Street View For Artists
Landscape inspiration via Map Crunch, The Agoraphobic Traveller photos, Art competitions & opportunities
Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven, Scotland. (via Map Crunch)
Landscape Inspiration
Map Crunch shows random images from around the world (or a specific country) using Google Street View making it an ideal reference for sketching or painting ideas during lockdown. Download full size images via the share button in their navigation menu.
Fairy Pools, Isle of Skye, Scotland. (via Map Crunch)
“White Horse, Kyrgyzstan” by Jacqui Kennedy, 7”x 7” - £30 (£10 to the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation)
The Agoraphobic Traveller
London artist Jacqui Kenny has been using Street View to travel to the far corners of the world without leaving her sofa since way before lockdown.
Kenny lives with agoraphobia, an anxiety condition that causes individuals to avoid venturing into crowded or remote places, for fear of having a panic attack and being unable to escape or find help. For some, at its worst, this can mean a fear of leaving home. To counter this, Kenny roams the globe via Google Street View, and virtually combs streets and landscapes to snap screenshots for her photography series.
From an interview with Artsy & ID interview.
Google feature with Kentucky painter Bill Guffey on using Street view for art.
“Face covering required” (in Paris) by Seth
Electronic Album Stamps Print by The Design Museum (60 x 80cm) - £45
Arts Jobs & Opportunities
New arts jobs this week in England, Scotland, Wales, NI & Ireland.
Art opportunities Worldwide from Art Deadline and Art Rabbit.
UK Art Competitions - 3 close in October.
King House Gallery - £500 prize, create work conveying your feelings on 2020.
What would happen if a diver went to visit a wild octopus every day for a year? An enchanting and surprisingly moving documentary on Netflix.
Events & Exhibitions
Free VAA Art Café with artist manager Karen van Hoey Smith on selling art, approaching galleries & the benefits of having an agent (1st Oct, 2pm BST)
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize tour starts in Trowbridge (opens 2nd Oct)
Wells Art Contemporary online exhibition & display (opens Oct 1st)
Room service…
See you next week,
Grant