Yesterday I wrote a very long heartfelt upsetting blog post. It was about the Almeda Fire that happened here on Tuesday. The day it started, how it started, where it was and what I saw. I have published hundreds, maybe thousands of posts and not once has one not saved or accidentally been deleted. Yesterday […]
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September 14th, 2020 | Tags: blog, news | Category: Art Community Posts, Artist Posts, by Mindy Carpenter | Comments are closed By Peggy Stermer-Cox, 378 contributed posts View all Peggy Stermer-Cox's posts. About the author: I begin my watercolor paintings with an idea and a drawing. I build the painting layer by layer, drawing lines and shapes, looking for rhythm and feeling. My color sense is a reflection of my childhood in New Mexico fused with colors of my home in the Northwest. My goal is to go beyond the surface to find joy, wonder and a bit of mystery. I have shown my works in galleries, juried, group and solo shows in Washington, Oregon, Montana and New Mexico. My paintings are in private collections in the west, New York and Norway. To view examples of Peggy's work or to make contact with the artist, please visit her listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource. Greetings! On this the 11th day of September, I am thinking about my family, friends and colleagues who live in Southern Oregon’s Rogue Valley. The Rogue Valley is our former home. To explain, eleven months ago my husband and I left the Rogue Valley a… Continue reading Talent OR and Remembering On September 11th September 11th, 2020 | Tags: artist techniques, drawing, Drawing Talent, inspiration, Just Thinking, new works, news, practice, practice art, Remembering, Talent OR, Uncategorized, watercolor, Watercolor & Ink, works in progress | Category: Art Community Posts, Art Forms, Art Matters..., Artist Posts, by Margaret Stermer-Cox, Cultivating Your Talent, Drawing, Inspiration, Musings, Painting, Techniques & Discoveries, to Artists, Watercolor | Comments are closed By dave dorsey, 868 contributed posts View all dave dorsey's posts. About the author: A good friend of Ashland artist Sarah F. Burns, David Dorsey is an author and freelance writer who has been painting longer than he’s been writing. He decided, in 2006, to focus primarily on visual art and begin exploring the nature of painting, by both doing it and writing about it. He’s the author of The Force (Random House) and The Cost of Living (Viking), and numerous articles for national magazines. His award-winning paintings have been exhibited at museums, galleries and universities in the United States and Europe. We've syndicated David's excellent blog at Sarah's request so we can all enjoy his well written insights on the world of art. About a year and a half ago, I set a goal to finish eighteen salt water taffy paintings as the core of a solo show in a year or two. I’m working on the eighth—I sold the first one and have stopped posting pictures of the successive paintings partly as a way to prevent the […] September 9th, 2020 | Tags: Art, Dave Dorsey, Musings, news, represent, Uncategorized | Category: Art Matters..., Art Matters...to Everyone!, Contributed Posts, Musings, represent, by Dave Dorsey | Comments are closed I love the USPS. I think you probably do too if you’re reading this and are a snail mail, art loving, illustrated envelope appreciating, fun packages in the mail kind of person. I wouldn’t have a small business without the US Postal Service, that is for sure. I rely on it daily. I know my […] September 7th, 2020 | Tags: blog, news | Category: Art Community Posts, Artist Posts, by Mindy Carpenter | Comments are closed By Anna Elkins, 156 contributed posts View all Anna Elkins's posts. About the author: art + word + spirit: A painter and poet, I play in the crossroads of art & spirit. My paintings are visual stanzas of a poem I will spend my life writing - with brush & pen. I've had the honor to create and exhibit art in the United States, Europe & Micronesia. "As with poetry, painting is either a battle or a dance. Given the choice between music & a sword, I choose music." See Anna's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource. It’s back-to-school season, but you might say I’ve been in summer school since July 4: the day I got married. I never knew that marriage would be my favorite classroom. I also never knew that no matter how much reading I did ahead of time, nothing woul… August 28th, 2020 | Tags: inspirational, news, poetry, prophetic, spiritual | Category: Art Forms, Art Matters...to Everyone!, Artist Posts, by Anna Elkins, Classes and Workshops, Literary Arts, Musings, to Artists, to Residents, to Visitors | Comments are closed By Center for Artistic Activism, 372 contributed posts View all Center for Artistic Activism's posts. About the author: There is an art to every practice, activism included. It’s what distinguishes the innovative from the routine, the elegant from the mundane. One thing that can help the “art of activism” is applying an artistic aesthetic tactically, strategically, and organizationally. The practice of artistic activism has only accelerated in recent times, as savvy organizers learn to use the increasingly mediated political terrain of signs and symbols, stories and spectacles to their advantage. From Jesus’ parables to the Tea Party’s protests, working artfully makes activism effective. Until now there has not been a singular space to share, discuss and analyze tactics and strategies of artistic activism. There has not been a place where researchers across a range of disciplines can gather to share their investigations and their challenges, a place where skilled practitioners in artistic activism can share their expertise and cultivate new tactics through cross-disciplinary collaboration. The Center for Artistic Activism fills this important need. Visit CAA's website HERE. Free the Vaccine for COVID-19 is hiring a Campaign Manager for Fall/Winter 2020 . A detailed description and application are on the freethevaccine.org site. We’re looking for the right candidate and you can help. If you know someone who would be a good match, please pass the application along! The Campaign Manager will work closely […] August 27th, 2020 | Tags: activist art, Art & Social Justice, art for social change, art for social transformation, arts and social change, arts-based social justice, Center for Artistic Activism, freethevaccineforcovid19, news, political art, protest art, social action, social activism, social benefit, social change, social commentary, social impact, social intervention, social movement, social transformation, social value of art, socially conscious art | Category: Activist Art, Art From the Heart, Center for Artistic Activism, Contributed Posts | Comments are closed I’ve just sent of a new batch of The Classics to Watson Kennedy in Seattle. I posted this funny memory lane image and the response was swift and resounding–apparently anyone who grew up in the 70’s or 80’s all have the same fond memories of this orange gel that was very fancy at the time. […] August 25th, 2020 | Tags: blog, carpe diem papers, classic, collect art, mindy carpenter, news, nostalgic art, original art, vinage style, watson kennedy | Category: Art Community Posts, Artist Posts, by Mindy Carpenter | Comments are closed By Southern Oregon Artists Resource, 1719 contributed posts View all Southern Oregon Artists Resource's posts. About the author: SOAR: The Southern Oregon Artist's Resource is a directory of Southern Oregon artists, artisans and those who serve them and calendar of their art events, and Art Matters!, our blog posting Southern Oregon art events and matters of interest to artists, enthusiasts and patrons of the arts near and far. SOAR was created and is maintained by art advocate and web designer Hannah West in Jacksonville, Oregon to promote our diverse and talented arts community to our visitors and the rest of the world. 
August 20th, 2020 | Tags: action fund, Americans for the Arts, arts vote 2020, august 20, democratic national convention, virtual event | Category: Americans for the Arts, Art World News, Policies and Legislation | Leave a comment By Center for Artistic Activism, 372 contributed posts View all Center for Artistic Activism's posts. About the author: There is an art to every practice, activism included. It’s what distinguishes the innovative from the routine, the elegant from the mundane. One thing that can help the “art of activism” is applying an artistic aesthetic tactically, strategically, and organizationally. The practice of artistic activism has only accelerated in recent times, as savvy organizers learn to use the increasingly mediated political terrain of signs and symbols, stories and spectacles to their advantage. From Jesus’ parables to the Tea Party’s protests, working artfully makes activism effective. Until now there has not been a singular space to share, discuss and analyze tactics and strategies of artistic activism. There has not been a place where researchers across a range of disciplines can gather to share their investigations and their challenges, a place where skilled practitioners in artistic activism can share their expertise and cultivate new tactics through cross-disciplinary collaboration. The Center for Artistic Activism fills this important need. Visit CAA's website HERE. We’re back for another round! Join us in fighting pharmaceutical monopolies to make publicly-funded COVID treatment and testing affordably priced, free at the point-of-delivery and accessible around the world! Apply by filling out this form by Sept 1st 11:59pm EDT. Returning collective members, please fill out the above form also! More details on below. First, […] Continue reading Apply for Free the Vaccine for COVID-19: Season 2 August 20th, 2020 | Tags: activist art, Art & Social Justice, art for social change, art for social transformation, arts and social change, arts-based social justice, Center for Artistic Activism, news, political art, protest art, social action, social activism, social benefit, social change, social commentary, social impact, social intervention, social movement, social transformation, social value of art, socially conscious art | Category: Activist Art, Art From the Heart, Center for Artistic Activism, Contributed Posts | Comments are closed |
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About the author: There is an art to every practice, activism included. It’s what distinguishes the innovative from the routine, the elegant from the mundane. One thing that can help the “art of activism” is applying an artistic aesthetic tactically, strategically, and organizationally. The practice of artistic activism has only accelerated in recent times, as savvy organizers learn to use the increasingly mediated political terrain of signs and symbols, stories and spectacles to their advantage. From Jesus’ parables to the Tea Party’s protests, working artfully makes activism effective. Until now there has not been a singular space to share, discuss and analyze tactics and strategies of artistic activism. There has not been a place where researchers across a range of disciplines can gather to share their investigations and their challenges, a place where skilled practitioners in artistic activism can share their expertise and cultivate new tactics through cross-disciplinary collaboration. The Center for Artistic Activism fills this important need. Visit CAA's website HERE.
We are excited to announce the Center for Artistic Activism is supporting projects that uniquely address urgent and specific voter suppression problems in the United States. Creative, ambitious, strategic, risk-taking projects will be funded up to $10,000 each. Initial short proposals are due Sept 2nd at 11:59pm EDT. The Unstoppable Voters Project The Center for […]
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