Matador - Art

Burning Man Tickets...

Oona Fay — Tue, 5 Aug 2008 12:10:38 -0500

Hello fellow travelers!!!

This is a last minute search/request/all out effort to find a burning man ticket...I had my ticket lined up for months and then shit happened and I basically got screwed out of my ticket with 3 weeks notice to now find another one! I have friends coming in town from NZ to go...

Dreamtime Aboriginal Art

croftyangel — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:13:11 -0500

The Blue Mountains Aboriginal Culture and Resource Centre and Blue Mountains Naidoc Committee are holding an art exhibit of original paintings and artworks created by local Aboriginal artists. It is called “Red Ochre Aboriginal Arts” and runs from the 18^th of July to 13^th of...

Art & Photography Workshops

terryodee — Sat, 24 May 2008 17:06:15 -0500

I have been looking for a building suitable for hosting photography and art workshops, a place that people can come a stay as a holiday while developing their particular talents and skills aided by professional photographers and artists. With the tuition designed for each individuals wants and needs....

Event of the year for getting the blood pumping (and hormones)

croftyangel — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:19:37 -0500

Smoke lingering after the thunder of canons, swords clashing, wood chips flying, fire blazing, lances splintering, belly dancers swirling, rumble of the motorcycle, minstrels singing... an eclectic mix of things but they all have one thing in common – Ironfest Fusion 2008 in Lithgow, NSW, Australia.

Grab your sunnies it's COACHELLA time!!!

Oona Fay — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:58:11 -0500

Just wanting to know if any of my fellow Matadorians will being attending this years Coachella Festival?! The line ups for Fri, Sat, and Sun are all looking impressive and the sun is suppose to be shinning down in typical Indio/Palm Springs style...

So if you planning on rocking out there for one or...

Scars

Olivebeard — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:39:07 -0500

Following a run-in with some barbed wire, a friend once told me, “Chicks dig scars.”

A few months ago, during an interview with Ben Schumaker for the Matador piece "Portrait of Hope: Lessons from The Memory Project", I expressed a personal interest in participating in the...

Appenzell, cheese and folk art

switzin — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:29:01 -0600

Appenzell Innerrhoden (also known in English as Appenzell Inner Rhodes) is a half canton in Switzerland. I won’t go into history here, but Switzerland consists of 26 cantons of which six are half cantons (they are divided mostly for historical and religious reasons). Half cantons have their own state...

Art and Travel

switzin — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:16:55 -0600

Combining travel with art is always high on my list. Especially when I have the opportunity to visit an artist’s home country or even the city he was born in.

In Switzerland, I made it a point to explore the Paul Klee Center in Bern. The building itself is very modern and its silver, rolling shape...

Tattooing in Borneo

islandhapa — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:07:10 -0600

In July 2007, I accompanied my boyfriend, Su'a Sulu'ape Freewind, to the Second Borneo International Tattoo Convention in Sibu, where he was an invited guest artist. The convention was organized by our friend Ernesto of Borneoheadhunters Tattoo Studio in Kuching to bring together native tattooists and...

ARTventure's BLOG!!!

ArtVenture — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:59:31 -0600

http://artventurous.wordpress.com/

Inside the Flat Iron Building at Around the Coyote

listen109 — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:51:26 -0500

Getting lost is usually a bad thing, especially when I'm driving with my wife in the passenger seat. But in certain situations I have to say getting lost can be the best antidote in a GPS obsessed world. When I was a kid I found and even invented ways to...

Tel Aviv Art And Culture

israelonblog — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:58:01 -0500

MUSEUMS

Tel Aviv
is home to three of Israel's
largest museums, which draw a total of 1.1 million visitors a year. Among them
are:

Tel Aviv
Museum...

Middle Tennessee

switzin — Mon, 8 Oct 2007 18:51:04 -0500

Since I am living in Middle Tennessee, near Nashville, I spend a lot of time walking in this area. Today I took one of my dogs to Edwin Warner Park on Highway 100 in Nashville. I literally gasped when I spotted a barn owl sitting on a 10-foot tree next to the walkway! It was 9:30 a.m., and the owl was...

Painting Navua

geotraveler — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:11:33 -0500

Totally stoked. Just published my first printed magazine article under the "Travel" section for Ariztos Magazine (An African Entertainment Magazine) - http://www.ariztos.com/magazine

Posting the travel story as a blog

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Painting Navua by Lola...

A Last Month In Paris

DulcineaP — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:13:05 -0500

While choking down a coq roti in the Latin Quarter…

Someone should write a Manhattanite’s Guide to Paris. (Of course they probably have, in which case they should market it better). It would say things like, “Come on, you know better than to eat in a place filled with tourists and bilingual...

Hong Kong: Escalated it to another level

Ben — Thu, 5 Jul 2007 23:34:28 -0500

Seriously, everywhere you go in Hong Kong you can take an escalator. Most of the city is built on a mountain so it makes sense, but the amount of escalators really symbolizes the efficiency of infrastructure and lifestyle in the city. You definitely pay for this lifestyle, as the cost of living is...

Richard Serra at MoMA--and an atypical hour at the office

veronica — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:06:50 -0500

I thought I would share a recent unexpected perk of my new job with all of
you. Shortly before the Richard Serra show opened at MoMA, a colleague
called me and asked if I would mind walking through one of the artist's brand
new works for a few hours. The museum wanted archival video footage since
...

Great Exhibit at the Tate Modern in London

Ben — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:50:04 -0500

Global Cities

There is a great exhibit that just opened at the Tate Modern in London today. It’s called Global Cities and is a must see for everybody who cares about the future of our planet.

Global Cities explores the impact that urban growth has on people and the environment and...

Dickmann, you ruined my floor!

thatgregboy — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:23:13 -0600

Originally Dated: Sept. 14, 2006.

wow, okay. berlin.

so people have been asking me about some stuff... so i'll write the answers down for everyone to see!

food: the food here is actually really good. There are a lot of potatoes (kartoffeln), lots of vegetables (i don't know how to say...

Hotel Trinidad—An Artist Hotel in the Heart of Merida

Ian — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:30:21 -0500

Arriving at the Hotel Trinidad in Merida made me feel like I was entering the house of Frida or Diego Rivera. The floors, walls and gardens were covered with amazing paintings and statues from local Mexican artists. The rooms are very colorful and big as the place was an old colonial home. Most of the...