Do Art

or Street To Nowhere!

(click for larger view) Our next exhibition, Common Factor, will be opening at the Trapezium Gallery this Friday June 4th at 12 noon. This exciting exhibition showcases the work of four vastly different artists, each of whom have studied at NADC, and then gone on to forge careers in the art world. The exhibition features Raquel Ormella, Linda Brescia, Abdul Karim Rahimi, and Hans DeHaas, all returning to their alma mater for this unique showcase. Fine Arts has been taught for thirty five years at Western Sydney Institute, and we are pleased to welcome back four previous graduates from various points in the art school's history. We are really appreciative of the educational contribution that the artists are making to current students through this exhibition. Much of the planning and organisational work behind the exhibition has been done by our present Diploma I Fine Art students, capably guided by Diploma First Year Co-ordinator, David White. The selected artists vary considerably...

Landscape, trees and rocks I and II, 2010, Oil on Canvas, each 120 by 90cm Drawing teacher Tim Allen's new show opened at Defiance gallery in Newtown last week, with works also being shown in Paddington - both galleries are open Wed - Sat 11-5 and Tim's show runs until June 19th. It's a great opportunity to head into the city - check out the Biennale while you're there.

Dad and Grandpa deciding upon flowers.

The Au Courant website has put up a cool teaser for their planned Carnival project. Au Courant  is an emerging Fashion Media + Creative Production space based in New York City.  FIND  out more here .

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FROM THE ORGANISERS: KIN:  Hittin The South Land Friday >>> Hard 12 THE BAND: People of the World.Word on the street is that it is the best live show in town so we're taking it to Sando. If you heard the "Kin n 12 Buzz" but couldn't make it to town people we are coming to you. Come early and find your space. Date: Friday 28th May 2010 Venue: Blue Martini on Sutton St. in San Fernando Time: 9pm Adm: $40TT In the meantime click on this link and check out one of the best video's produced in TnT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDvU1SUEXFI God Bless, Sheli WATCH 12 the band's video for their track "Prosper" BELOW:  AND read more here .

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"Apparently graffiti is only legal and accepted around election time," writes Seon Thompson at his blog Copy Book Page . SEE more here .

F rom a production of Yasmina Rena's 1994 play Art , staged during the 2008/2009 season at the Steppenwolf, Chicago   FROM THE ORGANISERS: Centre for Language Learning (CLL) Audfitorium Tuesday 25th May 2010 7:30 pm Art (In French) 8:30 pm Un borracho singular (In Spanish ) Tickets for 1 or 2 shows: $10 (Call 662-2002, ext. 2032) Limited Seating! Art Yasmina Reza , 1994 (France ) Set in Paris, the story revolves around three friends--Serge, Marc and Yvan--who find their previously solid 15-year friendship on shaky ground when Serge buys an expensive painting. The canvas is white, with a few white lines. Serge is proud of his 200,000 franc acquisition, fully expecting the approval of his friends. Marc scornfully describes it as “a piece of white shit,” but is it the painting that offends him, or the uncharacteristic independence-of-thought that the purchase reveals in Serge? For the insecure Yvan, burdened by the problems of his impending wedding and his dissatisfaction at his job a...

Dolce Vita d'Artista on the road -23 maggio 2010- PROGRAMMA: MATTINA • Allestimento della mostra collettiva con tutti gli artisti partecipanti • Ore 11.00: Presentazione alla presenza delle autorità • Ore 12.00: Vernissage della mostra personale di Francesco Cuomo | Dolce Vita cafè gallery • Ore 12.00-13.00: Dj set _ Morgan POMERIGGIO • Ore 15,30-16,30 Workshop: Francesco Cuomo incontra i giovani artisti, modera Maria Vita Della Monica • Ore 16,30-17,30: Soul Brothers Band & Co _DBS _ Mu.si.Ca • Ore 17.00: Esibizione di scacchi dell'Ass.“Café de la Régence” • Ore 17,30-18,00: ENZO CORRENTI _ performance “La strada dell'arte” • Ore 18,00- 19,00: Proiezione cortometraggi a cura di “Blow Up” CONCERTI • Ore 19,30: Ipoconduo _ guest Francesco Ciniglio & Carlo Gravina • Ore 21,00-22,00: Funkundergarage Meeting Set • Ore 22,30-24,00: Italian Latin Quartet La manifestazione sarà presentata da Rosaria Sica e Arianna Muro Non mancheranno grandi sorprese e piacevoli fuori ...

Having Fun! "Could you hold it?" Gothic Family - Yes they are like everyone else. Right after this pic the little girl in the buggy had a fit of rage. Lol. Another family. Look at the boys feet. ;-) But they certainly have their posture down. What do you think, did they rehearse where to stand? Look at the old man on the left, his posture says everything. LoL. I love the atmosphere at this weekend in Leipzig! Everyone is enjoying the weather and the wonderful clothes. I still haven't fully overcome my fear of taking pictures of people. Even though I even got asked to take a picture of a couple! Well, there are two more days to get used to it. All pics taken with my Canon Digital Ixus 75.

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"A few more mono-prints. I am having great fun with these. They are a bit whimsical. As to the number I intended to produce, who was I kidding, since when have I made 12 of anything? I think 25 is a good start. These are so much fun for me to do and to look at, I've run out of paper for now, but more is on the way :)"--from Nikolai Noel's blog. See MORE here .

Sorry for not posting, I've been sick for 1 1/2 weeks now and still haven't recovered fully. Hope all of you are well.

Mi ckey Rourke should have emerged as one of the great villains Now that the novelty of the first  Iron Man  has worn out (there's only so much of a smirky Robert Downey Jr one can tolerate), comes this sequel which is quite good, if not a little long and unambitious. The villain is a Godsend (Mickey Rourke with a Russian accent, glasses and weird energy whips) and I was expecting more mayhem. Rourke's first bust-up with Iron Man, on a racing track in Monte Carlo, is really cool. But we saw most of it in the trailer already and there's nothing else for the rest of the movie that tops it. The closing sequences are a little long, and some of the scenes in this film should have been cut. The plot? Umm, basically Iron Man's dad was, ironically connected to his birth as a superhero. Said dad and his Russian partner had a bust up, partner ends up in Russia. Russian partner has a son, son sells technology to Pakistan, the place where Iron Man put together some stuff to becom...

One of my favorite bands in the world, Passion Pit :

This election season, there are all sorts of artistic posters all over the place. But none more iconic than the 'Do So' posters, all in reference to the actions of 81-pensioner Percy Villafana. He attempted to stop the Prime Minister from entering his yard earlier this year when the Prime Minister was on a walkabout. You can find out more about Percy here (he's actually got his own Wikipedia page, which is for sure a mark of distinction). In addition to the pro-Opposition poster above which was inspired by Percy, here's a sample of the pro-Government posters that have popped up in response from the ruling party: There have also been variations inspired by the way the campaign has been going. Like this one: According to Rachel Price on her Facebook page: "with all the uncertainty, with all the chupid rumours, the laughable promises, the ludicrous rumours, the unnecessary instigated acts of violence by the illiterate, right now T & T we need to do so!" 

Which manifesto looked better? PLEASURE reviewed the design of both the PNM and UNC/COP manifestos, and a lot of you were clearly interested, judging from the clicks the blog picked up over the last few posts. But after the chips fell, which of the two documents came out tops, aesthetically speaking? PNM - 3.5 out of 5 stars I liked the PNM 's attempt to be creative. I just wished it was easier to read. And, well, not so boring. It suggested stability, but was at risk of being called fartsy. Plus the selection of images was sometimes questionable. READ PNM review here . UNC/COP - 3.5 out of five stars  In this review I found the layout pretty straightforward, almost old-fashioned, perhaps deliberately so in an effort to suggest a "back to basics" approach to governance. But sometimes, I guess, you want some innovation. And good Lord, Nigel Rojas in a moo moo?  READ UNC/COP review here . Does this suggest a dead heat for the 2010 Trinidad and Tobago general election r...

Fine Art drawing teacher Cameron Ferguson with his self-portrait diptych The annual Fine Arts staff show went up in the Trapezium Gallery last week and the official 'opening' where several staff will speak about their work will be at 12 noon this Thursday (May 20th) with drinks and nibbles provided. All welcome!

Fine Art painting and drawing teacher Shadee Selim has recently returned from a trip to Egypt where he was invited as a guest lecturer @ The College Of Arts Education - Helwan University - Cairo. Shadee spoke on developing creativity and modern arts in Australia. While there he also conducted workshops on Arabic Calligraphy, in addition to spending much of his time checking out the local museums and galleries.

Drawing and cultural productions teacher Stephen Hall's painting Hanging Around the RPA was selected for the NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Award - the winner will be announced May 19th In addition another of our drawing teachers, Tim Allen, won the people's choice award for the Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize 2010 with his charcoal drawing Braidwood 1 (2009).

One might as well start with the cover. It's yellow. Really yellow. But what do you expect? It's the rising sun, duh! I'm somewhat surprised to see that flash of red at the top. Red, of course, reminding you of the PNM. But on closer inspection it's clear that its a flag at the top there and that its red, yes, but of the national colour vein. Also surprising is the flash of white at the bottom, it being a cardinal rule that yellow and white supposedly don't go together (hence I flout it on this blog everyday in the PLEASURE header just to annoy people!) But actually, white and red are COP colours. The surprise elements, therefore, are quite calculated. But those photos. They are all old. It would have been good if they took some fresh photos to give the cover some more energy. The font of the text is both functional and appropriate for a manifesto, though. There are some cool photos inside, like this one (I have a fetish for photos of people's backs): Unlike in ...

Richard Rawlin's political buttons go on sale at Alice Yard next week Friday Ninety-nine buttons up on a wall, ninety-nine buttons upon a wall, before the night’s done, you should have bought them all, ninety-nine buttons bought off the wall Ok, FIND out more at this post here . Or  WATCH this teaser video here .