What an incredible idea! I think everyone should sign up for this — for fun, to bond over making something with friends or family, for a serious chance to have your work seen, to express yourself in a realm other than the internet, as motivation to go make things with your hands, or simply to make one place for workday doodles. There are thousands of reasons. I’ve signed up. I chose the theme “… you’d be home by now.”
I’m so unbelievably excited about my new position at Parsons’ School of Art and Design History and Theory. Art, both in practice and study, has always been a powerful and vibrant force for me, and to have the opportunity to explore this during my day job is a dream.
For this article, I interviewed Radhika Subramaniam, an Assistant Professor at the school and the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center Gallery Director. She and Nevin Cohen, Chair of The New School’s Environmental Studies department, came together to curate Living Concrete/Carrot City, an incredible exhibition that’s designed as a “social sculpture,” and meant to invite broad conversations about urban agriculture.
I tell you there’s nothing like having a guided tour from the curator of an exhibition.
And, though I’m not displeased with the article, I do hope to have more creative angles as my time here moves forward. For now, I’m trying to stay pretty simple, just to get my bearings.
Check out the Edible Schoolyard New York, which was presented as part of Ryerson University’s contribution to the exhibit. This summer, a quarter acre of asphalt was ripped from the schoolyard at P.S. 216 in Gravesend, Brooklyn. It was replaced with a mobile four-season greenhouse, a farm, and a kitchen classroom, so students can learn how to grow and prepare their own food. Aside from the obvious benefits of this (promoting health, self-sustenance, and teaching kids how to work with land and food), I think one incredible encouragement this provides kids is the idea of play through farming.
This is an image from the MoMA’s Counter Space: Design & The Modern Kitchen exhibition. I haven’t been to the show yet, but I’m excited for my future visit. The history of a room that occupies all homes seems like one worth knowing since, well, it’s very close to home.
The Vegetabull - adorable, humorous, and a bit disturbing, was made in 1943 by Jan Lewitt (British, born Poland. 1907-1991) and George Him(British, born Poland, 1900-1982).
This is an incredible idea. It demonstrates the importance of objects, and how they hold stories that can call out across thousands of years.
I like to think if Rainer Maria Rilke was still around, he’d adore this.
This is my start. Things are always cutest at the beginning.
