Smithsonian Engagement Calendar week 18 2021, April 25-May 1
Up a tree pen &ink and watercolor by Meera Rao
When your grandchild climbs trees and has special adventures the same week that 'the Panda on a tree' photo (by Conner Mallon 2019) is in my upcycled Smithsonian Engagement Calendar 2021, - where I had been chronicling the second year of pandemic memories - its a special feeling :) As cute as the panda is, it is clear who in my eyes is the cuter one. The panda was at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park and Conservation Biology Institute - on loan from China- as an ambassador for conservation.
At the Hirshhorn Museum Yayoi Kasuma exhibit ink and watercolor.by Meera Rao
Smithsonian Engagement Calendar week 18 2022, April 24- May 3
A year later, as seen in my sketch for the same week 18 in my third year of sketching the pandemic year memories -in the Smithsonian Engagement Calendar 2022, we were still wearing the masks when in crowded interiors even after having vaccinated and boosted ! The Kasuma exhibit at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC was psychedelic with colors, dots, lights and mirrors!
The photo for week 18 in the Smithsonian Engagement Calendar 2022 is of a piece by Jiyoung Chun's Joomechi art "Whisper Romance_His Tear'" : "Joomechi is a unique Korean traditional handmade paper technique that uses only hanji (Korean Mulberry paper),water and the artists hands. It creates strong, textural surfaces that sometimes appear printed. This work is about the love God showed humans by sacrificing his only son on the cross."
Both artists reach into their imagination to produce unique works! And I keep dipping into all the sketches and paintings that are tucked in my sketchbooks, and studio :)
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