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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUDIoN-_Hxs

A friend sent me this link to a video that morphs faces of women throughout European art history:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUDIoN-_Hxs

It's hypnotic.

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Unsoiled: Nature/Culture Themes in Clay
Tweed Panel Discussion and Opening
Tues Sept 18th, 2007
6 - 8pm in the Tweed Museum of Art

Please join us at the reception and panel discussion for this ceramics show curated by Jim Klueg. Unsoiled features the work of ceramic artists from afar, as well as several UMD faculty.

See more about the show here:

http://www.d.umn.edu/~jklueg/unsoiled/

http://http://www.d.umn.edu/tma/exhibitions/unsoiled.html

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Fall 2007 Art + Design Lecture Series
Please plan to attend as many of the Art + Design Guest Lectures in the Tweed Museum as you can:

UNSOILED – nature / culture themes in clay / Guest-curated by Jim Klueg,
Opening: Tues, Sept 18, 6 – 8:00 p.m.

Bill Shipley
Opening : Sun, Sept 23, 2 – 4:00pm
Gallery Talk: TBD

Bill Thorburn
Lecture: 6:00pm, Tues October 16

Joan Cabellero
Lecture: 6:00pm, Tues October 23,

Rabbett Before Horses Strickland
Lecture: 6:00pm, Tues, November 13

Todd Siler - All Representations of Thoughts for Art and Science
Lecture: 6:00pm, Tues, December 4

Don't forget:
Every Tuesday there is a student art show opening in the Tweed at 4pm.
Most graduating seniors have one-week exhibits of their work in the student gallery.

A list of upcoming events, deadlines + meetings
for faculty in our department.
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jrock2/umdart/

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Steven Heller Lecture and Book Signing
Thursday, November 1, 7 p.m.

Minnesota History Center 3M Auditorium
345 Kellogg Blvd W
Saint Paul, MN

CVA Leaders of Design Lecture: Steven Heller
Author of more than 100 books on design and visual culture, and longstanding Art Director at The New York Times, Steven Heller is coming to Saint Paul as the guest lecturer in the 2007 CVA Leaders of Design Series. Heller is co-chair of the Designer as Author MFA program and the co-founder of the Design Criticism MFA program at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Don't miss his vibrant wit and expansive knowledge.

For more information:

College of Visual Arts

Telephone: 651.224.3416
Contact name: Carmen Harris
Website: http://www.cva.edu
Cost: $5-25

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I didn't travel too much this summer, but did take a trip to Seattle in June. There I scouted out a few quirky art boutiques. I found a string of small storefronts on 2nd Avenue, near the Pike Place Market and my old haunts in Belltown. There is a trio of shops called Fancy Schmancy Pants. Nearby is my favorite new little gallery, Nancy.

Nancy is a tiny gallery and gift shop owned by artists Kate Greiner and Aaron Murray, who are also husband and wife. I am a fan of Aaron's work which I was delighted to run across a few years ago when he had a booth in the pike place market. He makes amazing miniature ceramic sculpture, woodcut prints, and humorous hand painted trading cards. It is inspiring to see young artists carving out a funky niche for their work in a city filled with high-end retail stores.

Nancy
1930 Second Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206-441-7131

http://www.fancyschmancypants.com/

You can buy blank vinyl toys and customize them.

Schmancy
specializes in plush and vinyl toys (which I currently enjoy collecting)
1930 2nd Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 728-8008
http://www.schmancytoys.com

Fancy / Pants sells unique jewelry and underwear
http://www.fancyjewels.com/

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Graphic Design 2:

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ART 2016 + Art 3017 : section 3:

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Matt Schulz saw some interesting street art in Spain:
While I was studying abroad in Spain last spring, I became very aware of the massive amounts of graffiti in the area I lived. The interesting thing about some of this graffiti was that it didn't use text as a subject, but figures, portraits, that looked more like paintings on canvas than graffiti with spray paint. The control of the spay paint and detail in which they completed the pieces is pretty unbelievable. Not to mention the speed that they completed them in.

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ART 2016 + Art 3017 : section 1 :

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ART 1013: section 2 : Noticing

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Jane Ollila visited Chicago this summer and noticed this:
While in the windy city, I loved to explore the architecture, graffiti, history and street art. I think my favorite part of Chicago is how the city has so many historic places and buildings, yet modern art can still be found in the middle of these sites. I also like the diversity of the city and how it is integrated in the various expression of Chicago art.

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