1. Agony

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    Raffaele's Bafefit's biography describes the creatures in his portraits as "characters caught in between the thin line between life and death." This ceaseless purgatory, where even the smoothest of curves feel as sharp as Fugubiki knives, binds the personalities of each piece in a state of agony. And although you might not hear their caterwaul, you can certainly feel their desperation. bafeti

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  2. noise 2013-05-17 11:03:00

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    NOISEN KESÄLEIRI
    04.06.-05.06.2013 päivittäin kello 12.00-16.00
    Porin seudun kansalaisopisto, Gallen-Kallelankatu 14, Pori


    Valosta pimeään! Noisen kesäleirillä kuvataan ulkona ja työskennellään pimiössä. Tule mukaan tekemään omia kuvia! Aikaisempaa kokemusta ei tarvita. Leiri on suunnattu kaikille satakuntalaisille valokuvauksesta kiinnostuneille nuorille! Vapaa pääsy – omat eväät mukaan! Ilmoittautumiset anne.salmela@pori.fi 03.06. mennessä. Mukaan pääsee 10 nuorta ilmoittautumisjärjestyksessä.

    Yhteistyössä Porin seudun kansalaisopisto ja Porin lastenkulttuurikeskus - Satakunnan lastenkulttuuriverkosto.
  3. Showcase #18: The Essential Draw

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    Everyone has played the game: what would you take with you if you could only bring along one thing? We all have something, something essential or entirely superfluous, something kinky or sentimental, something cerebral or trashy. Out with it. What's your thing?

    In this challenge we ask that you draw something you wouldn't leave behind. Wait! Before you get to it, it MUST be something that could fit in a backpack. You're confined only by the size of your item, nothing else. Deadline May 23rd by 4pm EST, go here for complete submission details �



    Draw your thing, your take-along, and win this incredible backpack to hold it. Trust me, you'll want to get your hands on this, because the folks at TOM BIHN design and make each product with tremendous craftsmanship, and all within the U.S.

  4. Käyttäjän Performance Art Network Facebook-seinä 2013-05-16 15:56:47

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    Fire Station Artists' Studios
    'How do we define Performance Art today?' Public talk at Fire Station, Thurs 30 May, 3pm. Performance artist Marilyn Arsem (USA) in conversation with Lynette Moran. Free public talk. All welcome. No booking necessary. Further information: www.firestation.ie/news
  5. Liepeillä Anthology: Scenic Routes -levyjulkaisu

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    Nyt Hirvitalo myös julkaisee musiikkia!

    Hirvitalo is publishing a record!

    Monimuotoinen kotimainen vaihtoehtomusiikki pääsee toukokuussa kuuluviin juhlavissa puitteissa. Vinyylijulkaisu Liepeillä Anthology: Scenic Routes on Pispalan kulttuuriyhdistys ry:n julkaisu.

    Liepeillä-projektin on Frankie Shannonin ja Janne Rahkilan alkuunpanema projekti, jonka tavoitteena on luoda ruohonjuuritasolta kumpuavan verkoston sellaisten kiinnostavien bändien ympärille, jotka eivät välttämättä kuulu mihinkään tiettyyn skeneen. Projekti keskittyykin esittelemään yhtyeitä, joiden musiikki ei kulje perinteisimpiä soitannollisia valtateitä, vaan vie kuulijansa niiden liepeille, kiinnostaville pikkuteille ja maisemareiteille. Liepeillä Anthologyn tuotto menee tulevaan kulttuuritoimintaan.

    Www.facebook.com/liepeilla

    Liepeillä Anthology: Scenic Routes julkaistaan Pispalan karnevaalin (Tahmela, Tampere, Kujakolli, Vastavirta-klubi) yhteydessä lauantaina 18. toukokuuta. Albumeja on myynnissä tapahtuma-alueella koko päivän. Levyn artisteista karnevaaleilla soittaa Faarao Pirttikangas, Muuttohaukat ja Getšemane.

    Levy sisältää myös latauskoodit mp3-tiedostoihin.

    Levyn artistit tekstin lopussa.
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    Liepeillä Anthology: Scenic Routes presents finnish contemporary alternative music. Vinyl record is published by Pispalan kulttuuriyhdistys ry.

    Liepeillä project, started by Frankie Shannon and Janne Rahkila, focuses on music which offers a good demonstration of originality and freshness. As suggested by the name, Liepeillä (the Finnish word meaning Outskirts) introduces bands and music that can’t be heard when travelling on the most common or traditional highways, but rather takes its listeners to interesting small roads and scenic routes close by.

    Www.facebook.com/liepeilla

    Prelaunch is on Pispalan karnevaalit on May 18th in Tahmela and Vastavirta-klubi in Tampere. Official launch date is May 24th. You can buy a copy during the prelaunch in the karnevaali area. Faarao Pirttikangas, Muuttohaukat and Getsemane are also performing in karnevaalit.

    The record includes download codes for mp3 files.
    Artists on the record:

    Joose Keskitalo
    http://www.myspace.com/joosekeskitalo

    Faarao Pirttikangas
    http://www.faaraopirttikangas.fi/

    Flags of Unity
    https://soundcloud.com/arabunda

    Cry Bar
    http://www.crybar.info/

    Aalto
    http://fi.myspace.com/etnoaalto

    Con Trane
    https://soundcloud.com/con-trane

    Muuttohaukat
    https://soundcloud.com/muuttohaukat

    Linka
    https://soundcloud.com/linkamusic

    Downbear
    https://soundcloud.com/downbear-1

    Getsemane
    https://soundcloud.com/getsemane

     

     

  6. Liepeillä Anthology: Scenic Routes -levyjulkaisu

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    Nyt Hirvitalo myös julkaisee musiikkia!

    Hirvitalo is publishing a record!

    Monimuotoinen kotimainen vaihtoehtomusiikki pääsee toukokuussa kuuluviin juhlavissa puitteissa. Vinyylijulkaisu Liepeillä Anthology: Scenic Routes on Pispalan kulttuuriyhdistys ry:n julkaisu.

    Liepeillä-projektin on Frankie Shannonin ja Janne Rahkilan alkuunpanema projekti, jonka tavoitteena on luoda ruohonjuuritasolta kumpuavan verkoston sellaisten kiinnostavien bändien ympärille, jotka eivät välttämättä kuulu mihinkään tiettyyn skeneen. Projekti keskittyykin esittelemään yhtyeitä, joiden musiikki ei kulje perinteisimpiä soitannollisia valtateitä, vaan vie kuulijansa niiden liepeille, kiinnostaville pikkuteille ja maisemareiteille. Liepeillä Anthologyn tuotto menee tulevaan kulttuuritoimintaan.

    Www.facebook.com/liepeilla

    Liepeillä Anthology: Scenic Routes julkaistaan Pispalan karnevaalin (Tahmela, Tampere, Kujakolli, Vastavirta-klubi) yhteydessä lauantaina 18. toukokuuta. Albumeja on myynnissä tapahtuma-alueella koko päivän. Levyn artisteista karnevaaleilla soittaa Faarao Pirttikangas, Muuttohaukat ja Getšemane.

    Levy sisältää myös latauskoodit mp3-tiedostoihin.

    Levyn artistit tekstin lopussa.
    ——-

    Liepeillä Anthology: Scenic Routes presents finnish contemporary alternative music. Vinyl record is published by Pispalan kulttuuriyhdistys ry.

    Liepeillä project, started by Frankie Shannon and Janne Rahkila, focuses on music which offers a good demonstration of originality and freshness. As suggested by the name, Liepeillä (the Finnish word meaning Outskirts) introduces bands and music that can’t be heard when travelling on the most common or traditional highways, but rather takes its listeners to interesting small roads and scenic routes close by.

    Www.facebook.com/liepeilla

    Prelaunch is on Pispalan karnevaalit on May 18th in Tahmela and Vastavirta-klubi in Tampere. Official launch date is May 24th. You can buy a copy during the prelaunch in the karnevaali area. Faarao Pirttikangas, Muuttohaukat and Getsemane are also performing in karnevaalit.

    The record includes download codes for mp3 files.
    Artists on the record:

    Joose Keskitalo
    http://www.myspace.com/joosekeskitalo

    Faarao Pirttikangas
    http://www.faaraopirttikangas.fi/

    Flags of Unity
    https://soundcloud.com/arabunda

    Cry Bar
    http://www.crybar.info/

    Aalto
    http://fi.myspace.com/etnoaalto

    Con Trane
    https://soundcloud.com/con-trane

    Muuttohaukat
    https://soundcloud.com/muuttohaukat

    Linka
    https://soundcloud.com/linkamusic

    Downbear
    https://soundcloud.com/downbear-1

    Getsemane
    https://soundcloud.com/getsemane

     

     

  7. Pispalan Lasten Kuvataidekoulu

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    Pispalan Lasten Kuvataidekoulu

    Aloittaa toimintansa ma 19.8. 2013, Hirvitalolla, os. Hirvikatu 10, Tampere.

    Eri ikäisten lasten kerhoryhmät kokoontuvat joka maanantai syys- ja kevätlukukausien ajan.  Vuoden aikana käymme läpi kuvataiteen perustekniikoita ja materiaaleja, sekä rakennamme yhteisen esityksen.

    Ilmoittaudu mukaan, ja varmista paikkasi monipuolisessa taidetoiminnassa!

    Materiaalimaksu 120 € / oppilas / lukukausi

    Oppilaat hyväksytään ilmoittautumisjärjestyksessä, ryhmäkoko max 12 oppilasta. Ryhmät jaetaan lasten iän ja valmiuksien mukaan. Toiminta on suunnattu esikoulu ja ala-aste ikäisille. Ilmoittautumiset 1.8. 2013 mennessä: miraheija@yahoo.fi

  8. Georges Braque: 1882-1963

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    Born on May 13, 1882 in Argenteuil-sur-Seine, France, Georges Braque was a major painter, collagist, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor of the 20th century. Along with Pablo Picasso, Braque was a key figure in the development of Cubism. He was also responsible for the introduction of many collage techniques including stenciling and combed false wood-grain effects.

    Braque grew up in Le Havre and, following in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps, trained to be a house painter and decorator. He studied in Paris under a master decorator and received his craftsman certificate in 1901. In the evenings, he studied painting at the École des Beaux-Arts from 1897-1899.  He studied painting at the Académie Humbert in Paris from 1902-04.

    Braque’s first works were Impressionist but by 1906 was painting in a Fauvist style, successfully exhibiting that year in the Salon des Indépendants. Braque met Pablo Picasso in 1907.  Both artists were influenced by Paul Cézanne’s use of geometry in depicting his subjects in his work . Cézanne’s paintings greatly impacted the direction of the Paris avant-garde, and soon after, Cubism.

    From 1909 Braque and Picasso worked together daily to develop Cubism. By 1911 their styles were extremely similar and during this time, it was virtually  impossible to distinguish one from the other.  In 1912, the duo began to incorporate elements of collage into their paintings and to experiment with the papier collé (pasted paper) technique.

    From about 1911, Braque began experimenting with other media and techniques, as well as new canvas shapes. He began mixing paint with sand  used a house-painter’s comb to introduce areas of imitation wood-grain into his paintings. In 1912, Braque married  Marcelle Lapre and rented a house at Sorgues, near Avignon. There, he and Picasso began using pre-existing objects and materials in their paintings.

    Braque and Picasso’s artistic collaboration lasted until 1914 when Braque served in the French Army during World War I. He was wounded in the war and temporarily blinded in 1915, but resumed painting in 1916. During his recovery in 1917, Braque began a close friendship with the Spanish artist Juan Gris who was also closely associated with the Cubist movement.

    In the 1920s, Braque returned to a more “realistic interpretation of nature, although certain aspects of Cubism always remained present in his work.” He painted landscapes and reintroduced the figure into his work which was characterized by bold color and textured surfaces. In the mid-1920s Braque also designed the decor for two Sergei Diaghilev ballets.

    In 1931 Braque made his first engraved plasters and began to portray mythological subjects. His first retrospective was held in 1933 at the Kunsthalle Basel.  In 1937,  he won first prize at the Carnegie International, in Pittsburgh.

    From about 1936,  Braque’s paintings shifted again from the still-life to wider interior views. “Into ornately decorated rooms he introduced impersonal, flattened figures, such as in Woman with Mandolin or The Duet. The new mood suggested by his use of brighter colours was offset, however, by a series of macabre vanitas still-lifes, linked to the theme of the artist’s studio, that he began in 1938, possibly in despair at the approach of World War II. He also built a sculpture studio near his house at Varengeville and began experimenting with sculpture about this time, producing simple and playful, if rather two-dimensional works.

    During World War II Braque remained in Paris. He painted mainly still lifes and interiors that were stark and sombre in colour. During this time, Braque also made lithographs, engravings, and sculptures.

    In 1954, Braque designed stained-glass windows for the church of Varengeville. During the last few years of his life, Braque’s poor health prevented him taking on any large-scale work, but he continued to paint, make lithographs, and design jewelry.

    Georges Braque died on August 31, 1963, in Paris. He is buried in the church cemetery in Saint-Marguerite-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.

    Fruit-Dish-Georges-Braque-1908-09 Glass-Carafe-and-Newspapers-Georges-Braque-1914 La-chaise-Georges-Braque-1947 Fruit-on-a-Tablecloth-with-a-Fruitdish-Georges-Braque-1925 Castle-at-La-Roche-Guyon-Georges-Braque-1909 Terrace-of-Hotel-Mistral-Georges-Braque-1907 Violin-and-Pitcher-Georges-Braque-1910 Le-Portugais--The-Emigrant-Georges-Braque-1911-12 Billiard-table-Georges-Braque-1944 La-Terrace--Georges-Braque-1948 Musical-Instruments-Georges-Braque-1908 Man-with-a-Guitar-Georges-Braque-1911 Woman-with-a-Guitar-Georges-Braque-1913 Black Fish-Georges Braque-1942 Harbor-in-Normandy-Georges-Braque-1909 Large-Nude-Georges-Braque-1908 Still-Life-with-Harp-and-Violin-Georges-Braque-1912 Bottle-and-Fishes-Georges-Braque-1910 Man-with-a-Violin-Georges-Braque-1912

    Related Books:
    Picasso and Braque: Pioneering Cubism

    Georges Braque: A Life
    Braque (Great Modern Masters)

    Sources: Guggenheim, MoMA

  9. Paracosms on Paper

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    While perusing through our flickr group, I stumbled upon the art of a Russian artist who goes by uncle_cat on flickr. Not much other info has been found, so any other tidbits about the artist remain a mystery.

    Their art is vivid, playful, and infused with child-like whimsy. Some pieces look like something a proud parent would pin up on the fridge. Others show a glimpse of a crazy, fantastical world that is full of details. It's tempting to hop right into this colorful place populated by critters with character, geometric geography, and slanting cities.







  10. Paracosms on Paper

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    While perusing through our flickr group, I stumbled upon the art of a Russian artist who goes by uncle_cat on flickr. Not much other info has been found, so any other tidbits about the artist remain a mystery.

    Their art is vivid, playful, and infused with child-like whimsy. Some pieces look like something a proud parent would pin up on the fridge. Others show a glimpse of a crazy, fantastical world that is full of details. It's tempting to hop right into this colorful place populated by critters with character, geometric geography, and slanting cities.