BAMignite photo contest: the good kind of "Paper Cuts"
Is it the smell of an old book that makes me love almost every kind of paper? The colors... the textures that range from gossamer to one-step-away-from-concrete? Ohhh... paper.
*clears throat* Sorry. I guess you can tell I'm hungrily awaiting an upcoming exhibit at the Bellevue Arts Museum: "Nikki McClure: Cutting Her Own Path, 1996-2012."
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| "Ditch the Car", Nikki McClure. Photo credit: Dan Kvitka. Used with permission from Bellevue Arts Museum. |
Nikki McClure uses X-ACTO blades to cut away black paper until she's left with small slices of everyday life. (And yes, she's self-taught. Daaang.) The exhibit opens two weeks from today.
Now you have a chance to show off what you do with paper -- or fibers, or threads, or photography. Take a photo related to one of these four themes:
- Paper cuts (a paper creation with emotional impact)
- Threads (lines of fiber, color... get creative!)
- Twisted (actual knots, or something that expresses the twists of your life)
- Made in My Town (especially Bellevue-related photos)
Next step: upload it to the museum's Facebook page. The deadline is November 10th.
Finally: On November 16th, BAM will project the photos at the next BAMignite art party.
Those who took the top five photos get free tickets to the party, plus more prizes. How 'bout that?!
As you can see on my Pinterest board "Fun with Paper," I'm constantly amazed by what you can do with paper. And although I don't do much fiber work, I have a soft spot in my heart for yarnbombing.
But which photo to enter in the contest? What would you send in? Go on, take a picture and enter! (And tell 'em you heard it from me.)
Thursday with LHPAC: More time in the "Middle of Nowhere"
Hey, guess what I just heard? "Middle of Nowhere" is staying in the Seattle area for another week!
Seattle Times movie critic Moira McDonald thinks "Middle of Nowhere" is "mesmerizing" and apparently the film cast its spell on weekend movie-goers too. Opening weekend attendance was good enough to encourage a longer run in the Seattle metro area. Look up showtimes at the AMC Southcenter here.
FTC disclosure: I'm partnering with the LHPAC on a series I call "Thursdays with LHPAC", generally published on Thursdays. I am being paid an honorarium for my work. However, all opinions and views expressed in this series are my own.
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FTC disclosure: I'm partnering with the LHPAC on a series I call "Thursdays with LHPAC", generally published on Thursdays. I am being paid an honorarium for my work. However, all opinions and views expressed in this series are my own.
Will someone decorate my house for Halloween, please?
I know Halloween is nearly here because our neighbors have decorated their front lawns.
... or whip up a plague-doctor-style scarecrow straight out of Martha Stewart.
But I still hate creating Holiday Atmosphere. (I know, it's part of the mommy job. I still hate it.) Thus I've managed to get almost all the way through October without putting up a single Halloween decoration. Unless you count the aggressive spiders that try to take over the world our laurel bushes this time of year.
I am depriving my poor children of good childhood memories. Any suggestions on quick decor that'll help me make it up to The Boy and TwoBoo (who mostly hasn't noticed because he's so in love with his Captain America costume)? Tell me in the comments or on Facebook; I'll check for your ideas after I dig my pathetic Halloween wreath out of the closet.