On this evening of story telling, we will share stories from around the world and let the words with wings and the magical music of the local band Turkish Massage Owl carry you all the way to the moon. Michiko Theurer and Egemen Kesikli will be performing improvised music based on the stories told […]
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We resumed our meetings this week after 2 months during which we traveled to places we weren’t able to go during the no-travel restrictions. We talked about how describing our art helps build a connection with the viewer and the artist but at the same time might interfere with how the viewer connects with the
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I am excited to share that our next exhibition will comprise artworks that will be created from borrowed stories. Through this process of asking, listening and creating, we will be involving our community members in our artmaking, which is one of our goals as an artist group. These artworks will be shared during the first week of October, 2021. “There’s always room
In this meeting we talked about “DEATH” and how being conscious about death might affect the way we look at life and how death might inform our art. We all agreed that even though death is a topic which isn’t commonly talked about in everyday conversations — except in spiritual groups – it could be
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We are happy to present our third online exhibition titled “Bloom“! “Bloom” features new exploratory artworks by the Yellow House artists. The artworks created using a variety of media such as oils, acrylic, gold, encaustic and watercolor allude to the idle summer days of youth. We hope that these artworks will bring joy and inspire hope so we can embrace the uncertainties of
Our second online exhibition titled “A Sense of Place” is about an architectural site, a house, a sacred site or any structure that we would like to honor as an artwork. We think this is relevant to the current times since many places nowadays belong to a distant past as we aren’t able to visit
Our last meeting of the year was very intimate and cozy and small (only Sam, Carly and myself).. We talked about kings and fools and shared some personal stories. We also shared some of our ideas on our new theme: “A Sense of Place”: An architectural site, a building, a street or anything that we
During this meeting, we talked about our favorite British artists for educational purposes for Elizabeth who moving to London! I talked about one of her favorite British artists Cornelia Parker (B. 1956, U.K.) and how she intends to change the meaning of everyday objects with her “Thirty Pieces of Silver” installation (1988-89). When the work
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At this Salon for Creatives meeting, while we absorbed the late September sun — soon to fade away into the night — we shared artworks that we found “stunning”. I talked about Ana Mendieta who is a Cuban-born and American-raised artist. She described her work as “earth-body” art: “Yo trabajo con la tierra, con la
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Our first exhibition titled “L’Objet de Moi” is about an object that is sacred or meaningful for us or a metaphor for how we see ourselves as Yellow House artists. “Art is a way of recognizing oneself.” – Louise Bourgeois Truly, is anything missing now?Sam Sokyo Randall read more 18”x24”Water based ink and pigmented watercolor on
