Photos Under Your Feet at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston + French Toast Bake

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PHOTOGRAPHY

Under Foot at
The Museum 

of Fine Arts,
Houston 

For a while now when you walk across the underground bridge from the parking garage to the museum, at The Museum of Arts, Houston, there is a photographic installation under your feet. These back-lit photos seem to be starring up at you from their watery trap, as if to say, "Let me out! I need AIR!"

Unfortunately, I could not find the title or credits for the artwork in the hallway, so simply enjoy the experience!

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FOOD:

French Toast Bake

Ingredients

1/2 cup melted butter (1 stick)

1 cup brown sugar

1 loaf Texas toast

4 eggs

1 1/2 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

Powdered sugar for sprinkling

Directions

1. Melt butter in microwave & add brown sugar....stir till mixed.

2. Pour butter/sugar mix into bottom of 9 x 13 pan....spread around

3. Beat eggs, milk, & vanilla

4. Lay single layer of Texas Toast in pan

5. Spoon 1/2 of egg mixture on bread layer

6. Add 2nd layer of Texas Toast

7. Spoon on remaining egg mixture

8. Cover & chill in fridge overnight

9. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes (covered for the first 30 minutes)

10. Sprinkle with powdered sugar

11. Serve with warm maple syrup

Until later,

Jack

ARTSnFOOD, is an online publication dedicated to "The Pursuit of Happiness through the Arts and Food." ™ All rights reserved for all content. Concept, Original Art, Text & "Original & Assigned Photography" are © Copyright 2013 Jack A. Atkinson under all International intellectual property and copyright laws. All photographs were taken and/or used with permission. Artworks © individual artists, fabricators, respective owners or assignees.

New Art's "Millennium Cocktail" - Today's Art Era, Defined! + Stuffed Jalapeños

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New Art's "Millennium Cocktail"

The Current Era in Art

(Editorial by Jack A. Atkinson)

Ever since 2001 I have been wondering what the next phase, epoch, -ism or era of art the 21st century would reveal. The statement (below) best sums up the current direction, this new International mix of multi-faced artworks and exhibitions, seem to possess. 

New Art's "Millennium Cocktail"

THE SUMMERY 

Things are opening up in the art world, into a new convergence - a blurring of boundaries is occurring, between the different media: 2-D and 3-D art; design; film; performance; audio/music; dance; fashion; etc. - all shown in the same museum and art spaces! Art isn't just something to look at any more, it's something to experience. The works have become environmental, or there is a social aspect, or there is a sound aspect. Artists and audiences want to participate in this whole new mix, reinventing what art is and reinventing the art experience! 

(This statement was paraphrased from Jesse Dylan's interview with Jeffery Deitch. See August 8, ARTSnFOOD.)

Now we just need to name our new era! "Art21" is one possible name and Pluralism has been over-used, (meaning many styles at once). I personally don't think Pluralism is a good fit for the diversity of disciplines and hopefully the 21st Century will have plenty of surprises for us and new art forms in the next 87 years.

With the thought of "La Belle Epoque" in mind, I suggest  New Art's "Millennium Cocktail".

(note: Because this is also the first simultaneous, international, art movement, cocktail is specifically used because it is a word which is pronounced the same, with the same meaning in almost every language.)

 

Let the dialogue and

"Name Game" begin!

(All photography for the above artworks was gathered from ARTSnFOOD library files or supplied by the press departments of various museums.)

FOOD

Stuffed Jalapeños!

"HOT, HOT, HOT!"

Stuffed Jalapeños! 

Only four ingredients, LOW in CARBs and delicious! These are gone in minutes at any gathering... they are seriously HOT "n" Good!!!

Ingredients:

1 lb ground HOT sausage 

22 jalapeños

1- 8 oz block cream cheese, softened

1 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions:

Preheat over 425. Cook sausage until browned. Set aside. Mix cream cheese with Parmesan cheese. Add cooked sausage and mix well. Rinse jalapeños. Cut each jalapeño lengthwise and remove seeds. Stuff jalapeños with sausage mixture.

Cook (on a large baking pan) for 20 minutes until the tops are golden brown.

Until later,

Jack

ARTSnFOOD, is an online publication dedicated to "The Pursuit of Happiness through the Arts and Food." ™ All rights reserved for all content. Concept, Original Art, Text & "Original & Assigned Photography" are © Copyright 2013 Jack A. Atkinson under all International intellectual property and copyright laws. All photographs were taken and/or used with permission. Artworks © individual artists, fabricators, respective owners or assignees.

THE FINE ART OF "CRAFTS" at Cherry Creek Arts Festival 2013 + (FOOD) The Apple Diet!

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The Cherry Creek Arts Festival
Features Crafts this Year

(Denver, Colorado, USA)

Every year ARTSnFOOD covers the Cherry Creek Arts Festival in Denver, Colorado, because of its sampling of art from across the U.S.A. The fair features the kinds of art "occasional collectors" throughout America appreciate and buy.

This year the CCAF was dominated by Artisans and Craftspeople, who also create great art, but their works are usually categorized as "fine crafts" rather than "fine art".

Here is a selection of CRAFTS from across America at CCAF-2013.

The outdoor Cherry Creek Arts Festival is one of the most prestigious arts festivals in the U.S.

Ayala Naphtali, Jewelry, New York, NY

Ayala Naphtali, Jewelry, New York, NY

Ceramics by Robert Hessler, Kingston, NY

Ceramics by Robert Hessler, Kingston, NY

Driftwood by nature.

Driftwood

Driftwood

Five Aluminum Columns
by Merle Randolph, Marion, OH

Found objects/ceramics by Valerie Bunnell,
Northampton, MA

Found objects/ceramics by Valerie Bunnell,
Northampton, MA

Fred & Janis Tate Jewelry Designs

Fred & Janis Tate Jewelry Designs

Fred & Janis Tate Jewelry Designs

Fred & Janis Tate Jewelry Designs

Ceramics by Ed Brownlee, Lebanan, PA

Ceramics by Ed Brownlee,
Lebanan, PA

Glass by Todd Cameron, Minneapolis, MN

Glass by Todd Cameron, Minneapolis, MN

Glass by Todd Cameron, Minneapolis, MN

Glass by Richard Ryan, Bourbonnals, IL

Glass by Richard Ryan, Bourbonnals, IL

Glass by Thomas Maras, Hudson, WI

Hats by Diane Harty, Frisco, CO 

Performance painting (Art as entertainment).

Performance painting (Art as entertainment).

Wood carving by Jay McDougall, Otter Tail County, MN

Wood carving by Jay McDougall
Otter Tail County, MN

Joachim Knill, Hannibal, MO

The following artworks were commissioned by the festival with the theme "5 Years Out".

"V" (5)
Commissioned artwork
for the festival.

"V" (5)

Commissioned artwork
for the festival.

"V" (5)

Commissioned artwork
for the festival.

"V" (5)

Commissioned artwork
for the festival.

"V" (5)

Commissioned artwork
for the festival.

"Innovation Engine"
Stefan Begaj, Littleton, CO
Commissioned artwork
for the festival.

"Yes, I See"
Karen Niemczyk, Greensboro, NC
Commissioned artwork
for the festival.

"Yes, I See"
Karen Niemczyk, Greensboro, NC
Commissioned artwork
for the festival.

CCAF - Until next year!

FOOD

THE APPLE DIET

"Eat Dessert First!"

Doctors say, if you eat an apple 15 minutes before Lunch & Dinner, you will be much less likely to overeat, you will not want larger portions during the meals. Two apples a day WILL keep the weight (and the doctor) away!

Until later,

Jack

ARTSnFOOD, is an online publication dedicated to "The Pursuit of Happiness through the Arts and Food." ™ All rights reserved for all content. Concept, Original Art, Text & "Original & Assigned Photography" are © Copyright 2013 Jack A. Atkinson under all International intellectual property and copyright laws. All photographs were taken and/or used with the permission. Artworks © individual artists, fabricators, respective owners or assignees.