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33rd Annual Artistry In Wood Show

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33rd Annual Mid-Atlantic 

“ARTISTRY IN WOOD” SHOW & COMPETITION

ONE OF THE LARGEST WOODCARVING SHOWS IN THE EAST
DECOYS – BIRDS – ANIMALS – SCULPTURES – WOOD TURNINGS AND MUCH MORE
WOODCARVINGS BY OVER 100 FINE CRAFTSMEN AND ARTISTS

March 28 and 29, 2009
Saturday 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Sunday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

BUCKS COUNTY
TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL
WISTAR & NEW FALLS RD
FAIRLESS HILLS, PA

Google Maps

Directions:

Exit 351 of the PA Turnpike to Route 1 North. Bear right onto Business Route 1. Proceed 6 miles on to Woodbourne Road. Turn right. Proceed through 4 traffic lights and take a left on New Falls Road. The school is 1 mile up on the left on the corner of New Falls and Wistar Road. 

Partial proceeds benefit the Chruchville Nature Center Demonstrations by local artists:
· Wood burning (pyrography)
· Power carving
· Knife carving
· Tool Sharpening
· Scroll Saw
· Wood turning
· Pen Turning
· Airbrushing
· Books, Tools & Materials
· Demonstrations
· Door Prizes
· Free Parking
· Raffle of Carved Artwork
· Snack Bar and Lunch

Donation $5.00 Children under 12 free with adult

www.delvalwoodcarvers.com

William Rush Chapter Carving Show November 1-2 (Media, PA)

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WOODCARVING ART SHOW & SALE NOV. 1 & 2

The 25th annual art show will be held in the Penn State Brandywine Commons/Athletic Center Gymnasium from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on November 1 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on November 2. The event will feature carvings and pictures available for sale, demonstrations, door prizes, books, tools, and supplies. Admission is $4.00 with proceeds benefiting the Penn State Brandywine Scholarship Fund; children under 12 years old are free with an adult. Parking is free and snacks will be available for purchase.

The William Rush Chapter of the National Woodcarvers Association takes its name from William Rush (1975-1833), a colonial Pennsylvanian who was apprentinced under his father in the shipbuilding trade. Rush’s interest turned to woodcarving, and his frigate figureheads established his fame. He worked from a shop in Philadelphia, carving not only ship figureheads, but also allegorical figures and life-sized busts.

Penn State Brandywine is located at 25 Yearsley Mill Road in Media.

Woodcarvers Honor “Carver of the Year”
Don Storey’s carving career began with bird carving kits he received from his mother-in-law. He learned the art of carving from books of well-known carvers, a few years of trial and error, and through several carving classes, and has since come close to perfecting his art. So much so, in fact, that Storey has been named Carver of the Year by the William Rush Woodcarving Club.

Storey, of Media, has been carving for more than 25 years—he took on this hobby full time after retiring from Interboro High School after 36 years of teaching—and this year marks his 19th participating in the William Rush Woodcarving and Wildlife Art Show to be held November 1st and 2nd at Penn State Brandywine.

Storey’s said his wife of 44 years, Carol, has been both his inspiration and critic. As a result of her love and knowledge of birds—she is a long-time bird watcher—she has helped him tremendously. His career in woodcarving began with ducks, but he has since moved on to songbirds, birds of prey, and miniatures. Storey has carved 52 different birds and is currently working on the 53rd addition to his collection.

The William Rush Woodcarving Club said it “considers it an honor to recognize Don for his active participation in our club and looks forward to many more years.”

Fading Ad

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Fading Ad by Frank H. Jump is one of my favorite blogs.

The Fading Ad Campaign began as a photographic project documenting vintage mural ads on building brickfaces in New York City spanning nearly a century. It has become a metaphor for survival for me since, like myself, many of these ads have long outlived their expected life span. Although this project doesn’t deal directly with HIV/AIDS, it is no accident I’ve chosen to document such a transitory and evanescent subject. Of the hundreds of ads I’ve photographed, many have already been covered up, vandalized, or destroyed. But still many silently cling to the walls of buildings, barely noticed by the rushing passersby.

This blog was originally designed to be a cross-curricular instructional tool, emphasizing science & technology while examining media literacies and cultural movements. Fading Ad Blog has since grown to become a collaboration with urban archaeologist around the country and from here in Brooklyn as well.

There is a good chuck of old Scranton, PA related ads.

I highly recommend visiting.

Goya Painting Stolen! (in Scranton)

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From NYT:

A painting by Goya was stolen on its way from the collection of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio to a major exhibition that opens on Friday at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the two institutions announced yesterday

The museums said in a statement that the 1778 painting, “Children With a Cart,” was stolen in the vicinity of Scranton, Pa., while in the care of a professional art transporter. They said the theft was discovered last week but refused to provide additional details on the crime. Officials at both museums said the F.B.I. was investigating the case and had warned them that releasing additional information might jeopardize the inquiry…

I wonder where that painting is?

Thomas Hart Benton

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Thoms Hart Benton (1889 – 1975)

Among Benton’s most important easel paintings, Persephone recasts an ancient Greek myth in a contemporary, rural guise. The myth accounts for changes in the seasons. Famously beautiful, Persephone was abducted by Hades, lord of the dead, who imprisoned her in the underworld. Provisionally released after her father Zeus intervened, Persephone was required to return to the underworld for one-third of every year. Her mother Demeter, the goddess of the harvest, was so saddened and angered over her daughter’s fate that she refused to allow crops and vegetation to grow during these four months.

Benton’s Persephone appears as a farm girl caught sunbathing. Hades is shown as a lustful, aging farmer, his rickety cart in the background alluding to the god’s chariot. The farmer’s facial features appear similar to Benton’s own, although he used another man for his model. The natural setting on the banks of a creek suggests an arcadian landscape as well as the traditional venue for skinny-dipping. Shamelessly naked, Persephone evokes the Old Master tradition of the female nude as well as 1930s pin-ups.

– Nelson Atkins Museum Kansas City

 

picmees.com

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I opened an account at picemees.com today. It’s pretty interesting concept in which artists can upload their work for fame, glory and cash prizes. You should check them out, and look at my submittals.

Picmees.com? Who are we?
(Don’t tell anybody but we are a diabolical secret society dedicated to overthrowing the various fiat currency regimes around the globe. The art site known as picmees.com is just a clever capitalist front to disguise our true intentions. Click here for further details)
Just kidding! LOL! The diabolical society bit gets ’em every time.

Actually, at picmees.com, we believe in the following principles:

1. We love our nation but believe that our culture does not do enough to support artists.
2. Potential artists are everywhere.
3. One of the hardest – and noblest – decisions anyone can ever make is the decision to make art. To become an artist. It is a decision fraught with loneliness and peril and once a brave person steps up and says “yes i am an artist!!!!!!……”
4. ………there should be a reasonable way for that person to make some money.
5. We at picmees.com want to help artists generate some income so they have more time to make their art.

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