CHECK BACK TO HEAR MY INTERVIEWS WITH LAUREL AND ACFFC Director GEORGES METELLUS. Date to be announced. Want to recieve advance notice? Click "Follow" on the main page right below the title, MOSAIC OF ART - George Fishman. 

Mosaic artist and community builder, LAUREL TRUE brings the MOSAIC OF ART back to Haiti - specifically she re-visits the ART CREATION FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN in Jacmel. Earlier this spring, Laurel, accompanied by fellow artist ERIN ROGERS, led the staff and students of ACFFC plus community volunteers, in creating a stunning mosaic mural on a wall near the beach. This was Phase 1.

Before the work began.

With the mural's conclusion and celebration, the offer was presented and accepted to round the corner and continue on a new and much longer section of wall. Phase 2.

 

A look around the corner - Phase 1 to Phase 2

The focus in this second session is not just to create more beauty for the community of Jacmel, traumatized by the January earthquake, but to develop a core of mosaic-making team leaders, who can in turn pass their inspiration and skills to successive crews of artists and volunteers in Jacmel and beyond. JUDY HOFFMAN, one of the founder of the Art Creation Foundation for Children was introduced its programs here in an earlier interview.

Here are a few photos Laurel has sent from the first three days of work this week.

Day 1  

After a warm welcom, the work begins in the ACFFC workshop with a session of designing and fabricating a school of fish, mounting them on mesh. The kids are already primed and ready and have an entire project under their belts. This time, they managed to create 30+ fish, mounting them on mesh in under two hours.

Day 2

Day two we took a small group to the wall to explain design transfer in detail. Drawing the design on the wall combines transfer from studio sketches plus improvisation.

Dolphins drawn by Charles and Bruno and Lasiren (Mermaid) by Fan Fan

Chat rouge (Octopus)

Adhering the mosaic fish is accompanied by direct setting of broken tiles into the outlines

 

Day 3

Mosaic mounting on the wall has begun. Mural is 99% designed by ACFFC youth - Yay!
Background will be dark blues and aqua and white. White moon and big mirror stars are not drawn on yet. "A demain" (til tomorrow)

Laurel and Erin's stay ends Saturday, so much remains to be done. She has promised an interview one evening, which will air later on the MOSAIC OF ART.

Handmade fish tiles donated by ROBIN INDAR of Rebel Tiles in No. California.

Other ceramic artists sent fish too!

La Sirene (the Mermaid)

 I love this pic so much. Everyone working so hard! It's 100 degrees easily. So hot- li fay cho. Learning kreyol little by little ;)We finished all the mosaic setting today. Miraculous. Seriously. Two days on wall. Absolutely awesome group of professionals. T. Charles will do a painted frame around mural. We'll continue with left and right sides on Thursday.

Grouted

ACFFC youth taking measurements for design mapping of carnival procession mosaic wall (because that's what's up next!) Tonight, Friday - it's PARTY TIME!

Stay tuned, there's more to come. See Erin's blogpost for even more pics.

Laurel True | Georges Metellus | Erin Rogers | Art Creation Foundat | Mosaic Of Art | mosaicofart | mural | mosaics

The MOSAIC OF ART is taking some much-needed time off from the weekly schedule of 1-hour shows. Meanwhile, the archive of 22 episodes, dating back to January 1, 2010 is available 24/7. Additionally, for an ongoing series of informal interviews and comments, just go to www.Cinchcast.com/MosaicOfArt. I will also be updating the blog - both here and at www.MosaicOfArt.blogspot.com. 

I plan to take advantage of this break to enhance my radio skills, explore art activities - both in person and on line, conduct additional interviews and work on my own art! Have yourselves a great summer as well.

As always, I welcome your comments and suggestions. You can write me at gfmosaics@bellsouth.net. Thanks for your support!






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LYNNE CHINN will be Sunday's MOSAIC OF ART guest. From her Plano, Texas studio, she creates award-winning fine art mosaics, fully exploiting the medium with her experimental substrates, layering, color blends and textures. Please tune in and tell your friends too! MOSAIC OF ART 3-4pm EDT on Sundays. After airing live, the show archives for listening any time. If you're already a fan of the show, please help sustain it by telling friends on facebook, forwarding this email and marking the show a favorite on BlogTalkRadio. (click the little red heart to the right of my picture). Thanks so much for your support!

Lynne Chinn | mosaics | public art | sculpture | smalit

The MOSAIC OF ART radio show explores the making and distribution of visual art by talking with artists, curators, webmasters, dealers, coaches, publishers and other arts professionals about their creative processes.

LYNNE CHINN will be Sunday's MOSAIC OF ART guests.  From her Plano, Texas studio, she creates award-winning fine art mosaics, fully exploiting the medium with her experimental substrates, layering, color blends and textures.

She eloquently describes how her discovery of mosaics drew on her graphic design and painting talents. Public art commissions, private commissions and ecclesiastical projects are all part of her current practice. 

Each element informs the others; here is a slideshow of work she will speak about, including this Annunciation for the Mt. Angel Abbey in Oregon, which has its own step-by-step slideshow.

Please tune in and tell your friends too! MOSAIC OF ART 3-4pm EDT on Sundays. After airing live, the show archives for listening any time. 

If you're already a fan of the show, please help sustain it by telling friends on facebook, forwarding this email and marking the show a favorite on BlogTalkRadio. (click the little red heart to the right of my picture). Thanks so much for your support!

George Fishman, producer/host

Lynne Chinn | mosaic | mosaics | public art | Orsoni | award-winning | design | designer | tesserae | smalti | sculptural | sculpture

DAVID CSICSKO will be one of Sunday's MOSAIC OF ART guests.  From his Chicago design studio, he creates the engaging graphic images that grace event posters, assorted publications and fine arts productions. David takes us on a tour of the studio and describes his process, working across various media, such as this stained glass window. Collaborating with ERIN ADAMS of Albuquerque, he produces ceramic and glass mosaics for schools, liturgical spaces and metro systems. View a slideshow of their Belmont Station installation. In the second half of the show, photographer, public speaker and educator, ALYX KELLINGTON will present her collection of so-called "Outsider" art, but her approach is to always first establish a personal connection to the artists who've created that work. Among her favorites: Mose Tolliver, Miss Ruby, Purvis Young and Lamar Sorrento. Please tune in and tell your friends too! MOSAIC OF ART 3-4pm EDT on Sundays. After airing live, the show archives for listening any time.  If you're already a fan of the show, please help sustain it by telling friends on facebook, forwarding this email and marking the show a favorite on BlogTalkRadio. (click the little red heart to the right of my picture). Thanks so much for your support! George Fishman, producer/host

David Csicsko | Alyx Kellington | mosaic art | stained glass | public art

The MOSAIC OF ART radio show explores the making and distribution of visual art by talking with artists, curators, webmasters, dealers, coaches, publishers and other arts professionals about their creative processes.

DAVID CSICSKO is the first guest on Sunday's MOSAIC OF ART.  From his Chicago design studio, he creates the engaging graphic images that grace event posters, assorted publications and fine arts productions.

David takes us on a tour of the studio and describes his process, working across various media, such as this stained glass window.

Collaborating with ERIN ADAMS in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he produces ceramic and glass mosaics for schools, liturgical spaces and metro systems.
Here's a slide show of the Belmont Station in Chicago.
In the second half of the show, photojournalist, public speaker and educator, ALYX KELLINGTON will present her collection of so-called "Outsider" art, but her approach is to always first establish a personal connection to the artists who've created that work. Alyx is away this week, so I've had to use some photos from other sources.Miss Ruby - courtesy Story CorpsMiss Ruby - Courtesy Florida Folk FestivalPurvis Young - UntitledHoward Finster - I Dreamed I was Preaching... Courtesy Ginger GalleryMose Tolliver - Self PortraitLamar Sorrento - Death of Hank Williams
Tune in on Sunday from 3-4pm EDT! Shows archive for listening or downloading any time.

David Csicsko | Alyx Kellington | outsider art | mosaics | subway | metro | Belmont Station | Mose Tolliver

London-based artist, GARY DROSTLE, has designed and created public commissions for 25 years. In his latest project, nearing completion in Iowa City, he has enjoyed the assistance of colleagues from England, Italy and the U.S.. This Sunday from 3-4pm EDT, Gary will speak about his design approach and provide a mini-workshop in the details of organizing and producing a 500 square foot mosaic floor mosaic. He will be joined by mosaicist, JULIE RICHEY, who has taken part both in both the London and Iowa City phases of the "River of Life." I catch them on a break from the grueling installation process. So, please tune in to the MOSAIC OF ART for professional insights into all phases of mosaic mural-making.   Please tune in and tell your friends too! MOSAIC OF ART 3-4pm EDT on Sundays.

Gary Drostle | Julie Richey | University of Iowa | mosaics | public art

London-based artist, GARY DROSTLE, has designed andcreated public commissions for 25 years. In his latest project, nearing completion in Iowa City, he has enjoyed the assistance of colleagues from England, Italy and the U.S..
This Sunday from 3-4pm EDT, Gary will speak about his design approach and provide a mini-workshop in the details of organizing and producing a 500 square foot mosaic floor mosaic. He will be joined by mosaicist, JULIE RICHEY, who has taken part both in both the London and Iowa City phases of the "River of Life." 

So, please tune in to the MOSAIC OF ART for professional insights into all phases of mosaic mural-making.  Here's a SLIDESHOW of this extraordinary project, which you can view full screen, once a new page opens.  Julie has also documented  it on NANCIE MILLS PIPGRAS' Mosaic Art Now. 


Please tune in and tell your friends too! MOSAIC OF ART 3-4pm EDT on Sundays.

Gary Drostle | Julie Richey | mosaics | mosaic art | University of Iowa | public art | unglazed porcelains | design | fabrication | installation

Whether she's creating a family portrait, a personal city, a representation of heaven or hell or commemorating the heroism of firefighters, BEATRICE CORON utilizes a technique of complex silhouette cutting to create what she calls cut stories. The materials may be simply paper cut with an Exacto knife, or they might be laser-cut stainless steel for an airport, library, transit system or fire station, but there's an emotional immediacy, intelligence and liveliness in her work that is unique. This Sunday on the MOSAIC OF ART Beatrice Coron, will engage with me in a conversation about her artistic evolution, her techniques and her range of formats of expression. So, please tune in to the MOSAIC OF ART at 3pm EDT and join us! After airing live, the show archives for listening any time. If you're already a fan of the show, please help sustain it by telling friends on facebook, forwarding this email and marking the show a favorite here on BlogTalkRadio. (click the little red heart to the right of my picture). Thanks so much for your support! George Fishman, producer/host

Beatrice Coron | cutout | silhouette | public art | library

The MOSAIC OF ART radio show explores the making and distribution of visual art by talking with artists, curators, webmasters, dealers, coaches, publishers and other arts professionals about their creative processes. 

Whether she's creating a family portrait, a personal city, a representation of heaven or hell or commemorating the heroism of firefighters, BEATRICE CORON utilizes a technique of complex silhouette cutting to create what she calls cut stories. The materials may be simply paper cut with an Exacto knife, or they might be laser-cut stainless steel for an airport, library,  transit system or fire station, but there's an emotional immediacy, intelligence and liveliness in her work that is unique. This Sunday on the MOSAIC OF ART Beatrice Coron, will engage with me in a conversation about her artistic evolution, her techniques and her range of formats of expression.

So, please tune in to the MOSAIC OF ART at 3pm EDT and join us!  After airing live, the show archives for listening any time. 

If you're already a fan of the show, please help sustain it by telling friends on facebook, forwarding this email and marking the show a favorite on BlogTalkRadio. (click the little red heart to the right of my picture). Thanks so much for your support!

George Fishman, producer/host

 

Beatrice Coron | public art | silhouette | cutout | subway | visual arts | library |

On January 24,  JUDY HOFFMAN, co-founder of the Art Creation Foundation For Children in Jacmel, Haiti was a guest and spoke about the organization's founding, mission and survival of the earthquake. This Sunday We'll have a LIVE conversation from the site of the MEMORIAL MOSAIC MURAL at 3pm EDT LAUREL TRUE, ERIN ROGERS, NANCY JOSEPHSON and friends are hard at work in collaboration with the staff and children of ACFFC. The mosaic mural is a gift to the community and will serve as a memorial to the devastation and lives lost, but it will also serve as a symbol of hope and a seed for a sustainable mosaic program at the ACFFC and for other arts groups, hopefully leading to commercially viable artistic enterprise. Also, Nancie Mills Pipgras will phone in from Santa Rosa, CA - both to speak with Laurel and to give an update on Mosaic Art Now's plans for 2010-2011. She's just back from a pow-wow with her co-editors. So, tune in to the MOSAIC OF ART at 3pm EDT and join us!

Art Creation Foundation for Children | Haiti | Laurel True | Nancie Mills Pipgras | Mosaic Art Now

On January 24,  JUDY HOFFMAN, co-founder of the Art Creation Foundation For Children in Jacmel, Haiti was a guest and spoke about the organization's founding, mission and survival of the earthquake. Then, Two Bay Area colleagues, JENNIFER and GUY PANTALEON  ran a photo workshop to help the youth of the ACFFC -- and their families --  cope with the trauma and help re-generate hope and uplift.  

Now, LAUREL TRUE, ERIN ROGERS, NANCY JOSEPHSON and friends are working on a MEMORIAL MOSAIC MURAL near the beach, in collaboration with the staff and children of ACFFC. We'll have a LIVE conversation from the site of the mural at 3pm EDT to hear how they're progressing. The mosaic mural is a gift to the community and will serve as a memorial to the devastation and lives lost, but it will also serve as a symbol of hope and a seed for a sustainable mosaic program at the ACFFC and for other arts groups -- hopefully leading to commercially viable artistic enterprise.

Laurel has posted pictures on NANCIE MILLS PIPGRAS MOSAIC ART NOW blog, and we'll see how many more she is able to post during the week - "in her spare time!" Nancie will phone in as well from Santa Rosa, CA - both to speak with Laurel and to give an update on Mosaic Art Now's plans for 2010-2011. She's just back from a pow-wow with her co-editors, BILL BUCKINGHAM and MICHAEL WALSH.  Last week on the show we ran two interviews connected to Mosaic Art Now's Exhibition in Print.

So, tune in to the MOSAIC OF ART at 3pm EDT and join us!

Haiti | Art Creation Foundat | Jacmel | Laurel True | Nancie Mills Pipgras | George Fishman | Nancy Josephson | Erin Rogers

The MOSAIC OF ART radio show explores the making and distribution of myriad varieties of visual art by talking with curators, historians, dealers, publishers, collectors and artists of all stripes -- about their creative processes. These two popular interviews aired in March, but since there are so many new listeners now, I'm re-broadcasting them today, as I'm on the road this (U.S.) Memorial Day weekend. Enjoy!? DR. SCOTT SHIELDS is the Chief Curator and Assoc. Director of Sacramento's Crocker Art Museum. He speaks about his recent commission to jury the Exhibition in Print that is featured in MOSAIC ART NOW - the 2010 edition. It wasn't an easy selection process from among more than 500 submissions. He describes his methodology,  highlights several of his favorite pieces and suggests what is needed for the mosaic medium to gain greater recognition.  ELLEN BLAKELEY won the Best in Show award for her sculpture "Meredith" in the exhibition and she reveals her inspirations, work methods and personal history. Besides her distinctive one-of-a-kind mosaic artworks, Ellen has also developed a line of mosaic tiles for the national -- and even international -- design market. Afterward, please let me know what you think! If you like, mark the show as a favorite on BlogTalkRadio. Next week, as promised, LAUREL TRUE will call in from the Memorial Mosaic Mural work site in Jacmel Haiti with a field report. NANCIE MILLS PIPGRAS will join me live to speak with her and also give us an update following her recent pow-wow with fellow Mosaic Art Now editors.

Scott Shields | Ellen Blakeley | Mosaic Art Now | exhibition | mosaics

These two popular interviews aired in March, but since there are so many new listeners now, I'm re-broadcasting them today, as I'm on the road this (U.S.) Memorial Day weekend. Enjoy!

Expansion design by Gwathmey Siegel & Assoc. Architects

DR. SCOTT SHIELDS is the Chief Curator and Assoc. Director of Sacramento's Crocker Art Museum. He has written books, catalogs and other scholarly articles -- especially about California painting movements and  contemporary ceramics.  He speaks about his recent commission to jury the Exhibition in Print that is featured in MOSAIC ART NOW - the 2010 edition.

It wasn't an easy selection process from among more than 500 submissions. He describes his methodology,  highlights several of his favorite pieces and suggests what is needed for the mosaic medium to gain greater recognition. 

ELLEN BLAKELEY won the Best in Show award for her sculpture "Meredith" (left) in the exhibition and she reveals her inspirations, work methods and personal history. Besides her distinctive one-of-a-kind mosaic artworks, Ellen has also developed a line of mosaic tiles for the national -- and even international -- design market. Is this something you aspire to? Ellen shares the ins and outs of that endeavor as well. Afterward, please let me know what you think! If you like, mark the show as a favorite on BlogTalkRadio. News, guest updates, blogs I'm following and photos appear at www.MosaicOfArt.blogspot.com.

Next week, as promised, LAUREL TRUE will call in from the Memorial Mosaic Mural work site in Jacmel Haiti with a field report. NANCIE MILLS PIPGRAS will join me live to speak with her and also give us an update following her recent pow-wow with fellow Mosaic Art Now editors BILL BUCKINGHAM and MICHAEL WELCH.

Scott Shields | Ellen Blakeley | Crocker Art Museum | mosaics | exhibition

Due to technical problems, Episode 14 has been deleted, but will be re-broadcast this Sunday. Lee Modica is Manager for Florida’s Art in State Buildings program. On this Sunday's MOSAIC OF ART Radio Show (3pm DST) she gives her perspective on the evolution of the program and practical tips for artists who seek opportunities in the domain of public art. Also, Laurel True will be on in the second half of the show to speak about her extraordinary Memorial Mosaic Mural in Jacmel Haiti that will be under way next month.

Lee Modica | Laurel True | community mosaics | public art | Haiti

On this Sunday's show: The SHYNESS OF TREES, a mosaic collaboration between Australian and American mosaic artists in George Town, Malaysia was supported by ANGELA HIJJAS and HIJJAS KASTURI whose home and thriving botanical garden, Rimbun Dahan, outside Kuala Lumpur is also the site of a private artist residency program of nearly 20 years standing. Angela will describe the goals, process and challenges in founding and running this program, whose primary participants are SE Asian and Australian artists. In the second segment, GLENN ROMANIS describes a series of recent site-specific works that he created in South Eastern Australia and relates the process of designing and creating these to the SHYNESS collaborative project at Hotel Penaga. Glenn's work integrates history, story-telling, topography, geography, geology and community-building. He has been commissioned by cities, museums, zoos, botanical gardens, religious organizations, and private collectors, resulting in a body of work comprising more than 100 installations. He considers much of the work to be part of a single "collage" of installations arrayed across the map of South Eastern Australia during the past 15 years.

Glenn Romanis | Angela Hijjas | mosaics | artist residency | Malaysia

The SHYNESS OF TREES mosaic art installation resulted from an intensive, month-long artistic collaboration between Australian artists HELEN BODYCOMB, DOMINIC JOHNS and GLENN ROMANIS and American GEORGE FISHMAN.  The wall and floor-mounted artwork resulting from this collaboration incorporates elements of local history, an evocation of the natural world within the urban fabric of George Town and an engagement with the architectural features of the site.  

The project was sponsored by hotel owners and arts patrons, ANGELA HIJJAS and HIJJAS KASTURI and bore elements of both an art commission and a residency, such as those supported by Angela and Hijjas at their Rimbun Dahan home and botanical garden, outside Kuala Lumpur. 
Angela Hijjas will describe the goals, process and challenges in founding and running this unique private residency program whose primary participants are SE Asian and Australian artists.


 In the second segment, GLENN ROMANIS describes a series of recent site-specific works that he created in South Eastern Australia and relates the process of designing and creating these to our collaborative project at Hotel Penaga.


Glenn's work integrates history, story-telling, topography, geography, geology and community-building. He has been commissioned by cities, museums, zoos, botanical gardens, religious organizations, and private collectors, resulting in a body of work comprising more than 100 installations. He considers much of the work to be part of a single "collage" of installations arrayed across the map of South Eastern Australia during the past 15 years.



mosaics | Malaysia | collaboration | residency | Angela Hijjas | Rimbun Dahan | Glenn Romanis | public art | stone

Due to technical problems, Episode 14 has been deleted, but will be re-broadcast this Sunday. Lee Modica is Manager for Florida’s Art in State Buildings program. On this Sunday's MOSAIC OF ART Radio Show (3pm DST) she gives her perspective on the evolution of the program and practical tips for artists who seek opportunities in the domain of public art. Also, Laurel True will be on in the second half of the show to speak about her extraordinary Memorial Mosaic Mural in Jacmel Haiti that will be under way next month.

Lee Modica | Laurel True | community mosaics | public art | Haiti