PTC Weekly #6: Kids Go Mad For Designer Labels and Googly Eyes.
After a few weeks without PTC Weekly, we have some amazing stories to share. In this weeks article we're going to be giving you the low-down on all our latest art classes, as well as welcoming old friends and new partners, and telling you about an extra special visit.. to a movie set! WEISSENSEE We are very pleased to announce that Manon, one of our key team members at PTC, has started working at a refugee shelter in Weissensee, and as part of her new role, has been given th
AOTW #5: Sheila Hicks, and why good pieces of Art are kind of like animals.
“I think that is important, the wanting: the desire to hold it in your hands, to befriend it, to see if it bites.” We agree with Sheila Hicks, our PTC Artist of the Week. Art should draw you in. It should make you want to touch it, see it, smell it ... to see if it bites! Basically, good pieces of Art are kind of like animals- cute and furry animals that you want to play with, and cuddle, and sit on. Sheila Hicks, image via Eventbrite Nobody embodies this tactile ideology mo
P.S. Jerusalem: A Jewish family return to Israel, but struggle to find their place within a society
A beautiful, unsettling, and deeply poignant film, told through the eyes of a Jewish family returning to Israel. The filmmaker and narrator, Danae Elon, delves into the thoughts and reactions of her family as they learn to adapt to their new environment, and come to terms with the deep cultural and political divides separating the Israeli and Palestinian communities. Danae explores her own memories of Jerusalem, and tries to reconcile her childhood nostalgia with the reality
AOTW #4: Gao Xingjian touches souls with haunting monochrome masterpieces rendered in ink.
Beguiling in it's simplicity, yet filled with subtle layers of meaning, Gao Xingjian blends black ink and blank space to create works of art that leave you lost for words. As an ode to ink, we dedicate this week's 'Artist of the Week' post to Gao Xingjian, a Chinese artist, director, playwright, poet and Nobel Prize winner for literature. His ink-wash art is a mesmerizing example of the power of ink as a mode expression, and the wonderful symphony of Oriental and Western art
