6/9/2018 0 Comments It's that time of year againTime gets away from me and before I know it I've missed a whole month of updating. I'm taking some second hand advice and skipping the feeling guilty about the laps and getting back on track with new energy. It's been a slam packed month or so, here's what I've been up to. It's been a haze of loaded to do lists and filled appointment book pages. I"m loving the momentum (in between stopping briefy here and there to catch my breath) and want to keep it going once the school schdule slows down a little. The last three years at Artspace we have put together a large scale Musical Theatre Production. I've put in time for these performances creating sets and costuming and this year is an exciting production. It's an original piece created by the Instructor and the Musical Theatre students. I've included some of the play's set and prop list in my classes this term and last term so that the production features not only the performing arts students but also the visual arts and preschool arts students as well. I'm in the last stages of creating the projected pieces that will be onscreen during the performance next weekend. This year I built a newscamera and laptop, neckties, one eyed alien king, lackey and dog headpieces and robot masks with a campfire costume and the screen projections mentioned above. It's a lot of work and I love to do it. On top of the Musical Theatre tasks I volunteered myself to help out with my two small one's school yearbook. I spent a goodd ten hours working on three class layouts. I've also had school workshops on the schedule with more upcoming in the next two weeks. Add to that extra time at Muckabout during the Bee season (it's new Nuc time and many dozens of new bee colonies arrived at Muckabout's partner business BC Bee Supplies last month. The Bees are out and foraging, new hives and queens have been installed and going in and making sure all is well with my hive has been added to my biweekly schedule. I included some furniture painting in there with an ombre finish sideboard and a nautical themed side table. I began cutting my own stencils for FAT Paint projects and made a handful of new signs with those and have sourced more wood slices for my snarky magnets as they are finding new homes quickly. My class schedules are woefully out of date in the calendar. The lessons have been listed are still in effect and you can contact Muckabout to schedule the specialty classes like Stamp carving and Bookbinding to suit your schedule adding a comment ontheir contact page with the class you are interested in. I am looking at some restructuring and class building in my schedule for the summer and autumn months and will update them here as soon as they are finalized with Artspace and Muckabout. I have two weeks blocked off for summer camps at Artspace and drop in programming at Muckabout and hiping to get in soe much needed time in the studio soon. I'm currently working on a shoe dotting class with the DIY Mandela Tools and have some other stand alone workshops in the planning stages . While I'm in the headspace of class building please let me know in the comments what type of programming you'd like to see me do.
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3/10/2018 0 Comments MEnd PieceAs an art student -- years ago one of my favourite art movements of study was the Fluxus movement; an offshoot if the more recognized Dada movement. I loved the absurdity and the poetics of the performances and artworks.
One of the most famous artists from this movement is Yoko Ono; a Japanese feminist, conceptual artist, musician, and peace activist. Her collection of work is eclectic and spans performance, paintings, sculptures, films, and sound works have been shown at renowned isntitutions around the world. Her earlier work consisted of spoken or written instructions; some of these were published in Grapefruit: Cloud Piece: Imagine the clouds dripping. Dig a hole in your garden to put them in. 1963 Spring The pieces in this publication always struck a chord with me. I'm an avid reader and the word pictures created in these pieces; like Cloud Piece above, a mixture of emotion and satisfaction that have stayed with me for years. Ono has become synonymous with social activism and moving towards peace. Each of her artworks evokes a transformation within the world, the space around the viewer and within the viewer themselves. She asks us to take a moment and switch the filter that we see or think about the world with. Currently at the Rennie Collection here in Vancouver Yoko Ono's Mend Piece is one of these. First conceptualized in 1966 and since revisited many times: the work immerses the visitor in a dream-like state. Viewers enter into an all-white space and are welcomed to take a seat at the table to reassemble fragments of ceramic coffee cups and saucers using the provided twine, tape, and glue. Akin to the Japanese philosophy of Wabi-sabi, an embracing of the flawed or imperfect, Mend Piece encourages the participant to transform broken fragments into an object that prevails its own violent rupture. The mended pieces are then displayed on shelves installed around the room. The contemplative act of mending is intended to promote reparation starting within one’s self and community, and bridge the gap created by violence, hatred, and war. In the words of Yoko Ono herself, “Mend with wisdom, mend with love. It will mend the earth at the same time.” Her works is very much akin to positive visualization and Feminist Magick; working towards a specified outcome with symbolic measures and intention; you do the work within the piece and take it outside within yourself to bring the outcome to fruition. I'm very pleased to be taking an educational tour to this exhibition this week. Our group is a mx of children aged 7-12 and adults. I'm interested to see and hear the thoughts and experiences of each of my guests during and after we experience and take part in the piece. ** the information in this blog entry was found on Wikipedia, The Rennie Collection press release and from Google Images. the rest are my personal observations. |
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