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In 2005, I participated in a mural building project with famed Philadelphia artist, Isaiah Zagar at the Institute of Mosaic Art in Oakland, CA.. The event was held in conjunction with Laurel True’s opening of this fantastic institute in Oakland’s Jingletown Arts District where world-class mosaic art is taught and displayed. - Stacy Alexander
Isaiah Zagar received his BFA from Pratt Institute of Art in New York in painting and graphics. He has been working on a city wide mosaic environment for 35 years in Philadelphia, PA and is considered a visionary outside of the traditional art world. He has completed over 70 large scale installations and has exhibited his work internationally.
“In 1959 when I was 19 years old I was introduced to the folk art environment of Clarence Schmidt, My Mirrored Hope, Woodstock, NY USA. Soon after in 1960 there was a groundbreaking exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, NY USA. Because that exhibition included assemblages of artists like Pablo Picasso, Jean Dubuffet, Curt Schwitters, Antonio Gaudi along side of untrained brickaleurs Clarence Schmit, Simon Rodia and Joseph Ferdinand Cheval that gave me as a trained artist the rationale to include their concepts as manifestations of fine art. At a crucial time in my life it allowed me to begin what could be called a life’s work making the city of Philadelphia PA USA into a labyrinthine mosaic museum that incorporates all my varied knowledge and skills.” Institute of Mosaic Art
Mosaic Book - Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens The Art of Isaiah Zagar
The full color book featuring stories and pictures of Isaiah’s work.
http://www.isaiahzagar.org/books.html
Great book, fabulous photos… you can help support Isaiah’s projects by buying a piece of his artwork at http://www.isaiahzagar.org/stuff.html or take one of his workshops.
Side view, originally uploaded by John and Stacy.
Side view of “Isaiah’s Throne” by Stacy Alexander and John Freed with Isaiah Zagar mural at Institute of Mosaic Art in background.
Throne - view 2, originally uploaded by John and Stacy.
The finished product created with darjit. (We might paint it at a later date.)
Mosaic Cafe - Photograph by Stacy Alexander, originally uploaded by John and Stacy.
This picture was taken of a reflection on the floor during a sunny day at Mosaic Studio Supply, part of Institute of Mosaic Art. (The image was reversed so viewers could read the text.)
Thanks for sharing your fab photos Stacy I’ll be posting your videos next! 
madame, originally uploaded by laeli.
Couldn’t resist this one, Madame’s ensemble matches so perfectly! 
More Beautiful mosaics from “Palace of Catalan Music” Barcelona, Spain
The Palau de la Música Catalana Exterior Mosaic Images
Amazing on Flickr - Photo Sharing! by 300 spartans
Outside detail on Flickr - Photo Sharing! by 300 spartans
El Palau on Flickr - Photo Sharing! by spacedoll
The Palau de la Música Catalana Interior Mosaic & Stained Glass Images
Inside El Palau on Flickr - Photo Sharing! by spacedoll
my favourite part on Flickr - Photo Sharing! by 300 spartans
The glass ceiling on Flickr - Photo Sharing! by 300 spartans
Beethoven on Flickr - Photo Sharing! by 300 Spartans
The Palau de la Música Catalana Exterior Mosaic Facade & Column Details
façade detail on Flickr - Photo Sharing! by kitta
Sección de la fachada del Palau de la Musica. on Flickr! by xip
Span_20051005_1685 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! by Meg Hajekova
2006_Spain_Barcelona_44 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! by shengmei_zhang
Palau de la Musica Catalana on Flickr - Photo Sharing! by leprechaun_il
The Palau de la Música Catalana Exterior Mosaic Ticket Booth & Floral Column Details
old ticket booth on Flickr - Photo Sharing! by hirsak
Mosaico on Flickr - Photo Sharing! by manelcap
Mosaic on Flickr - Photo Sharing! by Van Tassel
Barcelona - Palau de la Musica Catalana on Flickr - by biketrouble
2005-12-31-Barcelona, Palau de la Musica Catalana on Flickr - Photo Sharing! by Matilde Gaspar Silva
Palau de la Música Catalana - Barcelona, Spain
The Palau de la Música Catalana (”Palace of Catalan Music”) in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, is a concert hall built between 1905 and 1908, designed by the Catalan architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. It was inaugurated in 1908, and its style is known as modernisme, the local term to design the Art Nouveau, whose most noteworthy practitioner was Antoni Gaudí.
The Palau de la Música Catalana was built to be the concert hall of the Orfeó Català (”Catalan Choir”), the most important choir in Catalonia in the beginning of the XXth century. The project was financed by this institution, principally, but also by the donations of the well-living bourgeoisie in the city.
Due to the wealthy circumstances and the increasing sympathy of industrialists and bourgeoisie to Catalan nationalism, Montaner was asked for a national, symbolist architecture and building. So he added the traditional ceramics and “maons”, and asked other well-known Catalan artists to work with him. As a consequence, the Palau shows a wide variety of techniques and materials, both inside and outside.
In 1997, it was added as one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Palau de la Música Catalana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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