Weekly 5 is a round-up the past week’s creative news, discoveries, and happenings in my world!
Best thing that happened in my world this week, or rather, month:
It’s been a month since I’ve made a Weekly 5 post. July, for me, has been mostly uneventful. It’s that time of year when the temperatures hover at 110F+ for days on end (sometimes even stretching into weeks). For the last few weeks I’ve been focusing on streamlining my studio, getting rid of more unused stuff, and figuring out a final plan for my studio closet to accommodate for extra storage, my printer, and possibly 1-2 other pieces of equipment we have not yet acquired. The best thing that has occurred this month is that Mother Nature has saw fit to give us desert dwellers a reprieve from the extreme heat, for now. We have had an unusually cool July with temperatures ranging from the low 90s to under 110 for the most part. It’s the coolest July we’ve had in 26 years or so. So long as the high temps don’t shift over to our fall and winter holidays, I am happy!
The women artists who were way ahead of their time
From CNN
Each of these artists — whether through sculpture, photography, video, painting or language — has challenged conventional portrayals of women’s bodies, emotions and experiences. And they’ve managed to sustain a legacy of radical, often political art, over the course of decades. (Almost all of these current exhibitions include new or recent bodies of work.) That their art remains in focus is both a notable feat and a sign of the times.
Artist discovery: Rosalyn Bataille
Rosalyn is a multitalented artist, CalArts graduate and has created/performed/worked in the areas of dance, filmmaking, and modeling. She has also worked as producer and director. Tonight she exhibits her art for the first time in Arizona at the grand opening of the Main Street Creative Arts Center in Mesa, AZ. She has accomplished a lot at her young age and I can’t wait to see where her creative journey takes her next! See more of her work on Instagram @rosey_lines.
Johnny Depp’s New Art Drop Revisits an Idyllic Chapter of His Life
From artnet
“Truly, the first time I felt I had a home was the place in the south of France where Vanessa and I raised the kiddies. That’s the only place that ever felt like home,” he said. In his temporary residence in Madrid, he hangs a portrait of his then-10-year-old daughter, a work that he “never finished.” “I was Papa. I cannot tell you how much I loved being Papa.”
