What are other kingdom's doing?

Here is a link to a newsletter from the Kingdom of Glenn Abihan

 http://www.kingdomofgleannabhann.org/library/func-startdown/137/

A and S display at Pennsic - Pictures

http://s300.photobucket.com/albums/nn7/SleepyUnicorn/Pennsic%2040/Pennsic%2040%20Arts%20and%20Sciences%20Display/

I only had two hours to look at this display. I needed more time, I needed more time.  Thank you all those who shared their art with others.

Creative Commons licensing - music

This Licensing allows you to stream or download entire albums for free.
You delete what you don't like and you can down load as much music as you want for one monthly fee of 15.00 a month.  13.00 a month if you purchase a year at a time, or 240.00 for a lifetime membership.  http://magnatune.com/genres/classical/

They have some wonderful stuff. 

Lifted from the web site:
http://magnatune.com/artists/canconier

Cançonièr is a San Francisco Bay Area early music group devoted to medieval repertoire from the 12th to the 15th centuries, occasionally including traditional music from related regions (Scandinavia, the Balkans, and the Middle East).

http://magnatune.com/artists/skarazula

Skarazula: medieval European, Turkish and Arabic music

Just two.  If you like the music and keep it please pay for it.  We want these musicians to keep playing!!!!!


Thank you to Arnora and Guillaume for showing me this link

More good links

The Ontario Science Centre in Toronto Ontario.

Leonardo da Vinci's Workshop -
The Exhibition

October 13, 2011 - March 18, 2012

http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/calendar/default.asp?eventid=1111&ddmmyyyy=01102011


Finger loop braiding - archeological links here as well, so lots of good information

http://fingerloop.org/

Here is a link to information about he golden ratio for scrolls

http://www.cyberspaceorbit.com/ironhart/goldensec.html

I took this class at pennsic and loved it I learned a lot from it.

at the MET

Still unpacking, so no more class notes today, however The Metropolitian Museum of Art in New York City has lots going on of interest to our group.

A Sensitivity to the Seasons: Summer and Autumn in Japanese ArtJune 24, 2011–October 23, 2011
The Sackler Wing Galleries for the Arts of Japan, 2nd floor

http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId=%7B27D17EF3-196A-48BB-AB1F-AED518FF4C3D%7D

there are several pieces within our time period.

Also coming up at the MET

Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to LevineSeptember 13, 2011–March 4, 2012
Galleries for Drawings, Prints, and Photographs, 2nd floor

"Wonder of the Age": Master Painters of India, 1100–1900September 28, 2011–January 8, 2012
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Exhibition Hall, 2nd floor

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New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South AsiaOpens November 1, 2011
Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia
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	Learn more about this exciting project.
	Read a related message from the Director.

More than one thousand works from the preeminent collection of the Museum's Department of Islamic Art—one of the most comprehensive gatherings of this material in the world—will return to view this fall in a completely renovated, expanded, and reinstalled suite of fifteen galleries. The organization of the galleries by geographical area will emphasize the rich diversity of the Islamic world, over a span of thirteen hundred years, by underscoring the many distinct cultures within its fold.

The Game of Kings: Medieval Ivory Chessmen from the Isle of LewisNovember 15, 2011–April 22, 2012
The Cloisters Museum and Gardens
The Renaissance Portrait from Donatello to BelliniDecember 21, 2011–March 18, 2012
Special Exhibition Galleries, 2nd floor


If you time this correctly you can see a lot of these wonderful exhibits in one trip.  for those who live close to the MET, enjoy.

A and S display at Pennsic - Pictures

http://s300.photobucket.com/albums/nn7/SleepyUnicorn/Pennsic%2040/Pennsic%2040%20Arts%20and%20Sciences%20Display/

I only had two hours to look at this display. I needed more time, I needed more time.  Thank you all those who shared their art with others.

Great links from Pennsic War classes

Silk painting banners

http://genvieve.net/sca/vermine/20UpWarStandardsHandout.pdf

All things Samurai

http://www.modaruniversity.org/Samurai.htm

Bead survey

http://www.haakonstead.org/handouts/Adelicia/5%20Centuries%20of%20Beads.pdf

I will add more as I continue to unpack.