connierichards [2013-04-23 03:37:16 +0000 UTC]

Hi, If you happen to find this page, please know that I have not updated it since I started graduate school, which was about 5 years ago from when I am now posting. Please visit my website www.connierichardsaigner.com if you would like to see current work. Thanks!

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lalousha [2009-05-27 17:38:57 +0000 UTC]

Hi Connie,

I forwarded your name to Jamie Chalmers, of [link] - another home for your fantastic work

regards,

Lalousha
(Marloes Duyker)

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her-ickleness [2009-05-15 17:30:12 +0000 UTC]

I really love your work, it's so hard to find good textile work on this site!

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GRAMMAR [2009-01-24 10:17:14 +0000 UTC]

the things you make are wonderful! I've got to watch you!

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connierichards [2008-09-06 23:04:12 +0000 UTC]

hey here are a couple websites/reviews about sugarcraft. the first one mentions my work
[link]

the second is from the august/september american craft
(which I had a small interview for)
[link]

and DaMN! magazine featured the Sugarcraft as their summer exhibition pick from the United States!

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connierichards [2008-06-24 01:26:01 +0000 UTC]

so i got into a lot of great schools last year, but i didn't go to any of them because they weren't giving me the financial deal I needed. This fall I am going to Illinois State University for my MFA in painting/drawing. It is a 3 year program, & I am pretty excited for it. I also have an opening this Friday, June 27th for an exhibit i am involved in called Sugarcraft (more info at www.sugarcraftproject.com)

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10grams [2008-01-14 20:25:45 +0000 UTC]

Hello! I love your work, so I've featured you here: [link]
If you have any objections please tell me

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10grams [2008-01-09 10:09:06 +0000 UTC]

your work is brilliant
are any of your works for sale? just curious

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neverwasthefantasy [2007-08-20 16:46:57 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the add and comments! i<3your work!

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aldeux [2007-04-06 04:26:04 +0000 UTC]

wooo #1000


hi hi

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connierichards [2007-04-06 04:16:15 +0000 UTC]

hey so just an update, i uploaded a bunch of new work from my MA Graduate show. So for my MFA, I got into the Pratt Institute, Parsons, and The San Francisco Art Institute. I was wait listed at the School of the Visual Arts and School of the Art Institute of Chicago. I also had a phone interview at RISD.
I have no idea what I am going to do yet....

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kalalila [2007-01-10 01:22:28 +0000 UTC]

i really like your work. your craftsmanship and humor show in every piece. it's so refreshing to see that.

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herrschaetzer [2007-01-04 10:24:47 +0000 UTC]

Hi

thanks a lot for the
I really appreciate it!

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business-casual [2006-12-02 18:34:19 +0000 UTC]

I love your stuff. We are both working on a housewife theme. I LOVE IT.

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ForeverChange [2006-11-07 18:42:48 +0000 UTC]

thanks doll. i really like what you have to say for yourself.

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connierichards [2006-10-10 03:56:11 +0000 UTC]

My artist statement is in the comment before this one & my journal. enjoy! = )

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connierichards [2006-10-10 03:54:35 +0000 UTC]

There is an abundant amount of importance placed on beauty in our society and culture, and it often overshadows real women and important issues. A woman’s worth is based on her face and body, and not her mind, abilities, or who she is as a person. A woman may feel like a failure if she is not beautiful. "Even if she is (beautiful), she cannot be beautiful enough," according to Germaine Greer. Although this emphasis on beauty varies from culture to culture, and has existed for ages, it seems like our unhealthy obsession with it has become more of an epidemic because of the media driven world we live in.
Most advertisements limit views of women’s lives and capabilities by portraying them as sexual objects or housewives, but women are multifaceted and have more than just these two roles that may define them. Although some women would like to be seen as sexual objects, ads have a negative impact on women in general by showing these unrealistic ideals of beauty. These images make regular women feel insecure about themselves, like they have something they need to improve. So, we buy into these products and fashions, and even go to drastic measures like surgeries and may develop disorders. According to Germaine Greer, "As a way of inducing them to buy products...women have been deliberately infected with Body Dysmorphic Disorder." We have all been programmed by these images as to what beauty is, even from when we were young girls, playing with Barbies and paper dolls.
I want my work to point out some of these things by exploring the roles of women in media and culture. I believe the tactics used in many ads are so absurd that it can be humorous and I want to expose that. I want to exaggerate the negative way that women are portrayed, and also show them in a positive light; that they can be more than the objects they are in ads. The repetitiveness of ad images we see makes us get used to them, like they are a pattern. So, I have been using pattern and fabric along with painting, sewing, and ironing, in my work because of its relation to fashion and domesticity. I also use pin-up imagery in my work because it was originally used in advertisements, shows some of the ridiculousness that exists in ads today, and still has a certain visual appeal.

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Ebil-Satanic-Chicken [2006-09-22 06:25:51 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the fav!

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Beatlesblove [2006-09-21 17:51:43 +0000 UTC]

thanks love
<3

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lowclouds [2006-09-14 22:59:11 +0000 UTC]

thanks for adding me.

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lowclouds [2006-09-04 13:23:44 +0000 UTC]

your work is fabulous.

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sashacat [2006-08-23 15:53:27 +0000 UTC]

I am very happy to see my art instructor is quite the talented person. I greatly enjoy your unique style and your appreciation for the female in life. Best of luck to you in the art world.

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besabelle [2006-05-24 03:52:49 +0000 UTC]

hey thanks for the favorite add!

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connierichards [2006-05-21 01:52:14 +0000 UTC]

here is my artists statement, I didn't know where else to put it:

My current work is mainly about the roles of women, particularly in advertising. I wanted to explore some of the roles that women have, positive and negative, and one way that I have been doing that is through the theme “sex sells.” I think that using female sexuality is an interesting and delicate topic because it can be used to objectify women and it can also be empowering. I am incorporating pin-up and advertising imagery from the 1940’s, texture and pattern, and collage in some of my works. I am doing many works on things like shower curtains and tablecloths that I have stretched onto stretcher bars. I think that these materials are useful because they are more interesting than traditional canvas, and they lend themselves to the work because they are used in the domestic setting of the home. The work that I have been doing developed from an interest in body image and cosmetics, because there is such an emphasis on beauty in our society. I have done work in many different mediums, but the area that I would like to concentrate on is painting, although I do think it would be interesting to combine printmaking,digital art, and or sculpture with my work.
I also have a section of digital art that is mainly comprised of self portraits. I was interested in using color, texture, and emotion in these images.

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albeit [2006-05-21 01:05:48 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I love your work!

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rainbowstripe [2006-05-20 05:57:23 +0000 UTC]

ooh thanks for adding me back

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LagoonDragon [2006-05-18 23:23:00 +0000 UTC]

Thx alot for the

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avacreat [2006-05-14 20:35:09 +0000 UTC]

Hi! Thx a lot for adding me in your friends list

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GunkvM [2006-05-14 15:04:59 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the

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pentelka [2006-05-14 10:01:50 +0000 UTC]

hey, thanks! i really like your style ((((:

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DoctorBalls [2006-05-14 02:12:44 +0000 UTC]

hey Connie
Thanks for the watch. You're gallery is rad too.
I checked out and added you on myspace too.
much love and shit
Iaian

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takeawaykid [2006-05-14 01:14:48 +0000 UTC]

welcome to da

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Unionhoney [2006-05-09 02:49:46 +0000 UTC]

Klises and I are amazed.

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moldygrape [2006-05-05 03:01:52 +0000 UTC]

hii.

welcome to DA

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