Day 4342: Stumpy, and All Media Show at IFAC.

 

"Worn Away": junk collage, acrylics.

 

  

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Goodbye Stumpy

Perhaps you're familiar with Stumpy, the beloved cherry tree near the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC. Stumpy was a stout but welcoming tree, beloved by locals, "blooming his little heart out despite the frail weathered condition of his fragile shell of a trunk," wrote photojournalist Carol Guzy. In May, despite efforts from Stumpy's devoted fans and frequent visitors, the tree was finally cut down by the National Park Service to make repairs to the sea wall around the Tidal Basin. Guzy set out to document Stumpy's final months, an aggrieved attempt to memorialize the tree that had been slowly suffocated by climate change. In the process, she saw how deeply Stumpy had impacted his environs: He was a home for newly hatched starlings, a reliably beautiful bloomer, a bastion of survival that felt like family to countless Washingtonians. Saying goodbye to Stumpy was devastating, Guzy wrote, but it also brought her closer to strangers who loved the little tree, too. Now, Stumpy lives on in photos — and in their memories. Read the entire story, here.

Editor’s note: 

Carol Guzy is an independent photojournalist. She was previously a staff photographer with The Washington Post and Miami Herald and is a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. The views expressed here are those of the author. 

She has written a beautiful tribute to Stumpy, and I would love for you to read it. It is too long for my sill blog, but I am including some of her photos.

Kikchek Phan paints Stumpy.

Stumpy

Mia Detor comforts her 7-year-old daughter, Hannah, as she wept about the imminent loss of St

People photograph the tree during its final bloom in the spring.

  

People touch the fragile shell of Stumpy.

Sawhill prepares to tuck an origami crane she made into Stumpy’s peeling bark.

  

Mia Detor comforts her 7-year-old daughter, Hannah, as she wept about the imminent loss of Stumpy.

Jane Albiston takes a picture as people visit Stumpy.

Again, I really hope will go here to read the beautifully written story. Only a few pics are above. 

All Media Show 2024

The Irvine Fine Arts Center is pleased to announce the opening of All Media 2024, the Center’s flagship annual group exhibition. The exhibit, juried by Patrick Geske, Katie Hector, and Paul Loya, features 68 local and regional artists whose artworks span sculpture, photography, painting, ceramics, drawing, collage, works on fiber, and more. The exhibition will be on view July 6–September 28 with a free opening reception scheduled for Saturday, July 6, 2–4 p.m.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of All Media as a juried exhibition whose storied roster of artists include past, current, and future tastemakers in the local art community. Each iteration of the exhibit reflects the spirit of its time through the diverse practices of featured artists.

Exhibiting artists: Sandy Abrams, Silvia Alvarez-Ritterling, Afkham Amiry, Susan Amorde, May Attar, Steffani Bailey, Annabel Binandeh, Amy Broderick, Jennifer Michaela Byrne, Lance Carlson, Molly Champlin, Young Choe, John Clark, Luisa Cohrs, Courtney Colgan, James Cooper, George Cortez, Emmanuel Crespo, Steve Cukrov, Judit Dan, Barbara Danzi, Sheila Daube, Cheryl Del Toro, Mika Denny, James Dietze, Robert Dunevant, Derrick Edwards, Jose Flores Nava, Carole Gelker, Diana Ghoukassian, Brittany Gilmore, Julie Green, Laura Green, Bonnie Gutierrez, Yhoshua Gutierrez, Allyn Hawthorne, Lynette K Henderson, Barbara Hendricks, Abe Hernandez, Timothy Hower, Jae Hwang, Uma Rani Iyli, Naomi Kadinoff, Justina N. Kim, Joshua Klur, Nadim Kurani, Yuri Kuznetsov, Kiara Aileen Machado, Debra Manville, Skip Mueller, Sho Peng, MJ Rado, Guan Rong, Carolyn Saylor, Abhijna Shetty, Margaret-Anne Smith, Angie talker, Hedy Torres, Hailee Tran, Ramon Vargas, Linh Vo, Brent Walker, Michael Ward, Glen Wilbert, Kiki Zhen, and Mohamed Zoweil.

 

  

 

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