Carol Heft, Author at High Art Fridays:

carol heft connections: crossingborders – we are all immigrants

“CrossingBorders: (We Are All Immigrants)” is an exhibition of works by members of Global Art Project, an international multimedia collaborative collective founded and directed by Carl Heyward, USA, with 90 members from 19 different countries. This project has been exhibited at The Westbeth Gallery in New York City, and at Nine Eighteen Nine Studio Gallery […]

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carol heft connections: embroidery in the asylum

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Agnes Richter (1844–1918) was a German seamstress who was a patient in a psychiatric hospital where she created her embroidered jacket. She worked on it for many years, sewing personal messages and markings onto the garment’s surface. It is a complex mixture of drawing and writing. Much like a scrawl, the scratching on prison walls,

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carol heft connections: artist ange arthur, ivory coast

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Artist Ange Arthur Koua, born in Ivory Coast (Abidjan) in 1989, has created a striking body of work using various symbolic materials, specifically emphasizing worn garments and fabric. His work is both personal and political, without a specific agenda. He gives us the freedom to understand what is often unspoken. Ange’s first solo exhibition in

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carol heft “connections”: susanne schmidt-nielsen of denmark

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People have created “installation art” since they discovered they could make marks. Denmark artist Susanne Schmidt-Nielsen’s unique installation was an impressive and complimentary display in the Richard Winthers’ house. “This something, this in between” opened on April 30th in Denmark. How the physical reality of our environment affects the inner reality of our mind and

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carol heft “connections”: drawn together

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Drawn together with Marie Cecile Aptel and Jean Pierre Bourquin Any working relationship, regardless of its duration or scale, requires compatible partners. Compatible partners include people who disagree or have opposing feelings. In fact, I have found that working cooperatively is most satisfying when my collaborators are unlike me in distinctive ways. Compatibility and differences

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art house urban bright residency: artist ron shelton, usa

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Urban Bright at Art House: Plastic Trash into Art Working with children has been an exhilarating experience for Ron Shelton. Their inventive, sincere way of processing information is in keeping with his creative practice. In his recent ten-week residency with twenty 3rd graders from Dennison Elementary School, Cleveland Ohio, Ron provided information and hope within

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chris taylor, usa: HAF 74 the doodle show

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Chris Taylor talks doodle Doodles became interesting to me a few years ago, when I coauthored a paper on a large number of them made by Samuel Beckett in the manuscript of his play, “Endgame.” Most of those doodles we’re not especially exciting, but there were a handful that were intriguing for a variety of

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carol heft connections: about time

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The impact of time as we know it, or don’t know it, on our work and lives is a question that both haunts and delights. How do we understand history? Is progress linear? Do artists grow in increments like Erik Erikson’s description of human development? How am I similar to or different from the person I

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"SEA FOAM" / "Espuma de mar" (INSTALLATION) Size: 4m x 4m Medium: Sea discarded material on fishing net

artist antonio mena, el salvador: accumulations

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plastic trash into art project Artist Antonio Mena (from El Salvador) joins the growing collective of HAF artists, who have answered the call to confront the global ecological disaster that adversely impacts us. Included in this HAF initiative, the Plastic Trash Into Art Project are participating artists: Taeyoun Kim (Korea), Macha Melanie (France), Mena Ange

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the ardent thread: artists archives of the western reserve, usa

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The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The relationship between the elements and the body of this work is an interesting one. In this exhibition, the weaving together of tradition, nontraditional materials, and ideas are precise; the aesthetics of object/subject are implicit, playful, and lively. The Ardent Thread, curated by Cleveland fiber

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carol heft “connections”: a case for inclusion

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Why do we leave out so much when we study art history? Wouldn’t exposure to different cultures and aesthetic ideas benefit us all? Who determines what we study in art history books or what we see in museums and art galleries? How do critics, gallery directors, and dealers manipulate public opinion? It has been said

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artist carol heft, usa: “war and separation” at the time of coronavirus

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“War and Separation” at the time of Coronavirus [kopa_blockquote border=”left”]The universal subject of displaced families and individuals seeking refuge and homes in parts of the world that are distant and culturally different from their roots was the original theme of this exhibition. The spread of the coronavirus in recent weeks has suggested the inclusion of

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