Jesus H. Christ, Lisa!
Can you see the Divine Light shining out of my face? Google can.
Unknown artist, “Christ’s Blessing” stained glass window at Greensboro Historical Museum, North Carolina
It’s Friday… I’m just having a little more fun with Google’s art selfie app. According to the museum collections included in this app, I could be A) a Mexican/French/Brazilian woman, or B) a solemn toddler, or C) Jesus H. Christ. What do you think?
Selfie match-up with: “Manya LaTour” by Raphael Soyer; “Retrato de Lucy I” by Lasar Segall
Leopold Louis Boilly, “Portrait of Madame Gastellier;” FECK, “Sin titulo (Untitled)”
Speaking of having a little fun: Carla Sonheim’s “Bugs!” art class starts on Monday! I make my appearance on Thursday, October 22nd. Have you registered yet? If not, this is your Official Reminder to make room for some collage fun next week.
The latest #challenge (it's super-easy)
I’ve got a social media challenge for ya: put down the phone and pick up a book… about a super-successful hashtag.
Remember when thousands of people started dressing themselves — and everything around them — like museum paintings? A Dutch woman started the trend, and then the Getty Museum version went viral. Now the museum’s gathered thousands of those re-creations into a book. “Off the Walls” comes out next month. The good news: proceeds from the book go to the Artist Relief nationwide fund. The bad news: unfortunately, the fund’s website says that project shuts down at the end of September.
So before you go back to staring at your phone, maybe consider donating directly to the relief fund. It’ll be your good art deed of the day, at least until “Off the Walls” hits your mailbox.