When an artist decides to create, where do they start? Many begin with a sketch. Sculptors, who work in 3D, start with a maquette. Learn more about this preliminary step in this #arttermtuesday!
Art Term Tuesday: Maquette
Saturday Studio: The Medium of Makeup
Naomi Vanderleest, Education Assistant Art comes in many different forms in our lives, even makeup applied to one's face. While the application of makeup is similar to painting or drawing, some artists take this a step further by using makeup as their medium. Look at this artwork below, currently on display in Indiana Artists Club …
Art Term Tuesday: Conceptual Art
“You call that art?!” Conceptual art has a reputation for inaccessibility, so this week we're questioning the very definition of art and who gets to decide: the artist or the viewer.
Saturday Studio: Creating a Framework
We've noticed some grid-like marks on some artworks at #fwmoa...what could they mean? Let's find out today in the #studio, and then come see them in person with us on a Second Saturday Family Tour at the museum!
Art Term Tuesday: Woodblock v. Woodcut
Woodblocks, the oldest form of printmaking, are the easiest and cheapest of the multiple printmaking processes. Here, we carve away the secrets of woodblocks (and woodcuts!) ahead of the new exhibition at #fwmoa ft. prints from Landfall Press.
Second Saturday Studio: Landscape Escape
How would you portray your local landscape for an audience on the other side of the world? Learn how to capture the essence of a place, like in traditional Chinese landscapes. by looking at artist works from our Sister City, Taizhou, now at #fwmoa!
Now on View: Lucien Shapiro
What does a contemporary installation piece by Lucien Shapiro and Barbie have in common? Other than being available for your visual consumption...Assoc. Curator of Exhibitions Jenna Gilley breaks it down in this #nowonview at #fwmoa:
Art Term Tuesday: Elements & Principles
We've spent the last few months learning about the elements and principles of art only to realize we hadn't defined elements and principles! We've righted that wrong in this post:
Second Saturday Studio: Museum Mobile
Things are looking up and so are we! Inspired by artists thinking outside the box...or frame...#fwmoa Education Assistant Naomi walks us through creating a mobile you could hang inside or outside!
Art Term Tuesday: Surrealism
We never leave an art movement behind, and Surrealism is no exception. What would early practitioners, like Miró & Dalí, think of its use on TikTok? Read on to learn the history, both old and new, of this art style, #nowonview at #fwmoa.