ART: THAT AIN'T WORKING >>>

As you learned Tuesday on this crap blog, my name is Art and I’m janitor at the Weekly Volcano World Headquarters. And for the entire month of November, the Weekly Volcano brainiacs asked me to review their office art as well as office art around Tacoma for this blog series that plays off Art at Work Month in Tacoma. It’s a crap idea, but as I said before, I could use the extra $7.50 a week.

Today, I review a piece hanging at the Morgan Family YMCA Branch.

THE ROAD TO THE HARBOR: While it certainly wasn’t my idea to review poster art in the men’s locker room at the Pearl Street YMCA, I do enjoy plein air impressionist painter John Cosby’s use of bold colors and his energetic brush strokes. I can feel his work.

On Cosby’s Web site he states, “When a person stands in front of one of my paintings, I want that person to feel the wind and the heat I felt when I painted it."

I’m sure there’s plenty of wind and heat passing by this poster daily.

Here’s something I think is more important:
 
Art at Work Month

November 2009 marks the eighth anniversary of Art at Work: Tacoma Arts Month. There is something for everyone to enjoy throughout the month: lectures, music, dance performances, readings, workshops, theater performances, visual art exhibits and more.

Here are today’s highlights:

The whole kit and kaboodle kicks off tonight at 6 p.m. with an “Opening Celebration” at the Tacoma Art Museum. The event will include the AMOCAT award ceremony, live music by the Tacoma Youth Symphony, poetry readings by William Kupinse and Tammy Robacker, hors d’oeuvres, dessert and a no-host bar.

For a complete Art at Work schedule, click here.

LINK: Tacoma's Art at Work Month gets us to step outside our caves

LINK: It's Art at Work Month in Tacoma