One of my many goals this year has been to learn more about scripting and procedurally generating graphics, for which I’ve been using the language Processing. I don’t have a lot of prior experience with code, though, and that makes things a bit difficult! It’s a totally different way of thinking. Processes that seem simple enough […]
Author: Emily Garfield
New York mini residency
Experiments made over two weeks in New York in November 2014
Sketchbook Show at the Nave Annex
I have four sketchbook pages in the Sketchbook Show at the Nave Annex in Davis Square, Somerville. The opening reception is Friday, January 9th from 6-8pm and the show runs through January 31st. It’s a really interesting look into how very different artists approach their process, and I recommend checking it out if you’re in […]
Solo exhibit in Brookline this month
I have about 20 pieces in an exhibition at The Picture Place, a gallery and frame shop at 320A Harvard St in Coolidge Corner, Brookline. The reception will be Friday, December 5th from 7-10pm, and will include a drop-in collaborative drawing project— guests can come and see the work, and then get creative with map marks […]
Imaginary Mapmaking workshop at Parts & Crafts
Workshop for kids teaching mapmaking inspired by biological forms
Autumn Travel: Lowell and San Francisco
Photographs from travel locally to Lowell, MA and cross-country to San Francisco
MIT Mini Maker Faire
Last weekend I spent Saturday at MIT’s first Mini Maker Faire. The event couldn’t support sales, but after talking about it I realized that would be a good opportunity to do a collaborative/interactive project. I have a few ideas for digital interactive projects that have been rattling around in my mind for a while, but […]
CSArt Project Completion
Large-scale project of small-scale artworks: 50 conjoining hand-drawn imaginary maps
August Travel: ICELAND
Photos and sketches from Iceland in August 2014
CSArt Project Progress
I’m back from my summer travel and finishing up my CSArt project! The project is to complete 50 artworks in a series, to be individually packaged and distributed in “shares” with artworks from the 9 other participating artists. The format is based on Community Supported Agriculture, but for art! My project is a set of […]