Category: Research
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Cloth Masks
[Quick note: If you want links to patterns, scroll to the end of this post.] I have access to a sewing machine, and therefore I’ve used my studio space to make nothing but cloth masks since mid-March 2020. (Many thanks to my mom, whose expertise makes this easier and whose company makes it enjoyable.) The…
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The Puzzle Show
This year I’m taking part in The Puzzle Show, which is a fundraiser for the Chico Art Center. The time-sensitive thing to know is that the final auction of these pieces takes place on March 29, 2019 from 5 -8 PM. I purchased an oddly shaped plywood panel to decorate in the manner of…
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End-of-year print, 2018
This year my final artwork was a print to send out to friends and family. As I wrote to one friend: Dear [friend], I hope the upcoming year brings you joy like not quite killing all my plants made me happy in 2018. Each of these prints has been embellished with watercolor in a…
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Panel discussion
I will be taking part in a panel discussion at the Museum of Northern California Art (monca) on Sunday from 3:00 to 5:00 PM. Other artists on the panel will also include Bobbie Rae Jones and Gini Holmes. Event details
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Art show (May 31-July 15, 2018)
Two of my artworks will be on display as part of a show about “Persistence” at the Museum of Northern California Art. (see the bottom of this post for venue details) Colleen Wampole Hello, my name is feminine rage (whatever it takes) oil on canvas, diptych left: 23.5” h, 16” w; right: 23.5”…
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Sketchbook project 2018
Sometimes I use the Sketchbook Project as an excuse to goof off artistically. This time around I used their theme “No worries” as an excuse to do a set of images that for me work like emergency smile generators. I didn’t want to incorporate a lot of words, so I used QR codes to link…
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Inktober 2017
Personal challenge: do the 2018 Inktober prompts ink only no pencil no whiteout food/eating/cooking theme Results:
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Art at the Chico Art Center
My most recent artwork is currently on display at the Chico Art Center in California until February 2, 2018!
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Book relics
I bound a set of books part of my efforts to support the department in which I taught studio art in 2016. I doubt anyone will be surprised that the traditional gift for graduating studio art majors is a sketchbook. Their art building is undergoing major renovations this year, but I salvaged a number of…
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A quick card
I went quiet this year because my first year of teaching kept me more than a bit busy. With the exception of summer break, it felt like any art time was either on the sly or preparation for a class. Today I returned to my studio to make a popup card. I’m not making a…
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Visual note-taking
It took me rather a long time to notice that art was important to me, so I was that kid in class whose notes are words-only. In art classes I had to change my ways of recording information. There are strong trends, and it has been interesting in my first semester of teaching to figure…
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Lisa Yuskavage: The Brood in St. Louis
“It’s only paint. Nobody’s getting hurt here.” -Lisa Yuskavage, Q&A at Contemporary Art Museum (St. Louis) I took a handful of students to the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis. CAM is currently showing a collection of paintings by Lisa Yuskavage. The students got excited about her work, which was helpful because that meant we…
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Dürer at the Crocker
The short version is that you should absolutely go see the special exhibit of German art at the Crocker Art Museum (on display until Feb. 14, 2016). Albrecht Dürer’s prints and drawings are the highlights of the show, but the show as a whole is worthwhile. Look for the magnifying glasses available for viewers’…
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Turner at the de Young
This weekend I managed a visit to San Francisco for the show J. M. W. Turner: Painting Set Free. Since it was the show’s last day at the de Young, the crowd was intense. Luckily for me, the crowds were thinner around the watercolors and unfinished works. I was particularly interested in his study titled…
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David Hockney artist talk
David Hockney gave an excellent artist’s talk at the Getty on September 10, 2015. I was so inspired that I talked it up to everyone I saw the next day. (A few hear the same pitch on the day after as well.) Skip to 7:14 if you don’t need a refresher on Hockney’s artistic credentials…
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Lightfastness tests
This summer I ran some informal lightfastness tests. Methodology: I tested a variety of watercolors (right column), markers (middle column), and pastels (left column) on acid-free sheets. I made two versions of each test sheet. The control group (top row) went into a drawer, and the other set (bottom row) went in a window for…
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destruction as art
I am completely unable to watch footage of art being intentionally destroyed as an act of cultural warfare. Any narrative about people taking extraordinary measures to protect artworks (regardless of how badly reenacted) gets a similarly strong reaction. There was a recent fashion show that wrapped the models up in what pretended to be framed…
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Fore-edge painting
This is the sketchbook in which I try to draw world maps (without looking at references). The results are pretty humbling, so I looked at a map for the painting. I almost have this process figured out. The painting is enjoyable, but gilding the edges is still giving me grief. Fore-edge decoration (by other people…
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Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
YOU ARE INVITED! When: Saturday, 7 March 2015 What: improving Wikipedia’s coverage of women in art (and increasing the number of contributors who identify as female) Where: everywhere (and at many locations where workshops are being held) Why: Very few of the contributors to Wikipedia identify as female. Are women excluding themselves, or are we…
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