Particulate MATTER – new video slideshow

R.Inverarity, detail 1937
R.Inverarity, detail 1937

Particulate MATTER – new video slideshow

Video mosaic moments from recent Society of American Mosaic Artists exhibitions…

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Midcentury Mosaic Mural depicting the Petroleum industry in Los Angeles found behind walls at old Statler Hotel.

Radio Story on the Petroleum Club Mural

RADIO: Listen in to the backstory on the modernist Petroleum Club mosaic, interview with Lillian Sizemore and Greg Johnson by Kevin Ferguson of KPCC

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Behind the scenes of The World of Mosaic, filming at the installation of J.L.Young's mosaic mural for Police Facilities Building in Los Angeles, 1956

The World of Mosaic

Setting the Mood: Handsome Hollywood Star Narrates the film “The World of Mosaic”. Presentation for Society of American Mosaic Artists. Please join me at SAMA, Saturday, April 13. 2:30 PM at Tacoma Convention Ctr.

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Midcentury Mosaic Mural depicting the Petroleum industry in Los Angeles found behind walls at old Statler Hotel.

BLACK GOLD – Mystery Mosaic

Thar’s Oil in Them Thar Walls. Vintage mosaic mural discovered, but who dunnit? New article by Lillian Sizemore for Mosaic Art Now.

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Baudelaire, 27" x 49" hibiscus, charcoal and acrylic on canvas 2006

Art Critiques: A Useful Guide

A useful and clear outline for conducting a productive art critique by artist, Leigh Hyams (1926-2013)

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Gunilla Klingberg, Wheel of Everyday Life, 31 January - 17 March 2013. Commission, Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, Texas. Photo: Nash Baker © nashbaker.com. Via artdaily.com

No Exit: Consumerist Mandalas of Gunilla Klingberg

Gunilla Klingberg’s large-scale consumerist mandala installations explore the “link between our public and private spheres, maybe even the collective unconscious”.

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Hexagonal Beehive references, like the Delphic Oracle

Beyoncé: Fierce Full Circle

Beyoncé comes Full Circle, creates a HALO of Super Bowl Mandalas

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Frida and Diego's Casa Azul features a mosaic Hammer and Sickle, or is that a Martellina?

Frida’s Commie Comet

¡Communist mosaic spotted at the Casa Azul! ¡Plus midcentury stone mosaics of México!

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The Mandala of Listening

“Each person’s life is like a mandala- a vast, limitless circle.— Pema Chodron.
How do you find your center in this vast circle of Life? INSIDE: Tips on Deep Listening.

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How To Cut a Proper Paper Snowflake [video]

Quick! What’s the most cost effective decoration ever? The Humble Paper Snowflake as deconstructed by Vi Hart.

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