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INTRODUCING OUR NEW HERITAGE TRAINEES!
As part of the Royal Academy’s 250th anniversary celebrations and the Heritage Lottery Fund, the RA has taken on three trainees to work throughout different departments during 2017/18. My name is Patrick and I am based within Learning, there is also Wes in Digital and Masa in Collections, I am sure you will hear from them soon.
These first five weeks have been such a whirlwind, meeting so many new wonderful and interesting people and having the opportunity to explore the Royal Academy in ways that I have never done before. As a group of trainees we were given an in-depth introduction program that other members of my team have been extremely jealous of, I have delved deep into the archive and rummaged through the silver collection traditionally donated to the RA by new academicians.
Sometimes the RA can look, – to an outsider, – like a stalwart of the artistic establishment, an inaccessible and intimidating place for certain groups. However, being based within the learning team I have been able to witness first-hand several access groups, which have been developed over years closely with community groups to help gain access to hard to reach audiences. A brilliant example of this is the monthly Art Club, where homeless people come together to make and discuss art. It showed me how these groups are more than just about the art, they help participants to feel valued, accepted and included. It allows them to build the confidence to increase their social activity, which can go on to help people get back on their feet. Hearing stories of past attendees getting jobs as a direct influence of Art Club is inspiring and hopefully something I can continue to be involved in throughout my traineeship.
Throughout the year I hope to keep you all informed of my progress and the activities I will be involved with for the 250th anniversary celebrations. This year is going to go fast and I cannot believe I have already been here for five weeks!!!
Take care all,
Patrick
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It was six years ago when West Virginia artist and designer Tiera Floyd discovered she had a hidden gift for painting. After earning a Bachelor’s in Graphic Design from West Virginia Wesleyan, she is now committed to exploring and cultivating her talent as a painter. She decided to enroll in West Virginia University’s Master’s Program with a concentration in Fine Art, where she will continue to study and paint for the next three years.
Since the time of her initial discovery, Tiera has employed her skills and created a beautiful and personal body of work, selections from which have already made appearances at esteemed venues and competitions in West Virginia and beyond. Her paintings have earned three awards from the Division of Culture and History’s “West Virginia Juried Exhibition,” including the prestigious D. Gene Jordan Memorial Award in 2013. She will also be participating in ArtPrize7 in Grand Rapids, Michigan this September and her work will be featured in WVU’s upcoming MFA exhibition at the Southeastern College Art Conference in Pittsburgh this fall.
Working in series, Tiera’s paintings celebrate the essence of human experience by honoring her subjects’ most expressive and emotional features. Her tightly cropped portraits of watchful eyes, smiling mouths, and calloused hands invite viewers to consider the personal histories of the people Tiera depicts in a way that’s both intellectual and mysterious. Her intentionality in composition also carries over to her technical process, through which she often makes deliberate connections between her subjects and her materials. Using tools like sandpaper, she modifies the surfaces of her paintings to create conversations between her layers of paint and what lies beneath, emphasizing the physicality of her work.
This unique concept is particularly evident in her “Engrained” series, which is a tribute to her family and heritage. “I come from a creative family,” she explains in her artist statement. “The house I grew up in was built entirely by my parents and grandfather, Pap. Pap is a carpenter, wood-worker, and creative genius. His brothers and sisters, my great aunts and uncles, also quilt, craft, construct, and create. This list of relative talent continues on and on, but the point is – I’m not alone, creativity is in my heritage.” In the series, which is made up of three paintings, Tiera depicted an image of her grandfather’s, father’s, and her own hand on wooden board, but on each piece, left a segment of the panel completely exposed. “By allowing the wood grain to break through the painting – interweaving and flowing with the painted surface – previously ignored aspects of the painting are discovered,” she explains. “…The wood grain further expresses character through the lines created by an aged tree, similar to the wrinkles and fine lines that define that subject’s personality.”
Aside from the visual interest revealing this wood grain presents Tiera also wants to express the symbolism embodied in this creative choice. “The wood grain juxtaposes the oil paintings not only to play on the lines of the painted hands, but for natural significance. Painting the hands of myself, my father, and Pap for an “Engrained” study express heritage. I focus on hands in this series because they serve as the tools we use to convey our creativity. As “Engrained” pay(s) homage to heritage, they also inspire future endeavors in my painting process on wood, as well as other artistic outlets.”
This summer, one of the works from this series, “Engrained Study: Pap” was selected for inclusion in Tamarack’s annual “The Best of West Virginia Open Juried Exhibition” by jurors Tim Glotzbach (Berea, KY) and Jennifer D. Anderson (Roanoke, VA). The piece’s impressive technical merits as well as its touching story made quite the impression on Tamarack visitors, whose collective votes earned Tiera and her painting this year’s “People’s Choice Award.” Please join us in congratulating Tiera on this achievement as well as her numerous others. To learn more about her, and to stay informed on her upcoming events, please visit her website , follow her on Instagram, and “like” her Facebook page.
The beautiful simplicity of Bowdoin, ME.
The experiences I’ve had here are more important to me than any vacation or trip to some picturesque dreamland. I would choose to be here even in the worst of weather than to be at a mansion or a nice beach somewhere in the tropics.
Appreciate the good things in life.
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Bubble Nebula by Hubble Heritage
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For the 26th birthday of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers are highlighting a Hubble image of an enormous bubble being blown into space by a super-hot, massive star. The Hubble image of the Bubble Nebula, or NGC 7635, was chosen to mark the 26th anniversary of the launch of Hubble into Earth orbit by the STS-31 space shuttle crew on April 24, 1990. The Bubble Nebula is 7 light-years across — about one-and-a-half times the distance from our sun to its nearest stellar neighbor, Alpha Centauri. The Bubble Nebula was discovered in 1787 by William Herschel, a prominent British astronomer. It is being formed by a prototypical Wolf-Rayet star, an extremely bright, massive, and short-lived star that has lost most of its outer hydrogen and is now fusing helium into heavier elements. The star is about 4 million years old, and in 10 million to 20 million years, it will likely detonate as a supernova.
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) heritage.stsci.edu/2016/13/hubbledev.stsci.edu/newscenter/archive/releases/2016/13/
From Sa Rapita to Santa Maria
From the Cala Tuent to Banyalbufar
Rural settlement in Grampian Region: approaches and sources
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Pathways to a Shared European Information Infrastructure for Cultural Heritage
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Archaeology and the medieval towns of Norway [protected status of medieval towns, and research organization]
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Mid-Norfolk Railway Dereham Norfolk by Adam Swaine
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The Mid-Norfolk Railway (MNR) is a 17+1⁄2 miles (28.2 km) preserved standard gauge heritage railway, one of the longest in Great Britain.[4] Preservation efforts began in 1974, but the line re-opened to passengers only in the mid-1990s as part of the “new generation” of heritage railways.[5] The MNR owns and operates most of the former Wymondham-Fakenham branch line of the Norfolk Railway.
The Veerahbadreswara Temple located in the village of #Lepakshi in #Anantapur in #AndhraPradesh, is dedicated to the fierce Veerbhadra avatar of #LordShiva. One of the grandest temples of the Vijayanagara empire, it dates back to the 16th century and has been designated a monument of national importance by the Archaeological Survey of India. The naga linga sculpture is inside the Veerahbadreswara temple is about 15 feet tall and was supposed to have been carved out by a man in an hour.
#lepakshitemple #ancient #heritage #architecture #culture #instago #instatravel #andhrapradeshtourism #amazingandhra #templesofindia #everydayindia #indiaphototsociety #lonelyplanetindia #lpindia #travelindia #incredibleindia #indiaundiscovered #mypixeldiry #mysimpleclick #indianshutterexpress #sparklinghorizon #budpoi #indiafeature #Indianphotographyclub #hindustanblog
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Virgil Abloh references his Ghanaian heritage in the @louisvuitton Menswear collection for Fall / Winter 2021
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#ghana #kente #menswear #virgilabloh #design #heritage #style #culture #fashion #apif #apifrocks
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Kuala Lumpur (KL) has a variety of architecture within its area. A fusion of its cultural heritage, their dominant religion and architectural advancement in contemporary designs. The majestic Petronas Towers or Petronas Twin Towers stand high in the middle of the city bearing its iconic post-modern architectural design that identifies KL among any other city skylines. It also remains to be the…
For my long forgotten trip to Sydney way back in September 2014, I’m dedicating this entire post solely to the majestic Queen Victoria Building (QVB). Primarily because of my deep passion and appreciation to anything with precious historical value.
QVB is situated in the heart of Sydney’s central business district. The entire building covers the whole block between George, Market, York and Druitt streets. Just across the other shopping districts.
It is highly recognisable amidst the modern skyscrapers and flashy contemporary shopping malls. Its very presence speaks a lot of history. It was built in the late 19th century exhibiting Victorian Romanesque architecture by a Scottish architect migrant who moved in Sydney in 1884. The presence of columns, arches and great attention to details shows the influence of the American Architect Henry Hobson Richardson in the said era.
Let me introduce my next passion, timepieces! QVB has two unique huge mechanical clocks with outstanding technicality and complexity. Australia’s history is carefully handcrafted to these masterpieces while figures circumnavigate the clocks. In addition, most of it has annual calendar features too!
Here are more photos of my visit at QVB:
The precise and uniform archeways are truly admirable. The depth seems like to portray infinity. Just like how QVB is carefully preserved throughout time. On the side, the phot may be cropped but it can be clearly seen how the spiral staircases are maintained, though most of it are off limits to anyone.
Dome ceilings are very distinguished in this building.
Arches and glass windows’ intricate designs.
Aside from columns, arches and other details engraved on every corner of this building, the tile work of the flooring is very notable too.
QVB is definitely one of those heritage sites never to miss out when visiting Sydney!
Ares Duval - Heritage
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Breville Presents: Heritage Cookbook Recipe Fried Chicken & Husk Hot Sauce
The secret to Sean Brock’s fried chicken? Sweet tea. The James Beard Award-winning chef shares more recipes from his first cookbook HeritageonNovember 19 at Sixth & I.
Do you want to see Sean Brock smell some lettuce and wax poetic about eating his lunch straight from the garden? Like hell, you do.
See the James Beard Award-winning chef of Husk andMcCrady’s at Sixth & I on November 19 to discuss his fist cookbook, Heritage, with Michele Kayal.
El rococó trujillano. La Catedral de Trujillo conserva uno de los mejores conjuntos de retablos rococó de la ciudad, con cinco de estos ejemplares. En el muro testero se encuentran este par de retablos, en los cuales las columnas son reemplazadas con soportes antropomorfos (hermas) y cuyas superficies se encuentran adornadas con decoración rocaille. #trujillo #trujilloperu #peru #igersperu #lalibertad #igerslalibertad #igerstrujilloperu #barocco #barock #baroque #barroco #rococo #rocaille #arquitectura #architecturephotography #archilife #architecture #archilovers #architettura #retablo #escultura #sculpture #virreinal #virreinato #colonial #patrimonio #heritage (en Catedral basílica de Santa María (Trujillo, Perú))
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Balcón esquinero y plazuela de la Casa Orbegoso y fachada neocolonial de la iglesia de San Agustín de Trujillo. #trujillo #trujilloperu #igerstrujilloperu #peru #igersperu #lalibertad #igerslalibertad #arquitectura #architecture #architecturephotography #architettura #archilovers #archilife #barroco #barocco #baroque #barock #neoclasico #neoclassical #neoclassic #neoclassicism #neocolonial #virreinato #virreinal #colonial #patrimonio #heritage (en Centro histórico de Trujillo)
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