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Tag Archives: public art
(Mostly) Wordless Wednesday: Edgar Allan Poe
Once you start looking for it, public art really is everywhere. My husband passed this guy while strolling down Boylston Street in Boston, Massachusetts last week. This life-sized statue of Edgar Allan Poe was created by Stefanie Rocknak, and installed … Continue reading
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Wordless Wednesday: Jungle Jane by Fred Hunnicutt
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Tagged California, Fred Hunnicutt, Palo Alto, public art
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Wordless Wednesday: Mural in downtown Palo Alto, CA
Portion of the mural painted on the Printers Inc building on Birch Street in downtown Palo Alto, CA. The mural dates from the 1980s. Continue reading
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Wordless Wednesday: High Heels for Going to Heaven
While traveling through San Francisco International Airport last December, The Ten-Year-Old and I stumbled across a giant shoe sculpture by Yayoi Kusama called High Heels for Going to Heaven. Continue reading
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Tagged High Heels for Going to Heaven, public art, San Francisco, Yayoi Kusama
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Wordless Wednesday: The Glass Pumpkin Patch at Stanford Shopping Center
Evening light really is hard for the iPhone camera, isn’t it? Related Links: Walker & Bowes Fall Pumpkin Patch (online store) More Wordless Wednesday on Caterpickles
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Tagged glass pumpkins, Palo Alto, public art, Stanford Shopping Center, Walker & Bowes
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Hey, my book’s out!
We interrupt our move to California to let you know that the first installment in the Caterpickles Parenting Series is finally available. What’s That, Mom? uses the proven case-study format to help parents get their children outside and asking questions that … Continue reading
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Tagged Caterpickles parenting series, public art, What's that Mom?
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Wordless Wednesday: Man Enters the Cosmos at the Adler Planetarium
Henry Moore’s sundial sculpture outside the Adler Planetarium, titled Man Enters the Cosmos, celebrates our nation’s space program. At the time the sculpture was created in 1980, NASA had already sent men to the moon and probes to Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Continue reading
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Tagged Adler Planetarium, Chicago, Man Enters the Cosmos, public art, space
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Happy Fourth of July!
Hope you spot something interesting while you’re out and about today. Related Links: Giant deer, ‘Real Fake’ sculptures installed along Chicago Riverwalk (Curbed Chicago)
Wanted: A few good beta readers for the upcoming Caterpickles book
As some of you know, I’ve been working on a series of books on how parents can foster their children’s curiosity. The first book in the series, The Caterpickles Bunny Book, talks about how parents can use public art to nurture their child’s love of art, without being an artist themselves. I plan to release the book this summer, but first I need your help. I am looking for 3-5 Caterpickles readers to serve as beta readers for the Caterpickles Bunny Book. If you’re interested, please leave a comment or email me. Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday: Flame of the Millennium
Flame of the Millennium by Leonardo Nierman, glimpsed as we zipped by on I-90 (the Kennedy Expressway). Related Links: More Wordless Wednesday on Caterpickles Much better photos here: Public Art in Chicago: Flame of the Millennium
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