Interactive Arts Exploration
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The Creative Spark of a Spirit-Forward Artist
Hope Montgomery is a musician, songwriter, and artist. Lacing doubt with curiosity and hopefulness, Hope's work is often reflecting on the human experience of loving, grieving, making meaning of mundanity, and what it means to live alongside nature as a friend. In this SPARKS Exchange, Hope will talk about her works and the creative process and life of a spirit-forward person.
Splash Ink Painting and the Intimidation of Permanence | Kevin Yeh
In this SPARKS Exchange Kevin Yeh 葉浩白 will perform a live demonstration of the Yeh Splash Ink style and explore the concepts of perceived permanence and taking the first step in a journey. Kevin is a third-generation Chinese splash ink artist continuing a family lineage that began with his grandfather. The session will begin with Kevin's demonstration of horse painting, followed by an dialogue with Jared Morningstar to draw connections with process philosophy themes, and conclude with a participatory activity led by Kaeti MacNeil where attendees can breathe along with Kevin's brushstrokes.
Free
Ecological Artistry from the Garden Studio | Melissa Cowper-Smith
In this SPARKS Exchange Melissa Cowper-Smith will be sharing about her Artists Garden, where she gathers materials she transforms through her creative process. Her art is expressed through beekeeping, papermaking, fiber arts of weaving and spinning, and encaustic painting. This session's creative response will be generative scribing, where we gather words throughout the session that evoke the materiality of Melissa's process. To wrap-up the session, participants will weave these words into poetry.
Free
SEER: Exploring Love through Nature Photography and Film
In this SPARKS Exchange, we will be exploring how a colorblind photographer feels with his eyes, and how we can apply this to how we navigate our own creative process. Thomas Jay Oord will share clips from his documentary SEER as a window into his creative process. The session will also feature a visual meditation inviting participants to feel with their eyes and shine light upon their own creative process.
Free