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7/23/2017 1 Comment

Doors of Winston-Salem

J. Silkstone Photography: Digital Art &emdash; Poster_WSDoors-2
History, art, architecture and all things local are a few of my favorite subjects.  These all are intertwined in an art project someone kindly shared with me.  Doors of Winston by Jeff Silkstone captures the beauty of the city I live in. 

I love to read about history in my area and attend local events but am always running around from point A to B and not really noticing the beauty around me.  Seeing this cool poster has changed me as I tend to slow down and view the beauty all around me, now in this interesting perspective, of doors! 
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Yes, I cannot stop looking at doors in Winston now.  There are so many beautiful ones!  I appreciate this reminder to slow down and take a look at these doors!

​Please let me know if you find any beautiful doors on your journeys!

Eyebombing is always on my list! #doorsofwinston #eyebombing

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#doorsofwinston

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Knocking off that poster.... there are so many pretty ones here! #doorsofwinston

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5/5/2017 1 Comment

Corning Museum of Hot Glass Roadshow

Debut of #corningglass #mobileschool #glassblowing

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Last weekend we were lucky enough to be 4 miles away from the launch of the travelling Corning Museum. 

Spevco in Pfafftown, NC is an awesome maker of specialized vehicles and opened this exciting event up to the public. 
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The museum itself is a large semi truck that opens up to a fully functional glassblowing studio!  The guys from Corning were there to try it out before it hits the road for it's debut at the upcoming Glass Art Society Conference in Virginia.  It was amazing to see these masters at work on the back of a semi truck!


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3/27/2016 0 Comments

Peep Show at Racine Art Museum

To continue with my peep missing today, here's a review of the 2015 Peep Show at Racine Art Museum.  They do a great job of putting together peep art.  Lots of great Peeps Inspiration!
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3/28/2014 0 Comments

Art in Bloom 2014

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A rainy day in Milwaukee is a great day to get inside the art museum for Art in Bloom.  I love seeing an end to winter by looking at the beautiful arrangements paired with a great work of art. 

Here's some of my favorites of this year, and the slide show below shows all the great works.



MAM Art in Bloom 2014 - Tulipomania European Flower Market / Campbell's Soup - Andy Warhol
Campbell's Soup by Andy Warhol Design by Tulipomania European Market
MAM Art in Bloom 2014 Yellow Guitar and Blue Vase, Fernand Leger - Milwaukee Flower Company
Yellow Guitar and Blue Vase, Fernand Leger Design by Milwaukee Flower Company
MAM Art in Bloom 2014 - Big Head, Karel Appel /Urban Sense
Big Head, Karel Appel Design by Urban Sense
MAM Art in Bloom 2014 Flowers, Nicolas de Stael - Roundy's Supermarkets DBA:  Pick 'N Save, Copps, Metro Market
Flowers, Nicolas de Stael Design by Roundy's Supermarkets DBA: Pick 'N Save, Copps, Metro Market
MAM Art in Bloom 2014 / View from the Artist's Studio, Le Cannet, Pierre Bonnard / Anna Held Floral Studio
View from the Artist's Studio, Le Cannet, Pierre Bonnard Design by Anna Held Floral Studio
MAM Art in Bloom 2014 / Hexagram, Kenzo Okada - Sendik's Food Markets / Sendik's Home (Balistreri Owned & Operated)
Hexagram, Kenzo Okada Design by Sendik's Food Markets / Sendik's Home (Balistreri Owned & Operated)
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4/14/2013 1 Comment

Art in Bloom 2013

Art in Bloom 2013 Milwaukee Art Museum
Lobby of Milwaukee Art Museum
Art in Bloom, one of my favorite things at the Milwaukee Art Museum, is here again!  It always creeps up on me in the beginning of spring when life seems so busy but it reminds me to take a well needed break to stop and smell the flowers! 

Posted here are just a few of my favorites.  The slideshow below has the entire collection.

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Art in Bloom 2013 Budda Foot-Print & Whitefish Bay Garden Club
Budda Footprint with flowers by the Whitefish Bay Garden Club
Art in Bloom Milwaukee Art Museum Reginald Baylor art + Bank of Memories & Flowers arrangement
Local Milwaukee Artist, Reginald Baylor's "On Duty, Not Driving" with flower arrangement by Bank of Memories & Flowers
Art in Bloom Milwaukee Art Museum Kandinsky + Red Hawk Nursery
"Fragment I for Composition VII" by Wassily Kandinsky with flowers by Red Hawk Nursery
Milwaukee Art Museum Art in Bloom Mummy Coffin + A New Leaf Floral, Inc
Mummy Coffin of Pedusiri with arrangement by A New Leaf Floral, Inc.
Milwaukee Art Museum Art in Bloom Richter art with Metro Market flowers
"Breath (Atem)" by Gerhard Richter with arrangement by Metro Market Downtown
Milwaukee Art Museum Art in Bloom art by Schnabel flowers by Anna Held Flower Shop
"Claudio al Mandrione (zona rosa)" by Julian Schnabel with flowers by Anna Held Flower Shop
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8/13/2012 6 Comments

"Worn to be Wild" at Harley-Davidson Museum

Worn to be Wild H-D Museum
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Deconstructed leather jacket art piece.
"Worn to be Wild' is the Harley-Davidson Museum's latest special exhibit and in my humble opinion, the best one yet!  I eagrly awaited the opening after seeing it highlighted in the June 2012 Elle Magazines's column in the front where they cronicle upcoming fashion events.  This is the first time I've seen anything from MKE in there so it's a great shout out for the city!  

After I checking it out, I could see why it made that list of events!  It's got to be one of the best representations on the subject of leather jackets.  Yes, it's a bit biased to the motorcyle angle but those two things belong together and are shown perfectly together in this exhibit!

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Vintage Motorcycle Jacket Ads, H-D Museum
Vintage Motorcycle Jacket Ads
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Bomber Jacket
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Aviator Leathers
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As you enter you learn about how motorcycles and leather jackets have been paired together since the invention of motorcyles.  There's vintage motorcyles paired with outfits that the rider would have worn.  There's a look back at an important part of the leather jacket's history with aviation.  It's an interesting look back at the early 1900's along with the beginning of Harley-Davidson's history.

Even back in these early days of motorcycle history you see examples of mass market leather jackets catching on.  My favorites being one you could purchase from the Sear's catalog, and the baby leather is obviously adorable!

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Motorcyclist's Second Skin
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Early riding jacket designed to keep out wind.
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1940's Riding Jacket owned by Milwaukee WWII Vet.
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1930's Sport Togs Riding jacket with D-Pocket designed for riders.
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Anatomy of a jacket display.
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1960's Jacket from London
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1950's Two Toned Leather Jacket
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1951 Studded Leather Jacket
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1920's Sears Catalog & 1930's Harley-Davidson advertising
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Tribute to the king of rock n roll, Elvis Prestley.
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Early mass-market leather jackets from the Sear's catalog.
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Super Deluxe customization of both motorcycles and leather jackets
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Motorcycle Jacket Labels & Catalogs
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The Antihero's Antisportcoat
Continue on to learn how the leather jeacket became the ultimate symbol of rebellion in the section titled "The Ant-Hero's Anti-Sportcoat".  Examples of early lawbreakers and motorcycle gangs are shown alongside with the contrasting Police force's own versions of leather jackets.

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The INCROWD and the OUTCASTS
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Moto Gangs
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Moto Gang Vest
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Motoclub Jackets
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A South Milwaukee Motorcycle Gang
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Police Jacket
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Movie Posters
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Album Covers
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Movies
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Around the corner the exhibit takes a turn into the world of pop culture.  There's a huge wall of album covers featuring the artists in leather jackets, of course.  And early B-Movie posters with actors sporting leather jackets.  Examples from many movies and many rock stars are displayed along with framed photos of the celebrity wearing the ensamble.  Lots of fun to look back and remember these pop culture moments!

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A tribute to a Milwaukee character always in his leather jacket, the fonz!
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Leather jackets in the movies and music.
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Gene Vincent
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Joe Walsh
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Doobie Brothers
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On the right one of my favorites, Scott Pilgrm vs The World. To the left, from the TV show House.
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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Derek Smalls of This is Spinal Tap
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The Terminator
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Judas Priest
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Fergie
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Rat Scabies, drummer of The Damned
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Brown designer leather
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Billy Zoom of Band X for "Anarchy in UK" tour w/Sex Pistols
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Commes Des Garcons Clear Jacket
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Queensryche
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Keith Haring
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The exhibit continues with fashion's intrepretation of the leather jacket.  An incredible catwalk display of Jean Paul Gaultier's leathers spanning several collections was shown along with photos from the runway.  Many other high end designer's takes on the classic are also displayed.  My favorite in this area being the legendary 1980's artist, Keith Haring and a white leather jacket with his signature graffiti print in black.
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The end of the exhibit is the coolest part in my opinion.  There's an artistic display of leather jackets embellished by people in Seattle in the 1980s-1990s shown on giant spikes.  I could stare at them for hours!  The amount of detail that went into each piece was impressive.  Then to realize these were traded in for a new jacket at a vintage clothing store makes you wonder what else these people created.
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Closing credits... thanks H-D Museum for putting together this cool collection!
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7/16/2012 0 Comments

Jimbot's "Little Clues" @ Hot Pop in Milwaukee's 3rd Ward

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Hot Pop is one of the coolest places ever... 
besides having one of the most fun bathrooms in the city and the coolest toys / housewares / clothes / random gadgets to buy they have an art gallery in back.
 
Love it! 
Some friends and I checked out the latest showing about a robot named Jimbot.  Very funny to read Jimbot's "Little Clues" about what he is thinking. 
I believe it's in it's final days so get there quick...

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art by James "Jimbot" Demski at Hot Pop!
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