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Living Through the ArtsArt and Science II
Matthias Grünewald the cosmologist. My challenging reading of Max Tegmark’s Our Mathematical Universe (Knoph, New York, 2014) made me go to the library to get a few books on our universe so I can read them peacefully in my bed. One of them was the wonderful collection...
Art and Science I
Art, a reflection of the past or the future? As art historians or artists, we need to be aware of knowledge developing at an accelerating pace. We need to know about the current state of science even if we are not scientists; just as we keep ourselves informed about...
Risotto with eggplants and black olive tapenade – A Studio Provence recipe
Today, a delicious break from art history and painting. Risotto with eggplants and black olive tapenade is a recipe created by walkthearts and offered during our art workshops in Provence. We hope that participants of our upcoming Atelier Provence 2014 (July 5-15)...
Art and Existentialism
Why attending one of our painting workshops in Italy or France? During our painting workshops in Tuscany and Provence, we aim to provoke the creative act by challenging our participants to see and think in new ways. If not, why traveling so far and investing in a...
Risk-taker or not, everyone is welcome to our painting workshops in Italy
You the Mannerist during our art workshop in Tuscany! Attending one of our painting workshops in Tuscany or Provence, is being a member of a wild bunch! We are not going to rob the Banca de Toscana, like the aging group of outlaws of the notorious 1969 movie The Wild...
Travelling with meaning; our painting workshops
Our painting workshops, great art summer camp? We have read that more and more travellers from the developed world are looking for meaningful travels. Increasingly, we are aiming for journeys that allow us to learn something new, to deepen our culture, to enhance our...
Following Alberti’s path in 2014
Becoming better artists according to Alberti 2014, a new year arrives with our usual list of personal and professional goals to be accomplished. On our side, we are getting ready for our annual art trip to New York City and our art workshops in Tuscany, and in...
Understanding when you paint II
A moose leaving tracks, leaving contexts Art, context and moose They say "One picture is worth a thousand words". However, you only need a few words to radically change the way an image will be perceived and interpreted by a spectator, the public and even a… moose...
Understanding what you paint !
Denotation and connotation As an artist, you have always to remember that a work of art connotes and denotes. Denotation refers to the literal or explicit sense of a word. It is the first definition provided by a dictionary. Connotation refers to the various...
The Power of Art
The transformative power of art... At the end of September, a fantastic national forum entitled “Power of the Arts: Advancing Social Change” took place in Ottawa, Canada. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend because during those dates I was in Italy leading one of...
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