Working with such a relatable subject matter, her paintings conflate the human experience and fine art. These techniques inject motion and temporality into her pieces. As a student of art history she incorporates an appreciation for traditional composition while altering the surface by scraping, sanding, stroking, and glazing. Using the content of her refrigerator as inspiration, she creates still lifes from her leftovers, milk jugs, and fruit salad. Philadelphia-based painter Aubrey Levinthal transforms the often mundane and routine into the revered.
March 6-7, 1 p.m., ELC: Aubrey Levinthal (figurative painter) The contemporary geometric designs are defined by sophisticated patchwork and aggregated stitch patterns, revolutionizing traditional kantha quilting techniques. The Clines sisters’ designs explore the synthesis of vernacular imagery, heritage artwork and a maker’s journey to empowerment.
Together with our partners and artisans, Anchal creates innovative programs and eco-friendly textiles that facilitate impact. In 2012 after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from the University of Kentucky, Maggie Clines joined her sister Colleen to co-lead Anchal as Creative Director. During 2010, Anchal officially received 501(c)3 non-profit status in the United States and expanded the project by partnering with a second NGO, Vatsalya, in Ajmer, India. These humble beginnings facilitated the purchase of a sewing machine, sewing instruction, materials, and a stipend for the artisans. Shortly following the class trip to India, the co-founders raised $400 by selling handmade notebooks and note cards. The women we met became our sisters, sisters we had to fight for.” – Colleen Clines, Co-Founder & CEO “We felt compelled to take the project beyond the classroom with the conviction that our design training in collaboration with local leadership could address seemingly intractable social and environmental systems. During Colleen’s time in graduate school, she was inspired to start Anchal with three classmates after traveling to India and learning about the extreme oppression women faced as commercial sex workers and the economic opportunity presented by the region’s rich textiles. Colleen earned her Master of Landscape Architecture degree from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 2010.
With backgrounds in design, sisters Colleen and Maggie Clines lead the brand by placing design at the center of Anchal Project’s everyday practice. Here is the schedule for the remainder of this spring’s Spalding Visiting Artist Series, along with bios on the artists: Feb. READ MORE ABOUT SPALDING’S UNDERGRADUATE ART PROGRAMS The artists meet with students, offer critiques and give public presentations or lectures about their work. Graphic novel illustrator Danica Novgorodoff was the first visiting artist on Feb.
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The art department began the Visiting Artist Series this spring after receiving a donation to support it. “They really care a lot about the artisans who work for them, so they may do a good bit talking about the artisans as well and the design process they go through to make these amazing quilts and other awesome textile pieces.” “I think (the lecture) will probably be about where the (Anchal Project) came from,” said Spalding associate professor of painting and drawing Aaron Lubrick, who helped organize the Visiting Artist Series. at the Egan Leadership Center’s Troutman Lectorium, 901 S. The free, public lecture by Colleen and Maggie Clines will take place 5-6 p.m. 27, with a trip to campus by sisters Colleen and Maggie Clines, who are the entrepreneurs, social activists and textile artists behind the Louisville-based Anchal Project, which sells fair-trade textiles created by women artisans from other countries who are facing exploitation. The new Spalding University Visiting Artist Series, sponsored by the Spalding art department, will continue with its second installment, Wednesday, Feb.
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