Tag Archives: Art
Jackson Pollack Gets Some Fatherly Advice
February 16, 2012 — by
In 1928, LeRoy Pollack penned a thoughtful note to his sixteen-year-old son, Jackson. That same year, Jackson Pollack was introduced to modern art while studying at Manual Arts High School.
Poster Youth
January 27, 2012 — by
La Raza Community Centre offered a variety of activities and support for local youth of San Diego during the late 70s–early 80s. La Raza Silkscreen Centre taught kids the skills needed to design their own posters. Powerful prints!
Teen Connection Theatre
January 9, 2012 — by
Teens connect and make theatre together—workshopping skits, painting scenery and field tripping. In 1986-1988, the Centro Cultural de la Raza community center hosted young productions. The center was co-founded in 1970 by Chicano poet Alurista and artist Victor Ochoa, known as a center of indigenismo (indigenism) during the Aztlán phase of Chicano art in the early 1970s.
Youth and Beauty at the Brooklyn Museum
January 3, 2012 — by
Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties is a new exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, which examines young people’s powerful influence on the visual culture of the 1920s. Our film will look closely at Flappers, and how this American youth culture, their jazz, fashion, and partying, would inspire teenagers around the world. So we were intrigued to see this show, and excited to discuss our overlapping interests with the exhibition’s curator Terry Carbone.
Nothing in the World But Youth
December 27, 2011 — by
Nothing in the World But Youth is a prolific museum exhibition at Turner Contemporary in Margate, a seaside town in England. 94 artists and over 200 works in the show examine the idea of youth. When I learned about the exhibition and read the incredible catalog, I knew that our projects were on a similar wavelength, so I interviewed the curator Lauren Wright. Read our conversation after the jump…
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