For those of you who were unable to join us in May at the Scarsdale Library or on zoom, I invite you to watch the video below of my talk, A Bite-Size View Of Food in Art.
As you will see, the talk covers many highlights of the long standing, irresistible tradition of incorporating food in art, going back thousands of years to the present, including my own work. This bite-size view provides the context of how I see my own paintings, with a brief nod to Ikebana.
A Bite-Size View of Food in Art with Beverly Shipko
This video marks the inauguration of my very own YouTube channel. It was surprisingly easy to set up with Bonnie’s help. Thank you for leading me into the 21st century!
So come take a byte out of my YouTube Channel! You’ll have good time salivating over numerous food images and won’t put on any weight by watching. And as I promised a gentleman in the audience, it won’t raise your insulin levels.
I hope you can join us for my Bitesize View of Food in Art Talk and Solo Art Exhibit at the Scarsdale Public Library on May 7th from 4:30-6pm (54 Olmsted Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583).
This is a chef’s tour of food in art history from prehistoric and ancient times, the Golden Age of Dutch Still Life, to contemporary art. All in 45 minutes. So are you up for the challenge? I promise it will be entertaining. Only I’ll put on my artist’s beret instead of a chef’s cap. Plus I’ll tap into my aspirations to be an art history professor.
Along the way you’ll see how I view my own work in this context.
A reception will follow the talk. While the official event ends at 6pm, I’ll hang out at the library until 6:30pm.
The exhibit will run from Wednesday, May 1 through Wednesday, May 22.
Registration
Click here to register and scroll down to the bottom. Select your preferred option. Note you can come back and change this if needed, or re-register.
While we are asking you to register, please don’t let this stop you from coming the last minute. Just come right over. The more, the merrier! If you don’t receive the zoom link by 3:30pm on May 7th, please call the Scarsdale Library Reference Desk at 914-722-1302. They will email the link directly to you.
Parking
It’s plentiful!
With Gratitude
Thank you to the Scarsdale Public Library for hosting this event. I’ll begin with a shoutout to a very special lady and friend, Claudette Gassler, Programing Librarian. A year ago, Claudette came up with the idea of a combination talk and solo show. And she waited patiently for my torn meniscus to heal. In addition, thanks to Roberta Ham-Stein, Support Services Administrator/Librarian who helped coordinate the logistics. Last but not least, kudos to David Sadoff, Programming Librarian, who creatively used his tech abilities to make this a hybrid event and bring me out from behind the podium, onto the stage, and into my comfort zone.
Now I would be remiss if I didn’t thank my daughter, Bonnie Sloofman. After a hard day’s work, she is providing refreshments following the talk at the reception.
As always, I appreciate hearing from you. So please let me know if you have any questions, comments or ideas about the topic.
I look forward to seeing you – one way or another – on Tuesday, May 7th at 4:30pm!
During the pandemic, I attended a plethora of art lectures on everything from prehistoric art, Street Art to Alice Neel. I thoroughly enjoyed all of them. It was amazing how much excellent free content there was from all the museums, libraries, performance venues and associations. I didn’t know what to watch first!
Along the way, I was asked to give a number of art history lectures both because of my artist experiences and strong art history background. As a graduate student in art history at the University of Michigan, I eagerly anticipated planning my lectures (in the slide room, believe it or not!) and delivering them each week.
I thought I found my calling – until the depression came to Detroit along with double digit unemployment. Fast forward through my MBA and marketing career. Now I’m back in my element talking about art once again – and making it too.
Motherhood In Art
I re-presented one of my favorite recent talks – Motherhood In Art – courtesy of the Yonkers Public Library (YPL) who recorded the video below. Simply click on the visual/box to watch.
Click Here for the Motherhood In Art Video
FYI. Here’s the flyer the YPL put together which made the whole event feel so real and professional.
Thank you for joining me on this epic journey celebrating women and mothers through art. I hope you learned something new, which is my goal whoever I speak.
I look forward to seeing you at future talks, whether in person or online, and to fulfilling my college dream of being an art history professor albeit in this unanticipated and untraditional way. At the very least, I feel a Fatherhood in Art talk coming on for June, 2024…
P.S. I realize now that I missed a speaking opportunity during my Food for Thought show last fall. But I have a plan in the works to make up for that. Stay tuned.
