Embracing Myself as an Art Blogger
I have a complicated relationship with the internet. It started very young under the tutelage of my geek father who had me programming on MOO’s and in Microworld, gave me …
Documentation
For the past few hours I’ve been scrounging through my apartment, pulling my art from the walls, the dishwasher, the bookshelves, and anywhere else it has walked off too. I’ve …
My Best Art Piece
As an artist who is also a young professional and a graduate student, I’m used to hearing both others and myself commiserate about trying to find the time and space …
My First Studio
When I was in college and debating between being a psychology major and minor, one of the areas of study that interested me was the effect surroundings have on creativity, …
Being Worthwhile
Most people I know in community art are busy, very busy. This includes the teachers who do art or grad school in their “free” time, the IT personnel, waiters, and …
Dream a Little Dream with Me
One of my favorite games as I was a kid was trying to figure out what I would be when I grew up. I don’t ever remember having an aspiration …
The Community Part of Community Art
For a long time I didn’t have very good friends. There were people I was close with, people I spent time with, people I saw everyday, even people that I …
Basement Music
When I was young(er), I used to see the videos of 20-something year olds fervently playing music in their livings rooms and basements late at nights, getting off day long …
My Stunt as a Storyteller
At this very moment I am absolutely elated, sky-high on performance energy that hasn’t gone away even though I finished telling stories over an hour ago. That’s right, my performance wasn’t some …
Dancing in the… Museum?
Last Thursday I took a group of children to the MFA for a late night visit. By 6 o’clock, which is only the time that we get there, the children …