Tag: fun

  • Amazing photos of a starling “murmuration”

    If you’ve never seen a murmuration of starlings (and probably few of us have) these photos in the LA Times will make you gasp.  A murmuration is the mass movement of an entire flock.  The photos are like a series of very temporary sculptures.

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  • SoCal “Museums Free-For-All” on January 31

    Mark your calendars for Saturday, January 31, when Southern California museums will band together for their tenth annual “Museums Free-For-All” Free Admission Day. The event will have over twenty museums—presenting art, cultural heritage, natural history, and science—opening their doors to visitors to explore their permanent collections (note that this offer will not apply to specially…

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  • CA Arts License Plates now make great gifts

    A while back we posted a great way to support the California Arts Council: getting a license plate featuring Coastline, a sunset-and-palm-tree motif designed by artist Wayne Thieboud. The most recent good news is that this “special interest” plate, the first specialty plate in the U.S. designed solely to benefit the arts, can now be given…

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  • Creating anamorphosis, and other optical illusions

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHPKf_Hj1GA] This artist, “Vamos”, and his YouTube channel, are a recent discovery.  Vamos specializes in drawing and painting illusions, and he films the process in time-lapse.  The one linked above showing the creation of anamorphosis using a Rubik’s Cube is especially clever.   If you are intrigued and want to see more, visit his YouTube…

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  • MAK Center’s Schindler House Tour, May 17-18, 2014

    The MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, will celebrate its 20th year by offering a tour of a number of exemplary private houses by R.M. Schindler. The programming opens with a wine reception and talk with Judith Sheine (Professor of Architectural History at the University of Oregon) at Schindler’s How House in Silver…

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  • Architect Valentines

    Jody Brown at Coffee with an Architect offers up a Valentine’s exclusive: Architect Valentines. Because architects are romantic. Design to send one to someone you love. via ArchDaily

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