Whether walking in a garden, planting your own, receiving them from friends or lovers, viewing delicious Renaissance flower paintings or walking through the flower market in DTLA, flowers bring joy and happiness to our internal and external worlds. Flowers are symbols of strength, longevity, grace, balance and abundance. We need more flowers right now. I want to fill the Shoebox […]
Beatrice Antonie Martino from “Perceive You” “Perceive You 2” is an online exhibition of figurative self-portraits exploring the ideas of identity, vulnerability, empowerment and perception. Inspired by Kristine Schomaker’s project “Perceive Me” which focuses on self-worth, validation and the idea that we value our identity based on how we imagine others perceive us, this new exhibition turns the mirror on […]
CALL FOR ARTISTS!! Text/Message ONLINE exhibition with Shoebox Projects Text/Message focuses on how we use text in fine art. Whether painting, sculpture, mixed media, video, digital, the use of text plays an integral part in telling stories. It can add a poetic layer, or a humorous anecdote. Text can challenge societal assumptions, activate our inner desires or crusade for long […]
“Making the Cut” an online exhibition with Shoebox ProjectsJuried by Kristine Schomaker Curated by Kristine Schomaker: Shoebox Arts Founder, Mentor, Publisher, and Artist Art can be dangerous. Sometimes on purpose- sometimes… Well, accidents happen. I have friends who use fireworks in their art, some use fire, others have used guns. But I find the real danger is the Exacto Knife. […]
Call and Response Round 8 Julia Thompson and Jody Zellen “Call and Response SPECIAL EDITION: TIME” “Call and Response” is a project organized by the Shoebox Arts team at the beginning of the pandemic. IG and FB @shoeboxarts.la #shoeboxcallandresponse #collaborationatadistance IG @artandcakela @kristineschomaker Drawing on the tradition of Jazz, this project is meant as a way for us to stay […]
Call and Response Round 5: Sina Evans and Meaghan Miller Lopez “Call and Response SPECIAL EDITION: TEXT” “Call and Response” is a project organized by the Shoebox Arts team at the beginning of the pandemic. IG and FB @shoeboxarts.la #shoeboxcallandresponse #collaborationatadistance IG @artandcakela @kristineschomaker Drawing on the tradition of Jazz, this project is meant as a way for us to […]
Call and Response Round 11: Marthe Aponte and Ibuki Kuramochi “Call and Response SPECIAL EDITION: THE BODY” “Call and Response” is a project organized by the Shoebox Arts team at the beginning of the pandemic. IG and FB @shoeboxarts.la #shoeboxcallandresponse #collaborationatadistance IG @artandcakela @kristineschomaker Drawing on the tradition of Jazz, this project is meant as a way for us to […]
CALL FOR ARTISTS!! Open Call: “Perceive You” An online exhibition through Shoebox Projects Deadline to submit: April 26, 2022 Curated by Kristine Schomaker “Perceive You” is a figurative self-portrait exhibition exploring concepts of identity, vulnerability, empowerment, and perception. Inspired by Kristine Schomaker’s project “Perceive Me” which focuses on self-worth, validation and the idea that we value our identity based on […]
Call and Response Round 13: Stacie Birky Greene and Michele Wong “Call and Response SPECIAL EDITION: NATURE” “Call and Response” is a project organized by the Shoebox Arts team at the beginning of the pandemic. IG and FB @shoeboxarts.la #shoeboxcallandresponse #collaborationatadistance IG @artandcakela @kristineschomaker Drawing on the tradition of Jazz, this project is meant as a way for us to […]
