Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Fall for the Arts at AU

On September 15, 2012, the curious and creative will be conducting an orchestra, making a collage with a living artist as a Muse, learning iconic jazz dance moves, and creating music out of thin air.

Fall for the Arts, a unique celebration of the Arts at AU, will feature an afternoon of dynamic classes and hands-on workshops capped off with an elegant reception and live auction of works by prominent artists. The afternoon classes span a wide-range of activities including creating sound effects, acting Shakespeare, Hindustani tabla drumming, and stage combat, to name just a few. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Arts at AU.

 

There is also a very cool art auction with some excellent artworks up for auction at some very good starting prices, including an amazing Manon Cleary graphite drawing at a starting price of just $2K. Check out the artwork up for auction here or plaease browse below or use the links below to review available works—and see Artist Bios (PDF):
Come celebrate the Arts at American University. The event is open to the public. Admission is $50 for the entire event.

Register Now for 2012

Worshiping at the Altar of Modern Art

Herewith the latest work in my marriage of drawing/painting with embedded electronic components. In this piece, titled Nude Artist Worshiping at the Altar of Modern Art, the embedded electronic screen plays a Powerpoint show of what most lay people think of when the term "modern art" is employed in a conversation.

This is a charcoal and watercolors piece, which now begins to see me add a little color to my drawings. It is done on 12x16 inches, 300 weight acid free, pH-balanced Rising paper.

See if you can figure out which artists are being homaged in the following screenshots of the work:

Nude Artist Worshiping at the Altar of Modern Art - Watercolor and Embedded Electronics by F. Lennox Campello, 2012

Nude Artist Worshiping at the Altar of Modern Art - Watercolor and Embedded Electronics by F. Lennox Campello, 2012

Nude Artist Worshiping at the Altar of Modern Art - Watercolor and Embedded Electronics by F. Lennox Campello, 2012


Nude Artist Worshiping at the Altar of Modern Art - Watercolor and Embedded Electronics by F. Lennox Campello, 2012





And below a couple of shots depicting me in the creation of the "Jackson Pollock" piece to the left of the work...