Bob Davies Acrylic Painting Videos

Here are several good acrylic painting videos by Bob Davies. There are more of his videos on BobDavies88's Channel on YouTube. He also has tips and tutorials on a variety of media on his website how-to-draw-and-paint. A related website idrawandpaint.com has a community for sharing your artwork, getting critiques, and meeting other amateur artists.

Foot in the Door 4 - Videos of Submissions & Opening

Art21: Art in the Twenty-First Century

A couple of months ago I posted a Season 5 preview of Art21, a PBS TV show.

Here is where to watch Internet videos of past seasons of Art21: Art in the Twenty-First Century:

Art 21 Seasons 1-4

Below is the current Season 5 schedule for the next two weeks on TPT Channel 2 (St. Paul, MN):

Art in the Twenty-First Century: Fantasy
Wednesday, October 14, 11:00pm
Artists who mine the world of fantasy are featured.

Art in the Twenty-First Century: Fantasy
Thursday, October 15, 5:00am
Artists who mine the world of fantasy are featured.

Art in the Twenty-First Century: Transformation
Wednesday, October 21, 11:00pm
Artists who observe and satirize society are featured.

Art in the Twenty-First Century: Transformation
Thursday, October 22, 5:00am
Artists who observe and satirize society are featured.

ART:21 Videos and TV Program

I recently checked some ART:21 DVD videos out of the library. These are collections of episodes from the PBS program about "Art in the Twenty-First Century" featuring a variety of artists. I have never seen this program on TV. I don't know whether it is shown here, but is worth watching for.

There are many brief videos from the program on YouTube. (Search for "Art: 21" for all of them or "Art:21 painting" for just a list of those about painting). Here is a Season 5 Preview (October 2009). This video is excerpted from the Season 5 episode "Fantasy," premiering on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 10pm (ET) on PBS (check local listings).

Mimi Sammis Video

This is a video about the joy of creating. It is an excerpt form a PBS art series, "Love to Paint with Mimi."

Preview Dr. Sketchy's Twin Cities

More Info at: http://www.myspace.com/drsketchys_twincities

Where art class meets cabaret, Dr. Sketchy's will cure you of every boring art class you've ever been to.

The common view on life-drawing classes involves a silent room, a bored model, and no liquor in sight. From the mind of New York artist and burlesque performer Molly Crabapple comes Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School, the cabaret life drawing party that has taken the hearts of hipsters from New York to Melbourne. A combination of performance, life-drawing sessions, amazingly complex costumes, and all the booze in town, Dr. Sketchy’s has become THE art event for all artist and awesome hipsters to attend. Of course we had no choice but to start our very own – Dr. Sketchy’s Twin Cities!

At any Dr. Sketchy's event you can grab a chair, a drink, and enjoy an eyeful of intriguingly clad and talented performance artists. We plan on getting only the hippest hosts and the coolest models with the weirdest careers-- burlesque girls, drag kings, roller derby girls, bodybuilders and sideshow freaks. Naturally as music runs hand in hand with inspiration, we’ll have good tunes. Dr. Sketchy’s also features irreverent drawing contests, where the lucky winner can win such prizes as booze or fancy trinkets from local retailers.

All scribblers, doodlers, cartoonists and Toulouse Lautrec wannabes are welcome. Come armed with sketchpads; dry drawing materials or simply a good sense of humor. Thankfully talent is not a pre requisite. In fact you can just stick to the drinking and enjoy the show if that’s your skill set. If Dr. Sketchy's doesn't cure what ails you, at least the booze will. As always, booze = 21 and up.

Fourth Sundays in the afternoon at the 331 Club, 331 13th Ave NE Minneapolis.
Admission $10. Registration recommended.

Art Knowledge News

Art Knowledge News is a free online art magazine sponsored by the Art Appreciation foundation. Art Knowledge News has information and news about art and the art world: museums, artists, exhibitions, articles, quotations, and art resources. A wide variety of styles and mediums are covered. Only a few topics show up in the "recent posts" section, but older posts can be accessed by entering a topic of interest in the search box.

Don't miss the Vincent Van Gogh video with music--it is fantastic! This and some other Powerpoint shows (pps) are listed under "Of Continuing Interest..." (Note: I think most of the other Powerpoint shows are mediocre.)