Consortium of Magpies “Our goal is to facilitate connections between artists, businesses, galleries, and patrons; but once that connection is made, we’re happy to step back and let folks flourish without us.”
Degenerate Art Show “The efforts to censor art, silence artists, and punish inconvenient truthtelling is all the evidence we need of how imperative it is that we keep creating, exhibiting, buying degenerate art!”
Creative coping in a chaotic world: Creating with thread ”The repetition, structure, and simplicity of creating something with cross-stitch and embroidery techniques has been shown to produce a multitude of benefits.”
Creative coping in a chaotic world: Creating in nature "It is the feeling of being connected to nature that allows your time outside to serve you best!"
The Threads Between Us The Threads Between Us will be installed at Cafe con Arte for the month of August. Opening reception Friday, August 1, 5:30–8pm.
Creative coping in a chaotic world: Working with clay ”Using our hands for creation provides an opportunity for tactile and sensory experiences that encourage us to dip into a place of mindfulness and flow.”
Creative coping in a chaotic world: Collage Collage is a great place to dip your toes into creating art for yourself if you feel a little intimidated by other modes of creation...
Artist interview with Grace Lieberman “Art exists because we make it, not because someone else approves of it.”
Creative coping in a chaotic world: Bilateral drawing The practice of bilateral drawing has therapeutic benefits, requires few supplies, and can be performed in the comfort of your own space.
National Endowment for the Arts bends the knee “The NEA announced that they will restrict their support only to artwork that abides by and complies with Trump-prescribed censorship.”
Muralism - Public art can change the world "We have been using art as a way of recordkeeping and communicating ... since the beginning of time."
ART IS EVERYWHERE: An Interview with Ray Castaneda "I believe art is essential — be it images, film, music, poetry, or what have you."
Cori Shelton interview "Be humble, be teachable, and accept that things take time. Time as in years, in most cases. Just keep going."
Interview with Alexis Nikole Art’s Alexis White "Alexis White creates digital illustrations of brightly colored ‘junk food’ pop art."
Art is everywhere: The art of burlesque “I have always loved art. I’ve found it helpful as a way of expressing myself and connecting in a world where I often felt isolated and misunderstood.”
Interview with Sarah Swoboda about PerplEXIT “PerplEXIT brings live action puzzle rooms, escape game adventures, and team building activities to the Tri-Cities.”
The Science of Art & the Art of Science “Many artists have historically enriched their practice through the study of sciences; but science can also greatly benefit from the perspective of artists.”
Visibility. Accessibility. “I've been involved in the art scene for over 25 years now, and in all that time, I've only seen one disabled artist.”
Art herstory "...socially constructed gender roles have created a mountain of barriers which make it nearly impossible for women to be heard over the thundering voices of the wealthy, powerful, predominantly white, male base that rules the art world."
Artist interview with Maggie Kosmatka “Art can be used as a modality for connection because it is one of the oldest forms of communication out there.”
DrewBoy Creative artist spotlight: Gavin Lightfoot “Enjoy yourself, and let the art go where it wants.”
