This fantastic site — makingstuffanddoingthings.com — is all about just that: Making stuff and doing things. It’s run by Nicole Lavelle and is packed with creative projects of all kinds. Lots of inspiration to be found. Here are just a few examples: 10-22-38 Astoria, An Ode To Summer In The West, and Little Artifacts. The left sidebar of the site offers a great long list of creative project-making, so go check it out.
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Wonderfully creative and colorful site celebrating mail art — Goodnight Little Spoon.
While flipping channels a few weeks back, I happened to stumble upon the film anthology Tokyo! — specifically the segment “Interior Design,” directed by Michel Gondry. Great short film. While the credits were rolling I noticed that it was adapted from Cecil and Jordan in New York by Gabrielle Bell. I quickly jotted that down and later googled it, and I’m glad I did, because it introduced me to the great work of Bell, a comic artist. So I recommend checking out all of it, the film, the website (currently featuring a “comicumentary” about ComicCon), the graphic novels.
Performance 1: Tehching Hsieh at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, and the book Out of Now.
(Be sure to read this article on the artist Tehching Hsieh, and watch this slideshow as well.)
Check out her new site, and of course her paintings, at jennalucente.com.
Great, expansive exhibit of the art of Gilbert & George, definitely worth a visit to the Brooklyn Museum.
This is a photo of one of “The New York City Waterfalls,” underneath the Brooklyn Bridge. It’s part of a public art project by Olafur Eliasson — you can read more about it at nycwaterfalls.org.
Another excellent how-to video from artist Rosa Murillo — How to use epoxy resin in a collage. Note: the fantastic music featured in the video is from mulit-talented artist Summer Pierre.