Category Archives: My Art

Multiform Grammar: Exploring Communication through a New Lens

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Noa Yaari

Noa Yaari, CRRS 5/30 (detail), 2019. Mixed media. 21 x 28 cm. Toronto The spaces and times between words and images within a single sequence are a tool with which we can develop effective and creative communication skills. This is … Continue reading →

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Utilizing Multiform Grammar: A Hands-on Workshop for Professionals and Employees

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Noa Yaari

In February, I’ll be giving hands-on workshops on multiform grammar (MFG) at the Learning Enrichment Foundation (LEF) in Toronto. The participants in these will be the professional clients and the staff at the organization. How can proficiency in MFG benefit … Continue reading →

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On Why Multiform References are an Intimate Rhetorical Device

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Noa Yaari

Multiform References (MFRs) are the rhetorical devices that authors use to shift their readers’ attention between words and images to create a new, unified representation or meaning. I argue here that MFRs are an intimate rhetorical device and that, consequently, … Continue reading →

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Finally, Out for Delivery

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Noa Yaari

Noa Yaari, Finally, Out for Delivery (detail of Artist of Residence), 2020. Ink and acrylic on paper. 30 x 35.5 cm. Koschitsky Centre for Jewish Studies, York University, Toronto.

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Startup

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Noa Yaari

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 … Continue reading →

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Multiform Grammar and the Sense of Belonging

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Noa Yaari

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 … Continue reading →

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On Campus, We Can All Be Artists

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Noa Yaari

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 … Continue reading →

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Artist in Residence

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Noa Yaari

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 … Continue reading →

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What Works

Posted on February 29, 2020 by Noa Yaari

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 … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Noa Yaari

Noa Yaari, Happy New Year! 2020. Mixed media, Toronto

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