Readers often send me personal responses to these V. Note postings. Yesterday I received a story I had to share.
“I went to Linfield college in the late 60s and we had a seminar that Andy Warhol spoke at. I was excited to attend as I was and am a big fan of his. He gave his lecture and it was a terrific hit with all who were there.
I remember him as a small man with thin brownish hair. As I recall he kept us waiting for a long time before he appeared on stage.
We found out later that it was not even him. He had paid someone to go in his place.” – League artist Kathy Paul, shared with permission
If you’d like to hear Warhol share more of his shenanigans, come hear him talk at the League this Saturday at 1:30pm. I can’t believe our luck in booking him!
[image_with_animation image_url=”8367″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] I asked Claire Putney to name some of the inspirational watercolor painters for her upcoming workshop Watercolor Landscapes. She listed: Sunga Park Maria Ginzburg Walton Ford Z L Feng In the next week I’ll share artwork by each of these painters. Today I have work by Z L Feng. …
In art, to transcribe is to copy or record information in a different form than the original. To transcribe a painting or drawing is not to copy the artwork exactly, but instead to record observations in a different form. A transcription also doesn’t need to copy everything in an original. An artist can choose to …
I’ve been watching episodes of The Great Pottery Throw Down. I hadn’t previously considered ceramics as a spectator sport, but it’s crazy fun to watch people make pottery! In every episode, amature potters respond to a wide variety of maker challenges. Some are races against the clock, some push contestants to go out on a …
What happens when paper is treated as a raw material, instead of a flat white rectangle? The photograph to the left is one that’s been circulating on the internet lately. This is what happens when wasps are given colored construction paper. The paper is used as fibers and pulp, not ready for pencil lines to represent an …
Andy Warhol’s speech at Linfield College
Readers often send me personal responses to these V. Note postings. Yesterday I received a story I had to share.
“I went to Linfield college in the late 60s and we had a seminar that Andy Warhol spoke at. I was excited to attend as I was and am a big fan of his. He gave his lecture and it was a terrific hit with all who were there.
I remember him as a small man with thin brownish hair. As I recall he kept us waiting for a long time before he appeared on stage.
We found out later that it was not even him. He had paid someone to go in his place.” – League artist Kathy Paul, shared with permission
If you’d like to hear Warhol share more of his shenanigans, come hear him talk at the League this Saturday at 1:30pm. I can’t believe our luck in booking him!
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