In the Summer issue of Art Journaling magazine that I posted about a few days ago, the artists in the magazine were asked this question: Do you know what you will write when you start a page, or does the art dictate what you write? It’s interesting to read the…
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Yesterday I picked up the Summer issue of Art Journaling (never too late), a magazine published by Somerset Studio. It’s full of great tips and inspiring art journal pages! Have a peak at what’s inside here. I picked it up at Bird on A Wire on Main & Broadway in…
From time to time, I return to look at Sabrina Ward Harrison‘s book The True and the Questions (2005). This book is a journal, half filled with Sabrina’s thoughts, and half with adorned empty pages for you to fill in. This is perhaps a great starting book for someone who…
In the past six months I’ve been working, researching, and creating for the exhibition Here Today that is now on at Britannia Art Gallery. Having such a goal can focus you and give you purpose, but it can also add an element of stress. You get very intimate with the…
The opening reception for my show Here Today is tonight from 6:30 to 8:30. The exhibition runs from August 1st to the 30th. Here Today (2 person show) Britannia Art Gallery 1661 Napier Street (in the library) Vancouver I will be sharing the gallery with artist Deanna Fogstrom who will…
Here Today is the title of my exhibition coming up in August. In this exhibit, I am reflecting on landmarks and establishments connected to the Italian community in the Commercial Drive area (my neighbourhood in Vancouver) and beyond. Commercial Drive used to be called Little Italy but this name does…
Getting back into art journaling–this is a section of today’s page. I might have spent half hour on it. I love that art journaling is a reflective process, nothing about finished results, product, etc. This creative process is calming, satisfying, and sometimes revealing. I’m still in exploration mode as far…
Britannia Art Gallery has just sent me my invite to my exhibition in August called Here Today. Getting a little more nervous as it gets closer. Still have quite a few works to complete, not to mention thinking about how to present the work. Seen on the invite is one…
Here Today is the title of my exhibition coming up in August. In this exhibit, I am reflecting on landmarks and establishments connected to the Italian community in the Commercial Drive area (my neighbourhood) and beyond. Commercial Drive used to be called Little Italy but this name does not apply…
When things get too busy…this blog gets no attention. I am overwhelmed and often tired these days! I’m taking my second online course through SFU on technical writing. At the end of May I’ll have to decide whether I want to commit to the Certificate program–it’s not an easy decision….