Weekly Open Thread with Tapestry
Hosting this weeks open thread is Carole King’s classic hit from the 70s. Please natter/chatter/vent/rant on anything* you like over this weekend and throughout the week.
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Weekly Open Thread with May dancers
Please natter/chatter/vent/rant on anything* you like over this weekend and throughout the week, under the benevolent aegis of this week’s host, a group of children dancing around a maypole from nearly a century ago.
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Weekly Open Thread with a Thread and Nail Portrait
This closeup of an intricate thread and nail portrait is the host for this weeks open thread. Please natter/chatter/vent/rant on anything* you like over this weekend and throughout the week.
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Weekly Open Thread with Toys in Trees
This week our open thread is hosted by these toys of mysterious origin which adorn a country road between Canberra and Bungendore. Please natter/chatter/vent/rant on anything* you like over this weekend and throughout the week.
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Weekly Open Thread with Jubilant Spin
This jubilant group of Punjabi women watching one of their number spin with the traditional charkha wheel are the hosts of this week’s open thread. Please natter/chatter/vent/rant on anything* you like over this weekend and throughout the week.
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Weekly Open Thread with Moon Rabbit
This week’s open thread is hosted by a Japanese Moon Rabbit wall hanging. Please natter/chatter/vent/rant on anything* you like over this weekend and throughout the week.
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Weekly Open Thread with a Yarn-bombed Willow
This week’s open thread is hosted by a yarn-bombed willow tree. Please natter/chatter/vent/rant on anything* you like over this weekend and throughout the week.
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The Shell Game: An Art Show by Molly Crabapple
In (or near by) New York City? Want to see some amazing art by an incredibly talented woman? Consider the Shell Game by Molly Crabapple:
...read moreToday in hyperventilation that a mouseclick could have prevented: Easter Sunday and Google
Knowing/caring that Chavez/Chávez is a very common surname in Hispanic cultures might have helped too.
A mouseclick instead of a kneejerk would have saved a lot of egg on a lot of faces.
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Consider the status of women in the art world: often considered the “muse,” rarely the artist; lauded as the pinnacle of beauty but having no worth otherwise: the Venus forever looking in her mirror, the object of the (male) gaze, not the subject of her own agency. Should a gallery or museum try to strive for the inclusion of women artists (and artists of color, queer artists, and so on), there may be criticism of ignoring the masters, so-called “female privilege,” and the desire for a gender-blind meritocracy that simply does not exist at present. If you were wondering what such an article might look like, look no further than C.B. Liddell’s “The diverse works of Asian women artists,” a special to The Japan Times.
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Weekly Open Thread with a Bunny Trooper
This fantastic Easter themed Star Wars meets Donnie Darko cosplayer is this week’s awesome-threads-wearing host. Please natter/chatter/vent/rant on anything* you like over this weekend and throughout the week.
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Weekly Open Thread with Silk in a Market
This week’s threadly host is this bright display of silks in a Laotian market. Please natter/chatter/vent/rant on anything you like* over this weekend and throughout the week.
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