I recently started to work at an online project that teaches English-speaking kids another language. The program encourages them to shift their attention repetitively between the written words and the images to acquire the new language. These shifts integrate the words and the images into a new hybrid sign that includes both the name ofContinue reading “Startup”
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Multiform Grammar and the Sense of Belonging
On August 4, I’ll be giving an online hands-on workshop at the Learning Enrichment Foundation titled “The Artist in Me: Using Art to Build a Sense of Belonging.” In it, I will show my art projects at York University and the University of Toronto and explain how they have helped me develop a positive outlookContinue reading “Multiform Grammar and the Sense of Belonging”
When the Technique is the Name of the Artwork
Today I posted on LinkedIn an image with the text “Ink and acrylic on paper.” Noa Yaari, Ink and Acrylic on Paper. 2020. Mixed media. Toronto. Since then, I’ve been thinking about the connection between the title of the artwork and its technique. In Hebrew, “Adam” means a human being. “Ben” means a son. TheseContinue reading “When the Technique is the Name of the Artwork”
On Campus, We Can All Be Artists
Universities would benefit from allowing their students, faculty, and staff to exhibit their art on campus and from programing and supporting this activity. This would encourage the community to be creative, practice communication, develop confidence, expand its networking, and form collaborations. Furthermore, it would decorate the campus and make it more interesting by displaying personalContinue reading “On Campus, We Can All Be Artists”
Artist in Residence
My work-from-home project is the preparation of a solo exhibition for the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies at York University, Toronto. The project titled “Artist in Residence” will show how I feel as an artist who works at home these days. I will exhibit the project in the main hallway at theContinue reading “Artist in Residence”
A Creative and Effective Grammar
Multiform grammar (MFG) allows who aren’t in regular grammar to their communication ️and ️. It does so since it new paths for , logic, and . I’m analyzing here the phrase “communication ️and ️.” signifies strength, power, capability, competence, endurance, resilience, etc. In this phrase, we interpret it as a noun that the adjective “communication” modifies. But we can also interpret as aContinue reading “A Creative and Effective Grammar”
What Works
Today I gave a talk at the conference “World History Association of Texas – Phi Alpha Theta” at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas (via Zoom). My talk entitled “Approaching History and the Arts with Multiform Grammar” introduced my academic and artistic exploration of the communication of ideas through combinations of words and images. InContinue reading “What Works”
Happy New Year!
Noa Yaari, Happy New Year! 2020. Mixed media, Toronto
Welcome to MFG: Welcome to the CRRS Library!
I’m currently working on an art project in the library of the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies at the University of Toronto. The project is an installation entitled “Image-Text Relationships at the CRRS Library,” and it’s taking place in the hallway that leads to the library. Welcome to the CRRSContinue reading “Welcome to MFG: Welcome to the CRRS Library!”
Using Multiform Grammar in Presentations
How do speakers who use both words and images employ MFG? And how can they do so intentionally and effectively? As you can see in the illustration below, the speaker refers to the image on the screen in three different ways. These are three types of multiform references (MFRs) that integrate words and images intoContinue reading “Using Multiform Grammar in Presentations”
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