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Angie Huffman @angiehuffman.bsky.social · 11d

Two things I do know:
The Linn County Landfill is forecast to be at capacity and close eight years earlier than expected
And many plastics are not recycled because it is cheaper to make more instead, and $ is the concern above all.
No cap.

Linn County Landfill article: khak.com/linn-county-...

Linn County Landfill Will Be Full 8 Years Earlier than Expected

The derecho in 2020 and population growth are two reasons why the Linn County landfill is filling up fast.

khak.com

Angie Huffman @angiehuffman.bsky.social · 11d

Even if one tries to decrease their waste output, is it truly possible to completely do so without systemic change at the level of those producing goods? And even where there has been change at that level, is it enough to make a difference?

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Angie Huffman @angiehuffman.bsky.social · 11d

This series additionally focuses on a similar ongoing point of interest: the question of when to resist situations greater than ourselves that we may disagree with and when to accept the futility of doing so within the structure of the place and time that we currently live.

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Angie Huffman @angiehuffman.bsky.social · 11d

The constant interplay in life of the things we can and cannot control continues to interest me.

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Angie Huffman @angiehuffman.bsky.social · 11d

As was the case in previous pieces and in the next ones in the works, ALL CAPS consists of elements that I controlled (the color palette of lids chosen, the size of the constructed plexi box) and an element of randomness: how the objects are arranged within the box.

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Angie Huffman @angiehuffman.bsky.social · 11d

This piece follows EnCapsulated from the end of last year. It is composed of lids of containers of products that my household purchases regularly. As is very often the case, the containers themselves were made of broadly recyclable plastic numbers (♽1 or ♽2), and the caps were not.

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Angie Huffman @angiehuffman.bsky.social · 11d

ALL CAPS
Waste plastics and plexiglass, 8.25 x 8.25 x 3.625”, 2025

#wasteplastic #plexiglass #nocap #itsjustabox #femaleartist #iowaartist #wallart

Unrecyclable plastic lids are contained within a clear plexiglass box hanging on an off white wall. The box is facing at an angle away from the viewer. The caps are black, yellow, dark blue, red, and purple. The back surface of the box is composed of a black canvas that is connected to the plexiglass by exposed screws.

Unrecyclable plastic lids are contained within a clear plexiglass box hanging on an off white wall. The box is directly facing the viewer. The caps are black, yellow, dark blue, red, and purple.

Two plexiglass boxes facing the viewer sit side by side on concrete below a white wall. The smaller left rectangular box contains dots of plastic in predominantly a golden color with some that are navy, shades of red and pink, white, and a yellow-orange. The larger right square box contains various unrecyclable plastic lids in dark blue, black, yellow, red, and purple, facing in all directions.

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Angie Huffman @angiehuffman.bsky.social · Sep 7

I remember when I was 13 or so my head hurt and one of my parents told me it was probably because I’d been reading too much
So I can relate to this. 💙

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Angie Huffman @angiehuffman.bsky.social · Sep 7

Why Mr. Beast 😭

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Angie Huffman @angiehuffman.bsky.social · Sep 6

I am not asserting that the current status of things is healthy or ok. I do really wish history was actually taught in schools though. 🙂
On that note, here is a lovely AP article: apnews.com/article/10a3...

Before parental 'screen time' concerns: radio, even novels

NEW YORK (AP) — When Stephen Dennis was raising his two sons in the 1980s, he never heard the phrase "screen time," nor did he worry much about the hours his kids spent with technology.

apnews.com

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Angie Huffman @angiehuffman.bsky.social · Sep 6

I found this source image a lovely reminder of how screen scares are not new and that kids have been looking at some form of them or another for decades. Heck, even when the radio was rolled out there was panic over people’s attention being given to it.

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Angie Huffman @angiehuffman.bsky.social · Sep 6

One thing that’s gotten a lot of attention for years is how much time people of all ages look at screens. Children are the demographic that have the most concern raised though.

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Angie Huffman @angiehuffman.bsky.social · Sep 6

Screen Time
Oil on canvas, 24 x 24”

It feels like I’ve been working on this forever. So many things have changed in four months. Things change so quickly as of late.

#freshpaint #figurativerealism #figurativepainting #oiloncanvas #femaleartist #artoninstagram #dicerolling #rollingdice #screentime

This photo is of a square oil painting with a flat black painted frame around it. Within the frame a young child with hair just past shoulder length leans against an arm of a blue couch facing away from the viewer. In a white t-shirt, sea foam shorts, and white socks, they face an older box television towards the top right. There are white curtains and a lamp at the top left in front of wood panel walls. The carpet is a similar color to the wood panels and a dark blue patterned rug lays at the bottom right corner. Pale seafoam, sky blue, golden orange, dark blue, and dark brown flat square static shapes are randomly placed all over the canvas but not covering the figure.

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Angie Huffman @angiehuffman.bsky.social · Jul 23

Only a few days remain to see Pause Point at the Wright Museum of Art in Beloit, Wisconsin. If you haven’t yet found a moment to pause, it is not too late. ⏸️

#pause #pausepoint #artexhibition #artshow #oilpainting #femaleartist #portrait

A flat screen monitor is mounted on an orangey wall and casts a strong shadow on it. The screen is mostly white with a promo for the show Pause Point on the left with the name in large white letters. A description of the show and the dates it runs are included to the right of the promo image.

The image faces an open doorway into the art show Pause Point. Sculptures and brick line both walls on either side of the doorway and an arch is positioned over it. The floor in the foreground has rectangular brick or tile.

Three wide horizontal paintings of a girl in three different locations and poses are hung horizontally across a white wall. A bench sits on concrete in the foreground.

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Angie Huffman @angiehuffman.bsky.social · Jul 16

Progress Update: More paint down and more tape off 🐌

#wip #oiloncanvas #art #freshpaint

A square canvas is shown with masking trap around the edges. On the canvas a young girl is depicted laying on the arm of a blue couch and facing away from the viewer. The couch covers the bottom left corner of the canvas. The girl is facing an old box TV with a light blue screen. The TV is on a wooden console that contains a VCR. The TV is in the top right corner of the composition, with a media cabinet to its left and a table lamp further left. A large floor rug and papers lay on the floor at the bottom right of the canvas. There are sections of canvas that are still blank and have not been covered yet, along with rectangular areas that are blank or have blue painter’s tape on them.

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Angie Huffman @angiehuffman.bsky.social · Jun 14

Questions from the Pause Point artist statement.
Stay safe everyone. 🚫👑

#pause #pausepoint #questions #nokings

Angie Huffman @angiehuffman.bsky.social · Jun 12

Photos of Pause Point at the Wright Museum of Art at Beloit College.
One of several rooms full of art and free for all to access - opportunities to pause, reflect, and regroup in these difficult times.
Where are we going from here?

#pause #pausepoint #artexhibition #artshow #oilpainting

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Angie Huffman @angiehuffman.bsky.social · Jun 8

A walkthrough for Pause Point at the Wright Museum of Art at Beloit College in Wisconsin. On view through July 26, 2025. 💙

#artshow #artexhibition #oiloncanvas #figurativerealism #pause #art

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Patioboater @patioboater.bsky.social · May 31

A visit to the Elephant Graveyard of West Bloomfield, Michigan: unsold Cybertrucks piling up in the parking lot of a closed Bed, Bath, & Beyond about a mile south of the Tesla dealer.

May 30, 2025.

#Tesla #Michigan #cybertruck

Photograph of a couple dozen unsold Tesla Cybertrucks in a strip mall parking lot in the evening.

Photograph of a couple dozen unsold Tesla Cybertrucks in a strip mall parking lot in the evening. Photo slants from upper left to lower right.

Photograph of a dozen or so unsold Tesla Cybertrucks in a strip mall parking lot in the evening.

Photograph of several unsold Tesla Cybertrucks in a strip mall parking lot in the evening in front of a shuttered Bed, Bath, & Beyond store.

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Nina Lakhani @ninalakhani.bsky.social · May 29

By me: sexual exploitation and domestic violence soared after Lahaina wildfire, as US disaster management plans fail to take gender into account, report finds
Honored to be trusted with this essential research by Tagnawa
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Sexual exploitation and domestic violence soared after Lahaina wildfire, report finds

Exclusive: One in six female survivors surveyed felt forced to engage in ‘survival sex’ for necessities after 2023 catastrophic Hawaii fire

www.theguardian.com

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Angie Huffman @angiehuffman.bsky.social · May 29

The blue couch returns for a third time. 💙

#wip #art #freshpaint #blue

This is an image of an oil painting in its early stages on a square white gessoed canvas with masking tape around the edges. A young girl with brown/blond hair just longer than her shoulders leans against a dark blue couch facing away from the viewer. She is wearing a white shirt, seafoam colored shorts, and white socks. She is in the bottom center of the composition and the blue couch is across the bottom left corner of the canvas. A pencil underdrawing is lightly visible across the rest of the canvas and blue painters tape is placed on squares throughout. Some squares have been left unpainted in the couch as well.

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Angie Huffman @angiehuffman.bsky.social · May 23

When is Apple’s Find My feature coming to glasses?

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Angie Huffman @angiehuffman.bsky.social · May 4

I am excited to announce that my show Pause Point will be coming to the Wright Museum of Art this summer at Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin. 💙
It will be running in conjunction with the Annual Beloit & Vicinity exhibition so there will be lots to check out! 👀

This image is of a poster for the show Pause Point of Angie Huffman’s work at the Wright Museum of Art at Beloit College. The words “Pause Point” are in the lower foreground in large white letters with the name Angie Huffman in a brown dot to the right of the t. Behind these words is a crop of an oil painting of a young girl with wet hair having her hair combed by someone who is in front of her with their back to the viewer and not completely visible in the image. Some squares in pinks and browns are randomly dispersed throughout the painting also.

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Angie Huffman @angiehuffman.bsky.social · May 1

Vet vibes.

A brown plastic standing sign with printed wood grain has white letters that say “I don’t care who dies in the movie as long as the dog lives” with a white bone underneath. The sign sits on a fake wood grain surface in front of a white wall on the left and more fake wood grain on the right.

Angie Huffman @angiehuffman.bsky.social · Apr 29

Shoutout to the UPS store employee that tried to explain to some customers that clearly had never thought about it reuse before that their Amazon return could be sent back in its original bag instead of in even more waste plastic.