Oh Art, have mercy on artless souls!31.1.09
Chestnut Dream sequel
I baked my box of chestnuts
and they tasted awful
I boiled my box of chestnuts
they tasted worse
I fed my box of chestnuts
to the green finches
-Christine Tarantino
30.1.09
Snow Poems
Three Snow Poems: Remembering LITTLE SPIRIT , collaboration by Christine Tarantino, birds, & Dawson(photos)
FREED*OM by Christine Tarantino
FREED*OM, 2009, Collage, 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 in / 26 x 19.7 cm, signed and dated, entitled on backCreated for International Mother Language Day Art Exhibition, 2009 , Bangladesh
Sent to Ambassador Waliur Rahman in Dhaka
(by invitation of Rafique Sulayman, Curator)
Art attacks art!
Praise the medium and pass the paint! Someone told me long ago "If you want to be a masochist, try being an artist".
29.1.09
Joseph Beuys
"Only on condition of a radical widening of definitions will it be possible for art and activities related to art [to] provide evidence that art is now the only evolutionary-revolutionary power. Only art is capable of dismantling the repressive effects of a senile social system that continues to totter along the deathline: to dismantle in order to build ‘A SOCIAL ORGANISM AS A WORK OF ART’… EVERY HUMAN BEING IS AN ARTIST who – from his state of freedom – the position of freedom that he experiences at first-hand – learns to determine the other positions of the TOTAL ART WORK OF THE FUTURE SOCIAL ORDER.” --Joseph Beuys
un nommé Josef Beuys
7 Ways + 1 To Support Artists : "imaginer c'est vivre ; à des degrés divers , tout homme est artiste "
Arts News
7 Ways To Support Artists
In Ireland, artists pay no income tax on earnings below 250,000 euros. In Scandinavian countries, artists deemed to have made significant contributions over the course of a lifetime receive special recognition – and income support – from the government. In Australia, legislation allows artists to average income over a five-year span, protecting them from the highs and lows of chosen careers that promise personal fulfilment at the cost of long-term security. In Canada, we have a lot to learn about how to nurture the people who help us define ourselves, say artists and experts who have studied their economic well-being." Bruce Demara offers seven ideas, ranging from income averaging for tax purposes to affordable live/work space to easier access to credit.
Toronto Star (Canada) 01/19/2009
01/28/2009NEA In Recovery Package
The vast $825-billion economic recovery package unveiled by congressional Democrats on Jan. 15, 2009, does have a tiny little boon for the arts: a $50-million budgetary boost for the National Endowment for the Arts. Despite the modesty of the request -- about 3/500ths of one percent of the total -- some Republicans have already taken issue with the allocation.
artnet 01/20/2009
In Ireland, artists pay no income tax on earnings below 250,000 euros. In Scandinavian countries, artists deemed to have made significant contributions over the course of a lifetime receive special recognition – and income support – from the government. In Australia, legislation allows artists to average income over a five-year span, protecting them from the highs and lows of chosen careers that promise personal fulfilment at the cost of long-term security. In Canada, we have a lot to learn about how to nurture the people who help us define ourselves, say artists and experts who have studied their economic well-being." Bruce Demara offers seven ideas, ranging from income averaging for tax purposes to affordable live/work space to easier access to credit.
Toronto Star (Canada) 01/19/2009
01/28/2009NEA In Recovery Package
The vast $825-billion economic recovery package unveiled by congressional Democrats on Jan. 15, 2009, does have a tiny little boon for the arts: a $50-million budgetary boost for the National Endowment for the Arts. Despite the modesty of the request -- about 3/500ths of one percent of the total -- some Republicans have already taken issue with the allocation.
artnet 01/20/2009
28.1.09
Sitaram oldest avant guard art
in their librairies the Sitarams have the same book with one word , they made like olympic games how many more you'll write sitaram , all copies are collected in their museum templePart To Whole: The Art of Reid Wood, 1973-2008
PART TO WHOLE: The Art of Reid Wood, 1973-2008
February 19 - March 25, 2009
Reception: February 19 from 4 to 8 PM
The Beth K. Stocker Gallery
Lorain County Community College
1005 N. Abbe Rd.
Elyria, OH 44035
(Show announcement from Reid Wood/State of Being)
27.1.09
!!No Meat Today!!
Miniature version, combination of two (food) artist books, Healthful Eating Through The Seasons and Cosmic Cuisine: Foods For Spiritual Growth, created by Christine Tarantino
25.1.09
le musée imaginaire
on pipe street art
the next shop
front shop: a sandro chia like fresco on soon to be a pizeria24.1.09
Muffins
Muffins are delicious. Selfmade are best, when they're still warm and slightly sticky.Paper constellations can be constructed after consumption.
Those paper constellations bear the memory of the moment of delight.
23.1.09
22.1.09
John Crouse & Jim Leftwich
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!!! 100 Surprises!!!
I invite all artists to send me a bit of their hair for my !!!100 SURPRISES!!! Mail Art Project. (I have lots of clear cellophane wrappers)
Send to: Christine Tarantino, POB 121, Wendell MA 01379 USA
21.1.09
How to draw a bunny
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How to draw a bunny with drops of water by Denis Charmot. Homage to Ray Johnson.
