The Awl http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:00:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Home For The Holidays http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/home-for-the-holidays http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/home-for-the-holidays#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:00:42 +0000 Amy Jean Porter http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/home-for-the-holidays






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Frog Wins! http://www.theawl.com/2011/10/frog-wins http://www.theawl.com/2011/10/frog-wins#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:00:53 +0000 Amy Jean Porter http://www.theawl.com/2011/10/frog-wins





Amy Jean Porter is an artist who lives in the woods outside of New Haven, Connecticut. She has a book out, and a new horse print at 20x200.

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Premonitions Of Fall After The Storm: A Listicle http://www.theawl.com/2011/09/premonitions-of-fall-after-the-storm-a-listicle http://www.theawl.com/2011/09/premonitions-of-fall-after-the-storm-a-listicle#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:00:29 +0000 Amy Jean Porter http://www.theawl.com/2011/09/premonitions-of-fall-after-the-storm-a-listicle





Amy Jean Porter is an artist who lives in the woods outside of New Haven, Connecticut. She has a book out, and a brand-new horse print at 20x200.

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Baby, You're A Firework http://www.theawl.com/2011/07/baby-youre-a-firework http://www.theawl.com/2011/07/baby-youre-a-firework#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:00:00 +0000 Amy Jean Porter http://www.theawl.com/2011/07/baby-youre-a-firework





Amy Jean Porter's first book, Of Lamb, a collaboration with the poet Matthea Harvey, was just recently published. Her show at P.P.O.W. Gallery in Manhattan is up through this Friday, July 22.

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Amy Jean Porter's first book, Of Lamb, a collaboration with the poet Matthea Harvey, was just recently published. Her show at P.P.O.W. Gallery in Manhattan is up through this Friday, July 22.

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An Excerpt From 'Of Lamb' http://www.theawl.com/2011/06/an-excerpt-from-of-lamb http://www.theawl.com/2011/06/an-excerpt-from-of-lamb#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:20:12 +0000 Amy Jean Porter http://www.theawl.com/2011/06/an-excerpt-from-of-lamb


Amy Jean Porter's new book, Of Lamb, a collaboration with the poet Matthea Harvey, comes out June 7. This excerpt is from the complete story of 106 paintings and poems. You can order your copy now—or, even better, pick one up at the book's release party, which happens tomorrow, June 2nd, 7 p.m., at Cabinet in Brooklyn. There's also an exhibition at P.P.O.W. gallery opening June 23. New York mag gave its stamp of approval.

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Amy Jean Porter's new book, Of Lamb, a collaboration with the poet Matthea Harvey, comes out June 7. This excerpt is from the complete story of 106 paintings and poems. You can order your copy now—or, even better, pick one up at the book's release party, which happens tomorrow, June 2nd, 7 p.m., at Cabinet in Brooklyn. There's also an exhibition at P.P.O.W. gallery opening June 23. New York mag gave its stamp of approval.

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The Birds http://www.theawl.com/2011/05/the-birds http://www.theawl.com/2011/05/the-birds#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 17:00:18 +0000 Amy Jean Porter http://www.theawl.com/2011/05/the-birds


Amy Jean Porter's new book, Of Lamb, a collaboration with the poet Matthea Harvey, comes out next week! You can order your copy now—or, even better, pick one up at the book's release party, which happens June 2nd, 7 p.m., at Cabinet in Brooklyn (you should go!). You can also find some nice prints by the artist here.

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Amy Jean Porter's new book, Of Lamb, a collaboration with the poet Matthea Harvey, comes out next week! You can order your copy now—or, even better, pick one up at the book's release party, which happens June 2nd, 7 p.m., at Cabinet in Brooklyn (you should go!). You can also find some nice prints by the artist here.

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A Gallery of Misplaced Objects http://www.theawl.com/2011/04/a-gallery-of-misplaced-objects http://www.theawl.com/2011/04/a-gallery-of-misplaced-objects#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:00:48 +0000 Amy Jean Porter http://www.theawl.com/2011/04/a-gallery-of-misplaced-objects


Amy Jean Porter has some nice prints for sale. And also you can preorder her book, Of Lamb, right now!

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"The Future Is Now": Download Amy Jean Porter's 2011 Desktop Calendar! http://www.theawl.com/2011/01/the-future-is-now-download-your-2011-desktop-calendar http://www.theawl.com/2011/01/the-future-is-now-download-your-2011-desktop-calendar#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:00:42 +0000 Amy Jean Porter http://www.theawl.com/2011/01/the-future-is-now-download-your-2011-desktop-calendar

Ladies and gents, it's the "Drawings in a Hurry: The Future is Now, 2011" calendar! Amy Jean Porter has made a drawing for each month, each of which tiles delightfully on your computer monitor. You can download the calendar, without captions, most easily here, in an adorable little zip file. [2.8MB] Those are the most handsome. Or you can download the calendar with captions here, if you like words, and who doesn't? [3.4MB] Would you like to see it in action on my desktop?

Here's the version with captions.

And here's the textless version, which does indeed tile most handsomely!

Of course you can always choose to display it centered on a background or what have you. It's your computer! Go nuts!

And yes, this is low-tech high-tech. You'll have to remember to change over each month yourself. Here's a look at each month.

For the computerphobic Mac user, just:

1. Download the file.

2. Unstuff it!

3. Open System Preferences/Desktop and Screensaver.

4. On the bottom left, hit the "plus" symbol to add a folder.

5. Add the unstuffed calendar's folder, which will most likely be in your Downloads folder.

6. Pick the month and choose "tile." Changing the month is easy—that folder will always be available now.

I'm sure you PC users can figure it out easily enough—or can eHow it.



Amy Jean Porter recently produce a print with 20×200. She also recently finished 106 drawings for her first book, "Of Lamb," a collaboration with poet Matthea Harvey, to be published in early 2011.

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Ladies and gents, it's the "Drawings in a Hurry: The Future is Now, 2011" calendar! Amy Jean Porter has made a drawing for each month, each of which tiles delightfully on your computer monitor. You can download the calendar, without captions, most easily here, in an adorable little zip file. [2.8MB] Those are the most handsome. Or you can download the calendar with captions here, if you like words, and who doesn't? [3.4MB] Would you like to see it in action on my desktop?

Here's the version with captions.

And here's the textless version, which does indeed tile most handsomely!

Of course you can always choose to display it centered on a background or what have you. It's your computer! Go nuts!

And yes, this is low-tech high-tech. You'll have to remember to change over each month yourself. Here's a look at each month.

For the computerphobic Mac user, just:

1. Download the file.

2. Unstuff it!

3. Open System Preferences/Desktop and Screensaver.

4. On the bottom left, hit the "plus" symbol to add a folder.

5. Add the unstuffed calendar's folder, which will most likely be in your Downloads folder.

6. Pick the month and choose "tile." Changing the month is easy—that folder will always be available now.

I'm sure you PC users can figure it out easily enough—or can eHow it.



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Your Nuts http://www.theawl.com/2010/09/drawings-in-a-hurry-nuts http://www.theawl.com/2010/09/drawings-in-a-hurry-nuts#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:10:23 +0000 Amy Jean Porter http://www.theawl.com/2010/09/drawings-in-a-hurry-nuts porter_sep7_nuts_01

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Bugs! http://www.theawl.com/2010/08/drawings-in-a-hurry-bugs http://www.theawl.com/2010/08/drawings-in-a-hurry-bugs#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:10:38 +0000 Amy Jean Porter http://www.theawl.com/2010/08/drawings-in-a-hurry-bugs BUGS!




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Previously: New Baby!

Amy Jean Porter just recently finished 106 drawings for her first book, "Of Lamb," a collaboration with poet Matthea Harvey, to be published in early 2011.

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