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New Year, New Site, New Course! - https://mailchi.mp/980932c2f132/new-year-new-site-new-course

Congratulations Deborah Barlow on curating what looks like an extraordinarily rich feast for the senses

Installation views of In Praise of Form - Slow Muse A few installation views from Pell Lucy’s first in person exhibit, IN PRAISE OF FORM, at the Piano Craft Gallery in Boston MA, April 1-24, 2022. Taney Roniger Denise Manseau, Laura Ann Perry, Priya Vadhyar, Deborah Barlow, Diane McGregor, Rhonda Smith Taney Roniger, Kellin Nelson, Karen Fitzgerald...

Lovely to see this from and about dear friend Miriam Louisa Simons' work honoured 😍👏

art and the intimate unknowable THE AWAKENED EYE is the eye that perceives without labelling; we could also call it the innocent eye or the eye of beginner’s mind. Many artists and artisans have found that the practice of d…

Here's the video from our exhibition at b: Atelier with artists: Jennifer Crain Brenda Dyack Donna Longobardi, Tabitha Hocking, and my work too :)

Try This At Home - an art exhibition 2021 concept by Dr Suzanne Moss Try this at home - five artists’ works as installations at b: Atelier Studio Gallery at Batlow, began with the intention to create contemplative spaces that ...

I was glad to see our show up, and welcome our friends and family to Try this at home - five artists’ works as installations at b: Atelier, Batlow. With the intention of creating contemplative spaces, Jennifer Crain, Brenda Dyack, Tabitha Hocking, Donna Longobardi and myself had been working toward this show for months. Each of us has made work that we could not have predicted at the outset.

This comes from a short essay I wrote about the exhibition:

Being in the presence of things – collected, gathered, made and arranged in ways that please you – can be a gentle space where you can ‘hear yourself think.’ Incessant, speedy doing has been considered not only normal, but the sign of a good person in Western culture for a long time. The events of the last year, however, have disrupted ‘normal’ so thoroughly, there’s a strong sense that it’s possible to live in ways that are more creative, kind and wise.

One of the most respected CEO’s in The US - Keith Cunningham - tells how the greatest contributing factor to his astonishing career was and continues to be thinking time. A ritualised process for Cunningham, he prepares 3-5 questions, clears his calendar for an hour, turns off his phone and closes the door. What has this got to do with art? Looking at art can help us regain contact with ourselves, when our work and living environments might do the opposite notes Christophe Andre, author of 'Looking at Mindfulness: Twenty-five Paintings to Change the Way you Live.' Thinking time is about stopping, enquiring inwardly and considering the best choices to make. I’m reminded of philosopher Hannah Arendt’s request after WWII: 'Love the world, think what you do.' With art we can create environments that interrupt old patterns of rushing through life.

The artists have gone beyond a contemplative intent to create mini-environments that inspire gentleness, remembering, good humour, gratitude, joy and awe, which have the power to positively change your neurophysiology, your thoughts, and consequently, your life. I’m delighted and grateful to have witnessed each artist’s creative development during the last year. Seeing their visions realised and sharing the outcomes are not small things. (more photos coming soon)

'Try this at Home' is an exhibition of contemplative installations by 5 artists - see the invitation - at b:Atelier in Batlow, opening this weekend. Saturday we're fully booked for the opening, but Sunday we're open too. There are artist talks most weekends over the next few weeks until April 11. We look forward to welcoming you to see our show!

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A Complete Guide to Planning Your 2021 Goals More than 80 inspiring articles, curated to give you the highest quality advice for reaching audacious goals in 2021

An interesting article... I've been developing my clay-wrangling skills for a while now :)

Celebrities From Brad Pitt to Seth Rogen Are Massively Into Pottery. Here's a Primer on Bro-ramics (and Its Colorful, Fraught History) | artnet News We set out to discover why ceramics are taking A-list bros by storm, with the help of some experts.

Best wishes for a beautiful festive season, and for the new and all things good for 2021! Make it the year to 'Paint from the Heart' - a comprehensive painting and creativity nurturing course/retreat available via Zoom from 10th January, or in studio recommencing late February 2021.
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The last painting retreat complete for the year, the next season for one-to-one 5 day solo "Paint from the Heart" Retreat-courses to build both skills and confidence, will begin again 28th Feb 2021. Pm me for a free mentoring session.
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Rose meditation...

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Is Frida Kahlo’s Ghost Haunting the Halls of Her Mexico City Museum? Some Say, Gulp... Yes Does Frida Kahlo's ghost haunt the halls of Casa Azul, the home-turned-museum she shared with husband Diego Rivera? Curators weigh in.

resonant writing from my friend Deborah:

Antifragility and Art Making - Slow Muse Note: A few weeks ago I gave a guest lecture for the MFA students at Long Island University Post. At the time I referred to my remarks as a “shop talk:” gathering with fellow tradespeople to share some work wisdom. Art making can resemble a kind of guild after all, one that adheres to the …

written and curated by remarkable friend Deborah Barlow

Somewhere Between What is Hidden and What is Seen: A New Pell Lucy Exhibit - Slow Muse Pell Lucy, the 21 artist collaborative created three months ago, has a new exhibit up on Artsy today: Somewhere Between What is Hidden and What is Seen. The show will be available for viewing through December 3. This exhibit continues exploration into the Pell Lucy credo that form “possesses an in...

Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change • Book We live in difficult times. Life sometimes seems like a roiling and turbulent river threatening to drown us and destroy the world. Why, then, shouldn’t we cling to the certainty of the shore—to our familiar patterns and habits? Because, Pema Chodron teaches, that kind of fear-based clinging keep...

Here's a new article :)

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Here's my latest article... :)

This One Question Can Help You Ease Anxiety & Reconnect With What Really Matters “How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous…

I saw the wonderful quilts from the Gee's Bend women in San Francisco 2017 thanks to my generous hosts, so when I saw this article, had to share :)

Where art lives - The Painters Keys Dear Artist, Along the Alabama River just south of Selma, there’s a horseshoe-shaped turn resembling an inland island, where a cotton plantation once stood. In 1816, 18 slaves were brought to this bend by a man named Gee from North Carolina. A generation later, his cousin, Pettway, took over the p...

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I was really surprised to find my writing cited in Thrive Global...

14 People Share How They Found Hope and Peace While Dealing with Grief Lean into yourself, but don’t forget to lean on others, too.

happy art browsing :)

32 Famous Galleries And Museums From Around The World You Can Visit Virtually | Flight Centre While we’re all stuck inside, our good old gallery friends have kept their doors open (virtually) for us to all come on inside and take a walk around, no pants required. That’s right, you can explore the world’s most famous and storied archeological and artistic institutions all from the comfo...

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this is lovely... Thanks to Miriam Louisa for sharing

Jakuan Studio: Artist Kandis Susol I had the privilege of meeting Kandis Susol on Orcas Island, WA where she graciously agreed to give me a private encaustic painting lesson. I knew right away that…

Hello friends... Just to let you all know that "Paint from the Heart: Illuminate your Light" will be held in my rural studio near Tumut - YES! Since the last Tumut course was cancelled due to the fires in our region... and you'll see burned hills flush with bright green regeneration...starting with dinner on 28th April and concluding mid-afternoon May 3rd, there are 2 places left. Bookings close March 14. The studio is on private property that is lovingly cared for. Like a piece of heaven! Please pm me if you're interested in this. Or I can come to you ☺️🌹

an easy and profound read...

Embracing Mystery in the New Year: Ten Essential Practices Let mystery have its place in you; do not be always turning up your whole soil with the plowshare of self-examination, but leave a little fallow corner in your heart ready for any seed the winds ma…

with anything I post here, check out with an open mind, and let pass on through anything that doesn't resonate. The 'tongue in cheek' irony here is part of conceptual art. I love painting and always will. There's an alchemy to making a painting from yearning; having enough skills and getting out of your own way to let something happen. Something that the everyday thinking mind might consider to be 'nothing much' but it's those things that are new; that I may not know how to see yet, that I'm at risk of throwing away... and have, regrettably, many times.

Fourteen assignments from John Baldessari - The Painters Keys In 1970, John Baldessari was teaching studio art at Cal Arts, while enduring a crisis of faith in his own semi-abstracts. He took everything he’d ever made to a San Diego mortuary and cremated it, baked the ashes into cookies, stuffed them into a bronze urn shaped like a book, then engraved a plaq...