All posts by James L. Mcelhinney
On the Water: Schuylkill River Netcast: Joseph Sweeney
On the Water: Schuylkill River Podcast: Adam Levine
On the Water: Schuylkill River Podcast: Speaking with Adam Levine
Adam Levine is an historian and archivist working with the Philadelphia Water Department. He created and manages Philly H2O, a website that holds a wealth of information about the history and use of Philadelphia’s waterways. I sat down with him last summer to learn about what flows into the city, and flows out.
This is the first in a series of podcast interviews that will be unpacked during the run of O.T.W. On the Water: The Schuylkill River, an installation at Independence Seaport Museum at 211 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphia 19106. Organized as a complement to the new River Alive! galleries, the exhibition will be on view through September 2019.
Adam Levine kindly wrote the Introduction in the chapbook of O.T.W. The Schuylkill River, a limited edition of fifty sets of seven archival pigment prints published on October 26, 2018 by Needlewatcher Editions. A downloadable PDF may be found below:
TONIGHT: TALK AT BOSCOBEL: TRAVELS, TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES OF 19TH-CENTURY ARTIST EXPEDITIONS
James Lancel McElhinney has revived the historic practice of journal-painting, unpacked as print-suite in the tradition of William Guy Wall, Jacques-Gerard Milbert, William Birch and John-James Audubon.
Tonight at Boscobel House and Garden in Garrison, New York, McElhinney will deliver a sweeping overview of this expeditionary art-form, including the tools, techniques and material culture of traveler artists.
The talk will begin promptly at 6:30 pm
DETAILS AND DIRECTIONS: https://www.boscobel.org/events/lecture-travels-tools-and-techniques-of-19th-century-artist-expeditions/
William Guy Wall
Albrecht Durer
Jacques le Moyne
John White
Albert Eckhout
Frans Post
Early modern explorers developed expeditionary book-painting, which were later published as prints. Created to accompany official reports, public appetite for visions of faraway places fueled a growing printing industry, which expanded the art-market from the ruling elite to a rising merchant-class, and others of more modest means.
James Lancel McElhinney will unpack this history, and the revival of expeditionary journal-painting and publishing in his own creative practice, both as art and enterprise.
Tomorrow: Journal-Painting Urban Expedition.
Reserve a spot. Open-air journal-painting with James Lancel McElhinney. Check with Greenwich Art Society. The meeting-place has changed
For more information write:
wo*******@ne***********.com
Or reserve a place by contact the Greenwich Art Society. Downloadable PDF below:
JOURNAL PAINTING WORKSHOP, NORTHERN MANHATTAN. OCTOBER 16, 10AM – 4PM
Reserve a spot. Open-air journal-painting with James Lancel McElhinney. Meet outside the 190th Street A-train Station on Fort Washington Avenue.
For more information write:
wo*******@ne***********.com
Or reserve a place by contact the Greenwich Art Society. Downloadable PDF below:
EXPEDITION: NORTHERN MANHATTAN. OCTOBER 16. 10AM – 4PM
Open-air journal-painting with James Lancel McElhinney. Meet outside the 190th Street A-train Station on Fort Washington Avenue. For more information write:
wo*******@ne***********.com
Or reserve a place by contact the Greenwich Art Society. Downloadable PDF below:
FIELDBOOKS TO PRINTS: EXPEDITIONARY ART. Greenwich Art Society, Wednesday October 10
“Fieldbooks to Prints, Expeditionary Art” October 10 from 5:30-6:30, at the Greenwich Art Society, 2nd floor. Attendees will learn about how artists maintain a practice of exploring the terrain through the use of fieldbooks and journals, and how these images can be expanded into print editions. Free for G.A.S. members / $20 for non-members.
Writing grew out of drawing. With the rise of civilization and expanded personal mobility, writing, drawing and painting developed portable media to accompany travelers abroad. Knowledge has always been portable, whether in clay tablets or E-readers.
Early modern explorers developed expeditionary book-painting, which were later published as prints. Created to accompany official reports, public appetite for visions of faraway places fueled a growing printing industry, which expanded the art-market from the ruling elite to a rising merchant-class, and others of more modest means.
James Lancel McElhinney will unpack this history, and the revival of expeditionary journal-painting and publishing in his own creative practice, both as art and enterprise.
For more information, please consult this downloadable PDF
OCTOBER 10 LECTURE: FIELDBOOKS TO PRINTS: EXPEDITIONARY ART
“Fieldbooks to Prints, Expeditionary Art” October 10 from 5:30-6:30, at the Greenwich Art Society, 2nd floor. Attendees will learn about how artists maintain a practice of exploring the terrain through the use of fieldbooks and journals, and how these images can be expanded into print editions. Free for G.A.S. members / $20 for non-members.
Writing grew out of drawing. With the rise of civilization and expanded personal mobility, writing, drawing and painting developed portable media to accompany travelers abroad. Knowledge has always been portable, whether in clay tablets or E-readers.
Early modern explorers developed expeditionary book-painting, which were later published as prints. Created to accompany official reports, public appetite for visions of faraway places fueled a growing printing industry, which expanded the art-market from the ruling elite to a rising merchant-class, and others of more modest means.
James Lancel McElhinney will unpack this history, and the revival of expeditionary journal-painting and publishing in his own creative practice, both as art and enterprise.
For more information, please consult this downloadable PDF