I like the idea of nesting dolls as a metaphor for personality and layers of personal and social significance of an individual or an idea or both. What should you choose as the outer layer? What the public sees first would be the obvious choice, but maybe its the biggest thing about the person, the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘art’
obama nesting dolls
Posted in -Chauncey Zalkin, Contributors, tagged art, collage, craft, crafts, design, etsy, girlonthestreet, girls, knit, nesting dolls, Obama, politics, quilt, woman, women on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hero
Posted in -Alabama Chanin, Contributors, tagged - Natalie Chanin, -Alabama Chanin, activist, alice waters, alternative, america, american, art, children, color purple, community, country, craft, design, education, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, fabric, family, fashion, female, food, garden, health, hero, heroes, leader, mentor, montessori, mother, progressive, progressive education, project alabama, sewing, south, sustainability, textiles, woman, women on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Chauncey was diligent in asking me to post. She just didn’t give up. I almost dreaded when her next email would come as I really did not know what I wanted to say with my “personal” voice. It seems that my “Alabama Chanin” voice has become my personal voice or, perhaps, that [...]
calling all innovative female artists and artisans
Posted in -Chauncey Zalkin, tagged apparel, art, ceramics, collage, contest, craft, create, creative, designer, designers, film, furniture, gallerist, gallery, illustrate, industrial, knit, make, paint, weld, woman, women on March 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I want to see your work.
sculptors
illustrators
furniture designers
industrial designers
web designers
glass blowers
welders
woodworkers
ceramicists
candle-makers
photographers
knitters
quilters
painters
collage artists
zine publishers
makers of short films
garments designers
jewelry designers (no bead stringer togetherers)
makers of objets d’art
or anything else.
Please send it to me at chauncey (at) girlonthestreet.com
Drop in the Ocean
Posted in -Chauncey Zalkin, Contributors, tagged art, Artists, marketing, wealth, women, Writers on October 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I used to think if I pursued art, it would be like spitting in the ocean. Who would care? Who would hear me? I told my 25 year old self, if you attach yourself to brands and big business, play not by the rules of making money, but in acknowledgment of them, you can get [...]
