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Month: October 2016

Creativity, Joy

Artists At Play – The Joy Diary

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What Gives Me Joy, Sept 27 2015

This is an invitation.  Come and play!

I have a solo art show happening, and I am inviting to you come and create along with me.  For real.  See the end of this post for the when-and-where details.

Drawing, writing, folding origami animals, composing music, planning next year’s garden.  Whatever gives you joy, come and play.

What gives me joy?  I ask myself this question every day.

My upcoming show The Joy Diary is about joy, creativity, and sharing.  It’s about inviting people into the studio.  Showing the work behind the work.  (I stole that line from Austin Kleon, awesome creator that he is.)  I’m sharing creativity and process—what happened before that drawing was hung on the gallery wall, what made it become what it is.  Sharing the path my creations take, mess and masterpiece alike.

My favourite advice on creating art (and life) comes from Canadian artist Norman Yates.  ‘’Disorder opens a space.’’  Last year I asked myself, ‘’What if I bring some of Norman’s disorder into the gallery?  What happens if the gallery becomes a place of sharing creative process, including the messes?’’  We all expect the art gallery to be a place of completed creation.  The artwork is polished, the product of a year-long (or more) artist’s process.  Our experience is passive.

I am making The Joy Diary interactive.

Imagine opening day, walking into a gallery show that begins at the beginning of creating the art.  One drawing, dated today, and blank sheets of paper on the walls.  Anticipation.  The gallery expanding into artist studio.

In the gallery space an invitation is posted.  ‘Artist At Play.  Join me upstairs.  See what is happening on today’s drawing.  Chat, ask questions.’  Continue reading “Artists At Play – The Joy Diary” →

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