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'I like communicating complex ideas in simple ways': Illustrator Liam Eisenberg on honing his style, staying original and finding inspiration

Creative Boom

Despite not being an art major, this motivated me to put hours into each assignment until I worked my way up to being the best student in the class." When the time came to submit a portfolio and get accepted into an art program, Liam faced a dilemma. Should he focus on fine art, graphic design, photography or illustration? "I

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Artist Spotlight: Mahsa Merci

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Merci holds a bachelor’s degree in graphic design from Tehran Universtiy of Art and a Master of Painting from Azad University in Iran. She recently graduated from the Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Manitoba. A selection of paintings by Tehran-born, Toronto-based artist Mahsa Merci.

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How Cranbrook’s Design Program Redefined How We Make and Talk About Graphic Design

Eye on Design

The couple had purchased large tracts of land in Bloomfield Hills with the hope of turning it into an experimental arts colony modeled on the American Academy in Rome and hired Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen to design a master plan, slowly turning their property into a series of schools, museums, and the Academy of Art, which opened in 1933.

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Neri&Hu’s Bold New Addition to a Chinese Art Museum

Azure Magazine

In Xi’an, China, the Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts is focused on the restoration and exhibition of ancient Chinese murals. Indoor escalators concealed within a sculptural form also lead to the partially sunken cast-in-place concrete base that hosts the galleries, playing with spatial compression and expansion throughout the journey.

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Take 5: An Ode to Pluto, Floral Homage, Musical Maquettes + More

Design Milk

Sakura Vessels by Maarten Vrolijk I’ve been enchanted by these fine art objects since I first saw them on view at Todd Merrill Studio in Manhattan. Vrolijk’s sculptural glass vases are covered in organic abstractions, adornments of repurposed-glass shard outgrowths in full bloom. Photo: Enrica Romagnoli 5.

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Join PAFA This Fall for a Unique and Flexible Art-School Experience

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The Annual Student Exhibition is an academic capstone event offering PAFA’s emerging artists the opportunity to curate, install, and sell their own work in America’s first art museum. Finding an art college that best fits your desires and wallet can be challenging. All images © PAFA.

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Saskatchewan’s Art Now Fine Art Fair Celebrates a Thriving Creative Milieu

Azure Magazine

And while the Remai museum remains a beacon, a rich array of independent galleries and artists spans the province — with the community converging for this month’s much-anticipated Art Now Fine Art Fair. ″x7”, Alabaster sculpture, from Collector’s Choice Art Gallery, Saskatoon. ″x11.5″x7”,

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