from Vexilloid Tabloid #52 Note: "Flutterings" — notes from the editor on our last meeting — is a regular feature in The Vexilloid Tabloid. May Flutterings You Need to Know In our May meeting, hosted by John Schilke, 18 PFA members and guests enjoyed a lively 3-hour evening of flags and other wide-ranging topics. As the host,… Continue reading Flutterings (from VexTab #52)
Month: May 2015
A New Flag for Fiji—A Work in Progress
by Ted Kaye, in Vexilloid Tabloid #52 In February, Fiji’s recently-elected prime minister announced that the country would change the flag to remove the colonial symbols it had borne since its adoption at independence in 1970. Aiming to raise a new flag on independence day, 10 October 2015, he set an ambitious schedule: A flag-design contest… Continue reading A New Flag for Fiji—A Work in Progress
Vexilloid Tabloid #52
The Vexilloid Tabloid #52 (June 2015) is here! The issue features: A New Flag for Fiji—A Work in Progress (Ted Kaye) US State Flag People: A Quiz (Scott Mainwaring) Oregon Flag Registry Update Washington Redux (Michael Orelove) And as always you'll find Flags in the News (news stories featuring flags), Flutterings (highlights from the last PFA meeting), and Portland Flag Miscellany… Continue reading Vexilloid Tabloid #52
UK School Childrens’ Flags Fly
Last March we introduced Jonathan Parsons' Parliament Flag Project, a nation-wide design contest for young Britons aged 7 to 11. This month 80 of the winning flags have been flying at Parliament Square in London, and they look great. Here are some photos (by Jessica Taylor for the UK Parliament). For more photos, search Twitter for… Continue reading UK School Childrens’ Flags Fly
The MTV Flag on the Moon
Six years before Andy Warhol made Moonwalk, the creators of MTV went to the same Apollo material to announce their presence to the world on 1 August 1981: Here's what they said about their decision to "rip apart" a "holy" image in order to make their point: MTV's parody of the Apollo 11 flag salute… Continue reading The MTV Flag on the Moon
Douglas-fir Flags
The magnificent Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) is, after the coast redwood, North America's second-tallest tree, reaching heights of 300 feet or more. Found throughout the wetter parts of Cascadia, it was declared the State Tree of Oregon in 1939 and has appeared on Oregon's passenger car license plates since 1988. In designing a flag for Cascadia,… Continue reading Douglas-fir Flags
37,000 Flags on the Boston Common
Since 2009, every Memorial Day weekend volunteers for the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund plant a "memorial garden" of small US flags around the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on the Boston Common. Each represents a Massachusetts life lost in military service. The Fund was formed with the help of the late Senator Ted Kennedy and local families… Continue reading 37,000 Flags on the Boston Common
The Shrillest Flag Art on Tumblr
shrill_eflags is a Tumblr feed documenting the many uses of the US flag in (non-folk) art, ranging from gallery installations to documentary photography. The archives start in January of this year and @theshrillest (aka Shrill Cosby) has been posting over 60 times each month since then. It is dazzling to see all the many ways the US… Continue reading The Shrillest Flag Art on Tumblr
Andy Warhol and the American Flag
Yesterday we looked at Warhol's iconic screen print Moonwalk. Here are some more examples of artwork connecting Andy Warhol and the American flag. From Warhol/Basquiat at Kunstforum Wien 16.10.2013-02.02.2014 From Christie's Auction February 2013 From Karen Bystedt - The Lost Warhols (2013) in Paraphilia Magazine and Livefast Magazine Alberto Schommer
Andy Warhol, NASA, and the Making of “Moonwalk”
Moonwalk is one of Andy Warhol's last works, produced shortly before his death in 1987 and never signed. There are two regular edition versions, one in yellow, one in pink. There were also 66 trial proofs, each unique. One example: It is easy to think that this is Warhol drawing and painting over a famous NASA photograph… Continue reading Andy Warhol, NASA, and the Making of “Moonwalk”
Portland Flag Association 