The Times They Are A-Changin'

Greetings paint pushers,

Tonight, a small announcement: fartsy is gettin' tuned up! Over the next few days, this site will be undergoing some changes. Changes to the layout, expanding this site's focus, and hopefully taking on additional writers.

While always remaining an art-based publication at its core, the fartsy crowd feels it has more to offer you. Expect posts on art, design, style and general FUNK. Stay tuned, fartsy will be back in a flash!

Isn't this supposed to be an ART blog?

 

Hello my darlings, mama missed you.

So I know so far there hasn't been any actual art on the art blog, this is what's known as a FAIL.

I was planning on rocking your worlds tonight with a super awesome DIY project that I've been wanting to try like forevs! However, that my dearies was another giant, stinking pile of FAIL. That ish did not work - at all!

So now I have nothing to contribute.

Hey look, a drawing of a puppy with a motivational slogan:

credit: Gemma Correll

So I figured I'd just post something to help you pass the time...

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My love for Helvetica. Ps - can someone make this a part of my life?

Oh, wait here's something that's actually really cool. 

 

This is the drawing I made on www.kerismith.com . You can probably tell from her site that she's not all boring and serious about art. I have 2 of her books, "Wreck this Journal" and "The Guerrilla Art Kit." Keri describes herself as an author/illustrator turned guerrilla artist.The way she writes about public art is what really draws me to her. Many people make guerrilla art,  few hold it in such high esteem. Checkitowt!

    

 "IT IS SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO PAINT A 

PARTICULAR PICTURE, OR TO CARVE A STATUE, 

AND 

SO MAKE A FEW OBJECTS BEAUTIFUL; BUT IT IS 

FAR MORE GLORIOUS TO CARVE AND PAINT THE 

VERY 

ATMOSPHERE AND MEDIUM THROUGH WHICH WE LOOK. 

TO AFFCT THE QUALITY OF THE DAY - THAT IS 

THE 

HIGHEST OF ARTS."

 (taken from the first page of Keri's Guerrilla Art Kit)

Oh oh oh! 

Before I forget, stop wasting your life and come to the ProGallery bake sale tomorrow downstairs in front of the S block. (Extra cool points if you actually BRING a baked good to sell) I'm baking cupcakes. Pics of the bake sale coming soon.

Alright, that's all I have. Sorry I didn't come through for you tonight guys...

No Justice, No Peace.

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Ok guys, Just a quick post in between calculus and pilates...

Today, COB students put administrators on blast in the Tribune newspaper. 

Read article here http://www.tribune242.com/news/09142010_nkn-COB-art-dept_news_pg5.  

And before you get all, "Hey you can't just go straight to the media and cause a big scene," we went through all the protocol kay. Here's how that went:

Us: Hey, we're paying students and we're really being treated like crap here. Wtf guys.

Them: Someone's treating you like crap?! We had no idea.

Us: Chyeah...

Them: We'll totally sort this out. Come back tomorrow.

< break for tomorrow>

Them: Oh is it tomorrow? OK, next week, next week FER SURE!

< break for next week >

Them: Wow, this like catastrophic natural disaster thingy has happened, you wouldn't have heard about it because it only happened in this office, and we just could not get your complaints sorted out. Come back...later.

So anyways, since the news broke out today the word on the streets (ok campus) is  the acting Prez is mucho pissed-off *giggles*. Hopefully this will inspire some sort of action to finally be taken. Now cuddle bunnies, I wanna hear from you. What do you guys think is the next step forward?

And for Gaga's sake guys, I need more followers. RECRUIT!

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Summer Lovin' / Leavin on a Jet Plane

All Schooner Bay pics courtesy of Steffon Grant

Whuddup freaks?

Before we kick off, I need to make a public apology. 
In my last 2 posts, I used... 




ARIAL font!

I know, I know, how could I?
I swear to you when I posted there was no Helvetica in that little drop-down menu, honest!  I promise, I will never ever do that again.

awesome wallet available via http://www.etsy.com/listing/45578052/ill-use-arial-when-helvetica-freezes

Ok, I feel a little better now. On to the important stuff.


Peeps, this summer has been so amazing. I, along with two other lucky souls, was a recipient of the Popop Junior Residency Prize. Three lowly student artists were plucked from obscurity and given the chance to do something SPECTACULAH. We were given a studio space, stipend for supplies, opportunities to be apart of various murals and art projects, and trips to Abaco, Bahamas and New York City. All of this resulting in an exhibition in November. 

I don't think y'all are hearing me, so I'mma break this down for you. People gave me workspace, cash money, airplanes, excitement, art, fun, and all they wanted me to do was show up and make work!  Thanks to the D'Aguilar Art Foundation, Popopstudios Center for the Visual Arts, and Antonius Roberts for reminding me that life can be really awesome.

Ok, ok enough chat. We want pics!

Dear people, THIS is the place where we stayed. I can actually taste your jealousy. 

While in [ridiculously beautiful and unnecessarily awesome] Schooner Bay our group of 9 took part in the First Annual Schooner Bay Art Symposium. This was all about green living, green thinking, and green art-ing. For more info on Schooner Bay click on the pretty link http://schoonerbaybahamas.com

 We made two pieces while there: 

                                      ooooooooh!


 

      aaaaah!

For the full run down of the Schooner Bay experience check out my article in the Nassau Guardian http://www.thenassauguardian.com/Arts-July-24---3rd-on-pg--1--Student-trip-

(If you're bored already then scroll down past the funny writing.)

By KHIA POITIER

For the Guardian

The first-ever Schooner Bay Art Symposium served as an exhilarating opportunity for artists to directly influence the surrounding environment and breathe new life into the space. Participating artists, under the leadership of Antonius Roberts, included John Cox, Director/Owner of Popopstudios Centre for the Visual Arts; Nigerian artist Amarachi Okafor, and six emerging College of The Bahamas artists: Dominique Delancy, Diara Ferguson, Steffon Grant, Jeffery Meris, Khia Poitier, Deime Ubani and Tiffany Williams.

To begin the journey in Abaco, we took a tour of the Schooner Bay development seeking to find our place in nature and engage in a critical dialogue about the renewal of Long Beach. In an effort to creatively regenerate the landscape, we combed the beach for useful objects that could be recycled into art forms.

After general group discussion, we noticed that the common denominator in all of the proposed sketches was the use of tuna netting found in abundance on the beach during our stay here. It was then agreed that the use of a recognizable icon, the native turtle, would be the most effective display of cultural expression and awareness. Using only the tuna netting and nails, we secured the piece to an approximately 15 ft. limestone wall near the entrance of the village.

The purpose of the project was to create something that would serve as a temporary landmark expressing cultural connection to the space until nature could take over and reclaim it. 

And that's all she wrote...

Before I go, I just want to send a shout out to all the people who consistently inform me of my poor choice of career, and my need to wake up and enter the real world. Hey guys, couldn't hear you over the roar of the ocean in Schooner Bay or the hustle and bustle of the big citteh. Missed ya! Let's [not] talk soon =).

I'm out!

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Somethin' to talk about

Ok so, finally ready to actually post something on le blog.
But where to start?

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Humans, I am officially excited!


Today I did what I have been threatening to do for months. I turned my room into a studio. STUDIO! Now for those of you who know me, you know how I've been whining about having to leave my beautiful summer studio (more on that in next post) and snap back to reality.  Today I actually did something about it. So long bed, hello floor space! Floor space? Heck yes guys, actual space to paint things and then walk back from said things and view.


And the madness doesn't stop there. People, I've organized, stacked, and shelved things.
Look!

photographic evidence that I have functional, non-covered in miscellaneous crap, shelves.

I would post a picture of said studio, but I don't know you that well. I mean, take a girl out for coffee at least before you ask to see deep into her soul.


Anyway guys (yes I'm talking to the imaginary people that I think read this thing), that's all I've got for now. I'm exhausted and calculus homework is not exactly going to do itself, although it is already 2010, I thought there would be a way for this to happen by now.


Meh.


Til next time...

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