{"id":1419,"date":"2015-03-23T14:46:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T22:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pre-production.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/?p=1419"},"modified":"2015-03-23T14:46:22","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T22:46:22","slug":"homegrown-art-with-maggie-blackwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/blog\/2015\/03\/23\/homegrown-art-with-maggie-blackwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Homegrown Art with Maggie Blackwell: The Journey along the Yellow Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1425\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Tool-Pushers-Trailer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1425\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1425\" src=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Tool-Pushers-Trailer.jpg\" alt=\"photo by Blackwell\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maggie Blackwell&#8217;s &#8220;Tool Pusher Trailer&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1060\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/33AJJ8JFM0A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1426\" style=\"width: 745px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSC_0052.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1426\" class=\" wp-image-1426\" src=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSC_0052-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Blackwell in gallery\" width=\"735\" height=\"490\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist Maggie Blackwell at TC Gallery<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1060\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pjSXDuSCG0U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>By Cougar Echo Staff: Josiah Birkbeck, Lisa Ybarra, Mickey Van Horn, Michael Clites, Nick Kawano, Bruce Gray, and\u00a0Brenda Magana<\/p>\n<p>Maggie Blackwell, local artist, took time to speak with the Cougar Echo Staff about her current exhibit at the Taft College Art Gallery. The showing features paintings of regional subjects of local interest including oilfield equipment and scenery.<\/p>\n<p>Blackwell\u2019s medium for this exhibit is pure-pigment chalk pastels on 600 grit archival sandpaper which magnificently reflects light adding to the vividness of the works. Works include studies in landscapes\u2014Sequoia, Kern County, and Eastern Sierra\u2014and Americana including motel signs and Airstream trailers.<\/p>\n<p>She is also working on a children\u2019s book featuring \u201cBeulah\u201d the Airstream Trailer, a character that evokes fond memories from her childhood and her experiences and travels following \u201cthe never-ending yellow line of the highway.\u201d The artist started her career with oil-based paint, then went into water colors to protect her children from the fumes of the oils, and has been using chalk since 2001. She says she now owns over 3,000 pieces of chalk of varying colors.<\/p>\n<p>GOING places . . . Taft College Alumni Exhibit # 3 also includes stonework\/ceramic by Jovanne Ayala and is now open in the TC Art Gallery and will run until April 15th. Hours are Monday-Thursday 9<span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">AM<\/span> to 4<span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">PM<\/span> and Friday 9<span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">AM<\/span> to 12<span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">PM<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1422\" style=\"width: 514px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Balanced.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1422\" class=\" wp-image-1422\" src=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Balanced-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Blackwell\" width=\"504\" height=\"378\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Balanced&#8221; by Blackwell<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1423\" style=\"width: 553px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2012-08-26_16-13-28_928-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1423\" class=\" wp-image-1423\" src=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2012-08-26_16-13-28_928-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"blackwell photo\" width=\"543\" height=\"306\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Landscape by Blackwell<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Maggie Blackwell&#8217;s &#8220;Tool Pusher Trailer&#8221;     Artist Maggie Blackwell at TC Gallery  &nbsp;    By Cougar Echo Staff: Josiah Birkbeck, Lisa Ybarra, Mickey Van Horn, Michael Clites, Nick Kawano, Bruce Gray, and\u00a0Brenda Magana  Maggie Blackwell, local artist, took time to speak<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}