Tech Teach: The Double Space is Dead � The <b>Art</b> of Education

Because writing is a part of everyone’s life (especially a blogger), I found this new tidbit of information to be kind of funny and strange and interesting all at the same time.

Did you know? You should only put once space after a period in a sentence!

Do you put one or two spaces after a period in a sentence? We were taught in school to put in two. Apparently these are the “old typewriter rules” and they no longer apply? Check out this article that explains the WHY behind this new thinking.

In addition to that, Grammar Girl (isn’t she cute?) puts her two cents in about this topic as well. Click on the image below to read the full article.  Her verdict – She agree’s the double space is dead. So break your old habits, folks!

Am I the only one who didn’t know this or is this news to everyone? And just for fun, I tried to write this entire post with only one space after periods. Who knew!

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Sunny Avocado: DPW Friendly <b>Art</b> Auctions

I am a member of Daily Paintworks. Yesterday I listed my art on DPW Art Auctions. All auctions are for art, simple and smart. It was started by Carol Marine and her husband David. Please check it out.

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<b>Art</b> Meets Fashion in the Designs of Natasha Ulyanov at New York's <b>...</b>

Designer Natasha Ulyanov’s fashion collection will be presented on Sunday, March 26, 2006 at the Champagne Fashion Brunch to be held at La Prima Donna restaurant, 163 West 47th Street, in New York City’s famous theater district. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. and the show starts at 1:00 p.m.

The timeless elegance of Natasha Ulyanov’s fashion designs springs from her juxtaposition of  European heritage and American confidence. Born in London and raised in Moscow and New York, Natasha has a cosmopolitan perspective on the philosophies of various cultures on beauty and sophistication. Natasha took her cue for fashion design from her experience in visual arts and oil painting, having studied at the Greenwich Academy and having her work published in Art World magazine. Taking art to the next level of turning it into a living expression, Natasha immersed herself into the world of fashion design, graduating from New York’s acclaimed Parsons School of Design and later working with designers Alice Roi, Carolina Herrera, Badgley Mischka, J Mendel and Valentino. Motivated to launch her own line, her first signature collection was inspired by the ever-stylish Audrey Hepburn and was shown at New York’s Guggenheim Museum as part of the most-visited exhibit in the history of the museum entitled “Russia”.

Natasha Ulyanov continues working to become an influential force in the fashion industry, giving those who wear her designs a new form of expression. Her ageless sophistication and attention to detail and shape bring out the wearer’s inner beauty.

“With the participation of Ms. Ulyanov in the upcoming Champagne Fashion Brunch it all comes together in one place,” says producer Andres Aquino, “Flavor, taste, ambiance, culture and couture. You have delicious Tuscan cuisine, fine champagne, fashion from a Russian designer and a Dominican designer, jewelry from South African and Austrian designers, beautiful models, exquisite makeup and hair styling and an audience from three continents as well as press and stylish music. This is a unique forum where designers connect directly with high-end consumers in an elegant relaxed atmosphere in the Times Square area right in heart of New York City.”

With the upcoming web casting of the fashion shows and launch of the company’s own magazine as well as ongoing advertising in the New York Times, Playbill and many other publications, there are many opportunities available to sponsors and advertisers looking to reach an affluent fashion-conscious audience at both the national and international levels. Tickets to the shows are becoming hot commodities as appreciation gifts and corporate incentives for Fortune 500 corporations as well as special family and social gatherings. Other guests include celebrities out for an unusual afternoon or evening activity and buyers looking for unique fashions for their boutiques. Attendees come from around the USA, the Far East, Europe, Canada and South America. People are buying tickets up to six months in advance. Tickets are available through the company website  – www.usafashionshows.com – as well as through various ticket outlets worldwide.

Participating designers present some of the best wearable couture and exquisite accessories. Recent shows have featured collections by designers from a host of countries including Austria, South Africa, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Russia, Israel, Bulgaria, England, India, and the USA. Some already have their lines carried in exclusive stores like Bergdorf Goodman and chic boutiques on Madison Avenue as well as in other fashion capitals.

Portions of Champagne Fashion Brunch proceeds support children’s charity providing food, clean water, medical care and other assistance in poverty stricken countries around the world.

Producer Andres Aquino is CEO of USA International Fashion Shows and founder of Fashion Syndicate Press. He also produces Couture Fashion Week, Bridal Fashion Week and the Martini Fashion Dinner series.

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Diary of an <b>Arts</b> Pastor: Church & <b>Art</b>: 2 Recommended Websites

2004 Compline service at Hope Chapel, Austin, Texas
1. Visual Arts and the Church I've yet to find a print or digital product as useful as this one for thinking through the practical considerations of marshaling the visual arts on behalf of corporate worship: "Hope and the Visual Arts." Yes, I've read the "large cathedral" books. Yes, I've employed the booklet that CIVA (along with Sandra Bowden) produced a few years back.

Yes, I own Catherine Kapikian's Art in Service of the Sacred, Bill Dyrness' Senses of the Soul: Art and the Visual in Christian Worship, Mark Torgerson's An Architecture of Immanence, and I've seen CICW's "Visuals for Worship." (No, I haven't yet bought Nancy Chin's Spaces for Spirit: Adorning the Church because it's a really expensive book for 72 pages of material.)

And, yes, I'm sort of biased.

Still, I think Kate Van Dyke has produced an immensely helpful resource for churches interested in the visual arts. It will be most useful to churches looking to integrate visual art in a substantial, thoughtful fashion. The site includes essays related to the curating and exhibiting of visual art, jurying, displaying the work, writing artist statements, matting and framing, and presenting artist's talks.

It will not of course answer your every question and that's why you may wish to acquire the resources I mention above. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Kate. She'll be more than happy to respond to your questions and to take feedback on the site, as she looks for ways to make it even more helpful.

2. Church and Art Network

I met Luann Jennings for the first time two years ago at the Laity Lodge. Since then we've corresponded at length and shared a mean tea on the Lower East Side in New York City. Having spent the better part of six years overseeing Redeemer Presbyterian's arts ministry in NYC, she now divides her time between teaching at St. John's University and leading the Church and Art Network.

I hopefully pay her a compliment by saying that I'm envious of this work. It's an incredibly important one and I pray many take advantage of her wisdom and savvy, as together we all seek to serve the church with excellent and compelling works of art as well as with artists who both live well and love well.

What exactly is the C&A Network? "Church and Art Network is a gathering of arts leaders who are extending our capacity to serve God in our creative work, by sharing resources, making connections, and advocating together for the importance of our work to the church and the world."

I'm glad to know Luann as a friend and I'm the beneficiary of her hard labors. I highly commend this effort to you. And I hope that both of these websites serve ultimately to edify the church and to bless the world, as I imagine they surely will.

The "Art & Church" track at the CIVA conference
Lastly, you will find here a description of the three sessions that I'll be leading at this week's CIVA conference. If you're going to the conference, I hope to see you and I'm sure we'll have a fantastic time together in breezy, shiny, lively Los Angeles.

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A Glance At The Enjoyable Field of <b>Art</b> History | <b>Arts</b> and <b>...</b>

Art history is really a appealing subject matter that visually and viscerally points the viewer through the eras and ethnicities worldwide. From ancient times to the current human beings have been painting, drawing and sculpting works of art that endure the test of time. Traditionally, art history has been based on the study of objects of art as they relate with the constraints of their era and genre. The most important arts are viewed as to be painting, sculpture and architecture, as the minor arts are considered to be ceramics, furniture and decorative arts. Art history is usually a fascinating subject that one can create a life long objective and still not manage to study every single work of art ever created. Art is pervasive in everyday life, and also by studying art from days gone by, we get a concept of the kinds of cultures and arenas the artist moved in.

Art history included the close understanding of individual art objects in an attempt to reply to traditional queries such as: What were the targets of the artist and were they met? What is its function visually? What significance does this painting/sculpture/etc communicate? What is the significance involved? And so on. Through this studying, art historians look to rebuild a part of the past through the eyes of any artist that lived hundreds, possibly even many thousands of years ago. Art historians also look to place current context on works of art. They seek a remedy to the object’s significance today and extended significance into the future. All things considered, what makes one piece of art superior to another? What makes gives one artist a Picasso level of fame while another has unsold canvasses every bit as ground breaking and revolutionary lining the walls of their garage?

Important to art history is an inquisitive nature. One must ask what led the artist to create the piece, was it born of imagination or commissioned by a wealthy patron. Hand in hand with the study of the history of art goes a solid understanding of the history of the cultures worldwide and the key movements in style and art and society through the years. After all, Andy Warhol is as specific to his 20th century Pop Art era as Leonardo DaVinci was to his turn of the sixteenth century Renaissance art era. Now, draw a line that connects DaVinci to Warhol. Does that seem ridiculous? With a solid comprehension of the history of art and the major movements and theories, it is not a ridiculous task at all.

The whole reasons for art history lies in the celebratory nature of lovely objects and their importance to not only the time period in which they were created -but also to the eras and periods both preceding and following it. The history of the world can be told through the timeline of significant art movements – a stroll through the superbly laid out Musee de Louvre in Paris takes the informal art fan through a history of art through the ages in the most fascinating of ways. Art history is a discipline with great breadth and depth that seeks to define culture through the art it has produced.

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Kev F comic <b>art</b>: Captain Clevedon is underway

I'm enjoying working on a comic with other artists for the first time in ages. I've allocated pages of the new Captain Clevedon comic to 4 artists who have volunteered to work on a profit share basis (which, we all realise, may mean nobody ever making any money from this) and have started drawing pages myself. It is, to all intents and purposes, a hobby comic and great fun it is too. Obviously I far prefer getting paid to write and draw stuff, but since my Match and Doctor Who work has got thinner on the ground, and the Comic Art Masterclasses and Scottish Falsetto Sock shows are filling up my work schedule, this is as good a way as any of keeping my comic creating side alive. And, you never know, people might actually like this comic when it comes out. Here's a sketch by me from the front cover (background still in production).

Any artists who fancy drawing a slice of his bit of comic book history, email me links to your artwork (don't send attachments).

 

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Napoleon Hill Think and Grow Rich-Pt seven <b>...</b> - <b>art</b> motivation

Napoleon Hill Think and Grow Rich-Pt seven Positive Mental Attitude Buy Napoleon Hill: (9) CD audio set read by the author-and Three Feet from Gold (a modern day “Think and Grow Rich Novel” www.videoproductionprimeau.com www.PrimeauProductions.com – Website http – Blog, This is the part where Napoleon Hill reveals one of the most brilliant quotes of all time; “What the mind believes and conceives it will achieve”.

Napoleon Hill Think and Grow Rich-Pt seven Positive Mental Attitude

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