Looking for Reasons to Make Art?
Here is a fantastic list of 21 reasons you should make art from The Future Buzz by Adam Singer 21 Reasons You Should Make Art
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We All Feel The Urgency to See It All Right Now
Do you feel the need to see, digest, and understand it all right now?… or maybe already. I often feel over stimulated. It takes work to prioritize, focus, attend to single things or events in my life. http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxPortland-Aithan-Shapira-PhD/player?layout=&read_more=1
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Happiness is a Choice You Make
Here are 15 great tips on how to start making the choice for happiness from PurposeFairy.com 15 Things You Should Give up to be Happy
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Say What you Want to Say
You’ve got to find a way. Say what you want to say. Great anthem for the week. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnivOKYyWLY&w=420&h=315]
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Sharing Experience / Building Community
I was recently invited to participate in a panel discussion along with artists Amy Pleasant, Kyle Abernethy, and Crystal Barbre. Audience – current Gage Academy Painting and Drawing Atelier students. Agenda – share a few important lessons that we learned in the process of building our careers after completing our own atelier studies. The timing
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Tableaux Vivants – Group show opening this week at Arts West Gallery
If you have the opportunity, I hope you will stop by to check out the current exhibit at Arts West Gallery. I am fortunate to have my work included with a group of great visual story tellers – Marty Gordon, Betty Sapp Ragan, Ulrich Parker, and Dame Builder. The exhibit runs from May 8 –
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Contemporary Figurative Art – Cradle to Grave
Check out this beautiful video/slide show of contemporary figurative art I just received from Paula O’Brien. Her videos stir my calling to figurative work. Thank you Paula for sharing! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9sl-807Ia8&w=560&h=315]
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8. Don’t model your life after a circus animal.
10 Things your Commencement Speaker Wont Tell You. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304811304577366332400453796.html
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2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial.
After taking a moment for my heart to stop racing… I am so, So, SO happy to share that my work has been selected for inclusion in the 2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial. Thank you Sarah Aubrey, Curator of American Art at Fort Wayne Museum of Art, for shining a light on living artists and acknowledging
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Chutes and Ladders = Art Career = Life
Yep! Moving forward ultimately requires rolling the dice… and a willingness to risk a move backward.
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