🖼 World Art Day | Badge of the Month | April 2025

What kind of bread? I’m lucky to have friends who share their sourdough creations with me. Any pics to share?

Hi ​@AlexandreLeduc,

That sounds awesome! Would you mind sharing some of your photos? The outdoor landscapes in the mountains sound especially cool!

I completely understand what you mean about not wanting to be in large crowds as much anymore. When I do attend concerts/music festivals I prefer being in the back and enjoy the music from afar. My ears are more thankful too!

I think so! Any cuisines/dishes in particular you enjoy cooking?

I love any type of needle art. My great-grandmother taught me and I find it special that I get to teach my daughter. Having littles didn’t leave a lot of time for creating but now that they are 10+, back into crafting we go! 

Also, love good poem. Give me a indie poetry book and I’ll be a sobbing mess in the corner within a few pages. 

 ​@AlonsoC  Sure ! Here are some of my favorites starting with my most recent ski trip in Austria, then 2 local ones in Gaspésie, Québec, Canada and a finale one in Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. Let me know what you think !

AlexandreLeduc wrote:

 ​@AlonsoC  Sure ! Here are some of my favorites starting with my most recent ski trip in Austria, then 2 local ones in Gaspésie, Québec, Canada and a finale one in Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. Let me know what you think !

 

​@AlexandreLeduc, the first pic really stands out! It puts into perspective the size and grandeur of the mountain 🏔

I use photography as a creative outlet for myself. My favorite is portraits and beautiful things I see. It’s a lot of fun and I get to meet many people. 

StephB wrote:

I use photography as a creative outlet for myself. My favorite is portraits and beautiful things I see. It’s a lot of fun and I get to meet many people. 

​@StephB, these photos are amazing! Where was the second photo taken?

Hi ​@AlonsoC! Thank you! The second images was taken a few years ago at the Dallas Thanks-Giving Square. It’s a great spot where you can go and reflect on your life and show gratitude. It’s one of my favorites for sure. 

Hey Everyone,

Art has never been my strongest subject, but having a 6 year old at home will definitely present tons of opportunities to try out some art and craft ideas from instagram, her magazines, and assignments from school.

To express myself artistically and outside of the art & craft projects my daughter and I work on, I try to send a post it note with a character and message in my daughter lunch box for about 2 years now. I do get grief from her afterschool on the days where i miss the note.

Music festival wise, I would really enjoy being able to return to the early to mid 2000s versions of the Vans Warped Tour, although for this I would need a time machine

Wow! So much talent in this thread. The Detroit Institute of Arts is one of my favorite places. I can spend hours in there. There is something there for everyone. I especially like the European Art collection and the Performing Arts collection.

I am not an “art” person (whatever that means) and much of it doesn’t catch my interest. Those two collections above, however, are really my type of thing. I could look at the European Art for ages. The colors, realism, and historical depictions are really fantastic. The performing arts collection has art from movies and film. So much to see from posters and photos to puppets and costumes. 

Honestly, my artistic avenues have shrunk since having kids. So it’s been hard. Finding data visualization has helped scratch the itch a little, but I’ll play guitar or just writing some funny or weird sentences can get it out. Not the most exciting, but works sometimes.

AlexandreLeduc wrote:

 ​@AlonsoC  Sure ! Here are some of my favorites starting with my most recent ski trip in Austria, then 2 local ones in Gaspésie, Québec, Canada and a finale one in Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. Let me know what you think !

 

Fantastic! 😍

It’s so good to see this thread and all the talented people in the community!

Some of you might know that in addition to my “day job” I teach in the data analytics and visualization program at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, one of the country’s oldest art schools. My course is on “visualization in practice,” which gives students their first experience in applying everything they’ve learned in their program to create a piece for their portfolio.

There are two themes that often come up: firstly, that when visualizing data for a broad audience, simplicity and clarity are essential; and secondly, that “data visualization” doesn’t only happen electronically. When I have spare time, I combine my interests in analytics, visualization, and baseball to create paintings that represent notable accomplishments on the diamond. This one, of Cubs Hall of Famer Ernie Banks, was on the cover of Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts, the literary magazine of the Society for American Baseball Research.

To make this painting, I thought of how to represent “Mr.Cub’s” 512 home runs -- represented by the red circle -- compares to other notable totals by Henry Aaron, Frank Robinson, and Billy Williams. I used the formula for the area of a circle and used that to derive the radius for each circle, and constructed the diagram using a compass. I hope you enjoy it!

AdamK12 wrote:

It’s so good to see this thread and all the talented people in the community!

Some of you might know that in addition to my “day job” I teach in the data analytics and visualization program at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, one of the country’s oldest art schools. My course is on “visualization in practice,” which gives students their first experience in applying everything they’ve learned in their program to create a piece for their portfolio.

There are two themes that often come up: firstly, that when visualizing data for a broad audience, simplicity and clarity are essential; and secondly, that “data visualization” doesn’t only happen electronically. When I have spare time, I combine my interests in analytics, visualization, and baseball to create paintings that represent notable accomplishments on the diamond. This one, of Cubs Hall of Famer Ernie Banks, was on the cover of Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts, the literary magazine of the Society for American Baseball Research.

To make this painting, I thought of how to represent “Mr.Cub’s” 512 home runs -- represented by the red circle -- compares to other notable totals by Henry Aaron, Frank Robinson, and Billy Williams. I used the formula for the area of a circle and used that to derive the radius for each circle, and constructed the diagram using a compass. I hope you enjoy it!

 

I love your art, ​@AdamK12, as well as the story and approach behind it! 

Thanks so much, ​@Michael_Cooksey - I’m deeply grateful! I haven’t been able to make much art recently, but it’s definitely on the agenda.

although I like to think of myself as a generalist, a jack of all trades, honesty compels me to admit I'm no artist 😒 Although I crafted at a younger age these days the only things I make is to mend broken things around the house 🔨 It's therefore humbling to see so many folks share their creations, passions and contributions 🙏

​@SteveBelgraver I stand firm in my belief that so many disciplines blend art and science!

I am very much enjoying reading about everyone’s artistic pursuits! And I agree with ​@AdamK12 -- there are so many disciplines that are truly a blend of art and science.

In my spare time, I am a bassoonist in a local community orchestra. Here is a photo a photographer friend of mine took of some of the keywork on the side of the bassoon that faces the player 🎶 (and less importantly, me in the background). All of that keywork pictured is controlled with the left thumb 👍

​@Michael_Cooksey It’s a great pic and I had no idea that you do so much with the left thumb!

The thumbs are kept very busy whilst bassooning 🙂🎶

I travel, I take photographs, and I write! (I’ve had a blog since so long ago that “I have a personal blog” wasn’t an antiquated idea, like hey the 90s want their platforms back)