Topophilia (From Greek topos “place” and -philia, “love of”) is a strong sense of place, which often becomes mixed with the sense of cultural identity among certain people and a love of certain aspects of such a place.
Today is the second of a series of Topophilia Creative Exercises, this one based place and time.
Today’s challenge is to make a map that defines where you live or have lived. Record how it has changed over time. This can be combined into a single image, or in multiples. Your map can be personal or historical, abstract or observational. Artists’ choice to collage, trace, draw, cut, or integrate multimedia. You are welcome to use your memory and other resources for this project, or click here for instructions for how to use Google Earth to view a map over time.
The maps shared here are made by Harold Fisk. Each color represents an old channel of the Mississippi River, dating back 1,000 years or so. The image above shows an image of Google, and then Fisk’s map.
Thank you for sharing your work! I love seeing these artworks online. People who post to Instagram or on Facebook will be eligible to win prizes (see details). No matter where you post, tag us so we can find it #seattleartistleague #salchallenge.
The June SAL Challenge: Creative exercises once a day for 30 days.
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Exercise your creativity This SAL Challenge is a vocabulary based creative challenge every day for January. Materials are artist’s choice. You can draw, paint, sew, collage, sculpt your food, anything you want. See below for today’s creative challenge. Set the timer for 20 minutes and see what happens. UNIDEXTRAL If you’re ambidextrous then you can use both …
This is day 11 of our 30 day creative challenge! To learn more about this 30SAL challenge, click here. Today we have another “See and Respond” challenge. Take this example of a Mayan throne back piece for a king and queen and redesign it, inserting your own figures in relationship. Share your drawing on Instagram with …
Previously I posted a request for artworks related to the 6′ of space social distancing rule. I am expanding this request to include anything and everything related to your experience in this quarantine. Open to any media (photography, drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, writing, etc). All artworks will be appreciated, but not all artworks will be …
SAL Challenge: Topophilia – Place and Time
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Topophilia (From Greek topos “place” and -philia, “love of”) is a strong sense of place, which often becomes mixed with the sense of cultural identity among certain people and a love of certain aspects of such a place.
Today is the second of a series of Topophilia Creative Exercises, this one based place and time.
Today’s challenge is to make a map that defines where you live or have lived. Record how it has changed over time. This can be combined into a single image, or in multiples. Your map can be personal or historical, abstract or observational. Artists’ choice to collage, trace, draw, cut, or integrate multimedia. You are welcome to use your memory and other resources for this project, or click here for instructions for how to use Google Earth to view a map over time.
The maps shared here are made by Harold Fisk. Each color represents an old channel of the Mississippi River, dating back 1,000 years or so. The image above shows an image of Google, and then Fisk’s map.
Thank you for sharing your work! I love seeing these artworks online. People who post to Instagram or on Facebook will be eligible to win prizes (see details). No matter where you post, tag us so we can find it #seattleartistleague #salchallenge.
The June SAL Challenge: Creative exercises once a day for 30 days.
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