A Picture For A Thousand Voices June 22, 2009
Posted by leskanturek in Political and Social Art, Public art, Student work.Tags: A Picture For A Thousand Voices, Evan Turk, Gay Art
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Concepts class alum, Evan Turk has initied a wonderful project titled :
and has posted a call for submissions/participants to the project. A Picture For A Thousand Voices …”is is a project to help create a dialogue about the individual hopes for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equal rights movement through the medium of illustration. ” Artists (and writers) are asked to submit artwork depicting their hopes for equal rights for the LGBT community or a relevant story depicting their experiences and send it to Evan at evan@evanturk.com. If you’re a writer looking for an artist or an artist looking for a story to illustrate Evan might be able to facilitate a collaboration. The project’s address is picturefor1000voices.blogspot.com/ where you can read about the project, see submissions and read the parameters for the project.
Above are two silkscreens by Evan titled “Holding Hands” that are starting off the project. Please pass on info about the projectand check out Even’s blog, or better yet submit something. Also take a look at Evan’s earlier May 6th post on this site about Gay Art.
-Thanks
Class Puppets on Display At HERE Nov. 6th, 7th & 8th October 24, 2008
Posted by leskanturek in 3-D work, Class Assignments, Frankenstein, Puppets, Student work, Visually Cool & Relevant.Tags: Carnival of Samhain, DOW, Puppets
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The Frankenstein puppets created for class (see the post “Assignment of Frankenstein! 10/13/08) will be on display through the good graces of gretchen Van Lente, during the 7th ANNUAL CARNIVAL OF SAMHAIN which is presented by Drama of Works at:
145 6th Ave, (between Spring and Broome streets) NYC
November 6th, 7th & 8th at 7pm, $15
“…Drama of Works will once again extend the Halloween holiday, terrorizing unsuspecting New Yorkers with puppet pieces (an emphasis placed on variety), as well as dance, magic, burlesque and much, much more!!!
AND of course Bone Daddy (Jonny ClockWorks) will be hosting the bash with spooky songs, puppets! Puppets: hosts Drama of Works present their new rendition of Poe’s The Black Cat told with a devilish hand puppet and overhead magic, Z. Lindsey Briggs shows a new spooky piece, Evolve Company bring you the new black light show Becoming and just in time for the ELECTION – Puppet State Players take us to Mothra Memorial Junior High for a special Halloween class election.
Foreign films: the award-winning film “Dead Boyfriends” comes to us from Canada and a new stop-motion
film entitled “Charon” from London native Chiara Ambrosio.
The Carnival of Samhain is Frankenstein endorsed.
Dance, Burlesque, Comedy & More: arial artist Amy Chen will perform a death-defying dance swinging from the rafters, Nasty Canasta – burlesque superstar – performs “Mummy’s Curves” (*not 11/8), magician Will Randall will seriously freak you out, the comedic stylings of Puppet Junction bring you big comedy in an even-bigger costume and more!
Assignment of Frankenstein! October 13, 2008
Posted by leskanturek in 3-D work, Class Assignments, Frankenstein, Student work.Tags: Frankenstein puppets, Student work
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The second assignment for the fall 2008 class was to select a scene from Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein and create a puppet based on a character from the story along with an appropriate environment. There was some great work done, and the finish for the assignment coincided with a visit from Gretchen Van Lente, the artistic director/founder of Drama of Works, a puppet company located in Brooklyn. ( More on that in another post). Here are the finishes:
(Above) The Bride of Frankenstein in Her Kitchen, By Paula Searing
(Above) The Creature in the Arctic, By Julia Weinmann
(Above) Vegetarian Frankenstein’s Creature , By Alex Iezzi
(Above) The Creature , By Ali Stackpole
(Above) William Frankenstein Being Strangled by the Creature, By Gigi Gray
(Above) The Creature in the Arctic, By Julian Uribe
(Above) The Creation of Frankenstein’s Creature , By Julie Pinzur
(Above) Frankenstein Views the Creature in the Window, By Lisa Corporan
(Above) Victor Frankenstein Disposes of Body Parts Out on the Lake, By Stephanie Tartick
Pimp My Drawing July 22, 2008
Posted by leskanturek in In class assignments, Pimp my drawing, Student work, Uncategorized.Tags: Buck Marshall, Class mural, pimp my drawing
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Pimp Mural from Fall 2005 (left) detail
Each year I hold a “Pimp My Drawing” session which usually is a lot of fun and lets off some academic steam while transforming your original drawing into something …else. It’s always interesting to see what happens. Each year really approaches it differently. Sometimes it’s a very orderly affair, and other times a chaotic free-for-all. The parameters are that it be done with in the 2 hrs and 40 minutes of class time. A not so easy accomplishment.
Alice In Wonderland, Pimp Fall 2006
Pimp Spring 2008
The mural done in the spring 2008 class was titled “Buck Marshall: Range Detective” and was based on a 1930’s comic strip. It was starting to feel like a narrative, with some nice depth and space developing.
