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bonheurist.bsky.social
Nana Marie Fiber and mixed media artist, author, NYC flâneuse. 50+ introvert in a big city. Happiness, wellbeing, healing with art and telling stories.
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So much of my joy—well, about 35% of it—comes from finding delight in the simplest things. Goodnight, fam!🌜 #AbstractArt #ModernArt #ArtisticExpression #MixedMedia #Art #VisualArt #Artsy #FineArt #SketchArt #EmotionalArt #CollageArt #Inspiration #ArtForSale

Someone came out of the yarn room

So sad. RIP apple.news/AQp_q6DIOQm6...

Albert Gleizes, Portrait of Igor Stravinsky, 1914 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137009

Sometimes, a single flower is enough #mindfulmoments #artisanpottery

Untitled Y by Al Held, 1960 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137598

“Fear in public spaces is a subjective feeling, but usually has an objective trigger and often arises from a collective experience.” I really appreciated this article-think that Seattle transit/public space advocates should give it a read. ht @theoverheadwire.bsky.social www.nzz.ch/english/in-s...

It’s no accident the Dutch cycle so much. Decades of investment in safe, connected, convenient infrastructure makes it the easiest choice. This is a fietsstraat in Utrecht; where bikes have priority and cars are guests, meaning they must yield and adapt to cyclists' speed. www.youtube.com/watc...

'Reading for me, is spending time with a friend.' ~ Gary Paulsen writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #books #reading

It’s possible to enjoy the New York City arts scene without sacrificing a day’s wages — over 130 museums and cultural spaces offer free or pay-what-you-wish entry.

Join the Center for Craft and Hyperallergic for a free online presentation and roundtable discussion about underrepresented craft histories on February 27.

Louisiana artist Demond Melancon, known for his meticulously hand-beaded Mardi Gras Indian suits, was awarded the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art.

Roses are red, But that's not quite true, They absorb every wavelength of the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, *Except* for that hue.

"Day by Day: Pieces of Life" Fabric Collage by textile artist Marlene Glickman #WomensArt

Honored to be featured again in DeMilked magazine with my knit artworks! #art #artist #portraitart #knit #knitting #knittingmachine #machineknitting #fiberart #artmagazine #artarticle #museumbysktchy #sktchy www.demilked.com/knitted-pain...

“Art is only important to the extent that it aids in the liberation of our people.” Influential African American artist Elizabeth Catlett, Mother and child, 1971 #womensart

Because in the United States, it’s legal to feed chicken shit to cattle. That’s why. That’s literally the reason www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

ICE raids are unfortunately — and predictably — very much back under Trump 2.0, and this week @timdonnelly.bsky.social put together a know-your-rights rundown of resources to help keep yourselves and your fellow New Yorkers safe nygroove.nyc/ice-raids-ny...

ICYMI: Our "We Love Short Shorts Contest for Creative Nonfiction" is open for subs 'til Feb. 28! Grand prize $250 + pub. 250 words. No theme. Get full details here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/01/we-love-short-shorts-contest-for-flash-creative-nonfiction-2025/

Can pigeons give you the bird flu? nygroove.nyc/can-pigeons-...

Bookshop CEO Andy Hunter’s crusade to save books from Amazon

These are the two pieces from Studio Art Quilt Associates' exhibition "Color in Context: Red" that the American Quilter's Society censored from the show. In response, SAQA's board, at the urging of many members, pulled the entire exhibition from all AQS 2025 shows. (Continued in comments)

Rita Moreno noir, unpublished LIFE photograph, 1954

New York City’s Grand Central Terminal opened for the first time on February 2, 1913. #NYC #OnThisDay

Yesssss!!!

Who inspires you? Look to those who inspire your life and art. Surround yourself with people who inspire you and show you what you should and shouldn’t do. I find that when I do this, I am prolific as I create in my studio. I also am “lighter” and not burdened by external things. #artistsonbluesky

How to Apologize oil on canvas 20 x 20 sold Cook a large fish — choose one with many bones, a skeleton It’s permitted to receive solace for whatever you did or didn’t do, pitiful, beautiful human. - from HOW TO APOLOGIZE by Ellen Bass #art #painting #abstractart #oilpainting #landscapeart

Peonies & Lavender Lovin’ these vibrant colors!

Good morning guys, 🌞 Six new feeds have been added over the weekend, each dedicated to specific creative outlets. You can find them in the “Feeds” tab on this profile, or below this post: • Traditional Art • Photography • Painting • Ceramics • Crafts • Poetry

Join #BlueSkyArtShow All day Saturday, February 1, 2025 The theme is #Light Post your photos, drawings, paintings, poetry, microfiction, pottery, fiber arts, or anything that fits. Hold your posts till Saturday then unleash the FLOOD! Feed, guidelines and more promotional stuff in the comments.

There’s a show I’m New York about the great history of New Yorker Covers (and yes:I’m happy and proud to have a few of my pieces included 👨‍🎨) lallianceny.org/event/coveri...

Day 26 of #Januarty Broken This is detail from a large figurative artwork which is an example of my fragmented portrait style. "A Conversation With Death" (detail) Thread painting -hand embroidery artwork. #PortraitArtist #PortraitArt

Collage with monoprints on ricepaper. #papercollage #paperart #papermosaic #paperpainting #flower

Day 26: broken. It's why I did quilting, mosaicing and collaging in the first place. I love to stitch, glue or paint everything that is broken or apart and make it whole and beautiful again. I call it 'togetherness'. #Januarty #mosaic #art #broken #together #peace

(Toy) balls found in #Egypt, dating around 1,500 BC (18th dynasty). They are hollow and made of linen, with an elaborated red, blue and green decoration, formed by strips of reed. Balls like these were also used for rituals and acrobatic performances. On display at Museum August Kestner 📷 me 🏺

Frida Kahlo, Self Portrait with Necklace, 1933 #WomensArt

For all my #BookSky friends that are trying to move away from the Bezos infrastructure, just a reminder that Goodreads is owned by him through Nash Holdings. Clicks are currency friends @thestorygraph.com is a Black Woman founded company www.womenwhocode.com/blog/world-b...

If you are feeling stressed or sad you could just shut out the world for one minute and give Thumbelina scritches….

Open source alternatives to Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp raise funds on Kickstarter

“Nicollet Chicken” - Acrylic and Pumice on Canvas, 24x24” is a fun one from 2020 available at shawnmcnulty.com That chicken just materialized. 🐔 #Art #AbstractArtist #AbstractExpressionism #ArtistLife #AbstractPainting #AbstractPaintings #AbstractArt #artcollector #künst #blueandorange #fineart

Hey while megaretailers profiting one of the richest men in world are out here doing this shit www.advocate.com/news/amazon-... maybe it's a fun time to switch to @librofm.bsky.social for audiobooks. Select the indie bookstore you'd like to support, listen away. Comp prices to aforementioned jerks

Hues of green with whispers of earth red, Spring stirs softly, plans of a winter fled. In this vase, a quiet plea, For warmth to wake the waiting tree. #nature #art #artsky #raku rakupottery.ca/product/100-...

This is by far my most popular colorway. The colors of the Aurora on a skein of yarn. ✨🧶 #knitsky #alaskasky #aurora #crochet #weave

I have made quite my share of strange dolls but I feel that this one is one of the weirdest of the Little Bird's family. And I obviously love her 🖤 She is handmade from textiles, paperclay and found objects. littlebirdofparadise.bigcartel.com/product/wild... #folkArt #handmade #perfectlyimperfect

I felt a lot of joy last night #nightlife