February 10, 2010
by Julie • About Creativity
I think I’ve figured out why I botch every attempt I’ve made at writing an artist’s statement. They seem based on separating the art/artist from the person, and I have no idea how I would go about doing that. I might as well write a biography and family history, combine it with a list of [...]
November 7, 2009
by Julie • About Creativity
Should have brought my notebook to the bookstore. Didn’t find the book I wanted, but did spend an hour reading a nifty history of art materials (euorpe-centric, fresco and egg tempera up though acrylics) that I couldn’t justify buying today but should go on my LibraryThing wishlist. Though I did indulge in an expensive starbucks [...]
October 27, 2009
by Julie • About Creativity
In honor of NaNo. Full thing here. Make no mistake about this: if you have written and finished a novel you ARE a writer. Don’t let anyone, particularly some snotty so-called publishing professional, demean this achievement. You’ve written a novel = you’re a writer. It doesn’t EVER have to be published, and you’re still a [...]
September 23, 2009
by Julie • About Creativity
Usually one snark-post on something is enough to cool me down, I’m still pretty het up and grumpified over Jeff Abell’s letter to the NY times, so I think a point by point snarking is in order. Ms. Smith?s article has made the already tenuous tenure of artists in academia even more tenuous. Well, it’s [...]
September 21, 2009
by Julie • About Creativity
Not that this is a shocker to me, but the Times notes that some artists are raising the idea that one does not need to spend umpty-thousand dollars on a professional degree to be a professional artist. The professionalization and academicization of the art world has been lamented for some years, but lately they have [...]