Last Thursday I had the opportunity to testify before a committee oversight hearing of the New York City Council; we were discussing the value of public art, and the New York City “Percent for Art” program in particular. Since my testimony is a matter of public record in any case, we thought it would be [...]
Adam Frank creates commercial products and public art that encourage us to see in new ways. Painting with light, he makes environmental installations accessible to people in all walks of life. His product line extends his artistic vision, and his Lumen oil lamp is one of the MoMA store’s best selling items. We spoke with [...]
A few days ago, I returned from spending almost two weeks in the Twin Cities (mainly St. Paul) and its surrounds. I once again found the community to be compellingly different than anything else I’ve experienced (in a good way!).
We were fortunate enough to gain four new Open Arts Network partners in the past two months. Please allow us to tell you a little bit about them.
Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting Central Florida (the general Orlando region for those of you that are unfamiliar) to meet with local artists and explore the local community.
Artists are natural entrepreneurs. In general, they are innovative, enthusiastic, hard-working, highly intelligent, and resourceful. That last attribute is the subject of this post…resourcefulness.
Entrepreneurs come up with a great idea, then go out and find the resources or develop the capabilities to “make it happen.” Or, they look at what they already have available and [...]
The members of Third Rail Projects do not consider themselves to be a traditional dance company, but rather “a collective of artists working in a variety of media.” Their current month-long engagement at the World Financial Center, “Undercurrents & Exchange”, inserts a new dance into each weekday’s lunch-hour environment.
Colorado-based photographer Tom Loughlin is the creator of “Pictures of You: Images from Iran”, a powerful multimedia installation that is poised to tour the U.S. throughout 2009. Set exclusively in outdoor venues — specifically “high-traffic areas, [where] it will be encountered by viewers who do not typically seek out art” — “Pictures of You” features large-scale photographs of everyday Iranians that are printed on silk. Viewers walk through and around a mosque-like structure and come face-to-face with both the Iranian subjects of the photos and their fellow viewers, whose reactions to the installation they are able to see because of the translucency of the silk.
Name: Hank Kaminsky
Website: www.sculptor.kaminsky.com
Hometown: Fayetteville, AR
Artistic Discipline: Sculpture
Fractured Atlas Member Since: November 2007
Fractured Atlas Services Used: Public Art Insurance
Today, we’re featuring Hank Kaminsky, a clay-based and sand casting sculptor originally from New York City. Kaminsky honed his technique at [...]
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