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By Happy Accident, Chemists Produce a New Blue By KENNETH CHANG

Blue is sometimes not an easy color to make. Blue pigments of the past have often been expensive (ultramarine blue was made from the gemstone lapis lazuli, ground up), poisonous (cobalt blue is a possible carcinogen and Prussian blue, another well-known pigment, can leach cyanide) or apt to fade (many of the organic ones fall apart when exposed to acid or heat). So it was a plea… Continue

Added by Christina on November 28, 2009 at 12:13pm — No Comments

A Distant Bauhaus Star

Margarete Heymann, who studied ceramics there from 1920 to 1921, and was as gifted and gutsy as her famous contemporaries. She also created an impressive body of work, yet is rarely mentioned in the many books, essays and exhibitions on the Bauhaus. Why? “It’s a tragic story,” said Anja Baumhoff, a lecturer in a… Continue

Added by Christina on November 3, 2009 at 6:13pm — No Comments

EVER SPERO

October 30, 2009 Dum spiro, spero (While I breathe, I hope) EVER SPERO By Hans Ulrich Obrist In memory of Nancy Spero (1926–2009) "The one thing that artists must possess above all other qualiti… Continue

Added by Christina on October 30, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Drawdio: A Pencil that Lets You Draw Music

Turn Almost Anything into a "Theremin" http://web.media.mit.edu/~silver/drawdio/ Jay Silver a grad student at the MIT media lab created this kit which you can buy and assemble yourself! I met Jay last summer in Taiwan. Continue

Added by Christina on October 22, 2009 at 7:32am — 2 Comments

List of museums with FREE hours in NYC

Just in time for the New York trip: Museums with free or pay-what-you-wish hours http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2009/09/museum_free_hou_1.php Continue

Added by Christina on October 19, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

KUSAMA: Princess of Polka Dots trailer

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Added by Christina on October 15, 2009 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

Hub-Bub residency video by Claudia Dishon

"Check out this video tour of my apartment, which also happens to be promoting the Hub-Bub Residency Program. Hub-Bub selects 3 visual artists and 1 writer for 11 months of living freedom. Investigate at www.hub-bub.com 2010 Application http://www.hub-bub.com/images/stories/hub-bub_air_application_2010_11.pdf Deadline is February 15th 2010. Claudia" Continue

Added by Christina on September 30, 2009 at 12:44pm — No Comments

another spammer banned

"makemoneywith..." has been banned. Apologies for the inconvenience. CH Continue

Added by Christina on September 6, 2009 at 2:53pm — 1 Comment

New in the Gunning Library

Paradise Now: Picturing the Genetic Revolution (catalog from show at Exit Art) N8217 .G434 H45 2001 Wabi-Sabi: for artists, designers, poets & philosophers BH221 .J3 K67 1994 After Photography, by Fred Ritchin. TR267 .R57 2009 Buffalo heads : media study, media practice, media pioneers, 1973-1990 / edited by Woody Vasulka and Peter Weibel.1973-1990, P91.5.U5 B84 2008 Experimental geography / Nato Thompson ; with essays by Jeffrey Kastner and Trevor Paglen ; and contributions from Matthew… Continue

Added by Christina on September 4, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

German artist Jan Vormann has been filling up cracks created in German buildings during World War II with Legos.

http://urbanprankster.com/2009/07/using-legos-to-repair-building-cracks/ Continue

Added by Christina on July 15, 2009 at 7:15pm — No Comments

another spammer banned

Natala Hammond has been banned. Apologies for any inconvenience this spammer may have caused you. --CH Continue

Added by Christina on June 19, 2009 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

Claudia Dishon awarded a Hub-Bub residency!

Congratulations to Claudia! http://www.hub-bub.com/air/ Continue

Added by Christina on May 11, 2009 at 3:42pm — No Comments

have a good summer!

Happy Summer everybody! Please stay in touch over the summer and let us know what you are up to! Christina Continue

Added by Christina on April 29, 2009 at 2:17pm — No Comments

Foundations Sculptures Go Outside: images added by Heidi Jensen

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Added by Christina on April 23, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

ANNUAL BOWL SALE!!!!!!

The art department will hold its annual Soup and Salad Bowl Sale at noon on Wednesday, April 22, in the Lee Hall courtyard. Many regulars come every year for the handcrafted one-of-a-kind ceramic bowls. Some are drawn by the promise of Professor Syd Cross’ fabulous gazpacho. Whatever your motivation, your purchase will benefit the art department. Sue Grier, a lecturer who earned her Master of Fine Arts degree from Clemson in 2004, says she has lost count of the number of bowls completed so far… Continue

Added by Christina on April 16, 2009 at 2:25pm — No Comments

new art resource: ArtBabble

http://www.artbabble.org/ What is ArtBabble? Art-Bab-ble [ahrt-bab-uhl] noun; verb (used without object) -bled, -bling 1. free flowing conversation, about art, for anyone. 2. a place where everyone is invited to join an open, ongoing discussion - no art degree required. ArtBabble was conceived, initiated, designed, built, sculpted, programmed, shot, edited, painted and launched by a cross-departmental collection of individuals at the Indianapolis Museum… Continue

Added by Christina on April 15, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Volunteers Needed: GLAZ-A-THON

We need help for an afternoon of glazing bowls ultimately headed for the Soup and Salad Bowl Sale in a few weeks (Wednesday, April 22nd). We have all the bowls bisqued from the throwing efforts and in stacks all around the studio. If you have a yearning desire or simply have some time to give during the afternoon tomorrow (Wednesday – April 8th), we’ll have buckets of glaze open & stirred ready to use. All hands welcome and appreciated. We plan to have a glaze firing this Thursday and then… Continue

Added by Christina on April 10, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

our first spammer

Clemson Art network had our first spammer! Please delete all those ringtone "comments" from "Catherine Bush" and rest assured, I have banished her from our little network. best, Christina Continue

Added by Christina on March 28, 2009 at 10:18pm — No Comments

summer online course on "Internet Art"

Hello all. I wanted to let you know that I am teaching a summer course called "Internet Art" during the summer 1 session this year, and I am teaching it ONLINE! That's right, you can take an art course in your pajamas from anywhere on the planet! The course will cover a lot of "how to," as well as themes and concepts commonly explored through internet art (a.k.a net.art). Here is a link with more information. I'll be updating this page often over the next few weeks.… Continue

Added by Christina on March 25, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

an interesting internet artwork: Add+Art

Add-Art is a free FireFox add-on which replaces advertising on websites with curated art images. The art shows are updated every two weeks and feature contemporary artists and curators. Learn more about Add-Art or install it now (instructions).

http://add-art.org/

Add-Art — currently being developed at the Eyebeam Development site — is a free FireFox add-on which replaces advertising on websites with curated art images. The art shows are updated every

… Continue

Added by Christina on March 11, 2009 at 12:42pm — No Comments

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Marty Epp-Carter commented on Susan Young's event 'artbomb 100'
I can't come to any of the First Friday stuff, nor be present at my own studio because I'm going to Jenny and Courtney's reception out here at school. They're my peps! I wouldn't miss it for the world. Can't be in two places at once, though I've t...
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over 100 works for $100 or less!
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Blue is sometimes not an easy color to make. Blue pigments of the past have often been expensive (ultramarine blue was made from the gemstone lapis lazuli, ground up), poisonous (cobalt blue is a possible carcinogen and Prussian blue, another wel...
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Jake Ollinger is now friends with Meagan Jacobi Warren and Molly Coker
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Heidi Jensen I am admiring my new HB, B, 2B, 3B and 4B graphite pencils.
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November 16, 2009 at 9am to November 20, 2009 at 4pm
Epp-Carter and Davis both use various media to broach contemporary questions about the denotation and value of memory, experience and identity. Epp-Carter seeks to recontextualize the intersection of contemporary consumerism and the natural enviro...
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November 11, 2009 from 5:45pm to 7pm
Shane Acker, director of "9" a major motion picture will be doing a talk at Clemson. Wed. 11th at 5:45 pm at 119 McAdams Lecture hall.
November 4
Christina is attending Terry Jarrard-Dimond's event
Small Works On Fabric at The Discovery House, Clemson University
November 2, 2009 at 10am to January 31, 2010 at 4pm
The work of Clemson artist Terry Jarrard-Dimond is on exhibit in the Fran Hanson Gallery at Discovery House located in the SC Botanical Gardens at Clemson University. The group of ten pieces explore themes from the natural world. The work is made ...
November 4
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Margarete Heymann, who studied ceramics there from 1920 to 1921, and was as gifted and gutsy as her famous contemporaries. She also created an impressive body of work, yet is rarely mentioned in the many books, essays and exhibitions on the Bauha...
November 3
Heidi Jensen is attending Terry Jarrard-Dimond's event
Small Works On Fabric at The Discovery House, Clemson University
November 2, 2009 at 10am to January 31, 2010 at 4pm
The work of Clemson artist Terry Jarrard-Dimond is on exhibit in the Fran Hanson Gallery at Discovery House located in the SC Botanical Gardens at Clemson University. The group of ten pieces explore themes from the natural world. The work is made ...
November 2
Terry Jarrard-Dimond added an event
Small Works On Fabric at The Discovery House, Clemson University
November 2, 2009 at 10am to January 31, 2010 at 4pm
The work of Clemson artist Terry Jarrard-Dimond is on exhibit in the Fran Hanson Gallery at Discovery House located in the SC Botanical Gardens at Clemson University. The group of ten pieces explore themes from the natural world. The work is made ...
November 2
Heidi Jensen added a blog post
FASA's annual Halloween Party included a pumpkin carving contest. Pumpkin seeds flew as artists sculpted their innovative and radical interpretations of the Jack O' Lantern. This pumpkin won in hotly contested Faculty/Student Collaboration category.
October 31
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October 30, 2009 Dum spiro, spero (While I breathe, I hope) EVER SPERO By Hans Ulrich Obrist In memory of Nancy Spero (1926–2009) "The one thing that artists must possess above all other qualities is immense courage," the filmmaker and anthro...
October 30
Susan Young added an event
Greenville Open Studio Tour at Greenville, SC
November 7, 2009 at 10am to November 8, 2009 at 6pm
Hours: Saturday, November 7, 10am - 6pm Sunday, November 8, Noon - 6pm. Some artists will also be open Friday, November 6, 6 - 9pm. These artists are indicated with a door icon and "Open Friday" on their web page. Presented by Wachovia Bank, N.A...
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