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The Johnny Cash Project

This past weekend I attended the Thinking Creatively Conference at Kean University and heard Jon Kamen and James Spindler of @ radical.media speak. One of their many intriguing projects, The Johnny Cash Project was particularly interesting. It is a website where the user can pick a particular picture and draw over it creating a frame for the music video for one of the tunes. All of these frames are drawn over by different people all over the world and then compile as one and make one music video for which ever song was chosen.  Definitely check it out and be a part of the The Johnny Cash Project. Here is also some background of the project.

Shred away bad memories of 2009 in Times Square

December 28th also known as Good Riddance Day was formed by the Times Square Alliance and  has been day for New Yorkers and tourists to shred their bad memories of the prior year.  There is a huge shredder in New York’s Time Square where people come to shred all their bad memories, bills and any other negative in the form of paper in order to have fresh start to the new year!

photo via WPIX

The Degenerate Craft Fair (NYC)

I came across a sort of The Degenerate Craft Fair via Art Bistro. The Degenerate Craft Fair is an anti-art-fair featuring over 20 artists and designers. Just in time for holiday shopping, it will take place in the first three weekends of December at three different locations, and feature works of art generally priced under $50.

Dates and Locations:

December 4th — 8pm – 12am
Silent Barn, Ridgewood

December 13th — 12pm – 10pm
December 14th — 12pm – 8pm
303 Grand Street, Williamsburg

December 18th 12pm – 9pm
December 19th 12pm – 6pm
BravinLee programs, Chelsea

This is something I am definitely going to check out!

AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers of 2008 Exhibition Opening

AIGA’s 50 Books/50 Covers opens of Thursday, December 10, 2009 and will be
up until February 19, 2010.This exhibition showcases selections from the “AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers of 2008”competition, which aims to identify the best-designed books and book covers published in 2008.

via AIGA

The Type Is Right

AIGA is having a typographic game show, “The Type is Right” at Galapagos Art Space in Dumbo, Brooklyn on November 9, 2009 from 6:30-8:30. Ellen Lupton will be the emcee and the teams consist of  Paula Scher, Charlie Nix and Chester Jenkins just to name a few.

National Design Week

National Design Week began in 2006 and is from October 18- 24th this year. National Design Week is an education initiative offering free admission to all museum visitors. During the this week the 10th National Design Awards take place as well as a series of public programs/speakers. Get involved and spread the importance of design worldwide.

Abbott Miller The In-Between of Form and Content

October 6, 2009 from 6-8 pm, SVA

I heard Abbot Miller speak at Princeton University’s Design For Social Causes Conference and learned about his exhibit Design For a Living World exhibition at Cooper Hewitt. He will be presenting his work at the intersection between design, curation and art direction, and his ongoing love affair with objects, images and words at SVA on October 6, 2009 from 6-8 pm via SVA

13th DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival

September 25—27, 2009
13th DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival
—Brooklyn, NY
Art Under the Bridge is a multi-site happening unique to Dumbo since 1997, the historic post-industrial neighborhood spanning the East River waterfront between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges. The event’s enduring magic is the transformation of an entire neighborhood into a vibrant platform for self-expression over 3 days once a year. New artworks by young visual artists are created on-the-spot everywhere and anywhere: they may be specific to a particular site or they may wander. They may be projected or afloat. They may be performed or make sound, they may glow in the dark or ride an elevator, they may occupy a corporate lobby or beg your interaction, or they may just sit there and demand your attention.

I came across this today and I wish I knew about this! This seems like something really awesome to experience. I may have to check it out!

(via Core77)

Art & Copy

Art & Copy directed by Doug Prat is a film about advertising and inspiration. The work of George Lois, Mary Wells, and Lee Clow just to name a few will be featured. It will be playing at the IFC in New York City from August 21-27, 2009.

San Diego!

I will be in San Diego, California for the next week. I hope to have many
interesting things to post upon my return! Until then…