Joy Hecht Arts
joyhechtarts.bsky.social
Joy Hecht Arts
@joyhechtarts.bsky.social
If you're not doing everything you can to push back against the Trump administration, you are part of the problem. It doesn't matter if you are discouraged, burned out, or whatever. YOU MUST FIGHT BACK. Suggestions in the comments.
September 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I've been focusing my artwork on political graphics lately. What else can we do?

WE CAN PROTEST! April 5, protests nationwide. To find one near you, go to www.mobilize.us/handsoff/map/

In New York, meet at Bryant Park and march to Madison Park, 1:00 to 3:00.

Be there!
March 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I've been learning pottery since the fall, for no good reason. After six months the majority of my pieces at least are worth keeping! (The rest go to the thrift shop. 😂) I wish the studio had more warm-colored glazes!

#art #pottery #glaze #ceramic #newyorkartist #clay #bowls #dishes
February 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I'm intrigued with weaving, but don't have a loom. So for a while I was weaving paper. I kind of like the results, though at times the process was a nuisance! See alt text for details.

#weaving #paper #paperart #art #newyorkartist #scissors #handmade #analog
February 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Spring's not that far away! A collage from a while back, but it's always nice to remember spring when they're predicting more snow.

#collage #flowers #newyorkartist #art #USK #urbansketch #brooklynbotanicalgarden #flower #spring #pansies #paper #
February 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I was looking for something else on my computer and found this photo from last winter, the view out my window. Black & white photos can be so much more interesting than color.

#photography #NewYork #newyorkartist #Manhattan #black&white #art #bluesky.art #snow #citylife #view
February 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Just finished! Paper #collage of the #coast - could be #Maine, #Newfoundland, or elsewhere. See alt text for more info.

#art #paperart #artist #@bsky.art #Canada #oceanart #coastal #collageart
February 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I'm intrigued by the circular mosaics in some Venice church floors, and started playing with creating the same patterns in cut paper, and then using the result as a stencil to paint the patterns. See alt text for lots more details!

#art #mosaic #cutpaper #stencil #blueart #mosaicmonday
February 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Five years ago, when I was living in Newfoundland, there was a massive blizzard. We were all snowed in, driving was impossible, stores were shut. So I made a collage of the view out my window because what else to do? See alt text for details.

#collage #art #Newfoundland #snow #snowart #stjohn's
January 31, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I intended these monoprints to show sun and storm clouds over the ocean, but others saw them as the LA fires. Art is what you see in it, not what I had in mind. Check alt text for more thoughts.

#printing #printmaking #monoprint #Californiawildfires #smoke #fire #ocean #LAfires
January 30, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I've been making prints for a year now. This one is of a perky wading bird I watched for a long time at a marsh at Cape May Point State Park in Cape May, NJ. Check the alt text on each photo for lots of details!

#printmaking #art #birdart #waterfowl #capemay
January 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
In the course of my work (as an economist), I've spent time in Beirut, a fascinating city where I made this collage. I'm active in the Lebanon urban sketchers (@usk-lebanon.bsky.social) - follow them if you have ties to Lebanon!
#collage #lebanon #urbansketchers #coastal #paperart #artist
January 28, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I lived in Newfoundland for 12 years, and many of my pieces, like this one, channel its rocky coastline, swirling ocean, and spinning seagulls.

#collage #Newfoundland #artist @bsky.art #canada #ocean #oceanart #coastal #paperart
January 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
New York is my home town, so that's my second post. This is Morningside Park and E. 116th Street, looking east. For more detail, swipe through the photos and check the alt text.

#NewYorkCity #collageart #paperart #art #newyorkart #morningsidepark
January 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
For my first post on Blue Sky, I'm sharing the collage that I use as my profile photo, done on site in the 13th Arrondissement in Paris in fall 2016. My style has evolved a lot since then, but it's one of my favorites, so it seemed right to begin here.

#collageart #paris #art #paperart
January 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM