Colouring Their Art
Artists continue to bring beauty and richness to our lives under lockdown. We listen, we watch, we read, we build, and now we can de-stress by colouring within their creations.
In 2016, The New York Academy of Medicine created #ColourourCollections, inspiring other libraries, museums, and cultural institutions to transform their content into free colouring books. Though the official colouring festival runs for the first week of February, the downloadable images and books are available year-round. The 509 Participating Institutions include…
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Getty Research Institute. Pompelmus, Johann Christoph Volkamer. 1708–1714
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NYAM. Human Heart. Nicola Oddi. 1728
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Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. M. Duhamel du Monceau, Traité des arbres et arbustes qui se cultivent en France en pleine terre, Paris, Guérin et Delatour, 1755.
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The Canadian Canoe Museum. June. 1925 The Canadian Canoe Museum, John Summers Collection
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Limédia Galleries. Procession du Graoully, Bibliothèques Médiathèques de Metz
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Osler Library of the History of Medicine. Remmelin, J., Kilian, L., & Franck, D. Cum Deo, Johannis Remmelini Suevo-Ulmensis Catoptrum microcosmicum, suis aere incisis visionibus splendens. 1619 |
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Biblioteca i Documentació, Universitat de Lleida. Giró Aranols, A. Atlas de la parte primera del curso metódico de dibujo lineal. 1877.
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Vancouver’s Museum of Anthropology offers artist colouring pages from their textile collection:
And links to the Instagram page of one of their Northwest Coast artists – Michelle Stoney, Gitxsan artist – whose colouring templates can be downloaded for free or with a donation:
Artist Michelle Stoney Instagram
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New York’s Met Museum joins the colouring bee with selections from their collection such as this Alexandre Pere & Fils Accordion from 1850-55.
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In 2017, MOMA ran an exhibit of the influential artist Louise Lawler’s work called: WHY PICTURES NOW? Lawler is known for photographing and transforming the art of others and considering the context in which these works are displayed. Lawler also revisits and reconsiders her own work, eg: transforming her photographs into paperweights or black and white tracings.
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‘In this time of isolation,’ MOMA writes, ‘Lawler has made 12 of these images available for children and adults of all ages to print and use as coloring sheets. This gesture comes from the artist’s interest in the way art can reach viewers beyond the museum and gallery system, and can playfully contribute to personal creative transformation. We encourage you to post and tag your colored drawings #DrawingwithMoMA on social media, and we will share a selection on our channels.’
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