Melinda Steffy
@melindasteffy.bsky.social
ARTIST mixing up geometric abstraction, information painting & folk art melindasteffy.com ✴️ NONPROFIT CONSULTING concentricstrategy.org ✴️ CO-EXEC cultureworksphila.org
This batch of paintings are completely un-screen-friendly and there is no way to show the subtle details and textures here. 🤷🏼 But I like them, and you will too if you come visit my studio to see them in person.
April 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This batch of paintings are completely un-screen-friendly and there is no way to show the subtle details and textures here. 🤷🏼 But I like them, and you will too if you come visit my studio to see them in person.
Ah, another #RuinationDay passing us by. April 14: a day of disasters memorialized in American folk & blues music, which I translated into artwork from 2018-2019.
I worked with 4 songs, pulling on threads of repetition & nuance, oral history & storytelling. (Photos + details in 🧵)
I worked with 4 songs, pulling on threads of repetition & nuance, oral history & storytelling. (Photos + details in 🧵)
April 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Ah, another #RuinationDay passing us by. April 14: a day of disasters memorialized in American folk & blues music, which I translated into artwork from 2018-2019.
I worked with 4 songs, pulling on threads of repetition & nuance, oral history & storytelling. (Photos + details in 🧵)
I worked with 4 songs, pulling on threads of repetition & nuance, oral history & storytelling. (Photos + details in 🧵)
This drawing got moved to the back burner for a while. Gotta pick it up again if I'm ever going to finish it!
Inspired by the #55Greetings that were sent into space on the #VoyagerGoldenRecord. This one will have 160 "double star" blocks, for the 160 dialects of English spoken around the world.
Inspired by the #55Greetings that were sent into space on the #VoyagerGoldenRecord. This one will have 160 "double star" blocks, for the 160 dialects of English spoken around the world.
April 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This drawing got moved to the back burner for a while. Gotta pick it up again if I'm ever going to finish it!
Inspired by the #55Greetings that were sent into space on the #VoyagerGoldenRecord. This one will have 160 "double star" blocks, for the 160 dialects of English spoken around the world.
Inspired by the #55Greetings that were sent into space on the #VoyagerGoldenRecord. This one will have 160 "double star" blocks, for the 160 dialects of English spoken around the world.
Reposted by Melinda Steffy
If one of us stands up, they can pick that person off. If ten or a hundred or a thousand, they can pick those people off. And they're picking off people--immigrants, dissidents--to make an example of them. But if ten million people stand up, they cannot stop us all.
Millions Stood Up: April 5 Hands Off Day of Action
I was the closing speaker at the ebullient San Francisco Hands Off rally, and when I got home later I scoured the news for reports on the more than one thousand other rallies. Of course people would ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
April 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
If one of us stands up, they can pick that person off. If ten or a hundred or a thousand, they can pick those people off. And they're picking off people--immigrants, dissidents--to make an example of them. But if ten million people stand up, they cannot stop us all.
👀 can you spot two of my #RuinationDay Song paintings?
Here's a sneak peek of "Folding Space" - Opening this week at Park Towne Place!
RSVP now to the Reception this Thursday, February 20, from 6-8 pm!
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RSVP now to the Reception this Thursday, February 20, from 6-8 pm!
bit.ly/FoldingSpace...
February 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
👀 can you spot two of my #RuinationDay Song paintings?
February 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
January 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Been a minute since I stretched a canvas. Circa 2008, I would guess. I forgot how annoying it is to get the corners square...
#AbstractArt #GeometricAbstraction #VisualArtist #WorkInProgress
#AbstractArt #GeometricAbstraction #VisualArtist #WorkInProgress
January 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Been a minute since I stretched a canvas. Circa 2008, I would guess. I forgot how annoying it is to get the corners square...
#AbstractArt #GeometricAbstraction #VisualArtist #WorkInProgress
#AbstractArt #GeometricAbstraction #VisualArtist #WorkInProgress
Greeting No. 38: Mandarin
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2024
24"x24"
Acrylic on wood panel
Based on the 55 Greetings sent into space on the Voyager Golden Record
#55Greetings #VoyagerGoldenRecord #CarlSagan #InformationArt #GeometricArt #AbstractArt #PhillyArtist #DelcoArtist #Quilt #Star
✴️
2024
24"x24"
Acrylic on wood panel
Based on the 55 Greetings sent into space on the Voyager Golden Record
#55Greetings #VoyagerGoldenRecord #CarlSagan #InformationArt #GeometricArt #AbstractArt #PhillyArtist #DelcoArtist #Quilt #Star
January 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Greeting No. 38: Mandarin
✴️
2024
24"x24"
Acrylic on wood panel
Based on the 55 Greetings sent into space on the Voyager Golden Record
#55Greetings #VoyagerGoldenRecord #CarlSagan #InformationArt #GeometricArt #AbstractArt #PhillyArtist #DelcoArtist #Quilt #Star
✴️
2024
24"x24"
Acrylic on wood panel
Based on the 55 Greetings sent into space on the Voyager Golden Record
#55Greetings #VoyagerGoldenRecord #CarlSagan #InformationArt #GeometricArt #AbstractArt #PhillyArtist #DelcoArtist #Quilt #Star