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Category Archives: Other artists
From Rilke’s Book of Hours
My sister sent me this poem by Rainer Maria Rilke, from his Book of Hours, translated by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy. It speaks to me deeply. “Go to the limits of your longing,” indeed: God speaks to each of … Continue reading
Martha Graham
I have to share a profound quotation from dancer and choreographer Martha Graham that my friend and fellow artist Shirley Wagner just shared with me: There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through … Continue reading
Winter small-works show at Flux
Flux Gallery will feature small works for sale on Friday and Saturday, December 10 and 11, 2010, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., in conjunction with Grey Dog Trading Company’s annual winter Zuni fetish show. (Grey Dog is just a … Continue reading
“The beauty that changes the soul of the world . . .”
Another quotation, this one from “Thirst for Beauty, Thirst for Soul” by Joan Chittister, in Creation out of Clay: the Ceramic Art and Writings of Brother Thomas “What we do not nourish within ourselves cannot exist in the world around … Continue reading
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Tagged Artmaking, beauty, Brother Thomas, Joan Chittister
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Brother Thomas
I was attracted initially to the quotation I shared in my last blog post, but that led me to check out the work of Brother Thomas himself. What an extraordinary ceramic artist! Please check it out for yourselves. And don’t … Continue reading
The Artist and Monk Are One
The following quote is from “The Monastic Spirit and the Pursuit of Everlasting Beauty,” by Joan Chittister, in The Journey and the Gift: The Ceramic Art of Brother Thomas: If, indeed, truth is beauty and beauty truth, then the monastic … Continue reading
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Tagged Artmaking, Brother Thomas, Joan Chittister
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Tucson Artists’ Open Studio Tour
The spring Tucson Artists’ Open Studio Tour is coming up again next weekend, March 13 and 14. I will be here from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., so please come by and see what I’ve been up to (and get … Continue reading
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Tagged Tucson Artists' Open Studio Tour, Tucson arts, Zocalo
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Flux Gallery artist Bryan Crow
My fellow gallery collective member Bryan Crow is on television! Arizona Public Media has made a short video about Bryan, his art and his backstory. Check it out online, and share it with your friends.
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Tagged Arizona Public Media, Bryan Crow, Flux Gallery
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Flux Gallery
Nine of us Tucson artists have responded to the current economy by banding together and starting a gallery of our own. We’re calling the gallery Flux, to emphasize its changeable, fluctuating, fluid nature, and we have acquired space in Plaza … Continue reading
Collectors of Wood Art Forum
The Collectors of Wood Art (CWA) held their annual forum in Scottsdale this weekend, and I was able to drive up for some of the Saturday sessions. I first got to see a panel discussion chaired by sculptor Connie Mississippi, … Continue reading
Posted in International Turning Exchange, Other artists
Tagged Collectors of Wood Art, Connie Mississippi, CWA, del Mano Gallery, Dewey Garrett, Hayley Smith, Jack Slentz, Janel Jacobson, Kerry Vesper, Merryll Saylan, Michael Peterson, Susan Hagen, Todd Hoyer, Virginia Dotson, Wendy Maruyama, woodturning
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