Artists Need People: Even the Quiet Ones
June 16, 2021
As artists many of are very good at being inside getting better at what we do. This article gives us a chance to think of easy ways to extend our practice to include others.
As artists many of are very good at being inside getting better at what we do. This article gives us a chance to think of easy ways to extend our practice to include others.
My long term friends and followers know of my commitment to supporting the Aspects Art Show attached to the Goondiwindi P&A Show, held each May.
As the pandemic and its strictures became less, suddenly the world that had been put on hold needed to get going again. Not as easy as it sounds…
Rural roads get Christine to her place of work. Places. Places on the beaten track, and off it. Sometimes the signs she encounters have a bigger message than at first glance.
Full Moon Art Retreat About twice a year, on a weekend when the moon is full, I run a three-day art retreat on a sheep
January the first has such a heavy load to carry. All those New Year’s resolutions (revolutions) promises made, inevitably broken. January two is easier, no
Previously I’ve written about how to start a creative project. This article is about the other end of creativity – after the inspiration, and past the perspiration. How finishing a project has its own place in the process and why it’s important.
2020 was not the year any one in the world anticipated. For artist Christine Porter it was compounded by an eye injury that kept her out of the studio for a large part of the year. It didn’t keep her from the laptop though, nor from learning a whole new way of telling stories, and teaching. Video became that modality. And this is what she’s done.
So far…
In it’s simplest form, Art is about making things. Usually that means paintings, sculptures, photographs etc each with their own skill set. In my opinion
I haven’t ever applied for a grant before. It always seemed an inefficient way to gamble. But when Arts Northern Rivers offered their fast turnaround Micro Grants – $1000 to help alleviate the direct impact of Covid – I thought it wouldn’t hurt to try.
In the middle of the pandemic, the implications of our communications comes to the forefront. In the absence of what was “normal”it becomes more considered and, with that consideration, more valued.
I hadn’t thought much about the small bits of income that would pop into my account each month from small galleries and gift shops around
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