Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Scholarship Competition! This Saturday, February 4th. Join us.

Huntington Fine Arts is offering a scholarship competition to art students who wish to study at Huntington Fine Arts! Call us at 631.351.4060, or visit our website for more details.

All applicants are required to attend a drawing class at Huntington Fine Arts. You will draw from the nude model for the first half of the session with complete instruction. During the second half of the class, you will draw from the nude model without instruction. Please bring three of your most recent drawings, paintings, or sculptures for review. You must leave your work for one week until your personal evaluation is completed.

All materials will be supplied.

There will be a total of 38 awards given, ranging from $100 to $1,000, to be applied toward tuition at HFA.

Your parents are invited to stay for an informative presentation by our staff and current seniors about the school, including a discussion about the requirements for college entrance. A question and answer session will follow.

Brunch will be provided for you and your parents.

Please call us at (631)351-4060 or e-mail us at huntingtonfinearts@gmail.com to register or if you have any questions.

We hope you can join us.

Lisa Mack
Director, Huntington Fine Arts

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

MUSIC: Improvisation

Dave Brubeck Improvisation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceiDpI_ZabA

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Violin Improvisation
http://www.wimp.com/phonesolo/

VOYAGER 1: 1977

VOYAGER 1: now the most distant human-made object in space...

Voyager 1 was launched from Cape Canaveral on
September 5, 1977.
As of January 04, 2012
Voyager 1 is about 120.07704 astronomical units (1.7963270×1010 km) from the Earth.

35 Years in space...

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/index.html

http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/where/index.html

The Golden Record:
The following is a listing of pictures electronically placed on the phonograph records
which are carried on board the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft.
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/scenes.html

also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_Golden_Record#Playback

QUOTE: Stephen Hawking

My goal is simple.
It is a complete understanding of the universe,
why it is as it is and why it exists at all
Stephen Hawking

http://www.hawking.org.uk/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking

VIDEO: OKGO rube goldberg machine

VIDEO: OKGO this too shall pass

www.huntfinearts.com

Monday, January 23, 2012

Recommended Film: Buster Keaton, Sherlock Jr.

Watch: Sherlock Jr.

Buster Keaton
Sherlock Jr.
1924 / BW / silent with score / 44 minutes

Buster Keaton Bio:
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See also:
http://michelgondry.com/

Music to UP

Friday, January 20, 2012

QUOTE: Groucho Marx

"I find television very educating.
The minute somebody turns it on, I go into the library and read a book."
Groucho Marx, 1890-1977

SOURCE: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/grouchomar109303.html

Groucho Marx Bio: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000050/

Thursday, January 19, 2012

VIDEO: 10 Bullets, By Tom Sachs

10 Bullets, By Tom Sachs

"Working to Code" is a movie series designed for members of the Tom Sachs studio team. Required viewing for all employees and studio visitors.

QUOTE: Einstein

"If you can't explain it simply,
you don't understand it well enough."
Albert Einstein

SOURCE: http://thinkexist.com/quotation/if_you_can-t_explain_it_simply-you_don-t/186838.html

Saturday, January 7, 2012

QUOTE: Rick Moranis

Written by: Rick Moranis

NY Times article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/opinion/16moranis.html

http://rickmoranis.com/

Friday, January 6, 2012

ARTIST: Steve Martin

Steve Martin

Twenty Five [BIG] Nose Jokes

1. Obvious: Excuse me. Is that your nose or did a bus park on your face. 
2. Meteorological: Everybody take cover. She's going to blow.
 3. Fashionable: You know, you could de-emphasize your nose if you wore something larger. Like Wyoming.
 4. Personal: Well, here we are. Just the three of us. 
5. Punctual: Alright gentlemen. Your nose was on time but you were fifteen minutes late. 
6. Envious: Oooo, I wish I were you. Gosh. To be able to smell your own ear. 
7. Naughty: Pardon me, Sir. Some of the ladies have asked if you wouldn't mind putting that thing away. 
8. Philosophical: You know. It's not the size of a nose that's important. It's what's in it that matters. 
9. Humorous: Laugh and the world laughs with you. Sneeze and it's goodbye Seattle. 
10. Commercial: Hi, I'm Earl Schibe and I can paint that nose for $39.95. 
11. Polite: Ah. Would you mind not bobbing your head. The orchestra keeps changing tempo. 
12. Melodic: Everybody! "He's got the whole world in his nose."  
13. Sympathetic: Oh, What happened? Did your parents lose a bet with God?
14. Complimentary: You must love the little birdies to give them this to perch on. 
15. Scientific: Say, does that thing there influence the tides.  
16. Obscure: Oh, I'd hate to see the grindstone. 
17. Inquiry: When you stop to smell the flowers, are they afraid? 
18. French: Say, the pigs have refused to find any more truffles until you leave. 
19. Pornographic: Finally, a man who can satisfy two women at once.
 20. Religious: The Lord giveth and He just kept on giving, didn't He. 
21. Disgusting: Say, who mows your nose hair. 
22. Paranoid: Keep that guy away from my cocaine!
 23. Aromatic: It must be wonderful to wake up in the morning and smell the coffee ... in Brazil. 
24. Appreciative: Oooo, how original. Most people just have their teeth capped.
 25. Dirty: Your name wouldn't be Dick, would it?

From the movie "Roxanne", written by and starring: Steve Martin.

Reference: http://monster-island.org/tinashumor/humor/roxanne.html

The Muppet Show with Steve Martin - Dueling Banjos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXyvCJlPgME
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Frank Stella, Shepard Fairey and Andres Serrano help Stephen sell last year's portrait to Steve Martin.
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/367854/december-08-2010/steve-martin-pt--2
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http://stevemartin.com/
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VIDEO: Steve Martin’s Non-Conformist Oath
http://youtu.be/oTwV3vG73cU