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Featured Artist & Artwork: Fred Bendheim • “Stormy Weather” + “Sun And Moon” + “Music For The Spheres” + “La Mer”

Stormy Weather • Fred Bendheim 2017 • Acrylic on shaped PVC board • 48 x 38 x 2 in.$7,900 USD Acrylic on shaped PVC board. BUY NOW INQUIRE / MAKE AN OFFER ↗ Sun And Moon • Fred Bendheim 2016 • Acrylic on shaped PVC board • 36 x 36 x 1 in.$5,500 USD AcrylicContinue reading “Featured Artist & Artwork: Fred Bendheim • “Stormy Weather” + “Sun And Moon” + “Music For The Spheres” + “La Mer””

Upcoming Event: Studio Shangri-La Gallery IRL #1

Studio Shangri-La Gallery + Art Garden: IRL #1 Rustic Modernism by Studio Shangri-La Multimedia 1560 NE 111th St Miami, FL Friday, November 6  •  5 PM – 10 PM Overview Art Opening Reception—The first event and exhibit for this North Miami gallery in the urban jungle, featuring guest artists and refreshments. Gallery Contact: sarah.ikerd@studio-shangri-la.com •Continue reading “Upcoming Event: Studio Shangri-La Gallery IRL #1”

Studio Shangri-La Gallery & Art Garden + Media Services For Artists

All aboard artists! This month Studio Shangri-La is inviting artists in the Miami area to exhibit at no up front cost to them. There is, however a selection process. And donations are certainly appreciated for operational costs! The gallery site is in North Miami, and has both an indoor and outdoor exhibit area. Located onContinue reading “Studio Shangri-La Gallery & Art Garden + Media Services For Artists”

New Mixed Media: The Celestial “Machinations”

Part of a celestial mixed media series, “Machinations” is a one of a kind unique piece made of wood, paper, LEDs, water based acrylics and varnishes, and ink. As displayed in the photo gallery, it has a night mode thanks to battery powered lights. The sale comes with extra batteries, and I recommend getting someContinue reading “New Mixed Media: The Celestial “Machinations””

WordPress Podcast Episode — Sculpting the Anthropocene: Deliberate Eco-Public Art as Living Infrastructure

Link to paper on ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/405481831_Sculpting_the_Anthropocene_Deliberate_Eco-Public_Art_as_Living_Infrastructure Pip: Studio Shangri-La — where the intersection of music, art, science, and design occasionally produces something that makes a city block do actual chemistry homework. Mara: Today we’re looking at work from sarah ikerd on a framework that asks public art to stop being decorative and start being infrastructureContinue reading “WordPress Podcast Episode — Sculpting the Anthropocene: Deliberate Eco-Public Art as Living Infrastructure”

Sculpting the Anthropocene: Deliberate Eco-Public Art as Living Infrastructure

Sculpting the Anthropocene: Deliberate Eco-Public Art as Living Infrastructure Sarah Ikerd, Studio Shangri-La Multimedia 2026, http://www.studio-shangri-la.com Illustration from 2026 Studio Shangri-La Multimedia RFQ Abstract: This paper introduces a conceptual framework for deliberate eco-public art, sculptural installations designed to move beyond passive ecological symbolism into active, self-sustaining environmental remediation. By integrating such concepts as geochemical enhancedContinue reading “Sculpting the Anthropocene: Deliberate Eco-Public Art as Living Infrastructure”

Featured Mixed Media: “Eye Of Infinity”

A sculptural upcycled piece of drumheads and LEDs inspired by optics and lenses / evolution of vision and awareness, the wave connection of music, and larger symbolism of the infinity symbol, plus the eye / iris, apertures perceiving reality in different ways. Also the quotation: “Say that I was a drum major for peace. IContinue reading “Featured Mixed Media: “Eye Of Infinity””

Artist’s Log: Epic Visions With AI

First, I am still very much enjoying making physical artwork. The entrance of AI is definitely a compelling presence that I’ve used as a rendering tool lately. For an oil painting that I’m doing, which is a new challenge for me, the AI program helped to determine the layout for the subject matter. The renderingsContinue reading “Artist’s Log: Epic Visions With AI”

Titus Oceanus: A Sculptural Journey

Titus: honorable or strong; of the giants Oceanus: the ocean, of the ocean This is a 7 foot driftwood piece and here’s the story: This highly sculptural piece of driftwood showed up seemingly out of place in an urban environment. On my walk I passed by it several times before deciding to pick it up.Continue reading “Titus Oceanus: A Sculptural Journey”