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DAPPER DON DHARSHI @dapperdondharshi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A marine biologist films this octopus changing colors while dreaming and it’s spectacular

Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“Nascence” (2026) - it’s been a while since I posted a recent drawing. This is one of my favorites. Wax oil pastel and pencil on paper - 11 x 8.5” #art #drawing

An abstract drawing of a human figure with skull-like face, dismembered organs, and hands.

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🌈Tyranny🫧Sparkles🏳️‍🌈 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared.

Black and white photo of Dolly Parton with gay artist Keith Haring.

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

“Water Wings” is my drawing for the theme of #chaos in this week’s #blueskyartshow. This was part of a series based on illustrations in a U.S. Army survival manual. In 2023 the series was published as a book in collaboration with my friend Marc Fischer: halfletterpress.com/survival-suc...

Four abstract human figures are overlapping into one mass.

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

“Explorer” (2026) Wax oil pastel and pencil on paper - 11 x 8.5” - My take on #growing for the #blueskyartshow

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Some #quiet photos of the soon to be demolished Lloyd Center Mall in Portland, OR for #theblueskyartshow

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phoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

David Wojnarowicz : Untitled, 1984 Sculpture Bone Skull, papier-maché, barbed wire, battery, watch, and rusty nails 9-13/16 × 5-7/8 × 13-3/8 in, 3.7 lb 25 × 15 × 34 cm, 1.7 kg ©Estate of David Wojnarowicz Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Further description in the alt text 👇

The multitalent visual artist, musician, photographer, writer, filmmaker, and activist David Wojnarowicz came to prominence in the early 1980s with his searing comments on queerness, conservative politics, disenfranchisement, and the status quo.

Steeped in the punk and graffiti scene of New York’s East Village, Wojnarowicz made stencils, paintings, and sculptures in this period, many of them incorporating scavenged materials and elements from his developing visual iconography, such as clocks, maps, and US currency. The artist saw these as symbols of a regulated and corrupt mainstream that devalued those on the margins of society.

A painted pig skull wrapped in segments from a map, it incorporates further references to the degraded industrialized society that the artist so vilified in the form of a timepiece in place of an eye and a globe of $100 bills gripped in the animal’s jaws. Wojnarowicz made a number of these assemblages in the mid- to late-1980s, all incorporating the same set of visual symbols. In this skull, pierced with rusted nails and wrapped in barbed wire, forcing it to forever hold a ball of money, one can read a critique of the capitalist interests and corrupt government politics that presided over the administration of then-President Reagan. Wojnarowicz’s lover, the famed photographer Peter Hujar, captured the artist holding a skull from this series in a Civilian Warfare ad. The exhibition helped to launch Wojnarowicz’s career, as it did for many artists of the New York underground.

While Wojnarowicz’s art took on an increasingly political valence, he also fought against censorship of his work, winning a lawsuit against the American Family Association. Wojnarowicz himself would die of AIDS in 1992 at the age of 37. The disease remains a global health issue today. In 2019, nearly 40 million people worldwide were reported to be living with HIV/AIDS and around 700,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses.

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Jimmy @stink67.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Have a Divine Fourth!

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

“They Were Afraid of Me” (2022) for the #blueskyartshow theme of #curve. This was part of my artists’ book “Year Zero” that used post-apocalypse movies as source material.

A semi-abstract drawn figure in a gas mask holds a torch.

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

My drawing based on Winslow Homer’s “The Veteran in a New Field” covering the theme of #sharp for #blueskyartshow - This was part of my artists’ book “Amerika” from 2025.

Abstract ink drawing of a human figure with a scythe and the word “Amerika”.

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

My drawing “Living Arms” (2026) for the #BlueSkyArtShow - This week’s theme is #Growth (hee hee)

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

My #tall collaboration with my partner Suzie AR from 2013 - for the exhibition “All Along the Watchtower” (Group), Pterodactyl, Philadelphia and now #blueskyartshow - I don’t think we had an official title for this, but it is our defaced version of the Frank L. Rizzo Monument.

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Skot Armstrong @skot.bsky.social · 22/05/2023

“To me art is a form of manifest revolt, total and complete.” -Jean Tinguely BOTD

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Michael Daly @michaeldaly64.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

1976, Chris Carter of TG is permitted to stand where he's standing. Looks like it may be near the band's Death Factory studio in Hackney, East London

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Skot Armstrong @skot.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

"People seem to think I'm just working with funny noises, that it isn't quite serious or something. I think a lot of people have a sort of block about electronic music, they think it must sound frightening and oppressive." -Delia Derbyshire #BOTD

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Here’s an older artwork of mine. “Sequelae 7” (2013) for the #BlueSkyArtShow - I’d call it #odd - India ink and watercolor on paper 10 x 8”.

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

“Memory in Future Tense” (2026) for the #BlueSkyArtShow - reaching towards the #Edge (as usual) - wax oil pastel and pencil on paper - 11 x 8.5”

A drawing of an abstract figure with two heads connected to a hollow middle and four limbs reaching towards the corners.

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

“The Best Offense” (2026) - my favorite #new drawing for the #BlueSkyArtShow - 11 x 8.5” - wax oil pastel and pencil on paper

Drawing of an abstract human figure with half it’s body made of tentacles.

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Nina Antonia @ninaantonia13.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

#WyrdWednesday ....a Nico puzzle answered, the title of the album 'The Marble Index' originates from a Wordsworth poem.

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

“Thoughtless” (2026) wax oil pastel and pencil on paper - 11 x 8.5” #openings for the #BlueSkyArtShow

Drawing of an abstract figure with no head and holes in the chest and groin.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

In 2014 Inventory Press invited me to make a Public Collectors book. This was before my self-publishing rampage hit full force. The result was this beautiful 224 page tome that is long out of print. I have some final copies they gave me to sell, available for $25: halfletterpress.com/public-colle...

The cover of the book Public Collectors
By: Marc Fischer with contributions by Angelo, Stephen Perkins, Leah DeVun, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Jordan Smith, and Kaitlin Kostus. Edited by Elizabeth Thomas. Design by Project Projects.
New York: Inventory Press, 2014
Pages: 224
Dimensions: 6 3/4 in × 9 in
Cover: full color with foil stamping
Binding: perfect bound
Process: offset
Color: full color
Edition Size: 1250
ISBN: 978-1-941753-02-6

Established in 2007 by Marc Fischer (also of Temporary Services and Half Letter Press), and featured in the 2014 Whitney Biennial, Public Collectors encourages collectors of material culture—the kind that most museums won’t exhibit—to ‘open’ their collections to the public. Extending the popular website of the same name, this book presents a wide array of collections—some featured on the website, most newly assembled for publication—interspersed with commentary and essays exploring the problems and politics of collecting materials that may lack conventional monetary or cultural value.

Among the subjects documented and written about in this heavily illustrated and beautifully produced book: Swap-O-Rama flea market, 10 years of street flyers from San Francisco, Hardcore histories, religious tracts, friendship books, South African herbalist ads, QSL cards, homemade record packaging, tea bag tags, the late Chicago music documentarian and activist Malachi Ritscher, Mexican lesson sheets, and much more.

Sample spreads of a scrapbook that started out as a baby book and the continued to include current events in the 1960s.

Public Collectors
By: Marc Fischer with contributions by Angelo, Stephen Perkins, Leah DeVun, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Jordan Smith, and Kaitlin Kostus. Edited by Elizabeth Thomas. Design by Project Projects.
New York: Inventory Press, 2014
Pages: 224
Dimensions: 6 3/4 in × 9 in
Cover: full color with foil stamping
Binding: perfect bound
Process: offset
Color: full color
Edition Size: 1250
ISBN: 978-1-941753-02-6

Established in 2007 by Marc Fischer (also of Temporary Services and Half Letter Press), and featured in the 2014 Whitney Biennial, Public Collectors encourages collectors of material culture—the kind that most museums won’t exhibit—to ‘open’ their collections to the public. Extending the popular website of the same name, this book presents a wide array of collections—some featured on the website, most newly assembled for publication—interspersed with commentary and essays exploring the problems and politics of collecting materials that may lack conventional monetary or cultural value.

Among the subjects documented and written about in this heavily illustrated and beautifully produced book: Swap-O-Rama flea market, 10 years of street flyers from San Francisco, Hardcore histories, religious tracts, friendship books, South African herbalist ads, QSL cards, homemade record packaging, tea bag tags, the late Chicago music documentarian and activist Malachi Ritscher, Mexican lesson sheets, and much more.

A section on CB Radio QSL postcards from:

Public Collectors
By: Marc Fischer with contributions by Angelo, Stephen Perkins, Leah DeVun, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Jordan Smith, and Kaitlin Kostus. Edited by Elizabeth Thomas. Design by Project Projects.
New York: Inventory Press, 2014
Pages: 224
Dimensions: 6 3/4 in × 9 in
Cover: full color with foil stamping
Binding: perfect bound
Process: offset
Color: full color
Edition Size: 1250
ISBN: 978-1-941753-02-6

Established in 2007 by Marc Fischer (also of Temporary Services and Half Letter Press), and featured in the 2014 Whitney Biennial, Public Collectors encourages collectors of material culture—the kind that most museums won’t exhibit—to ‘open’ their collections to the public. Extending the popular website of the same name, this book presents a wide array of collections—some featured on the website, most newly assembled for publication—interspersed with commentary and essays exploring the problems and politics of collecting materials that may lack conventional monetary or cultural value.

Among the subjects documented and written about in this heavily illustrated and beautifully produced book: Swap-O-Rama flea market, 10 years of street flyers from San Francisco, Hardcore histories, religious tracts, friendship books, South African herbalist ads, QSL cards, homemade record packaging, tea bag tags, the late Chicago music documentarian and activist Malachi Ritscher, Mexican lesson sheets, and much more.

A section of the book showing 1980s San Francisco street flyers from the collection of Stephen Perkins. From the book:

Public Collectors
By: Marc Fischer with contributions by Angelo, Stephen Perkins, Leah DeVun, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Jordan Smith, and Kaitlin Kostus. Edited by Elizabeth Thomas. Design by Project Projects.
New York: Inventory Press, 2014
Pages: 224
Dimensions: 6 3/4 in × 9 in
Cover: full color with foil stamping
Binding: perfect bound
Process: offset
Color: full color
Edition Size: 1250
ISBN: 978-1-941753-02-6

Established in 2007 by Marc Fischer (also of Temporary Services and Half Letter Press), and featured in the 2014 Whitney Biennial, Public Collectors encourages collectors of material culture—the kind that most museums won’t exhibit—to ‘open’ their collections to the public. Extending the popular website of the same name, this book presents a wide array of collections—some featured on the website, most newly assembled for publication—interspersed with commentary and essays exploring the problems and politics of collecting materials that may lack conventional monetary or cultural value.

Among the subjects documented and written about in this heavily illustrated and beautifully produced book: Swap-O-Rama flea market, 10 years of street flyers from San Francisco, Hardcore histories, religious tracts, friendship books, South African herbalist ads, QSL cards, homemade record packaging, tea bag tags, the late Chicago music documentarian and activist Malachi Ritscher, Mexican lesson sheets, and much more.

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Thank you to everyone who attended my “Carry On” exhibition, and specifically to Doug Burns from Souvenir Arts for making it all possible. Over $550 has been donated to Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition from proceeds. #art #pdx

An art exhibition visitor looks at drawings.

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Skot Armstrong @skot.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

“The greatest evil that one has to fight constantly, every minute of the day until one dies, is the worst part of oneself.” ― Patrick McGoohan #BOTD

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Hervé Télémaque, No Title (The Ugly American), 1962/64 www.moma.org/collection/w...

Painting with various dispersed elements, including stylized figures of Toussaint Louverture and Fidel Castro, and figures with word balloons including the title phrasings

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Thanks to everyone who came out for my opening Saturday night. It was fun AND we already managed to raise some money for pircoregon.org - The gallery will be open again this Wednesday from noon to 5pm and I will be there. Stop by if you can. Souvenir, 1233 NE Alberta St #art #contemporaryart #pdx

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I have a solo exhibition opening on March 7th - details here: www.instagram.com/p/DVG6dwsCWy... #art

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

“Love Song” 1.28.26 - My #Two for the #BlueSkyArtShow - wax oil pastel and pencil on paper - 11 x 8.5”

Two abstract figures intertwined but appearing to be having some relationship troubles.

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

“The Vigilant” 2.11.26 - wax oil pastel and pencil on paper - 11 x 8.5” #art #drawing #contemporaryart

An abstract crouching figure has a target on their back and extra eyes for self-protection.

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Anne C. Serling @anneserling.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

"We have a need for an enlightened, watchful articulate opposition. We have no need for semi-secret societies who are absolutist, dictatorial and would substitute for a rule of law and reason an indiscriminate assault on the institutions that must be held sacrosanct." ~Rod Serling

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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 04/02/2026

With “Native Son,” Richard Wright ignited a fire in American literature. One of the most influential writers of the 20th century, he inspired many, including the artist John Wilson, who would go on to use Wright’s words in his prints and paintings.

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How Richard Wright Shaped John Wilson’s Protest Art

Wilson, like Wright before him, wrestled with the psychic toll of racial violence on Black families in his paintings and lithographs.

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

“Permanent Record” 1.21.26 (repost of flatbed scan) - wax oil pastel and pencil on paper - 11 x 8.5” #art #drawing #contemporaryart

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Я @gertiewentworth.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Marcel Duchamp 1925-28 • Man Ray

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Cosey Fanni Tutti @coseyfannitutti.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

That costume and original photos from that shoot are in the INCOGNITO exhibition at Humber Street Gallery. Still open until 25th January - when I’m there to talk with Caroline Catz. Just few tix left www.eventbrite.co.uk @humberstgallery.bsky.social

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Humber Street Gallery (@humberstgallery.bsky.social)

Contemporary art space, Hull Mon/Tue: Closed Wed: 10:30 - 5 Thurs: 12 - 7 Fri-Sun: 10:30 - 5 Creative engine for contemporary visual arts in Hull

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

In Chicago, people protest ICE everywhere, including the marker display at this Michael's store on Elston Ave.

A selection of various kinds of markets at a Michael's craft store in Chicago on Elston Ave. Someone has written "FUCK ICE!!" on the display alongside various other scribbles.

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

I got to see the newly renovated Portland Art Museum with my partner Suzie and good friend Alyson Bowen yesterday. The improvements are amazing. We all enjoyed the large exhibition of Rick Bartow’s work. Fantastic / heavy stuff. This is called “Song Bear” (2011). #art

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

A favorite among my drawings in the “Carry On” book - “Observer” for the #BlueSkyArtShow #OpenHouse - This is a high res scan with a detail crop. #art Order my book here: wakeless.studio/products/14

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

A favorite among my more recent drawings - “Cross Purposes” for the #BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings - This is a new high res scan with a detail crop. #art

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Photos of the RoboCop statue in process, with Detroit sculptor & art conservator Giorgio Gikas. Work on the monument took more than a decade, including time Gikas took off while battling colon cancer

RoboCop statue in progress, in a crowded sculptor's studio

Photo of a bearded man with pieces of a RoboCop statue

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I give thanks for Yorgos Lanthimos. My partner and I saw “Bugonia” last night and really enjoyed it. The art direction at the end is stellar.

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Andy Warhol, Udo Kier, 1973 #RIP😢 whitney.org/collection/w...

Polaroid photo of Udo Kier, his hands held on each side of his face

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

“Carrying the Fire” 11.21.25 - wax oil pastel and pencil on paper - 11 x 8.5” #art #drawing

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

"Marlene Dumas [South African painter] has become the first contemporary woman artist to join the Louvre's permanent collection...." (The Art Newspaper, 2025) Continued 'Firsts' for women in the arts show that a quest for equity is still necessary.

Painted portrait of a semi stylised face of a Black woman surrounded by a dark background

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

A foggy #evening in Portland, OR - for the #blueskyartshow - I used to be a regular at this place when I worked around the corner. That was 2016-2020. I was in the neighborhood again a few months ago to see a concert and took this pic.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Another Century of Chemical Warfare Since the moment I found the WWI era photos in this booklet in a digital archive and figured out how I would use them to write about what is happening in Chicago now, and what ICE is doing with chemical warfare, this booklet felt like it made itself.

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Another Century of Chemical Warfare

This booklet was created during ICE's occupation of Chicago where they are regularly deploying tear gas and other forms of chemical warfare in our neighborhoods. Another Century of Chemical Warfare re...

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Jonathan Canady @jonathancanady.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

My drawing “Deceiver” for the #blueskyartshow (you can see #inside - 🩻). This is part of my new art book “Carry On” available at this link: wakeless.studio/products/14

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