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Kev Townsend

@kevtownsend.bsky.social

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artist. educator. I make big drawings that visualize time. (often publicly performed and/or temporary) https://kevin-townsend.com

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Kev Townsend @kevtownsend.bsky.social · Sep 6

Working on a new project

Kev Townsend @kevtownsend.bsky.social · Mar 9

escapement 02 is a drawing I made in 2021 that marks every 3-second moment of a 24-hour duration

Kev Townsend @kevtownsend.bsky.social · Mar 4

Kev Townsend @kevtownsend.bsky.social · Feb 27

cumulous / persistent present 02

Kev Townsend @kevtownsend.bsky.social · Feb 11

studio on the main level of the house? Let’s give this a shot…
(night view)

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Caleb Taylor @calebtaylorstudio.bsky.social · Jan 29

New Constructions Series (Footprints in Black and Blue), acrylic on canvas, 18”x15”.

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Kev Townsend @kevtownsend.bsky.social · Feb 2

chrono-topography 1 & 2.
16-hour temporary accumulation drawings on free-standing walls
#contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #conceptualdrawing #markmaking

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Kev Townsend @kevtownsend.bsky.social · Jan 26

talking about the beginnings of my time-based works (clips from artist talk / solo show at home in time 2022) #contemporaryart #artpractice

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Kev Townsend @kevtownsend.bsky.social · Jan 26

Following these on the skylight beta- love your process videos

Kev Townsend @kevtownsend.bsky.social · Jan 24

art matters #contemporaryart

Why Study Art? | TateShots

YouTube video by Tate

youtu.be

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Kev Townsend @kevtownsend.bsky.social · Jan 24

made my first feed today...
bsky.app/profile/did:...

the feed is culling posts about contemporary art #contemporaryart & #contemporarydrawing by #contemporaryartist

#artintheaether will also work

I'll try to keep tweaking it as I learn more, but for now, it only looks back over the last 3 days.

Kev Townsend @kevtownsend.bsky.social · Jan 24

#art #trustartists

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Kev Townsend @kevtownsend.bsky.social · Jan 23

making work about time I think about this a lot…

to accumulate 1 million seconds it takes about 11 and 1/2 days to accumulate 1 billion seconds it takes 32 years.

I think about this in terms of drawing and individual marks but can’t help but feel it as we talk about wealth and debt…

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Kev Townsend @kevtownsend.bsky.social · Jan 23

Thanks for pulling this together!

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sherri cola ✺ @sherricola.bsky.social · Jan 23

more artists have arrived—welcome!

go.bsky.app/DUFsU6R

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Kev Townsend @kevtownsend.bsky.social · Jan 22

Super useful FEED -
This little guy will give you a custom feed of video content shared by the people you already follow…

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Kev Townsend @kevtownsend.bsky.social · Jan 22

graphite time/glitch study in the sketchbook #drawingprocess

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The Waiting Room @waiting-room.bsky.social · Jan 22

List of Kansas City artists to help us find each other. Easily follow everyone on the list! Comment on SK Reed’s post to be added.

go.bsky.app/5UP4Nv7

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Kev Townsend @kevtownsend.bsky.social · Jan 21

still trying to find and curate a new network on a new platform- this list was a huge help to get me started

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Two Coats of Paint @twocoatsofpaint.com · Jan 20

Two Coats put together a list of other people you’d like to hang out with at an opening —> go.bsky.app/UfTv98D

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Kev Townsend @kevtownsend.bsky.social · Jan 21

#drawingprocess #markmaking

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Kev Townsend @kevtownsend.bsky.social · Jan 20

last few days of curriculum writing means that studio time is going to be (MY) studio time again…
The reality of being a teaching artist is the amount of time and creative energy it takes - Ready to dive back into playing with pairs of receding parallelograms #art #studio #teachingartist

Kev Townsend @kevtownsend.bsky.social · Jan 15

this is my annual donation for the 2025 Kansas City Artist Coalition auction. #kcacauction2025
aeolian shift 02 was made for my 2022 solo show at BMOCA the title refers to the sounds and structures created by wind over time

#collectart #contemporarydrawing #kcartist #artprocessvideo #markmaking

Kev Townsend @kevtownsend.bsky.social · Jan 14

The formal thing (object or experienced) made by the artist contributes another 1/3 and the context (physical, conceptual, social and temporal) is the final
1/3 of the meaning making triangle…