Artist Piotr Szyhalski’s COVID-19: Labor Camp Reports are a daily series of poster designs inspired by news events; the first posted on March 24, 2020. This prolific series can be seen on Instagram, and is soon to be published as a book (see Kickstarter video below). These “vintage” protest and propaganda poster designs are lush, striking, and painfully relevant. I’m impressed Szyhalski has such strong design ideas day after day, but unfortunately if it’s the news that inspires him, he’s not running short on material. See more of his work on Instagram.
COVID-19 : Labor Camp Report : July 21, 2020 “I heard mothers singing lullabies on the street in Portland. They were there to protect our restless bodies and souls from the violence perpetrated by the criminal Regime. It seems as though even the most silent of moments now are filled with deep, ongoing state of unrest. How are you sleeping?”
At the League next week: Poster Making Teen Camp
July 27-31, 9:30 – 11:30am For ages 13-17 Teacher: Nikki Barber
Learn to create multi-color posters, using your own hand cut designs. In this course, students will learn how to employ line, form, and color with stenciling techniques to generate unique and bold posters, using non toxic paint and a brush. After completion, students will have original, art prints they can hang on their walls, give to friends, or put in their window. ALL LEVELS. PREREQUISITES: none
[image_with_animation image_url=”7871″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Claire Putney Draw/paint/collage/print/photograph what comes to your mind with the word “connectivity.” Share your sketches to this post on our Facebook page. (#salchallenge) The January Creative Challenge: 15 minutes, once a day, for 30 days.
[image_with_animation image_url=”9791″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Connie Pierson, Art: Before/After League Scientists say that making art improves your happiness quotient. Happy creatives have been posting work all over the everywhere on Facebook and Instagram pages. Connie Pierson, Lucy Garnett, Alex Walker, Bolinas Frank, Siobhan Wilder, Madeline Mimi Torchia Boothby, Elva Frances, Mahala Mrozek, Marina Vogman, Laura …
[image_with_animation image_url=”8555″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Yesterday I talked about Joseph Cornell, and how he didn’t consider himself an artist, but felt he was a collector, and a maker of things. I like to think sometimes I make things. Contrary to my website, I avoid calling myself an artist. Doing so can be validating, but …
So, filbert brushes are filbert brushes named after the nut filbert. They are not philbert brushes named after Dr. Philbert Bristle. There is no Dr. Bristle. I made that up. ….But there is a Saint Philibert.
COVID-19: Labor Camp Reports
Artist Piotr Szyhalski’s COVID-19: Labor Camp Reports are a daily series of poster designs inspired by news events; the first posted on March 24, 2020. This prolific series can be seen on Instagram, and is soon to be published as a book (see Kickstarter video below). These “vintage” protest and propaganda poster designs are lush, striking, and painfully relevant. I’m impressed Szyhalski has such strong design ideas day after day, but unfortunately if it’s the news that inspires him, he’s not running short on material. See more of his work on Instagram.
COVID-19 : Labor Camp Report : July 21, 2020
COVID-19 : Labor Camp Report : July 21, 2020 “I heard mothers singing lullabies on the street in Portland. They were there to protect our restless bodies and souls from the violence perpetrated by the criminal Regime. It seems as though even the most silent of moments now are filled with deep, ongoing state of unrest. How are you sleeping?”
At the League next week:
Poster Making Teen Camp
July 27-31, 9:30 – 11:30am
For ages 13-17
Teacher: Nikki Barber
Learn to create multi-color posters, using your own hand cut designs. In this course, students will learn how to employ line, form, and color with stenciling techniques to generate unique and bold posters, using non toxic paint and a brush. After completion, students will have original, art prints they can hang on their walls, give to friends, or put in their window. ALL LEVELS. PREREQUISITES: none
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