<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>art blog Archives - Elaine Cimino Studios</title> <atom:link href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/tag/art-blog/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/tag/art-blog/</link> <description>Fine art, giclee prints, drawing programs</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2020 15:32:52 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <item> <title>Beginning Adult Drawing</title> <link>https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/beginning-adult-drawing/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[elaine]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2014 17:32:19 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Workshops and Classes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Adult Beginning drawing class]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Albuquerque art Classes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[art blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[drawing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Senior Center art classes Albuquerque]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/?p=2713</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Apr 7, 2015 to Apr 28, 2015 at North Valley Senior Center Beginning Adult Drawing Classes at the Albuquerque North Valley Senior Center Begin April 7th, 2015 through the April 28th, 2015. Register online here or call the Senior Center and Register at the front desk. Address: 3825 4th St NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107 Phone:(505) 761-4025 No Experience Necessary, […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/beginning-adult-drawing/">Beginning Adult Drawing</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com">Elaine Cimino Studios</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apr 7, 2015 to Apr 28, 2015 at North Valley Senior Center</p> <a href="http://www.borntodraw.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Dawing-images2.jpg" rel="lightbox[auto_group6]"></a><p id="caption-attachment-4011" class="wp-caption-text">Charcoal Drawing</p>Beginning Adult Drawing Classes at the Albuquerque North Valley Senior Center Begin April 7th, 2015 through the April 28th, 2015. Register online here or call the Senior Center and Register at the front desk. Address: 3825 4th St NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107 Phone:<a class="fl r-rhscol-13" title="Call via Hangouts" data-number="+15057614025" data-rtid="rhscol-13" data-ved="0CKcBEJAIKAEwDQ">(505) 761-4025</a></p> <p>No Experience Necessary, Sign up even if you can only draw stick figures.</p> <p>Elaine Cimino, who taught college drawing and painting for 20 years, is offering drawinglessons to senior center members 50+ adults.</p> Learn how draw using the chiaroscuro “3D” techniques Use of pencil, ink, and charcoal Brush up on value, composition and formal elements of design and art Apply to various mediums and genres using still life and landscape photos. The supplies included <p>The post <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/beginning-adult-drawing/">Beginning Adult Drawing</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com">Elaine Cimino Studios</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Happy Holidays</title> <link>https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/happy-holidays/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[elaine]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:42:09 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Albuquerque art Classes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[art blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[art education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Children's Art]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fine Art]]></category> <category><![CDATA[giclee prints]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/?p=2596</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Happy Holidays From Elaine Cimino Studios!</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/happy-holidays/">Happy Holidays</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com">Elaine Cimino Studios</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Happy Holidays From Elaine Cimino Studios!</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/happy-holidays/">Happy Holidays</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com">Elaine Cimino Studios</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Watercolors by Gerhard Richter</title> <link>https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/watercolors-by-gerhard-richter/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[elaine]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:26:10 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[art blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[art education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[artwork]]></category> <category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Galleries]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Studio Art]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/?p=2548</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>I am posting the biography for Richter that is on his website along with links, one of which is the link to the 250 abstract and portrait watercolors Richter has created. It is my hope that my students view his works to see the great body of work that he has cultivated over his life. […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/watercolors-by-gerhard-richter/">Watercolors by Gerhard Richter</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com">Elaine Cimino Studios</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am posting the biography for Richter that is on his website along with links, one of which is the link to the 250 abstract and portrait watercolors Richter has created. It is my hope that my students view his works to see the great body of work that he has cultivated over his life. i am a fan of his work and only hope I have the opportunity to view his work once again.</p> <p>His current exhibtion, “Seven Works” at the <a href="http://www.portlandartmuseum.org/gerhardrichter">Portland Museum</a> is closing Spetember 9th 2012.</p> <p>An important group of paintings from the Gray Series by this post-World War II German artist, Richter positions painting as a formally reductive and sensuously rich experience through these groundbreaking works from the late 1960s to mid-1970s. — Curated by Bruce Guenther, The Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art.</p> <p>“I blur things to make everything equally important and equally unimportant. I blur things so that they do not look artistic or craftsmanlike but technological, smooth and perfect. I blur things to make all the parts a closer fit. Perhaps I also blur out the excess of unimportant information.” Gerhard Richter</p> <p><a title="Gerhard Richter Official Site" href="http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/</a></p> <p><a title="250 watercolors by Gerhard Richter" href="http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/watercolours/detail.php?13859" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/watercolours/detail.php?13859</a></p> <p>Richter in the 21st Century: Real and Tangible Accomplishments</p> <p>“Well, after this century of grand proclamations and terrible illusions, I hope for an era in which real and tangible accomplishments, and not grand proclamations, are the only things that count.”1 At the turn of the millennium, Richter was increasingly focussed on his Abstract Paintings, with three paintings of his young son Moritz (<a title="" href="http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/search/?title=moritz&number=863" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CR: 863/1-3</a>) notable exceptions to this trend. Transparency, translucency, opacity and reflection were still clearly subjects with which the artist was engaging at this time, almost a decade since his last concerted period to have addressed them. Eight Grey in 2001 (<a title="" href="http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/search/detail.php?10510" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CR: 874/1-8</a>) heralded a number of works the following year that brought glass to centre stage. Works such as Pane of Glass (<a title="" href="http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/search/detail.php?10512" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CR: 876-1</a>), 4 Standing Panes (<a title="" href="http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/search/detail.php?10513" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CR: 877-1</a>) and 7 Standing Panes (<a title="" href="http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/search/detail.php?10636" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CR: 879-1</a>) demonstrated an interest in pushing wall-based works into the realm of the sculptural.</p> <p>2002 was also a significant year for Richter due to his major retrospective exhibition Forty Years of Painting at MoMA in New York. Curated by Robert Storr, the exhibition featured 190 works, and accompanied by a seminal catalogue, was one of the most comprehensive exhibitions of Richter’s works of his career. It was also the exhibition that confirmed Richter’s status as one of the leading artists in the world, and was described by Storr in his introduction as “long overdue” in the United States.2</p> <p>In 2003 Richter embarked on a small but substantially sized series of paintings entitledSilicate (<a title="" href="http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/search/?number=885" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CR: 885/1-4</a>) inspired by an article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from 12 March 2003 about the shimmering qualities of certain insects’ bodies.3 The resulting four large paintings are perhaps the most overtly biological of the abstract works in Richter’s oeuvre, suggestive of cell formations and genetic sequences seen under the microscope.</p> <p>Richter’s next significant – and in some ways unexpected – departure came in the form of a single work depicting the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York of September 11, 2001, entitled simply September (2005; <a title="" href="http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/search/detail.php?13954" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CR: 891-5</a>). In a 2010 publication about the painting written by Robert Storr, the author asks: “what is the meaning of a single, small, almost abstract depiction of one of the most consequential occurrences in recent world history?”4 Depicting the explosion of United Airlines Flight 175 as it hit the South Tower, Storr’s essay describes how Richter’s painting raises and encapsulates many of the complex geo-political issues that the attacks provoked, as well as the horrendous realities of those whose lives were taken away or affected by them. The painting, whilst it carries an overwhelming sense of the enormity and significance of the event, avoids spectacularizing it, instead evoking an existential numbness, sadness and incomprehension. Described by critic Bryan Appleyard for The Sunday Times as “the closest you will get to a great 9/11 work” he goes on to assert that “It reclaims the day, leaving it exactly where it was, exactly when it happened.”5</p> <p>The following year, 2006, saw the creation of one of Richter’s most significant cycles of Abstract Paintings, Cage (<a title="" href="http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/search/?number=897" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CR: 897/1-6</a>). These six, large-scale canvases, described by Sir Nicholas Serota as “magisterial”6 were named after the American avant-garde composer John Cage, whom Richter had never personally met but whose work had long held a resonance with his own. In a conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist – one of the leading interlocutors of Richter’s work since the 1990s – Richter said that he had been listening to the music of Cage whilst working in his studio at the time.7 In an interview with Jan Thorn-Prikker in 2004, Richter stated, “That’s roughly how Cage put it: ‘I have nothing to say and I am saying it.’ I have always thought that was a wonderful quote. It’s the best chance we have to be able to keep on going.”8 The concluding line in Robert Storr’s 2009 publication devoted to the series,Cage – Six Paintings by Gerhard Richter, references the Cage quote, stating: “In his own idiom, and for his own reasons, [the Cage paintings] are Richter’s beautiful way of saying nothing, and as such, of once more declaring his uncompromising independence.”9 Having been shown alongside the Bach paintings at the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, in 2008, the Cagepaintings have since been exhibited at Tate Modern, London.</p> <p>In 2007 Richter completed arguably his largest commission – a major stained glass window for Cologne Cathedral to replace a window that had been destroyed during World War II. He had been invited to undertake the commission back in 2002 and had devoted considerable time to developing and completing the project in the following five years. In notes prepared for a conference in July 2006, Richter wrote:</p> In early 2002, the master builder of the cathedral suggested that I develop a glass design for the southern window. The guiding principle was the representation of six martyrs, in keeping with the period. I was, of course, very touched to have such an honour bestowed upon me, but I soon realised I wasn’t at all qualified for the task. After several unsuccessful attempts to get to grips with the subject, and prepared to finally concede failure, I happened upon a large representation of my painting with 4096 colours. I put the template for the design of the window over it and saw that this was the only possibility.10 <p> </p> <p>Several months later, Richter began work on a model with test patterns and a number of design concepts. He settled on a design in which 11,000 mouth-blown squares measuring 94 x 94 millimetres each were to be used, with half of these selected randomly by a computer programme, and the other half a mirror image of these. As well as an evolution of his Colour Charts and Colour works of the 1960s and 70s, the Cologne Cathedral window (<a title="" href="http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/search/detail.php?14890" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CR: 900</a>) was also informed by his Glass Window, 625 Colours of 1989 (<a title="" href="http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/search/detail.php?6667" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CR: 703</a>). The resulting window is a remarkable accomplishment, both real and tangible, and has been documented extensively in a film by Corinna Belz released in 2007.11 </p> <p>In 2008, Richter embarked on a significant body of colourful abstract work entitled Sinbad(<a title="" href="http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/paintings/sinbad/intro.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CR: 905</a>). Comprising 100 small paintings in enamel on the back of glass, Sinbad is the first series of works by Richter to allude to The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights) and was followed in 2010 by Aladdin (<a title="" href="http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/search/detail.php?14901" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CR: 913</a>). That the artist was clearly thinking a lot about the Middle East is illustrated by the related series Baghdad (2010; <a title="" href="http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/search/?number=914" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CR: 914</a>) andAbdallah (2010; <a title="" href="http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/search/?number=917" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CR: 917</a>). Taking up some of the brighter palettes he had explored in the abstract works of the late 1970s and early 1980s, Sinbad is a rich, joyous journey through colour and abstraction.</p> <p>One of Richter’s most recent new avenues for the exploration of abstraction and colour takes the form of stripes. A work entitled Strip (2011; <a title="" href="http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/search/?number=920" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CR: 920</a>), consisting of a digital print on paper mounted between aluminium and Perspex, presents dozens of long horizontal stripes of varying thickness spanning a width of three metres. It is a tantalising taste of what is still to come from one of the world’s most prolific and respected living artists, whose insatiable desire to explore the languages and possibilities of painting and image-making continues to keep him at the forefront of developments in contemporary art today. To coincide with Richter’s 80th birthday, in October 2011 a major retrospective entitled Gerhard Richter: Panoramaopened at Tate Modern, London, before touring to the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, and the Centre Pompidou, Paris, in 2012.</p> <p>Prepared for www.gerhard-richter.com by Matt Price with assistance from Carina Krause, 2010-11. The text would not have been possible without the scholarship and guidance of Dietmar Elger.</p> <p> </p> <p>1 Interview with Stefan Koldehoff, 1999. Gerhard Richter: Text, p.353. 2 Storr, Forty Years of Painting, p.13. 3 Elger, A Life in Painting, p.348. 4 Robert Storr, September: A History Painting by Gerhard Richter, Tate Publishing, 2010, p.43. 5 Bryan Appleyard, The Sunday Times, Culture, 28.08.11, p.11. 6 Sir Nicholas Serota in the foreword to Cage: Six Paintings by Gerhard Richter, Tate Publishing, 2009, p.6. 7 Robert Storr, Cage: Six Paintings by Gerhard Richter, Tate Publishing, 2009, p.54. 8 Interview with Jan Thorn-Prikker, 2004, Gerhard Richter: Text, p.478. 9 Storr, Cage: Six Paintings by Gerhard Richter, Tate Publishing, 2009, p.86. 10 Gerhard Richter, Notes for a press conference, 28 July 2006, Gerhard Richter: Text, p.518. 11 The film is entitled Das Kölner Domfenster (The Cologne Cathedral Window). In German with English and French subtitles, the film is produced by WDR/arte and zero one film, distributed by Buchhandlung Walther König.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/watercolors-by-gerhard-richter/">Watercolors by Gerhard Richter</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com">Elaine Cimino Studios</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Universal Concern that Creativity is Suffering at Work and School</title> <link>https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/universal-concern-that-creativity-is-suffering-at-work-and-school/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[elaine]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:52:51 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[art blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[art education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Children's Art]]></category> <category><![CDATA[creative spirit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[drawing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Editorial Artwork]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Higher Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Liberal Arts Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[painting]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Senior Center art classes Albuquerque]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Studio Art]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/?p=2530</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The more research that I do I am finding that we are falling behind in our ability to be creative and support creativity at home, in schools and the workplace. Adobe released a study this past spring on how creativity is suffering. The results showed that Americans think their lack of time, money and tools […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/universal-concern-that-creativity-is-suffering-at-work-and-school/">Universal Concern that Creativity is Suffering at Work and School</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com">Elaine Cimino Studios</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[The more research that I do I am finding that we are falling behind in our ability to be creative and support creativity at home, in schools and the workplace. Adobe released a study this past spring on how creativity is suffering. The results showed that Americans think their lack of time, money and tools are barriers to creativity. Rightly so, the American system is slowly grinding the gears of conceptual and critical thought to a halt by adopting an ideology that only looks at the productivity of test scores in the educational system. This has resulted in massive cuts to teachers jobs, and is disproportionately cutting History, Physical Education and both the Visual and Performing Arts. The arts represents at least 37% of the entire population who are visual thinkers and problem solvers. This is why I am working on the Born to Draw Art Program because it is a way to bring drawing and the arts to children and adults, to get people to use their hands and minds once again. <p>See the <a href="http://www.borntodraw.com">www.borntodraw.com</a> website Let me know how we might be able to create a space where we can roll out the Born to Draw® art curriculum.</p> Universal Concern that Creativity is Suffering at Work and School <p><a href="http://www.elaineciminostudios.com/uncategorized/universal-concern-that-creativity-is-suffering-at-work-and-school/attachment/lack-of-tools-barrier-to-creativity/" rel="attachment wp-att-2531"></a>SAN JOSE, Calif. — April 23, 2012 — New research reveals a global creativity gap in five of the world’s largest economies, according to the Adobe® (Nasdaq:ADBE) <a href="http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pdfs/Adobe_State_of_Create_Global_Benchmark_Study.pdf">State of Create global benchmark study</a>. The research shows 8 in 10 people feel that unlocking creativity is critical to economic growth and nearly two-thirds of respondents feel creativity is valuable to society, yet a striking minority – only 1 in 4 people – believe they are living up to their own creative potential.</p> <p>Interviews of 5,000 adults across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Japan expose surprising attitudes and beliefs about creativity, providing new insights into the role of creativity in business, education and society overall.</p> <p>Workplace Creativity Gap The study reveals a workplace creativity gap, where 75% of respondents said they are under growing pressure to be productive rather than creative, despite the fact that they are increasingly expected to think creatively on the job. Across all of the countries surveyed, people said they spend only 25% of their time at work creating. Lack of time is seen as the biggest barrier to creativity (47% globally, 52% in United States).</p> <p>Education Concerns More than half of those surveyed feel that creativity is being stifled by their education systems, and many believe creativity is taken for granted (52% globally, 70% in the United States).</p> <p>“One of the myths of creativity is that very few people are really creative,” said Sir Ken Robinson, Ph.D., an internationally recognized leader in the development of education, creativity and innovation. “The truth is that everyone has great capacities but not everyone develops them. One of the problems is that too often our educational systems don’t enable students to develop their natural creative powers. Instead, they promote uniformity and standardization. The result is that we’re draining people of their creative possibilities and, as this study reveals, producing a workforce that’s conditioned to prioritize conformity over creativity.”</p> <p><a href="http://www.elaineciminostudios.com/uncategorized/universal-concern-that-creativity-is-suffering-at-work-and-school/attachment/adobe-study-creativity-4-12pg-8/" rel="attachment wp-att-2532"></a>Creativity Rating: Japan Ranked Most Creative The study sheds light on different cultural attitudes toward creativity. Japan ranked highest in the global tally as the most creative country while, conversely, Japanese citizens largely do not see themselves as creative. Globally, Tokyo ranked as the most creative city – except among Japanese – with New York ranking second. Outside of Japan, national pride in each country is evident, with residents of the United Kingdom, Germany and France ranking their own countries and cities next in line after Japan.</p> <p>The United States ranked globally as the second most creative nation among the countries surveyed, except in the eyes of Americans, who see themselves as the most creative. Yet Americans also expressed the greatest sense of urgency and concern that they are not living up to their creative potential (United States at 82%, vs. the lowest level of concern in Germany at 64%).</p> <p>Generational and gender differences are marginal, reinforcing the idea that everyone has the potential to create. Women ranked only slightly higher than men when asked if they self-identified as creative and whether they were tapping their own creative potential.</p> <p>Four in 10 people believe that they do not have the tools or access to tools to create. Creative tools are perceived as the biggest driver to increase creativity (65% globally, 76% in the United States), and technology is recognized for its ability to help individuals overcome creative limitations (58% globally, 60% in the United States) and provide inspiration (53% globally, 62% in the United States).</p> <p>About the Adobe State of Create Study The study was produced by research firm StrategyOne and conducted as an online survey among a total of 5,000 adults, 18 years or older, 1,000 each in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Japan. Interviewing took place from March 30 to April 9. The data set for each country is nationally representative of the population of that country.</p> <p>For more information on the research results visit <a href="http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pdfs/Adobe_State_of_Create_Global_Benchmark_Study.pdf">Adobe State of Create Global Benchmark Study</a> and <a href="http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pdfs/Adobe_State_of_Create_Infographic.pdf">Adobe State of Create Infographic</a>.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/universal-concern-that-creativity-is-suffering-at-work-and-school/">Universal Concern that Creativity is Suffering at Work and School</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com">Elaine Cimino Studios</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>The Nine Nobel Peace Laureates Call on NBC to Cancel “Stars Earn Stripes”</title> <link>https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/nine-nobel-peace-laureates-call-on-nbc-to-cancel-stars-earn-stripes/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[elaine]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:09:49 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[art blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[artwork]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Galleries]]></category> <category><![CDATA[giclee prints]]></category> <category><![CDATA[painting]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/?p=2480</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>From the Nobel Women’s Initiative   New show promotes an “inglorious tradition of glorifying war and armed violence” OTTAWA – August 13 – Nine Nobel Peace Laureates today issued an open letter to the Chairman of NBC Entertainment, as well as General Wesley Clark and others involved in the new “reality” show premiering tonight on […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/nine-nobel-peace-laureates-call-on-nbc-to-cancel-stars-earn-stripes/">The Nine Nobel Peace Laureates Call on NBC to Cancel “Stars Earn Stripes”</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com">Elaine Cimino Studios</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ From the Nobel Women’s Initiative <p> </p> New show promotes an “inglorious tradition of glorifying war and armed violence” <a href="http://www.elaineciminostudios.com/shop/rigoberta-menchu-tum/" rel="attachment wp-att-1763"></a><p id="caption-attachment-1763" class="wp-caption-text">Rigoberta Menchu Tum giclee print can be found in the shop and portfolio on this website</p> <p>OTTAWA – August 13 – Nine Nobel Peace Laureates today issued an open letter to the Chairman of NBC Entertainment, as well as General Wesley Clark and others involved in the new “reality” show premiering tonight on NBC—“Stars Earn Stripes”—calling on them to walk away from the show immediately.</p> <p>In the letter, the Laureates—who include Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Jody Williams and President Oscar Arias Sanchez—note that “war isn’t entertainment” and challenge NBC’s promotional line that that such a television program would be “pay[ing] homage to the men and women who serve in the U.S. Armed Forces and our first-line responder services.”</p> <p>The Laureates say that the program pays homage to no one and is “a massive disservice to those who live and die in armed conflict and suffer its consequences long after the guns of war fall silent.”</p> <p>The Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, all of whom won their prizes for their contributions to ending violence and creating more peaceful and democratic societies, note that real war is “down in the dirt deadly”, and should not be sanitized for a “reality” TV show. US Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams won her prize for helping ban antipersonnel landmines, a deadly weapon responsible hundreds of thousands of civilian casualties. Archbishop Tutu was recognized for helping bring an end to apartheid in South Africa and President Arias for his contributions to bringing peace to the war-torn Central America of the 1980s.</p> <p>The Laureates wrote the letter to add their voices to the growing chorus of global citizens who are alarmed by the increased militarization of societies, and how the entertainment industry contributes in particular to desensitizing people of all ages to the realities of war. They are supporting a protest today at 5 pm outside NBC headquarters: 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112.</p> <p>The following Nobel Peace Laureates signed the letter: Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1984), Jody Williams (1997), Mairead Maguire (1977), Dr. Shirin Ebadi (2003), President José Ramos-Horta (1996), Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (1980), President Oscar Arias Sanchez (1987), Rigoberta Menchú Tum (1992) and Betty Williams (1977).</p> <p align="center">* * *</p> WAR ISN’T ENTERTAINMENT— AND SHOULDN’T BE TREATED LIKE IT IS <p>August 13, 2012</p> <p>An Open Letter to Mr. Robert Greenblatt, Chairman of NBC Entertainment, General Wesley Clark (ret.), Producer Mark Burnett and others involved in “Stars Earn Stripes”:</p> <p>During the Olympics, touted as a time for comity and peace among nations, millions first learned that NBC would be premiering a new “reality” TV show. The commercials announcing “Stars Earn Stripes” were shown seemingly endlessly throughout the athletic competition, noting that its premier would be Monday, August 13, following the end of the Olympic games.</p> <p>That might seem innocuous since spectacular, high budget sporting events of all types are regular venues for airing new products, televisions shows and movies. But “Stars Earn Stripes” is not just another reality show. Hosted by retired four-star general Wesley Clark, the program pairs minor celebrities with US military personnel and puts them through simulated military training, including some live fire drills and helicopter drops. The official NBC website for the show touts “the fast-paced competition” as “pay[ing] homage to the men and women who serve in the U.S. Armed Forces and our first-responder services.”</p> <p>It is our belief that this program pays homage to no one anywhere and continues and expands on an inglorious tradition of glorifying war and armed violence. Military training is not to be compared, subtly or otherwise, with athletic competition by showing commercials throughout the Olympics. Preparing for war is neither amusing nor entertaining.</p> <p>Real war is down in the dirt deadly. People—military and civilians—die in ways that are anything but entertaining. Communities and societies are ripped apart in armed conflict and the aftermath can be as deadly as the war itself as simmering animosities are unleashed in horrific spirals of violence. War, whether relatively short-lived or going on for decades as in too many parts of the world, leaves deep scars that can take generations to overcome – if ever.</p> <p>Trying to somehow sanitize war by likening it to an athletic competition further calls into question the morality and ethics of linking the military anywhere with the entertainment industry in barely veiled efforts to make war and its multitudinous costs more palatable to the public.</p> <p>The long history of collaboration between militaries and civilian media and entertainment—and not just in the United States—appears to be getting murkier and in many ways more threatening to efforts to resolve our common problems through nonviolent means. Active-duty soldiers already perform in Hollywood movies, “embedded” media ride with soldier in combat situations, and now NBC is working with the military to attempt to turn deadly military training into a sanitized “reality” TV show that reveals absolutely nothing of the reality of being a soldier in war or the consequences of war. What is next?</p> <p>As people who have seen too many faces of armed conflict and violence and who have worked for decades to try to stop the seemingly unending march toward the increased militarization of societies and the desensitization of people to the realities and consequences of war, we add our voices and our support to those protesting “Stars Earn Stripes.” We too call upon NBC stop airing this program that pays homage to no one, and is a massive disservice to those who live and die in armed conflict and suffer its consequences long after the guns of war fall silent.</p> <p>Sincerely,</p> <p>Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize, 1997</p> <p>Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize, 1984</p> <p>Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Prize, 1977</p> <p>Dr. Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize, 2003</p> <p>President José Ramos-Horta, Nobel Peace Prize, 1996 </p> <p>Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Nobel Peace Prize, 1980</p> <p>President Oscar Arias Sanchez, Nobel Peace Prize, 1987</p> <p>Rigoberta Menchú Tum, 1992</p> <p>Betty Williams, Nobel Peace Prize, 1977</p> ### <p>The Nobel Women’s Initiative was established in 2006 by sister Nobel Peace Laureates Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi, Wangari Maathai, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Betty Williams and Mairead Maguire. We six women – representing North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa – have decided to bring together our extraordinary experiences in a united effort for peace with justice and equality.</p> Nobel Women’s Initiative Links: <p><a href="http://www.nobelwomensinitiative.org/" rel="nofollow">Home</a><a href="http://www.nobelwomensinitiative.org/media-room" rel="nofollow">Press Center</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/nine-nobel-peace-laureates-call-on-nbc-to-cancel-stars-earn-stripes/">The Nine Nobel Peace Laureates Call on NBC to Cancel “Stars Earn Stripes”</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com">Elaine Cimino Studios</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Los Angeles museum rocks out as artist Michael Heizer’s 340-ton boulder artwork unveiled</title> <link>https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/los-angeles-museum-rocks-out-as-artist-michael-heizers-340-ton-boulder-artwork-unveiled/</link> <comments>https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/los-angeles-museum-rocks-out-as-artist-michael-heizers-340-ton-boulder-artwork-unveiled/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:00:58 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[art blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fine Art]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Galleries]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LA Art]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Museums]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Political art]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/?p=741</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>  LOS ANGELES — The rock was the star as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art pulled the covers off artist Michael Heizer’s latest creation — a 340-ton boulder positioned to appear as though it’s floating in midair. About a thousand people showed up under sunny skies in Los Angeles as the gigantic work […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/los-angeles-museum-rocks-out-as-artist-michael-heizers-340-ton-boulder-artwork-unveiled/">Los Angeles museum rocks out as artist Michael Heizer’s 340-ton boulder artwork unveiled</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com">Elaine Cimino Studios</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> </p> <a href="http://www.elaineciminostudios.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/michael_heizner_rock.png"></a><p id="caption-attachment-742" class="wp-caption-text">Michael Heizer looked to find the right rock for 7 years</p> <p><a href="http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/search/place/8345b5f082af10048280df092526b43e">LOS A</a><a href="http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/search/place/8345b5f082af10048280df092526b43e">NGELES</a> — The rock was the star as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art pulled the covers off artist Michael Heizer’s latest creation — a 340-ton boulder positioned to appear as though it’s floating in midair.</p> <p>About a thousand people showed up under sunny skies in Los Angeles as the gigantic work titled “Levitated Mass” was unveiled Sunday on LACMA’s backyard, where it is intended to remain forever.</p> <p>Its centerpiece is the two-story-tall chunk of granite that was hauled 105 miles from a <a href="http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/search/place/603b57cc12944739a1bb2ed5ca1f1421">Riverside</a> rock quarry earlier this year. Since then, the rock has been carefully positioned above a 465-foot-long trench that museum visitors can stroll.</p> <p>From the trench, the rock appears to be hovering overhead.</p> <p>The 67-year-old Heizer, who rarely appears in public, was on hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony and led the first procession under the big rock. Along the way he waved and shook hands with museum officials and art enthusiasts.</p> <p>Also Sunday, the museum opened “Michael Heizer: Actual Size,” an exhibition of more than a dozen gigantic photographs showing other works by the artist.</p> <p>Heizer may be best known for “Double Negative,” a 1,500-foot-long land sculpture cut into a desert mesa in southern Nevada.</p> <p>Heizer has planned for more than 40 years to create “Levitated Mass,” but had to locate the perfect rock. He finally found one in a quarry on the outskirts of Riverside about seven years ago.</p> <p>It took dozens of people and a specially built trailer to haul it over the surface streets of 22 cities.</p> <p>The trip lasted nearly two weeks, with the rock traveling only at night and rarely faster than 5 mph. Thousands of people turned out to cheer it on.</p> <p>To thank those who put up with road closures and other delays, the museum is granting free admission for a week to people who live in zip code areas traversed by the rock.</p> <p> </p> <p>-Associated Press Creative Commons License 4.0 attribution</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/los-angeles-museum-rocks-out-as-artist-michael-heizers-340-ton-boulder-artwork-unveiled/">Los Angeles museum rocks out as artist Michael Heizer’s 340-ton boulder artwork unveiled</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com">Elaine Cimino Studios</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/los-angeles-museum-rocks-out-as-artist-michael-heizers-340-ton-boulder-artwork-unveiled/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2641</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>THE WORLD´S FIRST INTERNATIONAL TEACHING ARTIST CONFERENCE</title> <link>https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/the-worlds-first-international-teaching-artist-conference/</link> <comments>https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/the-worlds-first-international-teaching-artist-conference/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:11:22 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[art blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[art education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[artwork]]></category> <category><![CDATA[auction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Children's Art]]></category> <category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Teaching Artists]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/?p=736</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>http://www.seanse.no/default.aspx?menu=180&id=153 THE WORLD´S FIRST INTERNATIONAL TEACHING ARTIST CONFERENCE SEANSE ART CENTER is proud to present the first international conference to focus on TEACHING ARTISTRY. We invite artists, arts educators, administrators and interested professionals from all over the world to join us for an unprecedented three days of inquiry into this worldwide phenomenon, this rich […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/the-worlds-first-international-teaching-artist-conference/">THE WORLD´S FIRST INTERNATIONAL TEACHING ARTIST CONFERENCE</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com">Elaine Cimino Studios</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>http://www.seanse.no/default.aspx?menu=180&id=153</p> THE WORLD´S FIRST INTERNATIONAL TEACHING ARTIST CONFERENCE SEANSE ART CENTER is proud to present the first international conference to focus on TEACHING ARTISTRY. We invite artists, arts educators, administrators and interested professionals from all over the world to join us for an unprecedented three days of inquiry into this worldwide phenomenon, this rich opportunity, this growing trend. WITH: ERIC BOOTH (USA), ANNA CUTLER(UNITED KINGDOM), GIGI ANTONI (USA), GRACE GACHOCHA (TANZANIA), AMANDINA LIHAMBA (TANZANIA), HILARY EASTON (USA), SARAH JOHNSON (USA), JUAN FELIPE MOLANO (COLOMBIA), JUAN ANTONIO CUELLAR (COLOMBIA), MARIT MOLTU (NORWAY), ANNE BAMFORD (UNITED KINGDOM), BRAD HASEMAN (AUSTRALIA), JOHANNES JONER (NORWAY) AND MARIT ULVUND (NORWAY) The conference will take place at: <a href="http://litteraturhuset.no/english">The House of Literature</a><a href="http://www.elaineciminostudios.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/doc_135_10.jpg"></a> August 29 -31, 2012 Oslo, Norway <a href="http://www.seanse.no/default.aspx?menu=180&id=155">Read more and Practical info</a> <a href="http://www.seanse.no/download.aspx?object_id=0D768B9AA772431DB0830C29D599743F.pdf">Read the full program</a> <p> </p> <a href="http://www.seanse.no/default.aspx?menu=181&app=8&app_id=8&view=app_form_public_edit">Apply here! </a> Notification: June 8. <a href="http://www.seanse.no/default.aspx?menu=152&id=138">The History of Teaching Artistry:</a> <a href="http://www.seanse.no/default.aspx?menu=152&id=138">Where we come from, are, and are heading</a> <a href="http://www.seanse.no/default.aspx?menu=151&id=137">The Habits of Mind of Creative Engagement</a> <a href="http://www.seanse.no/default.aspx?menu=153&id=139">Six Strands of the Arts Learning Ecosystem</a> Essay by Kelly Dylla <a href="http://createquity.com/2012/05/why-teaching-artists-will-lead-the-charge-in-audience-engagement.html">Why Teaching Artists Will Lead the Charge in Audience Engagement</a> <p> </p> <p> </p> Om Teaching Artists av Marit Ulvund, Senterleder SEANSE: <p>The post <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/the-worlds-first-international-teaching-artist-conference/">THE WORLD´S FIRST INTERNATIONAL TEACHING ARTIST CONFERENCE</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com">Elaine Cimino Studios</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/the-worlds-first-international-teaching-artist-conference/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2840</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Born to Draw: The Artist Within You</title> <link>https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/born-to-draw-the-artist-within-you/</link> <comments>https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/born-to-draw-the-artist-within-you/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:23:24 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Artwork]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Giclee Prints]]></category> <category><![CDATA[art blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[art education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[creative spirit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[drawing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kid's art]]></category> <category><![CDATA[painting]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/?p=640</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Come learn about the artist within you. Elaine Cimino will be speaking about the the Born to Draw Children’s and Adult Drawing Program, as part of the Spirit, Mind and Body Month Series program at the HB Horn YMCA 4901 Indian School Rd. NE March 14th 2012 at 6 PM Come listen, learn and experience […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/born-to-draw-the-artist-within-you/">Born to Draw: The Artist Within You</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com">Elaine Cimino Studios</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Come learn about the artist within you.</p> <p>Elaine Cimino will be speaking about the the Born to Draw Children’s and Adult Drawing Program, as part of the Spirit, Mind and Body Month Series program at the HB Horn YMCA 4901 Indian School Rd. NE March 14th 2012 at 6 PM</p> <p>Come listen, learn and experience the Born to Draw program. Children, Parents, Teachers all adults are invited.</p> <a href="http://www.elaineciminostudios.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/vortex1.jpg"></a><p id="caption-attachment-247" class="wp-caption-text">Elemental Vortex</p> <p>For more information visit the website at www.elaineciminostudios.com or www.BorntoDraw.com</p> <p>or call 505 604-9772</p> <p><a href="http://www.elaineciminostudios.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Badge_ver_3_400x3221.png"></a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/born-to-draw-the-artist-within-you/">Born to Draw: The Artist Within You</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.elaineciminostudios.com">Elaine Cimino Studios</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://www.elaineciminostudios.com/born-to-draw-the-artist-within-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4284</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>