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Artist Ran Hwang| Wall Installations Made From Thousands of Buttons

This morning my friend forwarded an article about artist Ran Hwang’s installations made from thousands of buttons (click on name to read article.) I love his work so much I wanted to share. I have always wanted to incorporate buttons into my soft sculptures and/or installations. I think I have found the inspiration to push the ideas I have experimented with in the past.  

Dangerous Minds | Wall Installations Made From Thousands of Buttons

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http://ranhwang.com/ artist’s website

The Cradle Project Book

Last spring I  participated in an exhibition called The Cradle Project

The Cradle Project was an art installation composed of over five hundred cradles made by artists from around the world.  This exhibition was created by founder Naomi Natale to raise awareness and financial support for the estimated 48 million orphaned children in Sub-Saharan Africa due to disease and poverty.

Each cradle was sponsored for at least one hundred dollars.  Along with auctioning some of the cradles, The Cradle Project also raised money by choosing seventy cradles to be featured and published in a book called The Cradle Project: Benefiting the FireLight Foundation.

My cradle was chosen!

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I was honored to be chosen and even more honored to participate in an exhibition that gave me an opportunity to use my artwork for a greater purpose.

I hope to be involved in more exhibits like this one, or even coordinate one myself.

All proceeds from this exhibition went to The FireLight Foundation.  The FireLight Foundation awards grants to grassroots programs providing food, shelter, eduction, and health care to orphaned and sick children in Sub-Saharan Africa due to poverty and HIV/AIDS.  Thanks to The Cradle Project this foundation can award $90,000 to these programs!

To learn more about this exhibition and foundation, see more of the cradles, make a donation, or purchase a copy of the book please visit www.thecradleproject.org.

Downtown

Hannah checking out the Rymer Gallery and 5th Avenue at the Saturday Night Art Crawl in Downtown Nashville.

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Hannah looking down at the musicians and listening to the live music.

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If you are in NY this February…

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Along with creating my own artwork I am also a studio assistant for artist Barbara Yontz.

If you happen to be in New York you should not miss February’s group show at Phoenix Gallery.  Barbara is showing her new work along with two other artists, Pat Hickman and Joan Harmon.

This exhibition runs from February 4-28 with a reception on Thursday, February 5th, from 6-8p.m.

There will also be a panel discussion: “Need/Demand/Desire: Making Art Objects”- Thursday, Feb. 19th,  at 7 p.m.

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