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6 Facts You Didn't Know about Dorothea Lange on Off the Wall Friday from Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever by Nina-Marie Sayre

Dorothy's Lange

This week finds me traveling to Washington DC to visit the National Gallery. We love the National

Dorothea Lange, Formerly enslaved
woman, Alabama, 1938

Mall since we are kinda museum junkies. But we haven't been back since 2019 due to the dreaded plague. I keep an eye on the National Gallery's webpage and discovered that they are running a Dorothea Lange exhibit through March. So Paul is indulging me with a quick trip down to see it as well as the Mark Rothko exhibit and Masters of American Furniture, the Kaufman Collection (see a little ...

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The Color Cabal - It's a thing on Off the Wall Friday from Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever by Nina-Marie Sayre

My day job is selling clothing. Today, as I sold my 13th coral almond shirt, it had me asking - Why coral almond? I'm not overly fond of the color, but my customers are eating it up (well not literally). I long for the days of lime green which I love...but nope it's all about coral this year. WHY?

Welllll....apparently..... there is a handful of companies whose job it is to decide what are the "In" colors are this year. How? Through a lot of research in cultural and psychological trends. The crazy thing is that it ...

added by Nina Marie 1 year, 6 months ago. under color , factsyoudidn'tknow , likedislike , off the wall fri , rants

5 Facts You Didn't Know about Michael James on Off the Wall Friday from Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever by Nina-Marie Sayre

North Rim, Michael James, 2022

Wow! It's been a while since I did a "Facts You didn't know" post. I love doing these since it gives me a good reason to take a minute and research some of my favorite artists. This week I choose Michael James. Now most of us know him, but how well??

Like did you know...

In 1973, James was months from receiving his Masters of Fine Arts in painting when he stopped cold to take up work in work in fabric. Can you imagine how THAT went over with his friends

and family ...

added by Nina Marie 2 years, 8 months ago. under art history , factsyoudidn'tknow , off the wall fri

Facts You Didn't Know About Faith Ringgold on Off the Wall Friday from Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever by Nina-Marie Sayre

Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles, 1991

I love female artists....all ages...all media. Shrug...maybe it's because it seems like I can relate to their subject matter. Basically what they think is important is lots of times what I think is important. The female condition.

That's what originally brought me to Faith Ringgold (age 89). Not only was she a female artist, but she was one that took her subject matter from causes that were important to her...racism, sexism...segregation. Every woman, especially every African American woman could look at her work and relate.

Subway Graffiti ...

added by Nina Marie 4 years, 3 months ago. under art history , factsyoudidn'tknow , off the wall fri

EPP According to Tula Pink on Off the Wall Friday from Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever by Nina-Marie Sayre

La Passacaglia, Tula Pink Style, 2016

So yes, it's true. My English Paper Piecing bug has been reawaken and has been taken to new heights. I knew that my creative juices would start to flow again...sooner or later...but I would have never guessed that a simple EPP kit in little girls colors would spur it!! While I finished up the 40 little umbrella blocks of the Abbie quilt I'm making, I started to think what next?! As usual I started

researching what other people are doing currently with EPP. Well, apparently, while I've been in ...

added by Nina Marie 4 years, 3 months ago. under epp , factsyoudidn'tknow , guest , off the wall fri , steallikeanartist

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