Graffiti on snail shells, I was intrigued. I was looking for news items on Digg, My profile on Digg, try this hack to get more Diggs on your stories, and I ran across this story about graffiti artists in London who paint the shells of snails in different colors and in graffiti-esque patterns. Graffiti on snails, I would have thought it would have started in France but no in England. I was thinking the other day how ugly the graffiti in Toulouse is. I hope this trend spreads here. The graffiti here could really use some improving. Check out the original article. Digg it here if you like it. What’s next a stage in snail painting graffiti, I’d sign up.

Our good friend Armelle Le Roux will be taking the exhibition “Remembered Light” on the road. She was a contributing artist as well as curator or project coordinator. She worked for many years on the project and it had its opening in San Francisco this past winter. She has been working hard to get it to travel and its first stop is Washington State. If you are in the area go see it. Very timely theme.

 

Pieces from war now art for peace

By Jack Broom

 

About the exhibit

“Remembered Light: Glass Fragments from World War II, The McDonald Windows”: Saturday through March 2, Washington State History Museum, 1911 Pacific Ave., Tacoma.When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays (with extended hours and free admission 5 to 8 p.m. Thursdays); noon to 5 p.m. Sundays.

Admission: $25 for families (two adults and up to four children); $8 for adults; $7 for seniors (60 and above); $6 for students and military with ID; museum members and children up to age 5, free.

More information: www.washingtonhistory.org.

Shards of colored glass, found amid the destruction of war, take on new life as a visual prayer for peace at an unusual exhibit opening a seven-week run Saturday at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma.

The glass bits from bombed-out churches in Europe were gathered by the late Frederick McDonald, a Seattle-born Army chaplain who traveled with Allied forces in the final stages of World War II. In “Remembered Light: Glass Fragments from World War II, The McDonald Windows,” the bits McDonald collected have been incorporated into 25 pieces by 13 artists working in glass, ceramic, vinyl and copper. (more…)

This blogger collects random bits of street art. I thought the photo was fantastic. You can check out more pictures on their blog. It is some kind of project they are working on, I’m sorry, it’s early, I didn’t have time to read all about it, you can though.

Thursday, September 13th, Jean-Jacques and I were packing, arranging, preparing for our move/garage sale. I got a call from Armelle LeRoux, I thought of her in terms of being in CA. She and Misty were on a road trip to bring Misty to her 8 month ceramics residency. Armelle went along for the 2 week trip. They were in Baltimore and wondered if we were still in Philadelphia. We were ecstatic. Friday afternoon they came to Philadelphia. We met them in Old City, looked in a few galleries, had some wine at Red Sky, and then went to Bump for dinner. It was a wonderful trip both down memory lane but down futurisitc boulevard as well. We were all full of our plans for the future. It was so pleasant hearing how we were all coming into our own and had fulfilling plans for the future.

Armelle just completed a massive project, view it here.
http://www.interfaith-presidio.org/mcdonald/

Misty recently showed her life size sculptures, view them here
http://mistygamble.com/photopage1.html

I write this on the morning of the 30th anniversary of the death of Maria Callas. I heard on NPR this morning a segment devoted to her. It got me thinking of art and culture and how art and culture can transcend time and place. Many artists can make things, but do those things exist on another level apart from the material, do they create force , force that impacts, that won’t let you forget?

This is us at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC. The mural was pretty impressive. why can’t I get this to load correctly in the header? DC has great museums. It’s hard to argue when many are free to boot. This mural was huge. I mean I know we are not tall but look how much larger it is than us. Just agree, it will be easier.