#staff pick

[uwmspeccoll]

Staff Pick of the Week

Growing up near the Ganga River in the cultural wellspring of Mithilia, Rambharos Jha spent much of his childhood observing the natural world and traditional arts of the region. When his father began working with a government project to breathe life into local art traditions, Rambharos had the opportunity to study Madhubani women painting walls and courtyards in their renowned Mithilia style utilizing natural dyes and pigments to depict people engaging with nature and deities.  

Inspired by these encounters, Rambharos began his artistic painting career in line with the traditional motifs of Hindu mythology but has since evolved his practice to better represent his personal experiences and experimental mediums. Waterlife, published in 2012 by Tara Books, is a culmination of Rambharos’s efforts to balance the delicate traditions of Mithilia art with his contemporary ideas. Waterlife is silkscreen-printed by hand on handmade cotton paper and masterfully plays with adding movement and new subjects and environments to the classic Mithilia medium marrying Rambharos’s childhood memories and folk legends.  

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-Jenna, Special Collections Graduate Intern 

#Staff Pick of the Week #rambharos jha #waterlife #tara books #mithilia art #screenprinting #handmade paper #staff pick #silkscreen #Indian art #Madhubani India #Jenna #artists books

[powells]

We Recommend: TO SHAPE A DRAGON'S BREATH by Moniquill Blackgoose

"I want to shout about this book from the rooftops! It's a fun and smart alt-history with a fierce indigenous lead, a great cast of multi-faceted side characters, and incredible world building. A fresh take on dragons, academies, and power... with more books to come!" Link!

#powells books #powell's books #Powell's #book recommendations #fantasy recs #dragon books #dragons #staff pick #summer reading

[smithlibrary]

Esther says: If this was a staff food pick, I would give restaurant recommendations, but alas, this is supposed to be a staff book pick. The illustrations and descriptions in this comic book might as well be food for the eyes though! Besides learning how easy it is to actually make dumplings (instead of paying $8 for four pieces at the store), I learned the cultural background behind each type of dumpling from rangoons to shumai to mandu to wontons and a lot more.

Call number: 641.802 AMA

#esther #staff pick #non-fiction #2023 #september

[ilovevideo]

semiconductor

#art #artist #video art #experimental #vimeo #staff pick #Vimeo

[dogma85]

Almost 30K views!! So proud of this series and this episode in particular.

#short film #art #painter #edward povey #contemporary artist #nowness #staff pick #short documentary #art film

[acrylicalchemy]

"It's Not Always Black And White (5150 Shades Of Grey)." 

What do you see? 

Message me for all originals and commissions and check out my canvas prints, apparel, and much more at CariniArts.com

#art #artist #artists on tumblr #staff picks #for you #curators #editors #staff pick #design #decor #mental health #mental health awareness #rorschach test #rorschach #abstract #contemporary art #fine art #painting #painter #interior design #interior decor #San Diego artist #abstract art

[tgcnews]

New TGC Staff Pick: Dragons of Etchinstone

Dragons of Etchinstone is a new TGC Staff Pick at The Game Crafter! It's a great little $10 game that is played completely in your hands with just 18 cards!

You will be the brave Ether Mage and you'll use your action cards tactically to work through four regions and a challenging final encounter against one of the four dragons.

Dragons of Etchinstone has an amazing 8.2 rating on Board Game Geek and lots of 5 star reviews on The Game Crafter. It also won 1st Place in "Best Artwork" and 3rd Place Overall in the "Best Solo Game" category in Board Game Geek's "2022 In-Hand Game Design Contest".

Expansion News: The designer, Joe Klipfel at Mythfield Games, told us that an 18-card expansion is in the works! Click here for details

#Staff Pick #Board Games #Indie Games #Card Game #Card Games

[wellesleybooks]

#staff pick #shelf talkers #good night irene #luis alberto urrea #npr interview #scott simon #ww 2 fiction #donut dollies #red cross #based on the author's mom's life #historical fiction #favorite authors #summer reading #new in hardcover #little brown publishing #clubmobile corps #lorna recommends

[theslimeologist]

Its viscerally upsetting that our preferences are apparently respected but we’re all automatically opted in for tumblr’s AI 3rd party “partners” to supposedly scrape our posts and content? L O L

BLOG SETTINGS -> VISIBILITY -> ENABLE “PREVENT 3RD PARTY SHARING”

If you’re on mobile *you must first update the tumblr app*

THIS MUST BE DONE FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC BLOG YOU HAVE

#ever heard of the phrase confusopoly? #coined by james stephanie sterling (jimsterling on youtube etc) #they’ve made very poingent observations about how the video game industry operates to exploit players into becoming whales #confusopoly is the concept of a company making something as confusing as possible #to maximise the chance that people wont bother to look into it #and pick whichever option is easiest. #which in this case is not knowing HOW to do this #or that you NEED to do this #a public post on the staff blog is not how you get the word out #update #just straight raving over here

[popsixsquishcicerolipschitz]

Flowless II from Alex Maltsev on Vimeo.

#Flowless II #Alex Maltsev #Vimeo #Staff Pick

[uwmspeccoll]

Staff Pick!

Anni Albers (1899-1994) is held in high regard as one of the most paramount textile designers of the 20th century. Albers attended the Bauhaus in 1922 and begrudgingly participated in the weaving workshop as it was the only one available to women at that time. By 1931, Albers had received a diploma for innovative work and stepped into the role as head of the weaving workshop, a rare occurrence for a woman at the school. When the Bauhaus closed in 1933, Albers accepted an invitation to teach at North Carolina’s Black Mountain College. She stayed on as an assistant professor at Black Mountain College until 1949 where she was known for her experimental approaches to materials and processes.  

Albers broke new ground within the world of weaving and graphic design, taking printmaking techniques into uncharted territory. In 1949 she was the first textile designer to have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art and spent the remainder of her life making and showing art. Despite her prolific artmaking, Albers left behind very little evidence of her working process aside from one unassuming notebook dating to the latter part of her life.  

Anni Albers: Notebook 1970-1980 is a delightful glimpse into the mind of Albers. A facsimile of her simple composition notebook, the publication is replete with spontaneous works and preliminary ideas sketched out in pencil and occasionally red ink. Most works are dated, and a few have titles corresponding to subsequent prints and printed textiles. This is the only known notebook of Albers and a joyous wellspring of inspiration for any textile artist or designer.  

Anni Albers: Notebook 1970-1980 was published in 2017 by David Zwirner Books out of New York. 

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-Jenna, Special Collections Graduate Intern 

#anni albers #anni albers: notebook 1970-1980 #David Zwirner Books #bauhaus #black mountain college #textile design #weaving #staff pick #Jenna

[powells]

🌊 SALTY SUMMER READS 🌊

#powell's books #powells #powell's recommends #books #summer reading #staff pick #book recommendation #ya #young adult #fiction #ya reads #the SEA #the unexplainable and deep longing for THE SEA #we don't belong there! #it's for ORCAS and MERMAIDS

[smithlibrary]

Reuben says: If you choose to delve into the pages, beware. In this alternate-history, future-fantasy, time-hole riddled world of a book, literature can quite possibly come alive...or meet an early demise. It's absurd, impossible and occasionally hard to follow. Just follow Thursday Next through the sweet madness.

Call number: SFF F FFO

#reuben #staff pick #science fiction #2023 #may

[black-and-yellow]

Captivating Programming.

#whatever eri's watching the staff end up watching too #they all have a favourite show to put on for her #Midnight puts on Bluey. All Might puts on the original Care Bears series #Aizawa always gravitates towards Garfield and Friends #Mic isn't allowed to pick shows without supervision #“I watched goosebumps as a kid and I turned out fine.” #“Mic yesterday you told your students that you'd rupture their organs if they didn't listen to you” #bnha #mha #ua staff shenanigans #all might #small might #yagi toshinori #aizawa shouta #eraserhead #present mic #hizashi yamada #eri chan #bnha comic #idc if i get called cringe for liking bluey im just glad kids have something decent to watch for once #i mean the alternative is like. cocomelon. so the bar is literally underground #idc the blue dog show is based.

[acrylicalchemy]

Now I'll be the first to admit I don't go out in public all that often, but ArtWalk San Diego was a trip yesterday for my live painting demo at Adelman Fine Art. I had a couple lovely young ladies that wanted an impromptu adult painting session, a dude that handed me his credit card and told me to sell him something, and someone that propositioned me for something I'm still trying to figure out. All in all, it was a great day!

CariniArts.com

#staff picks #for you #art #artist #artists on tumblr #Michael carini #carini #carini arts #acrylic alchemy #artwalk #artwalk sd #artwalk san diego #mission federal artwalk #San Diego art #San Diego artist #little italy #staff pick #curators #editors #painting #painter #live painting #live painter #painting demo #abstract #phoenix fire flower #rose #roses #flower art #flower painting

[tgcnews]

TGC Staff Pick - Climate Detectives

Climate Detectives: Open for Business is a new Staff Pick at The Game Crafter. It's a collaborative, competitive game that teaches science, math, and climate change thinking skills. It was designed for use in middle and high school classrooms but is fun enough for a game night with friends.

The game was designed by Paige Harriman and Jake Harrison with funding from the UNC Reese Innovation Lab.

#staff pick #climate change #educational games #educational toys #board games #k 12 education #tabletop games