Category: Art and Design
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Design Your Own Artist Residency
As he laid out his photographs on the table for the group to critique, Jimmy (not his real name) said, “This is the work that I created at the XYZ Residency on the coast.” Normally, I would be jealous. Of the time, the space and the opportunity. Artist Residency Artist residency programs give artists the opportunity to live…
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Artist Statement Development
A few days ago I set out to see if I could write a better artist statement than one randomly generated. I read over 100 artist statements and a few main themes emerged as driving forces: ritual remembrance of an influential family member truth and beauty a significant illness usually of the artist social change…
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Learn from Others
When you’re working on your own artist statement, you can learn a lot from how other people answer the main questions to see what resonates for you. Easy Research There are lots of ways to find other artists’ statements. Here are just a few: Visit a gallery or a museum and look at the exhibiting…
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Collage Works
Exploring Collage Collage was perfect. ephemera appeals to me. I got curious about this practice and went to find out more. Collage as a Movement Collage was a movement, but before that it was a useful skill employed in 19th century graphic printing processes. Just like then, collage juxtaposes incongruent text, images and color. The result…
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Planning the New Year, Again
I don’t know about you but planning for the new year, any new year, seems like an exercise in frustration. But so does NOT planning what I want to have happen in the new year. So I started a list, several times. Still don’t have a final one. I remind myself. Progress not perfection. Glass…
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Plain Reimagined
I walked upstairs right underneath this hanging sculpture and didn’t even notice it. Heading back downstairs, the soft mid-morning winter light played the glass like bells, ringing out the dusty stems and slapping a resounding white outline on the bowl of each glass. A kitchen cabinet, reimagined. Functional form turned into beauty by arrangement, placement…
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Country Man
I sketched this face while listening to country musician Roy Clark. My Dad had shared with me his favorite singers and I’d downloaded a few songs on iTunes to check out. “Thank God and Greyhound You’re Gone” was one of the funniest. It was a peaceful day and this is who showed up. I think…
