We attended the artist event: Miniature Art Show last night. It is one of our favorite art shows. Each tiny masterpiece tells a story in such a small amount of space. You can see each and every painting here:
https://parklanegallery.org/mini/?shopPage=4
Thank you to Deby for signing me up for this herb class! Looking forward to it.
The instructor has asked that everyone bring the following:
Herbs: Easy to Grow, Easy to Use
It can be very satisfying to walk out your backdoor to snip fresh chives, parsley, or thyme for your morning omelet, or harvest some mint and chamomile for a soothing after dinner tea. Culinary and medicinal herbs are easy to grow in your backyard. In this class we will cover common garden herbs that are simple to grow almost anywhere—even in container gardens. We’ll also discuss some fun herbal products and how to incorporate them into your meals. In this class you’ll see, smell, and taste fresh, seasonal herbs and use them to make your own herbal vinegar to take home.
Monday & Tuesday |
Closed |
|
Wednesday – Sunday |
11am – 5pm |
Celebrating the inexhaustible energy of fin-de-siècle Paris, L’Affichomania: The Passion for French Posters features lithographic prints by the five grand masters of the medium: Jules Chéret, the father of the modern poster; Eugène Grasset, who explored feminine beauty in rich, medieval settings; Alphonse Mucha, known for depicting sensuous women and the whiplash curves of their tresses; Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, creator of some of the best-loved images of the era; and finally Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who pointed the way to modernism. These pioneering artists defined a never-before-seen and never forgotten art form: the color poster. L’Affichomania explores the achievements of these artists in concert with the poster’s role in French society, which includes its effect on the life of the Parisian street, the rise of advertising, the entertainment district of Montmartre, and the changing representations of women.
Bright, bold, and found everywhere along the boulevards of late
nineteenth-century Paris, the color poster was a brilliant fusion of art
and commerce. It advertised cigarette papers and milk, immortalized
stage stars and bohemian cabarets, and won the adoration of passersby
and art collectors alike. The color poster was heralded as a new art
form as artists took hold of the commercial printing process known as
chromolithography and adapted it to their creative needs. In their
hands, the color lithograph became a thrilling new means of creating
visual excitement in the form of posters; some called it a “color
revolution.” As pedestrians encountered this lively new scenery posted
on the Parisian boulevards, the pulse of modern life seemed to beat
faster, inciting a desire to acquire the prints- by buying and selling
special editions or by stealthily removing them from walls and kiosks.
This sudden popularity of posters fueled a passion for collecting them,
called affichomania.
Hello, if you are here you will notice that all of my blog posts are gone. That's because I accidentally deleted the blog entirely, and blogger did not have a way for me to undo it. So, here we are. Lots of things are about to change in my life. So stay tuned.
