Crea

03/29/2019

⁣Artist pushes the boundaries of texture, pigment, and materialIn both her fine art and 'art for architecture' practice, . 🎨⁣
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From her Brooklyn-based studio, she mixes all of her own pigments and paints her own papers by hand — creating works for clients from Louis Vuitton to Chanel.⁣
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Join Yolande and our other panelists TODAY at 12:30 as we discuss ‘What Sells?': how the placement of art affects our perception of it. Hosted in partnership with . See you soon!! Link in bio. ✨⁣
@ Metropolitan Pavilion Events & Production Services

03/27/2019

To architect Koray Duman, a gallery is much more than just a white box. ⬜️⁣⠀
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Through his architectural firm , he creates gallery spaces that stand out in their own right, and incorporate light, unexpected materials, and subtle details.⁣⠀
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Join Koray and our other panelists during the Lunch Time Talks at this Friday, March 29th to hear his unique perspective on ‘What Sells?': the relationship between art and its gallery space. Hosted in partnership with . Secure your tickets now - link in bio. ✨ @ Metropolitan Pavilion Events & Production Services

03/26/2019

Artist Rhea Karam⁣'s series Déraciné, or 'Uprooted,' places trees photographed in New York's Central Park on the urban streets of Beirut - exploring the symbolic gesture of being uprooted from one country to another⁣, and our relationship to the urban landscape we live in.⁣
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Join as she discusses her work & unique perspective on public art in 'What Sells?' this Friday, March 29th at . See you there - link in bio. ✨⁣
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@ Beirut, Lebanon

03/18/2019

Join us for lunch next Friday, March 29 from 12:30pm-1:30pm at Affordable Art Fair New York City for Lunch Time Talks hosted by *~us~* in partnership with the Black Artist+Designers Guild!⁣
Crea Co-Founder, Kate McTigue, will moderate a panel on What Sells? Exploring the tension between commercial and fine art, and how the placement of a work — in a gallery, in a home, or on a city street — affects its narrative, perception, and impact, with Yolande Batteau, Koray Duman, and Rhea Karam. ⁣
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Each ticket includes a complimentary boxed lunch as well as re-entry to the fair during General Admission hours. Use code GACREA for $10 off a general day pass! ⁣Link in bio✨ @ New York, New York

03/12/2019

New post on Crea-co.com: How to Change an Industry: Malene B’s fight for representation in design

After 20 years working in a creative industry, getting licensed, founding her own company, getting published, and appearing on TV, Malene Barnett is finally having her moment. Thanks to the persistent work of advocates like Malene, mainstream design and art culture is becoming more attuned to who’...

03/04/2019

Entranced by the detail in Jennifer Lamontagne’s embroidery. ✨ “Through the traditional art of embroidery, I am exploring texture, color, and abstraction. Reminiscent of landscapes, embroidery is giving me freedom to juxtapose stitches and create depth in a new medium.” 🧵 @ Boston, Massachusetts

03/01/2019

Is there such a thing as visual ASMR? Because these ceramic sculptures by Claire Lindner give us tingles.
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For this exposition, Claire chose a title from a poem by Jean Art “The Air is a Root” — a contradiction that is represented in the sculptures themselves. Textures that seem soft and fluffy, but are actually hard and rough. Colors that seem to complement, but in reality are almost supernatural. The more you look, the further away the pieces get from “balanced”… 📸

02/22/2019

Coming in at #1 on our is "Plumb Line: Charles White and the Contemporary" at the Calif African American Museum. This exhibition honors White's career in chronicling African American subjects and explores artists who find inspiration in his work, including Sadie Barnette, Diedrick Brackens, Greg Breda, Toyin Ojih Odutol, and more. ⠀
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The exhibition opens March 6th through August 25th. ⠀
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02/21/2019

Second on our is Tau Lewis' "Rover" piece at .⠀
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In "I'm countin' on you to ground me again," Lewis contemplates the monumentality of dialogue with forebearers, and what it means to give form to this exchange. She connects these acts of repurposing, collecting and archiving with diasporic experience.

02/13/2019

This week's : Leila Khoury, whose Near East ceramic sculpture series was prompted after a visit to the Louvre and challenges to colonialism. ⠀
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"Considering the colonialist means that have historically governed the migration of these and countless other artifacts into European collections, I imagine a proper home for them and a former home of mine."

02/07/2019

Now live on Crea: Designer We Love: Lisa Hunt

In this edition of “Designers we love,” we chat career transitions, and representation of black artists and designers with publishing Creative Director-turned-full-time-artist, Lisa Hunt.