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Lisa Solomon

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Lisa Solomon is a studio artist that moonlights as a college professor and graphic designer. She received her BA in Art Practice from UC Berkeley in 1995 and her MFA from Mills College in 2003. She is an adjunct professor at San Francisco State University, and has also taught at other Bay Area Colleges including UC Berkeley, Mills College, CCA, and Cal State East Bay.

Profoundly interested in the idea of hybridization (sparked from her Hapa heritage), Solomon's mixed-media works and large installations revolve thematically around domesticity, craft, and personal histories. She often fuses "wrong" things together--recontextualizing their original purposes, and incorporating materials that question the line between ART and CRAFT.

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20 ways to draw a chair

hello ! 20 ways to draw a chair is set to release september 1st ! that's soon. i received my advance copy and i'm super excited about it. i'll be posting some spreads on instagram if you want a little peek.

check out:
#20waystodrawachair

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Audition by Katie Kitamura
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"A strange little Möbius-strip of a book. Domestic scenes functioning as acts in a play. Razor sharp writing, a bit too conceptual for me to feel like i “got it” by the end."
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My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
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much of what was revealed and discussed about art - the difference in perspective [literal - as in depiction of "real space" vs. illustrative and illusionary as in things stacked and scaled to create space] and how east/west differ, colors/gold leaf ...more
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"Smith skillfully develops Isabel’s character in two ways. First, some of the brief chapters focus on a particular memory she has of an earlier life experience which helps to explain how and why she thinks and feels the way she does about herself. Oth" Read more of this review »
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The Idiot by Elif Batuman
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[audiobook - read by author] i thoroughly enjoyed this.

at first i was taken with how this felt like a better developed and more interesting shoplifting at american apparel. and by this i mean a first person sort of detached, [[ but not really ]] tra
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The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett
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how can you not root for birdie and meg ? especially meg.

i audio booked this, so while it was long - the 2 narrators were SO good that it was not a slog [on the page it might have felt long]

i truly enjoyed the world building that stockett did - all
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"Hard to find a more lovable literary character than Nutmeg! Audiobooked this, which i would recommend as it’s expertly narrated. A wild ride with many suspenseful moments, and some shared themes with another book I recently read and loved: Demon Copp" Read more of this review »
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“You would be wise not to underestimate the power of neutrals. Sometimes they can be misunderstood as boring, but where would fashion be without the little black dress or the crisp white shirt? The truth is, we wouldn’t be able to create our richest, darkest colors without black and there would be no pastel goodness without white. Not to mention that when you study neutrals themselves along the spectrum from warm to cool tones, there are literally hundreds of tints and shades to consider. Neutrals are beloved because they go with everything. They mix well with each other, but more importantly, they mix beautifully with every other color.”
― Lisa Solomon, Crayola: A Visual Biography of the World's Most Famous Crayon

“Interestingly enough, the color yellow is known to activate our memories, so perhaps coloring that yellow sun gets embedded into our brains more than the green trees.”
― Lisa Solomon, Crayola: A Visual Biography of the World's Most Famous Crayon

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