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Health Hazards Manual for Artists

12/26/2022

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​'Health Hazards Manual for Artists 
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Paperback - Illustrated'

by Michael McCann Ph.D. (Author), 
​Angela Babin (Author)

​This is the trusted resource for working artists and art students written by the leading authority on these health hazards. Whether you work in painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, woodworking, textiles, computer, or children's art, this is the only reference book that covers all the dangers associated with metals, minerals, and chemicals.

​ With illustrations throughout, this first aid book shows how to treat injuries and work with proper caution while still being creative. Updates include new ventilation, photo processing, and computer systems. Whether you are a beginner or professional, this is a must for every school, art studio, and home.

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About the Author
MICHAEL MCCANN, Ph.D., C.I.H. is one of the world's leading authorities on health hazards in the arts . He was the founder and President of the Center for Safety in the Arts until it closed due to loss of funding in1995, and is author of the distinguished ARTIST BEWARE, the most exhaustive reference book on the subject of health hazards for artists.
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Remember!
Always read the Label.
When in doubt, wear gloves.
If you're outside, wear sunblock and cover up.
When you're prepping, wear a good mask and gloves.
If you're spraying, wear a respirator!
If your slinging paint, wear goggles!
The top step is NOT a step! REALLY!
If your dangling on the face of a building or wall, you should                probably have a harness of some type on, (or at 
least               handy... for when the 'clip-boards' show up.)
Don't do stupid stuff.

Keep a first aid kit in the truck, and water, and a fan. and salt              tablets.
Don't wear sandals or open-toed-foot-things on ladders and                scaffolding or planks!
Don't leave your tools lying around (or on ladders, bone-head!)

Don't let other people around you do stupid stuff.
Never say "Hey Guys, watch this!"

Don't smoke (anything!) around volatiles. 
Don't pick at anything with your gloves on. (you can usually                 rub an itch, but be careful!)
Don't text and paint!
          (Especially if you should be wearing a harness!)
When you drop your phone, just let it go!
          (Don't reach for it, especially at height or balancing.)

Be nice to the crew setting up the rig.
Always check the work of the crew setting up the rig.

Always check a plank and ladder-jack before you climb on it.
When you'r driving your lift around the mural sight, watch out               for 'Old-Guys' sitting on buckets! 

Don't bleed on the art-work!

Any other suggestions?
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Murals On The Street! Avenue 50 Studio/Gallery

12/19/2022

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​Many times when I'm out, I come across some really nice murals or hand painted signs out there that I want to share with you! So that is what this post is all about.
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So the other day I was out and about, and I saw this wild mural on the wall over at Avenue 50 Studio and Gallery. 

Avenue 50 Studio, Inc.
131 No. Avenue 50
Los Angeles, CA  90042
323/258-1435

www.avenue50studio.org
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They were between exhibitions so I didn’t bother them,
but I later wrote and inquired about their mural.
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​Here was their response:
     "Hello Roberto...
     That mural was painted, maybe around 2015, by 'Defer' with help from Juan Carlos Munoz Hernandez.  
     Juan Carlos is in the same crew that Defer is part of. 
     Juan had it painted for the exhibit he was in. It was all volunteer painted. They were so good to us."

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Defer / Alex Kizu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVC6K-uuZDk&t=56s
​"As a founding member of the respected crews K2S, STN & KGB, Alex “DEFER” Kizu (b. 1975) has been an integral part of the Los Angeles street art scene since the mid-1980s.
He is well known for his expertise in rendering beautifully complex letter-forms.
Alex Kizu’s work stems from his culture and connection to graffiti and the urban landscape, representing a profound artistic language which distorts the lines between street art and fine art. Kizu, aka Defer, was one of the pioneer members of the first generation of Los Angeles graffiti writers, and he has distilled the hand-style developed since his youth into abstract pieces that incorporate not only typographic but also cultural motifs, and complex patterning.
Kizu’s paintings are highly detailed examinations of line and color – frenetic structures that flow organically with multi-layered abstractions creating a borderless visual depth and complexity.
Interviews and work by Kizu have been included in a number of esteemed compendiums of graffiti art – a testament to Alex Kizu’s artistic stature in the realm of Los Angeles street art.

Whether it’s the LA-centric graffiti book,
 “Graffiti LA” by Steve Grody,
or the national scope covered in the recently released
 “The History of American Graffiti” by Roger Gastman and Caleb Neelon,
Kizu’s influence on the visual language found in the
City of Angels cannot be overlooked."

-Fabien Castanier Gallery

https://www.castaniergallery.com/
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View Original Artworks and Prints by 'Defer'
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"DEFER’s typographic work is viewed as lyrical and beautiful. Also known as a 'handstyle', this specific expression speaks to the credibility of the original graffiti crews in Los Angeles and now bridges to a larger audience.
Currently Defer creates paintings that incorporate Japanese images with his handstyle resulting in exquisite art." 
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- Brandy Shea Sweeney 

https://www.1xrun.com/artists/defer/
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JUAN CARLOS MUÑOZ HERNANDEZ
American Sculptor and Painter
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cf9MwHq-EM

​Born in 1969, Juan Carlos Muñoz Hernandez was raised in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles where he was exposed to art at an early age, in the form of graffiti art and aerosol based mural paintings.
After being commissioned for his first public mural, his career progressed with further commissions and he was eventually selected, through a rigorous interview process,
by world-renowned sculptor Robert Graham to join the Museum of Contemporary Art’s “Torso Project” in 1992.

Muñoz Hernandez continues to work at the esteemed
Robert Graham Studio today, and has worked on several internationally acclaimed public works including
the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial in Washington D.C.,
Duke Ellington in New York, Charlie Parker in Kansas City,
and Our Lady of Angels Cathedral doors in Los Angeles, California. 

Muñoz Hernandez’s works range in materials from acrylic, ink, pigment on paper, wood, and canvas, to multi-dimensional cast and fabricated bronze, with patina and powder-coat. 
His work has been included in numerous museum and gallery shows over the past twenty years such as
The Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art,
The Pasadena Museum of California Art
PMCA, OTIS Ben Maltz Gallery,
and The Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH). 
His work was also included in
The Getty Graffiti Black Book in 2013,
which featured the work of more than 150 of LA’s most influential graffiti artists, and was inspired by 16th century manuscripts held by the Getty Research Institute
called “Liber Amicorum” or “Book of Friends.” 
The Getty Graffiti Black Book was on display at
the El Segundo Museum of Art (ESMoA). 
In 2018, he held his first solo show at
Simard Bilodeau Contemporary.

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‘Espiritu Del Color’, by Muñoz Hernandez 18 x 18 x 1/64 in ; 45.72 x 45.72 x .04 cm Velvet Archival paper 25 limited addition prints
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‘Light Sound and Water #5’, by Muñoz Hernandez Stainless Steel, 11” x 6” x 22” Series : 2021
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8 Artists to Fly to the Moon!

12/12/2022

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​“I love it when Art and Space Exploration converge!” -RQ 

Japanese billionaire unveils the 8 artists he'll fly to the moon on SpaceX's Starship dearMoon flight!

By Elizabeth Howell 
@Spacedotcom 
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A Japanese billionaire picked his crew-mates for the first-ever artist-centered mission! Yusaku Maezawa, who made his fortune as an online fashion retailer, announced the eight people who would be flying with him on the dearMoon mission, which aims to use a SpaceX Starship to fly around the moon as soon as next year.
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Check out their profiles here:  https://dearmoon.earth/
(Each member of the dearMoon crew was briefly quoted in a video)
The announcement was confirmed on Dodd's and Maezawa's Twitter feeds"I don't know what it's going to do to me emotionally, and I guess that's part of the adventure," Dodd says in the video. Adds Adam, "I expect that this mission will bring about many changes personally and professionally."
The video also includes several views of Starship under testing, including at least one of the static fires of the SpaceX system.
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(Just a good excuse to post a photo of a rocket blasting off! -RQ)
​The previously-announced 2023 launch date may push back substantially, however, as Starship has not yet been approved for an orbital journey around Earth, let alone a flight to the moon. 
The spaceship has been grounded for more than 18 months as SpaceX awaits approval from the Federal Aviation Administration regarding environmental assessment requirements at its Starbase launch location in South Texas.
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​Related: SpaceX's Starship video animation is Tron meets Blade Runner in space


​Elizabeth Howell is the co-author of "Why Am I Taller?" (ECW Press, 2022; with Canadian astronaut Dave Williams), a book about space medicine. 

Follow her on Twitter @howellspace. 

Follow on Twitter @Spacedotcom or Facebook

Join on Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! 



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Sayak Mitra: Muralist, Painter, Digital Artist.

12/5/2022

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Here’s a guy to keep an eye on!
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Sayak says about his work:
“My main subject matter involves cultural nuance, political issues and social incidents, which are employed to establish discourse on the relationship between simple human emotions – love, happiness, agony –
​through the language of abstraction."
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‘Onlooker’ Inkjet print on Vinyl. Chader Haat, Kolkata. 2015
"Investigating human values in present time, I take ordinary mundane objects, scenes, symbols & characters, and introduce them as symbols of something much deeper.”
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“The multidisciplinary nature of my work
is inspired by fugacious exploration of human existence
​with an unrestricted palette."

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"Using representational elements in union
with repetitious forms,

I emphasize the pleasures of eternal entanglements."

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"I take from the world around me – whether it be semiotics
or journalistic materials like newspaper, magazine photos
or television news.

It could be something as banal as driving signs,
fashionable textile patterns,
or any significant infographic I find on my mobile app."

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"The complex union of incoherent images, vivid colors and layered application designed with both digital tools and paint brush, invite us to communicate.”
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        Roberto has been pestering the ‘Marketing’ staff here at Art and Soul for some time now to get together with ‘Research and Development’ to come up with a fun way for him to share all the great work out there of all the many other talented muralists and artists he's been "influenced by" over the years. ‘Sales’ was totally against the idea! ("How could that possibly improve the bottom-line?!"). ‘Marketing’ remains split, as usual ("We need more data"). ‘R&D’ thought it might be a fun way to "show off a little", and to showcase all those great ideas they keep finding out there on the internet. ‘HR’ said it might be a good way to keep 'The Crew' distracted ("Since they are all so bored since Covid hit, and Roberto is spending more and more time in his studio working on all those silly little easel paintings").
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