Showing posts with label activism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label activism. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Five Things

The creative juices are flowing, and I expect I'll be posting more here soon. In the meantime, here are five things I've made during my long absence from this blog:

1. Spark*Letter, my email love letter to the world. I write one when the ideas are ripe and I have time, which works out to be about four times per year. You can see the spring issue here (and subscribe so you won't miss the next one).


"The Web"
2. Leggings for Society6. I call my line "Happy Legs." I've got four designs so far, and plan to make more.



3. Podcasts— I'm recording one-on-one conversations on Hello Climate Change, as a tool to help me (and hopefully others) think about this overwhelming topic in a less overwhelming way. My goal is a hundred conversations. I'm about a third of the way in, learning and gaining insight every time. (Subscribe on iTunes or wherever you like to get your podcasts.)



4. Kaleidos— Using Quartz Composer, I made a tool that uses my computer's camera, sin waves, ASCII text, and a glitch triggered by sound in the environment to make these kaleidoscopic artworks.



   

5. Photo collections, four ongoing visual journals on Facebook: Walking Shots, Things on Top of Things (AKA Surfaces), Millie, and Sinks.


Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Design for Good


My latest art project is a graphic design project, a logo and t-shirt design project, to be exact. The logo is soft-spoken but the t-shirt is not. Get the full story from this post on my other blog.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Something To Think About...

I found this recently in a stack of old sketches and doodles...



8.5 x 11" ink on paper
$15


Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Plugging In

At some point I intend to break down my megalist of links (RESOURCES and INSPIRATION) into categories, but for now, it is what it is, and today, I offer you a sneak peak at several links I intend to add to the pile. For the past several weeks, I've been thinking about art, design, and activism, thinking about how I want to be a bit more plugged in, so to speak, in working toward changes I believe would improve the health and wellbeing of my community, my society, and our communal environment... I'm thinking about politically motivated art and design. I'm thinking about activism, union organizers, creativity as a force for positive change. No conclusions, only thought-provokers. Without further ado, these links are worth a look:

AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts): Center for Sustainable Design

Advertising is Good for You (by Paula Zargaj-Reynolds)

IdeaList.org: Actions Without Borders (check out this page on grants for graphic designers)

Make Art Like You Care: Good Art, Good Works, Better World

Witness: See It, Film It, Change It
Using Video and Online Technologies to Expose Human Rights Violations

People Not Profit

TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design): Ideas Worth Spreading

Groundswell: Dedicated to clever and innovative trends of art and design in activism

Design21: Social Design Network

Guerilla Innovation: Creative + Unconventional + Interventionistic

Just Seeds: Visual Resistance Artists' Cooperative

Next Nature

Community Arts Network
: Promoting information exchange, research and critical dialogue within the field of community-based art