Through a growing community of galleries, commissioning public organisations and an increasingly educated audience, the possibilities of how to
sustain creative practices centred on new and ephemeral media are evolving.
Moderated by Sharon Louden, Artist and Editor Panelists include: Sean Mellyn and Jennifer Dalton, Artists and Contributors to «Living and Sustaining a Creative Life» Christian Viveros - Faune, Writer, Curator and Art Critic for the Village Voice Paddy Johnson, is the founding Editor of Art F City and writes a column on art and Internet for artnet news At a time when art is increasingly viewed as a commodity and art - school graduates feel that gallery representation is imperative for making a living and a career, it is more important than ever to show the reality of how an artist
sustains a creative practice over time.
Not exact matches
Emily Ustach is director of programs for New Urban Arts, a free, community art studio for high school students in Providence, Rhode Island, with the mission to build a vital community that empowers young people as artists and leaders to develop a
creative practice they can
sustain throughout their lives.
The truth is,
creative success takes years of
sustained intention,
practice, platform building and work.
I was more interested in the energy I could develop around these kinds of collaborative
creative projects, and less in
sustaining a studio
practice of my own, so I directed my work in this direction.
It is evident in my
sustained engagement with the
creative work of Gertrude Stein; and it is the motivation behind my archival investigations that bring historically marginalized forms of
practice into contemporary conversation.»
Living and
Sustaining a
Creative Life features essays by artists who share the myriad ways they balance their live / work needs, in many cases maintaining a studio
practice while holding down one or more day jobs.
His eclectic artistic
practice spans five decades and is
sustained by an investigative and remarkably
creative mind.
Creative Capital: If you could only advise an artist to do three things today to help
sustain his or her
practice, what would they be?
The College prepares graduates for
sustained and successful careers in the
creative industries through a
practice - based and industry - led pedagogy.