifully happening.
We asked Leaguers to send in their profound, their boring, their geeky, their disappointing, their magical, and their funny eclipse experiences. Oh, they sent us it all. Winning entry earned a free class for themselves, or to give to a friend. [heading]LEAGUER’S VIEWS OF THE TOTAL ECLIPSE[/heading]
” load_in_animation=”none[heading]OUR FAVORITES [/heading]https://youtu.be/VJjvije3Bw8 “Eclipse Fluidity” by Nancy Coleman (If the preview above doesn’t load, follow this link to watch this gorgeous 22 second video) [image_with_animation image_url=”6168″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Alex Walker’s Bear Astronomy [image_with_animation image_url=”6198″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Kari Boeskov [image_with_animation image_url=”6174″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Cassandra Conner (& mom) [heading]THE BEAUTIFUL WINNING ENTRY[/heading][image_with_animation image_url=”6170″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Congratulations, and thank you for this beautiful entry Caren Goldenberg!
Thanks to all of you for sending in your artful experiences, and one more special mention of Nancy Coleman’s video. Did you catch that link? Don’t miss it. It’s gorgeous.
One year ago in March, to protect our students and teachers from a new coronavirus, the Seattle Artist League moved our classes online. The virus was declared a national emergency, and we went into quarantine. We have now been in quarantine for thirteen months. Through this year, we have met each other online to draw, …
Tuesday is Memory and Imagination day in our 30 Day Challenge. Dreams are today’s topic. I’ve collected artworks with dream imagery, or at least artworks that were stirred up when I searched Google for artworks with “Dream” in the title. Your challenge today is to recreate a dreamscape. You can draw, paint, print, collage, assemblage, …
Day 10 of this 30 Day Challenge was to create something in the style of Morandi’s still lives. This particular prompt produced a prolific collection of quiet responses. Here are some.
[image_with_animation image_url=”7744″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Window Collage by Stuart Shils This creative challenge has 3 parts, but if parts 2 and 3 don’t work with the light and where you are, or if they’re just not working creatively, feel free to just do part 1, and post your work. See below for a link …
Total Eclipse
What happens when millions of people stop what they’re doing, and all focus on the same beautiful thing, at the same beautiful time?
Last Monday millions of people across the nation put on their funny glasses, stuck their heads in cardboard boxes, and stood looking up to the sky. For one beautiful unified moment, we all just looked at something (without actually looking at it, hopefully). Millions and millions of personal experiences, spanning across the nation, weirdly and beautifully happening.
We asked Leaguers to send in their profound, their boring, their geeky, their disappointing, their magical, and their funny eclipse experiences. Oh, they sent us it all. Winning entry earned a free class for themselves, or to give to a friend. [heading]LEAGUER’S VIEWS OF THE TOTAL ECLIPSE[/heading]
Thanks to all of you for sending in your artful experiences, and one more special mention of Nancy Coleman’s video. Did you catch that link? Don’t miss it. It’s gorgeous.
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