First art in a long time...

Hi girls! As I mentioned I've been in a creative black hole since leaving Concordia and haven't really made anything in a LONG time.

This is my piece that's hanging in a show right now. Apologies for the mediocre photography. I didn't want to look like a creeper taking pictures.

So here's how it happened; Lyndsey Scott the Art teacher at the elementary school where I'm teaching music in Spanish invited me to make something for this show she was curating at a local alternative gallery. No juries, no pressure, just make something out of what's on hand. This came to mind since I told her I was collecting all the mysterious objects that I find in my pockets at the end of most school days. In the end I didn't use any of them in this piece, but I found a lot of other collected things!

I felt like my work was the least finished of the things there, but it felt good to be included. I hung out at the opening and met some of the artists. It's so hard not having any art friends here. Makes me miss you all the more. I did have a few nice conversations and enjoyed sewing on the huge picnic blanket they are working on putting together.

Here are a few other pieces I liked from the show.

This is The Want by Gina Alvarez. (Mixed Media, 2010)

I also loved these spoons by Lisa Payne titled Secret Ingredient. (Wooden spoons, coffee, spices, gouache, 2010)

These electric tape markings were also all over the floor in groupings. Very cool.

This is Calisthenics by Ann Maree Crawford Walker (gouache, graphite, colored pencil, 2010)

Here's the blog posting about the show and the description I received for the show:

BRICALEUR:
A French word with no exact English equivalent used as a term by Seymour Papert to describe the style of approach exemplified by a tinkerer or a jack of all trades.Bricoleurs are comfortable in unfamiliar realms of learning and experience because they learn best by using indirect connections to known information, even if the details of the skills are not exactly related. They try things out until they figure out how to do something.

We would like to Cordially invite you to participate in

Bricoleur-ing

An inquiry into the profundity & resourcefulness of Female Transformateurs.

Curated by Sarah Paulsen and Lyndsey Scott

Art & Actions @ Fort Gondo * March 2010

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We would like to highlight how you uniquely craft your space – be it physical or intangible: nest, home, public space, relationships. We celebrate the spirit of woman as gatherer and nurturer and seek work that is created from what is available. This material use or process reflects a resourcefulness that could honor the original object or alter its original purpose – ultimately, reflecting abundance and imbuing worth. So:

How do you make nice ?

In what way are you an alchemist, carpenter, or cook?

How do you describe ‘homemaking’ minus the perjorative?

How do you find a use for each scrap around you?

Also, this show will inspire inter-activity inside the gallery ‘nest’:

Tentative schedule:

Woman’s Circle coinciding with the New Moon on Moonday March 15^th

Women’s Make Hour on “International Women’s Day” March 8th

Little Woman’s Make Hour on Monday March 22

(Our intention during the Woman’s Make Hours is to collaborate on a Wonderjardin quilt that we will secretly install prior to the closing of our show…)

Deliver work March 8^th/9^th – Install 10/11/12. Opening Sat March 13.

Painting

Hey all, I love it when you post what you've been doing, but wondered if I could demand an update. :)

Are you all still painting/drawing/creating? (Laura, love your work that you've been posting - I enjoy it even though I don't always comment.)

Where are you all? (Facebook doesn't tell us everything!)

Anyhow, hope you are well and busy creating!