Art Trends That Follow Current Events
April 25, 2009 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
Often art trends follow the current events of a country or the world. What topics are “hot” now that you can focus on?
- Gardening, especially at the White House
- Dogs/pets and the Portuguese water dog at the White House
- Immigration and immigrants
- Graduations
- Weddings
- Pirates
- Taxes – I suppose I could do a page in my Page-a-Day Tea Book book on the recent TEA parties, protesting higher taxes, reminiscent of the Boston Tea Party of pre-Revolutionary War days.
- Environmental topics
Image: sxc.hu
What can you do in the way of art projects to encompass current topics that could have appeal?
- Collages
- Paintings in various media
- Scrapbooks
- Quilts and Fabric Art
- Needlepoint
- Sculpture
- Papier Mache
- Beading
- Encrusted embellishments
- Altered books
- Mixed media
- Jewelry
Have you been following current trends for your art?
Image: Abyla – sxc.hu
