Angelo Surmelis

Design - Write - Eat - Repeat

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Not sure what the recent surge in readers of #thedangerousartofblendingin has been, but THANK YOU for reading! AND for reaching out & sharing your own stories with me--you all are my heroes. I don’t take the fact that you open up with your most vulnerable queer stories lightly. You’ll always have an ally in me & I’ll be forever grateful for your trust & bravery. . #dontblendin #tellyourstory #representationmatters #queerstories #gaylovestory #lgbtqia #readya #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CNIS24zpflW/?igshid=1s4voamrda3lg

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#Repost @nytgender ・・・ “Some people believe that in respecting my rights, they will lose some of their own,” writes Cecilia Gentili, a trans activist. "But equality is an endless cake. The more who eat from it, the more there is to share." As the Equality Act — which would ban discrimination against people based on sexual orientation and gender identity — makes its way through the Senate, "the focus should be on the people at the center of the debate, people whose presence at your schools, your jobs, your neighborhoods, is being cast as a menace to society, @ceciliagentili72 writes. "We can tell stories about theoretical harms that people fear from having to encounter us without the right to discriminate, or we can talk about the real harms that discrimination is causing to us right now." Read the full Op-Ed in @nytopinion at the link in bio. #TransDayofVisibility https://www.instagram.com/p/CNGKfFwpjOc/?igshid=m8jfu6qastla

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TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY. . #Repost @pinkmantaray ・・・ Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility, a day to celebrate transgender and nonbinary people around the world. It is also a day to remember our fight, and our empowerment. Swipe for a few things to do today, especially if you’re not transgender and would like to learn more about allyship 🏳️‍⚧️💗 More at pinkmantaray.com/tdov!! #tdov #transdayofvisibility https://www.instagram.com/p/CNFy7QNJH7U/?igshid=ma3cvcu7ggv6

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#makestuff #collage #collageart #mixedmedia #spring #digitalart https://www.instagram.com/p/CNDn2OvJSFH/?igshid=h1jut3208lp3

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#makestuff #collage #collageart #mixedmedia #digitalart #make https://www.instagram.com/p/CNBj0jNpApS/?igshid=xiyly5nvk8f1

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#designgeeklove . #Repost @jenkinsjohnsongallery ・・・ Continuing our celebration of Women's History Month, we want to honor gallery artist Lisa Corinne Davis, an artist who has trailblazed in her approach to the mapping of identity. Davis uses abstraction as a way to explore the interiority of concepts such as race, culture, and history, challenging classification and contingency. Her art depends on the idea that nothing is concrete, but rather a “subjective construct of culture, biases, assumptions, and personal predispositions.” Davis’s style is almost cartoonish and then cartographic, abstractly rendering a space of oddly familiar yet essentially ephemeral visuals. Her map-like works turn fantastical and strange, speaking to the fluidity of culture and one’s location within it as an individual. Recently, Davis has worked more with the materiality of paint, allowing the process of working with paint to flow more organically. Recently, Lisa received a 2021 Arts and Letters Award in Art from the American Academy of Arts and Letters! @insta_lcd @pollockkrasnerfoundation @kjenkinsjohnson @sfartdealers @mspfoundation @minnesotastreetproject #lisacorinnedavis #pollockkrasnergrant #contemporaryart #artgrant #abstract #abstractartist #painting #americanacademyofartsandletters #supportblackartists #supportblackcreators #womenshistory #womenshistorymonth #internationalwomensmonth https://www.instagram.com/p/CNBQ3thpBAa/?igshid=y6uv3j7lpoik

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#designgeeklove . #Repost @tmagazine ・・・ “We started shooting it with our own resources in our free time,” Natalie Shirinian (@natalie_shirinian) says of her 2017 documentary short, “Interior Motives,” which examines the connections between the worlds of fashion and interior design — her partner, @ElizabethBaudouin, served as executive producer and music supervisor on the film. “I’d noticed more fashion designers crossing over into interiors and was fascinated by how creative expression can manifest through multiple channels. I also wanted to shed a light on amazing talents all over the world.” The film features interviews with important figures from both industries, including Michèle Lamy, Maria Cornejo and Tommy Hilfiger. As part of The Architecture Design Art Film Festival (ADAFF), which is presented by The American Documentary Film Festival in partnership with Modernism Week, it’s streaming on DocsNow+ through April 4. Pictured: Various objects designed by Rick Owens (@rickowensonline) and Michèle Lamy, Palais Bourbon, 2015. https://www.instagram.com/p/CNBOVXzpeSz/?igshid=1mtposy0bnk73

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#makestuff #collage #collageart #mixedmedia #digitalart #thegift https://www.instagram.com/p/CNBNriAJCAo/?igshid=f2fmre5tnc43

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#designgeeklove City of Dreams, Indeed. . #Repost @rizzolibooks ・・・ Emerald City. - Seen here: Located in Los Feliz, the Samuel-Novarro Residence was designed in 1928 by architect Lloyd Wright (son of Frank Lloyd Wright). It was designed in the Mayan Revival style, an architectural movement that drew inspiration from the architecture and iconography of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures. - From "Los Angeles Today: City of Dreams: Architecture and Design". Photographed by @timstreetporter. On sale now. - @anniehkelly #losangeles #losangelesarchitecture #losangelesdesign #losangelesphotography #gamblehouse #rizzolibooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CNAuWHCpSi5/?igshid=1sev5dt01z4qu

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#Repost @emilyvgordon ・・・ The Tina Turner doc on @hbomax is so damn good. She’s truly the... I can’t find a superlative, she’s truly the most Tina Turner person that exists. Thank goodness. https://www.instagram.com/p/CM_lcwfJO_L/?igshid=138b70xy92ga9

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#Repost @goodoldmovies ・・・ Marilyn Monroe at the St. Regis Hotel in September 1954, by Milton Greene ——————————————————————————————What I really want to say: That what the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody: stars, laborers, Blacks, Jews, Arabs. We are all brothers. Please don’t make me a joke. End the interview with what I believe (from her last taped interview, with Richard Meryman, published in LIFE magazine a few days before her death, 3 August 1962). —————————————————————————————— #oldhollywood #vintage #blondebombshell #classichollywood #legend #1950s #moviestar #mm #hollywoodstar #marilynmonroe #hollywoodgreats #goodoldmovies #1960s #silverscreen #goldenage #goldenageofhollywood #miltongreene https://www.instagram.com/p/CM_gGmXpzDe/?igshid=1rjzf29va81oy

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Isn’t it Romantic? . . . #makestuff #collageart #collage #mixedmedia #isntitromantic #digitalart (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLnMSesJaa6/?igshid=26a805nb1vi6

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Isn’t it Romantic.II . #makestuff #collage #collageart #mixedmedia #isntitromantic #digitalart https://www.instagram.com/p/CLps-c_pH2T/?igshid=1xjwu3nu5nun2

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2.26 . #makestuff #collage #collageart #mixedmedia #now #digitalart https://www.instagram.com/p/CLwyvG4JEXU/?igshid=11240i60xtfiq

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1.44.fade . #makestuff #collage #collageart #mixedmedia #fade #selfportrait #digitalart #queerart https://www.instagram.com/p/CLxWQhlJgLe/?igshid=1d804lxjj2qiq

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#makestuff #collage #collageart #mixedmedia #wish #digitalart https://www.instagram.com/p/CL0n93qpyDr/?igshid=jl4da5k4wpr0

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#makestuff #collage #collageart #mixedmedia #aspermylastemail #digitalart https://www.instagram.com/p/CL0oH_spi2j/?igshid=ywqgn6x732ks