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With the help of Catalyst Magazine, I am making one more “ask” to get people's post-consumer artifacts to put in artworks for the Shared Artifacts Exhibit coming up at Marmalade Library in August. The Catalyst will have an article about the project as well as be a drop-off point for artifacts. Marmalade Library will also be a drop-off point.
Please challenge and inspire me with your contribution!!!
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Making art with intention takes courage. School got out the last week in May. As usual, I was exhausted, but this year, I was also very heartened by my students creative courage. “Create with purpose” has been a theme in my classroom for quite a while and this year it really seemed to resonate in the work I saw my students make. For my introductory students, I was especially impressed to see them pursue their challenging ideas despite being new to the studio environment (one that has so many eyes seeing your work) and being new to the medium. Questions inevitably turned over in their mind, like, “What if it doesn’t turn out after I have spent so much time on it? Is it worth it?” Yet they persisted with wonderful results! My advanced students also exhibited courage by sharing a part of their individual stories in the visual form. Their innovative and bold art and the statements at their final presentations were truly admirable… Inspiring actually. Don’t second-guess your vision — GO FOR IT! A week later, with these reflections in my mind, I was lucky enough to go to Hawaii with my husband’s family on vacation. Hawaii was truly relaxing. We visited with one another, hiked, swam, snorkeled, and bird watched, among other things. I didn’t sketch as much as I usually do on vacation, but I think that is alright. Below are a few sketches I managed to do and some pictures from the island landscape, which I found dramatic and lovely!    One night, we went on an Art Walk at a local shopping center, Kukui’ula Village. It was a fun exploration with a variety of galleries, all of which had something interesting to us. One of my favorite galleries was Gallery 103 which, of course, was contemporary! While there, I was struck but Deyana Mileke’s work. That evening, she had paintings that were made in a limited palette of blues. She was there and I was able to speak with her about a painting with albatross in it. In it, one bird was soaring above the other, both large and taking up most of the page. She spoke of her personal experiences with albatross and her need to make this work (the second of its kind) and how the experiences dictated what the painting needed to be. Contemplating the conversation later, I felt like to was reaffirmation to make the work I need to make without worrying about “failure.” Not making the work envisioned in your mind would be the true failure. On the plane ride back to the states I watched the movie The Last Word with Shirley MacLaine. In the movie, the older woman shares with the younger one, “I never made mistakes, mistakes made me.” As I embark on this new project, Shared Artifacts, where people have an physical investment in it, I have to remember these reflections: be fearless, follow through with your vision, and see the experiences, mistakes or otherwise as assets/insights. Here I go!    Last week, I had the honor of sitting on a panel of professionals from organizations that really move the needle in a positive direction when it comes to waste reduction here in the Salt Lake Valley. We were presenting in front of the current Master Recycler class, which is a great program run by the Waste and Recycling Division, Department of Sustainability, Salt Lake City Corporation. As a panelist, I talked a bit about my history as a post-consumer artifactist artist and my current project of making artwork from other people’s “artifacts” as well as my own for my upcoming exhibit Shared Artifacts at Salt Lake City’s Marmalade Library. The rest of the panel talk about their different organizations’ efforts to reduce waste in Utah.
Here’s are some of the highlights of what I learned:
It was a truly enlightening experience meeting all these people and learning about these organizations. I definitely feel hopeful for our community with them on the scene! |
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